Soooo...this must be a pure coincidence but...

Am I the only one who thinks Lady Lapis and Diana vaguely, possibly, maybe resemble Shizuma and Nagisa from Strawberry Panic?

Or are my rose tinted glasses needing to be cleaned?

They do have a passing resemblance, yeah. But I chalk that to Shizuma and Nagisa being the most known examples of those character archetypes.

citrus is being counted as a whole because the other series on the list also include spinoffs and LN versions to give them a little push to their numbers. Plus citrus is what in comic book industry is called an "evergreen title", a series that is never out of print because it consistently sells no matter how long it has been since its release. If you've seen pics of the yuri section of Japanese manga stores you'll notice that aside from the series they are currently pushing, citrus volumes (regular and plus) are always in the background.

citrus plus was also the first yuri series (to my knowledge at least) to have a world wide simultaneous release.

https://x.com/_saburouta/status/1146405027465924608/

As of June 2024 Citrus has sold 4 million copies in 16 volumes (1.9 million just from Japan alone) and according to the most recent numbers we have, is the second best selling yuri manga. Only behind Saki and above Yuru Yuri

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I hope Masaki doesn't bring the same kind of baggage that the Delphi members brought with them when they were introduced but she probably will given all the tense buildup to her first physical appearance.

That said, I keep being in awe at how tight the plotting and writing of the series is considering it is Dorothy's first serialization. May veteran mangakas could learn a thing or two from her.

Good to see the translation for this series back, I've missed it dearly.

I'm glad that Rubeus got his just desserts and got outplayed by a more cunning and ruthless adversary, I really hate smug back-stabbing villains.

I still disagree about this heading or even needing a poly ending though, Lapis' route is more than set in stone and this chapter only proved it further, Lapis trusting Natori for such an important task only made the woman even more infatuated on our villainess.

Pleasantly surprised by Shinohara's mom being so accepting of their relationship despite being introduced as very old-fashioned.

The channel of one of the producers of the anime. Funnily enough, they were also on the production committee of Watayuri

https://x.com/_saburouta/status/1837776717609336898

Sabu came back to live just to remind us that the entire anime (in japanese obviously) can be watched for free on YT

i mean can you really live of the past with the moderate success that citrus had

What are you talking about? citrus is one the biggest series not just on YH bu of the genre itself. That is precisely why sabu is allowed to do whatever she pleases.

FYI, this one is based on a fic

Calli's response tho

Well, this is certainly getting complicated but is good that we have our "supernatural fixers" team now so they should be able to tackle together whatever the hell is after Aizawa. Also I love all the silly ways the author draws the character to emphasize emotions.

Good to know the author is in for the long ride.

I can't believe I'm only finding this series now. As a MeiSaku shipper this is everything I wanted and more, love sick Sakuya pining after dense Meiling is both hilarious and heartwarming and a really nice change to the usual dynamics you find on fanart (where Meiling is the one pining after Sakuya). The art is wonderful and I really appreciate that yuri is on your face. I hope it goes for a long time.

And speaking of, the first volume is up for preorder at Amazon JP

https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0DD2WL341

https://x.com/ichijinshaevent/status/1821380814954705333

Special merch for Yuzu and Mei's birthday.

The shirts are neat

https://x.com/_saburouta/status/1818850400382152845

The announcement in question

Heke and Shinohara are my favorite couple of this series, they compliment each other so well.

@DumShork in the latest chapter Asuka talks openly about her feelings for Tomoko.

Jokes and memes aside, it is really weird how some people are so fixated on Yuzu and Mei fucking

That was cute and I only realized now that Sayaka and Miyabi's relationship is essentially Mei and Yuzu's but reversed. With the stoic one madly in love with the bubbly one (although Miyabi is way, way denser than Yuzu)

Is good to see that Sabu seems to have found inspiration again and seems to be eager to work on citrus for a while.

Thanks for the translations chaosteam.

Yuzubocchi always looks like that

https://x.com/YuriAnimeNews/status/1805368538372440226

Citrus has sold 4 million copies worldwide.

Sayaka is a first-year who recently joined the student council and is a self-loathing lesbian trying her hardest to ignore her feelings for Miyabi, they were the focus of Volume 2.

I find funny that people are saying they don't care about them when one of the things people criticized of citrus was the addition of new characters who vanished after their story was done. Personally, I thought it was a nice coda to their story.

The limited edition of vol 6 includes a 18-page booklet depicting a day in the life of Yuzu and Mei. Is just a series of pinups with no dialogue but is pretty cute. The extra is a small scene between Sayaka and Miyabi.

And lastly, Sabu's afterword has her (according to the spanish translation at least) very excited about new experiences that she has gone through that have "stirred new feelings on her" that she will use to continue bringing happiness to Yuzu and Mei. So there will be citrus for a while.

https://x.com/13710492/status/1800941304135942315
https://x.com/13710492/status/1800943411819692074
Boy, China really like citrus

https://x.com/ichijinshaevent/status/1800362329609007390
Man, and people think citrus has slowed down. The special edition of volume 6 is having a second run because of how fast it sold out

And it sold out the same day it went for preorder, no less

https://x.com/ichijinshaevent/status/1799083812582051850

People think it's slowed down? I know people tend to assume things they don't like aren't doing well. I just want the next chapter!

Slow down in terms of actual chapters we get those last months, not in term of popularity. Context is important

No, I meant popularity.