I quite like me a light-hearted isekai romp like this, but I have a nagging dread that this is exactly the kind of fantasy yuri series that gets axed after two volumes without ever reaching a proper ending. :-(

Not sure why Tomoe went on high alert the moment she met Tsubaki. Did she immediately identify her as a rival for Ayano's affections?

I thought Tomoe realized that Tsubaki is a prostitute and that's why she's hostile towards her.

I considered this but if that was something Tomoe was actually concerned about then she would simply tell Ayano instead of/in addition to running all this indirect interference.

Judging by Ayano and her other classmates' ignorance, high-class school girls like them aren't supposed to know that prostitution exists at all. The fact that Tomoe does implies she may have had a negative and potentially embarrassing experience, which she doesn't want to share -- as she would have to in order to explain to the other girls a) what Tsubaki's job is and b) how she knows all of that.

Someone once told me that a band's musical output remains good as long as there is personal and/or creative tension between members. By that metric, these two's music will stay phenomenal for decades.

I'm more interested in why the honor student propositioned the asexual idiot than anything

It may have something to do with the short-haired blonde private tutor she had once had but not anymore.

the main difference between Misa and Hase being that the former has a very clear idea of what personal boundaries are

I think some readers may need to a refresher on what happened in chapter 2? I know Misa is hot, but let's not get carried away

Ah, indeed, those two scenes have slipped from my mind in the intervening year. But upon rereading them, it is clear to me that Misa understands that she is doing something immoral in both of those. She sees the boundaries she is overstepping, but is too horny to stop herself, especially since Io is basically a stranger to her at that point. And judging by her internal monologue and actions in later chapters, this is not a usual occurrence for her. On the other hand, while we don't get Hase's internal monologue so far, judging from what we know about her relationship with Io, it seems that a lack of personal boundaries is one of its key features.

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Could Liao truly not have realized what she did with her knee there? Or is she turning the tsundere act into some kinda neglect play SM variant.

No, she is just dense. :-)

ADHS?

Maybe ADHD, just a different acronym?

Yup. :-) My interpretation is based on page 6, where Miyake says she's always been bad at doing things well and had to work thrice as hard to achieve the same things that other (neurotypical?) kids do. That reminded me of what my friends with ADHD told me about their school life: especially if they weren't diagnosed, they've tended to mask their inability to maintain focus by working extra hard in secret. Almost all of them are also very intelligent and perceptive, so this masking has worked for a while for them, until the effort became too much and they started failing classes. I am wondering whether this will become a plot point for Miyake at some point. On the other hand, it seems that Morikubo has recognized this danger and has been gently steering her away from overworking herself until she collapses (which Miyake misinterprets as affection, as she is starved of it at home).

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Poor Lilly is clearly completely misreading the situation. :D

Yup, the poor girl still hasn't noticed that Rae is exclusively claireromantic and clairesexual. :-(

Rae explicitly calls herself a lesbian, even if she is in love with Claire they've made a real clear point to say that's not the start and end of her sexuality, that's also why they told the story of her first love before getting isekai'd. Lily does theoretically have a chance, but it would require Rae and Claire breaking up in some definitive way and that's unlikely... probably.

She's really got no chance, breakup or not. I also think the previous poster knows she's lesbian but Rae has been just as clear that she only wants Claire and doesn't even consider anyone else, so the Clairesexual is probably a joke.

It is. I apologize for forgetting the "/j". :-)

This chapter was so incredibly lovey-dovey. Needs an Insane Amounts of Lovey-Dovey tag. This is particularly surprising from Misa, who was before this reluctant to get attached. Something about the overbearing manager triggered a super ultra best girlfriend ever switch in Misa. Is she feeling competitive? Protective? Possibly offended on Io's behalf? I'm so curious.

She definitely got triggered by the manager. I didn't expect this story to go this route, but it's definitely welcome: Io is a budding sub who is caught between two intense older women, with the main difference between Misa and Hase being that the former has a very clear idea of what personal boundaries are, why they are important, and how to set and to enforce them. Which makes sense, really, given her work as a hostess who has to entertain entitled rich drunkards every day. Through Misa, Io is discovering that giving up control is not the same as being violated (which appears to be what Hase has taught her over the years), and she's loving every second of it.

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Poor Lilly is clearly completely misreading the situation. :D

Yup, the poor girl still hasn't noticed that Rae is exclusively claireromantic and clairesexual. :-(

It looks like Aoto Hibiki-sensei is to Age gap as Zanka is to Maid and Itou Hachi is to OneeLoli.

Also, I am getting strong vibes of ADHS and of newborn sibling-induced parental neglect from Miyake. I wonder if the story will explore it further...

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Well, that escalated quickly. :D Anyhow, if Kira actually wanted Hikaru to succeed, all she has to say is "I'd like to eat ice cream in a penthouse with you" and Hikaru would be getting straight A's from that moment onward. The question is: Are there more important things than achievement and success in life?

Well, that sure was an excellent way to shoot your own foot...

With what, a grenade launcher??

Open your mouth, put both feet in, shoot one with a grenade launcher, and finish the other one off with a flamethrower. That's basically what Jiang Xue's words in chapter 22 felt like.

Leave it to Makino to casually flex at her clubmates while unknowingly sowing the seeds of her own destruction. :D

Poor whatshername having to hear her crush go "I'm not into girl on girl". That face in the second panel of page 5 is the face of a heart breaking

Being Ui is suffering. :-(

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I am not sure what it is, but from what little details we glimpse in this chapter, I get a feeling that the world-building in this series will be solid and competent.

Will this be toxic? Becuz I really really hope this turns toxic

TURNS toxic? If this was a videogame it's be purple and spewing out miasma.

If this were a video game, it would be a barrel full of bubbly green stuff and a sticker with a pixelated skull and crossed bones on it.

Satsuki's consistently been a head or more taller than every other character except her dad in the series. Akira and Komachi both make Satsuki look like a giant in comparison when they're standing next to each other lol.

Yup, Satsuki is tall enough to princess-carry her girls.

Io is down bad. Misa is based. Manager is a creep.

Elsa has awoken to her megane fetish.

Goddamn, grown-up Akira is so hot. Satsuki, I get that Komachi has her strong points that shine through in this chapter, but girl, you are missing out so much...

Also, I still think that Minadzuki Sr. does not deserve to be let off the hook as easily as Satsuki is probably going to let him. I have really hoped that at least Komachi would call him out on his bullshit, but even she has taken the indirect route.

i will now proceed to fill the SatsuKira-shaped-hole in my SatsuKira-shaped-heart with Miho/Akira's mom age gap yuri

Miho revealed to be a milfhunter

This is the Way.

It's not just you. The part about the moon's "magnetic field" halting human reproduction made me chuckle too. Trying to ground the premise in a sciency explanation just falls so flat that it's harder to take seriously than if it were just handwaved entirely.

Rather than trying to sound scientific, the author could have just gone the full fantasy route: a Bad Thing happened (not 1000, but 16 years ago -- right after Kiri and Nekuro's births), and everyone has lost the ability to reproduce, but also started coming back as zombies after death. Also, once the last living person dies, the world will end (because Prophecy Says So). That's all that was needed for the world-building to not detract from the emotional punch of the story the author wanted to tell.

Fun fact: The Earth's moon has no magnetic field because its metal core has long since cooled down and stopped spinning. As far as we know, magnetic fields have no tangible effect on human reproduction (gravitational fields, on the other hand... let's just say it's hard to have sex when your entire continent is flooded by high tides). And even if the Moon's orbit suddenly began to decay at the stated rate (ca. 384.4 km/year), it would have hit the Roche limit and disintegrated into an asteroid ring around Earth 38 years before the manga even took place.

I am sorry to all the catgirls who died when I brought real physics into a fantasy manga, but I am supremely peeved by sloppy worldbuiding from an author pitched to me as a "fantasy genius".

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I am still suspicious of anything Mashiro says, since the last pages appear to imply that she has feelings for Chihaya, too, and therefore may have ulterior motives for breaking her up with Hodaka.

Welcome to the Beef Zone.

The amount of beefcake in chapter 7 has made me question my sexuality.

That girl is terrifying. Is she flirting really hard, or just an airhead?

Yes. She is a menace to society and has to be stopped.

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When Liao said "But now you are going after me!", I hoped that Pei Yu'd point out that she's been going after her for the past 25 years. It's just that now she is doing it in a scientific manner.

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