That's just typical of Kisaki's coworkers: Instead of doing their pen work, they always leave her in the larch

Why are the Japanese so into alpacas, anyway?

Aren't they pretty popular everywhere these days? Alpaca wool is kinda "trendy". Either way, I know Swabian and Bavarian alpaca farms and petting zoos. Clearly there some global alpaca fad going on ...

Sure, everyone loves alpaca wool, but I never see them pop up in memes and pop-culture elsewhere like they do in Japan. Also capybaras.

https://qz.com/986398/how-the-capybara-the-worlds-largest-rodent-became-a-superstar-in-japan/

We're halfway through volume 5, and there's a total of 7 volumes. About 2/3rds of the way to the end.

Chapter 62 is the finale, and is already translated and posted to mangadex. Although it isn't as illuminating as you'd expect (in fact it leaves some major questions).

Wow, that was crossovers nobody asked for

And BocchiMou hasn't been translated yet, afaik.

Looks like both protagonists are involved in corporate espionage, with one being an infiltrator and the other a corporate security officer assigned to rooting her out. Banks are prime targets for terrorism and foreign spy agencies, as both groups rely upon foreign money wires to move funds, and come under heavy scrutiny.

What's more interesting is that the inspiration for this manga appears to be American. Specifically this is a yurified version of Mad Magazine's "White Spy versus Black Spy."

Dang it, I knew this would happen. They have a major character moment, then they leave off on a big cliffhanger until much later, to only drag it out again.

Wait for 51 ("I Loove You") and 52 ("Promise Me")

She has no friends? What is she, un-poplar? Does she pine for companionship? Willow she take the chance for human comfort, or will her dreams turn to ash? Yew will find out in future installments! So spruce up your heart, and be the fir-st to discover the ways that love can put down its roots.

At least Matsuri introduced herself. When the arcade opens its new expansion, paid for entirely with all the money earned from her idiotic obsession, they can dedicate it in her name.

...........Are we not going to talk about the fact that she had 80,000 yen, the equivalent of nearly 760 dollars, just randomly with her..... in coins?

No. They either had coin changing machines (dispensing either coins or tokens) or the attendant dispenses them herself. Or Fuji was carrying 500 yen coins, though this is less likely.

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To be clear, did the Ultra Evil girls kill those Magical girls? Or did they just wipe the floor with them? It feels like it'd throw the comedic tone in this particular story if killing became an option.

That's something I've been curious to know, too. I'd like to believe it's the latter. They gave them a beat down and took/destroyed the transformation stars. It could very well be what another poster pointed out as a possible explanation behind all of this:

the theory that the mascots are working together seems more plausible than I thought at first. It would not only explain why Venalita is not as serious about world domination as you'd expect from the forces of evil, but also why his "good" counterpart is managing the magical girl' media appearances in addition to fighting evil. In the end, they're just running a RL magical girl show and making money from it. And interestingly, what made me think of this was the shape of the barrier devices here including both the magical girls' heart and the evil side's star in their design.

Killing could then be considered going too far and measures would've had to be taken rather than ignored.

Are you sure that there's "two" mascots? Venalita might be mascots for both teams without anyone being the wiser.

"this is something normal"

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/you_are_totally_in_love_with_me_arent_you_ch07#3

Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.

That being said, though, we haven't seen more of that on quite a while.

There's still three chapters to translate on her Pixiv. But there's only so many translators with the skills and equipment for scanlating.

I feel like the inclusion of attempted sexual assault is really out of place for a fluffy comedy strip, but I guess Super Saiyan Sakurako is pretty cool.

You're overlooking the hardboiled subtext of this manga. Why wouldn't there be an attempted rape?

-> Kara-chan takes off one day each month

(Singing) Oh I Wish I Was in the Land of Cotton.....

Airi enjoys Hina's pain, but I think Airi enjoys the fact that Hina "endures" for Airi specifically more than anything else.

Definitely this. It's why she gets off on the blindfold thing. Airi loves watching Hina endure the mental and emotional suffering/suspense of not knowing if Airi abandoned her, but still sitting there and obeying her anyway. It's the way that Hina values Airi's commands over Hina's need to escape whatever pain she's going through

BDSM isn't about pain. It's about power and trust, whereby the sub surrenders all autonomy to a dom who has unfettered power. The dom derives pleasure from being permitted to do anything in their discretion without traumatizing, maiming or killing their partner. The sub derives pleasure from being pushed to their sensory and emotional limit, with a boost from their partners demonstrated willingness to surrender their superiority by not harming them too much.

In this relationship Hina has greater self confidence than Airi. The latter has opted for the high achiever route, sacrificing her autonomy for a role of suffocating self abnegation. After holding her breath and playing the perfect robot, she goes back to Hina and vents her frustration, a highly intimate privilege afforded to her waifu.
Their expression of love for each other takes an extreme form under dysfunctional circumstances (the extreme, coerced conformity of Japanese institutional environments) but the interplay between them is very healthy.

Did they really just fuck on the stairs?

Lol right it must have been hella uncomfortable.

Mangaka must've watched the sex scenes in "The Room."

So that's what manipulative Borderline looks like! A lot more Machiavellian than I would have imagined. I suspect the author has firsthand experience with someone with BPD.

It really isn't. Everyone I've known with bpd doing these same actions would have had entirely different motivations and justifications for them. Things like "well I HAD to cheat for this or that reason, I just couldn't stop myself". Basically bpd tends to be a lot of "I'm a tragic victim" switching back and forth with "I'm a horrible monster" with very little room for "wow look how good I am at manipulating people, yay me".

But that could be classic projective identification. She's projecting gullibility or is deliberately associating with a person with similar traits to herself. She could be borderline still, but such projection could put her in the Histrionic category instead.

So that's what manipulative Borderline looks like! A lot more Machiavellian than I would have imagined. I suspect the author has firsthand experience with someone with BPD.

Straight...surrreeee lol. I hope this continues but I saw that fin in the end so who knows

Bisexual women have always been the epitome of capricious change, IMHO. And they're much better at concealing their preferences than regular lesbians, simply because they can attract unwanted harassment from both sexes.

Having seen Chapter 9 on Danbooru, I am really looking forward to this thread's reaction to it. smiles mysteriously

Nya-chan posted:

Yeah, I know enough Japanese to understand what's going on in the raws. (Smiles mysteriously)

"Immortal WiFi"?

Waai fai but po! ("The wifi is unbreakable".)

The mangaka is a fan of HK too? And Cantonese memes?

"cook them something special as revenge" seems a rather odd word choice, compared to 'payback' or 'payment'. https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_two_of_them_are_pretty_much_like_this_ch18#3

And what's with "find grass and eat that"?

I think it's a double reference:

1) Unmarried older bachelors of both genders are referred to as "grass eaters" (literally "herbivores")

2) Convenience store bentos (the kind bachelors would eat) come packed with fake, plastic grass.

Miho is basically asking Wako why she would waste so much time and energy on her seeming roommate, being in the dark about their actual relationship.

Too short! This is like a commercial.

Then a pink bunny girl beating a drum crosses the front screen to interrupt the action: "The Energizer Yuri.... keeps going.... and going...."

AIUI Japan is oddly specific: buying "penis in vagina" sex is illegal. All other acts are okay. And in a "pre-existing relationship" even transferring money for PIV may be legal. OTOH the local age of consent is probably 18, so big problem there.

Actually the law changed in 2015, after decades of lobbying by rape victim advocates. Any act of nonconsensual penetration is now illegal.

Helichrysum Orientale AKA the Immortelle or the Everlasting Flower. In flower language it symbolizes everlasting or eternal love.

I also can't get over the breast sizes. It just feels exaggerated, and not at all how breasts even work. It feels out of place in this manga, as if the author is trying to use sex appeal to bring in readers...

In other words, it's an Ogino Jun manga. That's their fetish.