I still have a long way to go in my Japanese studies, so I don't know if this particular interpretation of this turn of phrase is contrived or ordinary, but I know you can't make those kinds of assumptions carelessly. What I AM willing to bet on is that in any event, Yuzu definitely isn't really crushing on Tatsumi. Either it's a lost in translation thing or Yuzu is just being dense.

So what was in that original text?

What a rollercoaster of a chapter. Minami can be so dense if we assume that Yuzu returns her feelings as well based on the fact that they're the MCs. But no one's really sure what's going on in Yuzu's head so we go back to sympathizing with Minami.

Ahh~ where would all these yurigirls go if they don't establish a romance school just for them?

Tano-san is one capable country lesbian. Wish I was like that when I went to uni on most of my years there.

I like their dynamic so far, cute.

That confession is pretty convenient for both of them since Utako is leaving in a week. Good enough time for Akira to contemplate what she wants and make a sound decision; and for Utako to give space and time. I'm just gonna imagine it ended happily if indeed this is the last chapter.

So with this new information i can say for sure... Hinoka you havent done much :v

C'mon now, she thinks they're together already.

Oh man, we're having Hinoka's perspective.

Huh, not sure what any of this means. Was the mark always there? Considering that the one on Micchi just suddenly appeared it might have been triggered by something? Also its curious to see that in the dream Micchi was the one seeking out Aizawa rather than the other way around, so more than Aizawa possessing her, it seems more like Micchi bound the ghost to her person unconsciously. I wonder if there's any significance to the fact that she was aged down to elementary school age where she was less careful about not interacting with ghosts?

That's exactly what happened, Micchi invited Aizawa to her. The mark was transferred to within the school in the dream but escalated to marking her herself after. As for what triggered the dream, I'm curious if it was because Micchi saw the mark under the desk but it could mean the guy dreamt about her too. But then the next day, the other friend who didn't see the mark dreamt about her as well but this could be a red herring. Seeing the mark as a trigger for the dream could be a red herring as well or the guy did dream about her but they didn't interact. Her being an elem kid in the dream could very well imply that she experienced such dream before when she was at that age that's why she wasn't surprised nor scared that she was interacting with a ghost in that dream.

This is getting better and better. I gather that mark meant she's now bound to Kurotori?

The gf could be that 'jealous online gf' since Tsukasa's a neet gamer (reference to streamers and their gfs). It's still cheating but this is hilarious so far.

It's a good ending. Not all ace people have no sexual desires though since it isn't the same as sexual attraction.

This is a really great episode and it's getting more interesting. I love it! And I can see this manga in anime form, it should be.

You seem a little unclear on the meaning of the word "essence." Subtexts and stories whose themes are ambiguous or which can be read in multiple ways are the opposite of "essentially" trans stories.

By this argument, the Matrix isn't a trans story, which is extremely untrue, as confirmed by the creators. Y'know, two trans women

Was it "essentially" a trans story before the creator made the comment?

Oooooh are we going to see more of those kya kya girls once they learn who the person was?

Holy crap. She broke down and I couldn't handle reading all of it 'cause I was only thinking about why the fuck would the author do what they did, that it has to be like that to make some point somehow.

Edit:

For anyone that wonder why Shimamura sound quite cold in the end, some says that Adachi ranting are quite incomprehensible because of she was crying. The blue board usually showed this image

That's even worse but it makes the argument that she was out-of-character even better. The Shimamura being portrayed here by the author is an asshole [or similar terms] as acknowledged by even those trying to explain her response away. Also, asking what the other person's on about without being offended or angered back is far easier when you're not close to the other and if it's the first time it has happened as Shimamura is to Adachi and this episode respectively. And just because someone has a detached personality doesn't mean they're an asshole, Shimamura may be detached but she isn't portrayed as the latter and that's what's making others question her response. Pretty sure anyone who saw or felt this disconnect identified more with her.

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MC's right, only someone vengeful would do that and now she's being used for the other's revenge towards whoever she is vengeful with--those she directly or indirectly blame for her future death. But hey, MC doesn't have to read it all anyway since the girl would've already been dead.

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I want to see a direction where Yuzu's interest isn't clarified to MC.

Author's a genius for making readers juggle between two POVs at the same time.

This is it, School Mitsuki's gonna make her fall by playing music.

Tomoe is the best! Her expressions are so funny.

I already said this (quote) before as a reply to someone's reply to people pondering about Kanon's attraction to the teacher,

In ch6, the lil sister mentioned people who keep on misunderstanding her sister's facial expressions (behavior), I'm not sure if that's a call out to those readers from the author.

It IS a call out to those readers, that was already the first (lil sis called those who do think like this as idiots) and the author's been baiting readers exactly for this chapter. With the little interaction she had with the teacher, some readers concluded that she likes the teacher but not Saki with their many interactions. Even after this chapter, some are still adamant that she likes Saki just as well.

Edit: I wouldn't be surprised if the author will have another chapter where they call out these adamant readers in the future.
Edit: It would be really funny if the lil sister again will deliver the idiot line to Saki for misunderstanding Kanon's feelings for her. Since this manga portrays the lil sis as good at reading non-verbal language, there's high probability that the she will eventually know the two's feelings for each other, even before Saki will know about Kanon's.

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Fun chapter despite the last bits.

Actual forshadowing

Nice catch

That distracted boyfriend meme lol