I was loving this story but that ending is underwhelming.

Yuri so fast it just speedran the entire plot of 'Girl Friends' in a single chapter.

My thoughts exactly

biphobia

You mean Rei telling Miki that Gotou is straight despite Gotou trying to have sex with her (while drunk)? Well, it is a little biphobic, but like, really mild in this context.

Not really sure what Tang Chao's "confession" is gonna achieve, though? Betas can have sex with omegas just as well as with fellow betas, it's not like omegas have different sex organs only compatible with alphas' (at least in the standard ABO setup).

I think the point she was trying to make was like "I can guarantee that she's a Beta bc i've had sex with her and have thus seen all the important bits (or lack thereof), so i should know"

Koveras's point is that a beta can't know if it's a female beta or a female-looking omega she's having sex with.

I think.

It seems they can, in this particular story.

Imagine Kaori and Shizuku in the same room together, on the same page about their mutual feelings, yet Kaori's death still hanging over them. Having to figure out what to do now. Is that not worth a few chapters to explore? Would Kaori's death be less sad if the relationship progressed beyond pining before she died?

That is certainly one way the author could have chosen to write it. Usually when I think "Hey, that story could have been better if X had happened instead" I sit down with some paper and write a fanfic.

Well this was fun

the opening lines sound like they were aiming for dickens.

Glad to know, I thought about asking for a long time too but I was afraid of the truth

I am absolutely terrified every time I decide to ask about someone whom I haven't seen since around 2020/21.

The british English was really thick on this chapter. I wish they'd use normal standard English.

It's funny that English came from the Brits yet theirs is not 'standard'.

Funnily enough, I was just having a conversation with someone this past week about how the internet is causing British and American English to blend. It was after their phone gave both "canceled" and "cancelled" as auto-complete options, and they couldn't remember which one was the American spelling. Seeing more and more people/places adopt "grey" for "gray" or "axe" for "ax" &c. It'll be interesting to see what happens to spelling over the next 20 years.

Y'all be making a wee linguistic mess, innit?

Just 1 more chapter to go. It's kinda shame they couldn't say each other their feelings tbh.

They did. The last words is Shizuku's novel were "I love you," which was her way of confessing. Kaori understands this and replies with "me too" via text.

I know that. What I meant was to say they love each other not in written way but spoken.

I kinda feel written makes more sense here, considering a lot of the plot revolves around Shizuku's stories. Reading "I love you" in Shizuku's book and replying via text is much more in line with the feel of the story than having that exchange through an oxygen mask.

Ty!

Been a while since I've last seen her here in the forums (and I don't use discord). Anyone knows if she's still active somewhere? Just general curiosity 'cause she was really nice.

Also, this part was traumatic.

Fun fact: I found this again today, after five years, was casually reading it, and had completely forgotten that I'd been the one who cleaned/typeset it until I saw this f***ing panel (and its ridiculous amount of sfx)

Any lesser known manga where relationships are revealed positively? I enjoy things like the one girl now hangs out in the other girls friend group because they are openly together or the love interest is introduced to the parents or sister or brother.

I can't recall any that fits your description exactly, but you might enjoy these:

• https://dynasty-scans.com/anthologies/just_you_and_i --> these have supportive friends
• https://dynasty-scans.com/series/kimochi_no_katachi --> supportive friend
• https://dynasty-scans.com/series/subtraction_tautology --> supportive mom
• https://www.webtoons.com/en/comedy/high-class-homos/list?title_no=2723 --> gay bffs
• https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/slice-of-life-gl/list?title_no=642582 --> supportive family
• https://www.deviantart.com/stereoscopecomics/gallery/64781889/black-label-chapter-1 --> supportive friends (soon to be supportive bdsm polycule)

manga similar to sal jiang's artstyle? i really like the semi-realism if thats what its called

Yamaji Ebine but her stories are an acquired taste.

That was a more wholesome ending than I thought it'd be, considering the tags.

Yep. Almost skipped this one because of the tags. I'm glad I didn't. This was cute.

Just 1 more chapter to go. It's kinda shame they couldn't say each other their feelings tbh.

They did. The last words is Shizuku's novel were "I love you," which was her way of confessing. Kaori understands this and replies with "me too" via text.

It's a shame they didn't even kiss, though.

It's now about 10 years since this got released in Dynasty. If anyone's got the raws for the sequel (or any other Momono Moto works) I'd be glad to clean/redraw/typeset it. Just drop a link at Yuri Project.

Underused tag.

It was literally created yesterday...

The point remains.

Three million yen is a little over 20000 dollars, so it's really not THAT much.

Also, why the heck does this nonsense get introduced? Things were just about getting good.

To begin setting up the teacher x student pairing with that rebel kid and the director's daughter.

I think US$20k is a lot to embezzle from a public school. It's not a bank, you know.

Sweet, simple, and unique!

I love your profile pic.

Yeeeeaaaaahhhh

Why do I keep hurting myself with this manga?

Masochism, evidently.

Y'know, R&J is at the same time really well written (some lines are excelent) and a very ridiculous little thing. It is honestly a terrible love story. I recommend everyone read it once in their lives so we all mock it together.

Edit: oh, but I agree with the argument that death does not betray the point of a love story (like, at all).

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