Worth noting that the Author has said she does not consider this a yuri. While that does not necessarily mean that the leads are not gay, it does imply that their gayness is not the main point of the story. If you're waiting for some sort of yuri "money-shot" you are likely to be dissapointed.

I did recall something of this sort which is why I asked again. Where did she say this?

In this interview
Sorry, there is no official english translation

https://getnews.jp/archives/3299988

Actually nevermind I was underthinking (which happens even more often I suppose). The japanese line could also refer to Aya('s love for music), so it's not necessarily that "aaah... I really do love her!" vibe. Though if she was talking about herself, it most likely would be. I guess TL did their best, I don't know how I would have translated it, it's like two different sentences mixed into one in english - "aaah... I really do love her!" and "I knew it... She really loves it!"

I feel like a literal translation would be closer to "I knew it... it's love" which is a little vague but Japanese speech tends to be highly contextual. It could be refering to her love for Aya, it could be referring to Aya's love for Rock and Roll, ir it could be her realizing that Aya loves her

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I've just been reading the titles for this ever since a couple chapters after the "I'm not a guy" reveal at the concert. I was hopeful that reveal (which was what... 35 chapters ago?) would take things in a romantic direction. And then it didn't, despite how much blushing the characters did in those chapters which was entirely some new form of friendship blushing or something.

And then I saw this chapter's title, and was like "did they fuck yet?" and was mildly shocked to learn that they haven't even realized they're in love yet. My god.

I guess at 4 pages a chapter, 59 chapters is like... 8 chapters of some other manga, so I should just continue to temper my expectations until we get into the hundreds I guess?

Worth noting that the Author has said she does not consider this a yuri. While that does not necessarily mean that the leads are not gay, it does imply that their gayness is not the main point of the story. If you're waiting for some sort of yuri "money-shot" you are likely to be dissapointed

I know it literally doesn't matter, but I'm kinda curious if this drug

A. Just makes you temporarily horny towards your normal sexual orientation

B. Makes you temporarily horny towards the same sex

C. Makes you temporarily horny towards the same sex and also permanently gay.

C would be kinda fucked up, like you just changed the course of someone's life on a whim without consent. It would be unMochi to write that, I think. The drugged male teacher chapter kinda implied B, but it would also be consistent with events if that teacher was in fact actually gay the entire time.

I think the implication is that it just makes you super horny and open to sexual offers without being too picky about things like orientation and gender

I guess Lae was too cool to go with "do it yourself, coward!" xD

Ok I'm sorry y'all I know everyone is going to hate me but this manga is undeniably cringe

It's a story about teenagers trying to sort through their feelings. It kind of comes with the territory :P

Whew, the next chapter looks to be a real doozy and a half!

It's very classic Mochi is what it is. Hard to believe they debuted 6 years ago.

Yeah, it's a very Mochi plotline xD
I feel like its nothing we haven't seen in Kagaya Inn, though, honestly

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I can understand people getting upset over this nurse lady here. Completely out of line and horrible. Now, if she used a rape drug we could share a laugh like at the start of the series.

Comedy is all about the context. In the early chapters, the love potion was being usesd more or less unintentionally and the person responsible was arguably suffering the most while everything was so over the top and silly that you could easily suspend disbelief and judgment

The Nurse scene was played very real, with a student coming to her in a moment of weakness to voice a concern about themselves and the nurse seemingly taking advantage of that situation to have her way with her, which is a common real world problem

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It's a shame, i really liked the chapter until the Nurse did the very no good bad thing. It felt like a genuine kid struggling with the gay feelings in such a real way. Since it's Mochi au Lait I'm not surprised tho, they play loose and fast with taboos and this book is based on love drugs. Wish they could've just talked or gave her a book about masturbation/sex ed instead.

Yeah, it kind of came off like the nurse was a rapist with that ending. A good crushing-on-your-mentor storyline can be great but this went a little over the line, which is kind of Mochi's whole writing style

I have a hard time seeing Kiara as the cool one but this pic is adorable

Jean makes Dad jokes now xD

Kiara distanced herself mainly because the Takamori ship was consuming her brand identity and thought she should take time to establish her character individually a bit more IIRC. It wasn't the massive deal people made of it, though some did take it a little far

Yeah, according to the current lore, Kobo is the adopted daughter of Calli and Kiara, who may or may not be together right now depending on how comfortable they are opening that whole can of worms again xD

i really want an anime of this series!!! but idk if they could license the music ;o;

I feel like there's not enough content for a full series right now with how short the chapters are. Maybe an animated movie adaptation?

Somehow it feels wrong to not have Mumei on top lol

^It's everyone's favourite song after "Gay or European"

I'm just waiting for the prince to show up dressed as a girl and start a love triangle. "Whichever of us seduces Evri will become the true ruler of the kingdom!"

That seems like the sort of fun nonsense this series would pull. Maybe the Prince is Lillian somehow

I'm not really following the conflict. Mitsuki hasn't made it that obvious that she wants to move to the states or not. Joe wanted to, but didn't. The new lady wanted to, and left Joe to do so.

So is she just trying to get Mitsuki to go with her so that Joe follows suit? I can't remember any reason why they'd want to besides "that's where the music is."

From what I gather, Kanna saw that Mitsuki hadn't made a decision on her career yet and saw an opportunity to help her out while also getting petty revenge on her ex by snatching his niece away.

This has the bonus of creating a secondary conflict where Mitsuki will have to choose between a potential major career opportunity and Aya, which is a fairly classic dilemma.

most progressive countries in Asia

Uhhh, they are extremely regressive about trans people and immigrants, but good on them for the partnerships I suppose...

Yes, that was a relative statement to show how bad Asia is in general is about this sort of thing

"most progressive in Asia" >https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54743789

I said "one of the most" actually. That doesn't exclude Taiwan

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Aya, you fool. Just move with her. You can get married in California, you know? It's the state least likely to strike same sex marriage from the Book. Unlike Japan having ONE district that gives civil union licenses smh

That's kinda rad. I DIDN'T KNOW they even gave licenses in Japan yet. DANG. How much of a flex would that be? "Oh me and my wife? We married in Japan to show our support."

Japan is at the stage where most people are fine with the idea of gay marriage in theory as long as it's happening somewhere it won't disturb people's sense of normalcy too much. So, for the moment, it's stuck in a few test districts

It's probably still one of the most progressive countries in Asia for even doing that much, honestly

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^ The appeal more comes from their character archetypes
Himeko is played as the wholesome team mom
Kafka is portrayed as more of a dommy mommy

It ends up giving the pairing a sort of double MILF appeal

1. I don't like the guy character. I don't really think he need to be there anymore and is sort of just third wheeling the main two

2. I can't beleive we're still in the "totally don't even recognize our relationship as ever being possibly romantic" and "getting overly blushy over an indirect compliment" stage. Plus, the whole "I don't actually have a crush on her, I just admire her because she looks cool and I think she's brave" bs. I thought we were over those sort of stereotypes in yuri, but I guess this author wanted to do a period piece.

This chapter title got me all excited for finally some sort of development away from the usual sterotypes of the last 20-30 chapters, but it ended up just being gross. I don't care that the token straight guy thinks the girls are cute. Who gives a shit.

I feel like the point of this chapter was more that Aya is worried that she might have a rival for Koga's affection and is trying to deal with that by making herself even more attractive, as would be expected of a gyaru type of girl. It may feel a bit like fluff but it is speaking to deeper issues in their relationship that may need to be sorted out later

Also, sure Jeff "jerkface" McNarita might be a bit annoying and pushy but there is a certain comedy to his bullshit

"Curse you, Kaela Kovalskia!"

^ They have canonically met at some point before the "creation" scene at the start of the game but it was left extremely vague as to how they knew each other. It is doubtful that they are blood related, though. Stelle does tell March that Kafka "used to be nice," implying that they were close

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^ That would be a funny gag yuri oneshot

These two build up enough heat together to thaw Jarilo VI and then overshoot so they have to solve the planet being too hot now