It’s remarkable how commenters here care so much more about the boyfriend than the story does.

Or Ritsu.

And honestly ? I think it's fine. It's clearly written as the boy being tradition, obligation, and to be honest, setup. A manga like this one doesn't care about those things primarily. It cares about the feelings of its protagonists. And Ritsu's feelings have been for Tsuzuri since the first chapter.

The only reason he stills exists is because it supports a bit of drama - "how do I break up, how do I tell the news, what will it do to my image". Elements that are part of the story, but not the main part, since romance and comedy are more important than drama.

Also... people give far too much importance to a relationship that never meant anything. They're treating this like a NTR story, which it really isn't.

It's a romance story, between two girls who manage to be awkward for the dumbest thing, and it's great at that <3

I haven't seen anyone treat this as an NTR story either, and even if it was, plenty of us have enjoyed yuri stories with more serious cheating. It's obviously not the main focus, but it's also fair to acknowledge that not breaking up with someone and trying to be with someone else is kind of shitty. Both her sister and Yarai have pointed out that she's cheating and it's not a good thing, so clearly the story does care about it. Just because it's a romance doesn't mean our leads are incapable of doing wrong and being called out for it.

Yeah, it's cheating, but it's not an NTR story. Those have a certain style, perspective, and intent to them. Having said that, I wonder if she'll ever break up with her BF or if this will be the gag for a while--just pretending or forgetting he exists until someone brings it up during the girls' wedding lol.

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New chapter!

DARN IT BURGER-SENSEI DONT GIVE ME A HEART ATTACK LIKE THAT- gets to last page WTF BURGER-SENSEI

Anyway hope Kuro is getting her deserved punishment from Yuriko

She won't get lap pillows for a week.

If Yuriko continues to trust Leader by that point, it would certanly be the result of a forced kiss. Poor Yuri.

Nah they love each other, and Yuri has her own secret hidden account. The kisses are for work (and it doesn't seem like Leader likes doing it), so I don't think it'll be a giant deal. I'm expecting some comedy from it, if anything.

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Who paid for the dinner?

Gotta be grandpa. He owes them a little something.

New chapter!

DARN IT BURGER-SENSEI DONT GIVE ME A HEART ATTACK LIKE THAT- gets to last page WTF BURGER-SENSEI

Anyway hope Kuro is getting her deserved punishment from Yuriko

She won't get lap pillows for a week.

Because is giving the plot a convenient out to "wash" her hands and letting her ride off into the sunset with Natori when everything is said and done, is slowly shifting the narrative so the anti-nobility faction are the true bad guys of the story and so, it kind of justifies Lapis crusade. It turns Lapis from a cold, calculating villain into a grieving child lashing out at the world.

I guess is just me but I think the narrative was more compelling when there was not a huge "freudian excuse" to justify Lapis' actions

But Lapis has always had a reason for her current plans. The series hasn't been shy about that, hinting at it from very early on; it's just not fully revealed her reasoning. The story has also always been about Natori's goal to save Lapis from herself. That's its premise. Lapis having a reason for her actions doesn't make her actions excusable, and having multiple bad actors doesn't alter the story or make her plans less harmful.

To me, the answer isn't "Lapis good and Anti-nobility bad," it's potentially "Lapis's actions bad and Anti-nobility also bad." Real-world villains have reasons, but they are still villains. I think we're focused on "justifications" when these are just "explanations," or causes, which all actions have. All she's been is cold and calculating--how will knowing her backstory change what we have seen "in-person"? Now we just might know why she is cold and calculating. IDK, I just don't see what changes here, but maybe we have had different impressions of the series from the start.

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I think that Lapis being laughably evil would be too much, but the twist of her being Aurora does it feel like a way to make her a sympathetic villain, like in every other isekai where the villain is the love interest/protagonist. The way Lapis was being presented as being completely wrong and aware of it but not trying to justify her made this series stand out in the genre but now is falling back in line.

I don’t get this sentiment or how it changes anything. She’s still planning to do potentially heinous things, and the story has hinted at her past almost from the start. The original assumption, based on flashes of the past, was that a girl she cared about was killed (we thought her sister); now, it might also be that she took that girl’s place after her death. But what does that change?

She was never going to be a mustache-twirling comic book villain--as that would be poor writing--but she is planning on doing bad and bloody things that she knows are bad (which is why she wants Natori to flee). Her having a tragic explanation for her rage doesn't change that, as having reasons makes her sympathetic, human, and layered, but doesn't excuse what she'll do. The story hasn’t suggested that we’re meant to root for her in her current state. It's been for Natori to save Lapis from herself. I don't think we're heading to a future where Natori agrees with Lapis' current plans.

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The full omnibus has just been released--physical and digital.

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I don't think Sorawo is oblivious to her feelings for Toriko, she's just struggling to process them because half her emotional bandwidth is wrapped up in raw dogging PTSD while Japan's inadequate mental health support system shoots finger guns at her. [...]

Why would she have PTSD, though? What Sorawo went through is no big deal; it's a fairly common story, really.

You mean, having her mother die at a young age, then having her remaining family (father and grandmother) wrapped up in a cult, having that cult ruining her family, then trying to recruit her as well? Or do you mean her running away when the cult was planning to adduct her, or when she was planing to burn her house with her family and her at the same time and only to discover that they already died in an accident involving the cult?

Pretty classic childhood indeed. Nothing to be traumatized about.

That's all a normal Saturday for me.

Shit got a whole lot heavier than I thought
Very wholesome ending though
They are totally using that bunny suit when it's "adult time"

Naturally lol.

This was great.

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^ Yes, I understand that this was the author's intention, I just didn't think this worked very well in this format.

Yeah, that's fair. It had one awkward moment for me when it required shifting reading perspective but otherwise it seemed alright. I get what you're saying, though.

No matter how poorly written or boring an arc or chapter is, they will enjoy it and defend it. I've seen people defend the arc about Arata so...

Yeah, the people who like the series and see these events and dynamics differently just don't know quality. Definitely.

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You think we're adapting to the wedding? I've enjoyed Mei's journey so far and her efforts to open up in her way, particularly in the context of this major school project. I'm still unsure of where Sabu plans to end it, though. Do we know the exact date the wedding took place? I haven't thought about it much, but it might be nice to know how far off since each chapter is dated and a good amount of time is passing.

BTW, our PFP's are almost reverses of each other--just something I noticed because the colors stand out so much. I did enjoy that anime, even though it was so silly at times (unless I am completely getting the characters wrong).

I'd assume she will, since the characters introduced in citrus+ weren't present in the original wedding, so I'd expect Sabu to either explain their absence or to retcon them in. We only know the wedding happened after their graduation and citrus+ was advertised as an "interquel" filling the gaps between Yuzu proposing to Mei and their wedding, so citrus+ should cover the rest of the third year. We are in November and Japan's school year end in March IIRC so we have five months more to go.

And no, the girls in my pfp are Mirei and Mamori from Valkyrie Drive. I just noticed the full pic isn't uploaded here, sad.

Yeah, so your PFP is what I thought it was. I watched the anime for Valkyrie Drive and recognized these two. Thanks for the dates. 5 months is a good amount (of in-universe time). I also wonder if we'll see Arata at the wedding. He seems like a good friend of the couple at this point, but since his involvement is so work-related, maybe not.

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On an unrelated note, I don't understand why this chapter was posted in a long strip format, when it was clearly intended to be separate pages? This made the reading experience a bit frustrating at times.

The raws were posted as long strip, although formatted with the intention of printing it out as a mini zine. It's just that each strip is slightly too long or too short which makes splicing them into equal pages impossible, unfortunately.

Thanks for clarifying. I did consider that the author may have also posted it as long strip, but I didn't convey that in my first comment. Sorry if I came off as rude. I still think this was a weird choice on the author's side, though (unless the raws are posted somewhere that doesn't really support the page-by-page format? Or perhaps they wanted it to stay somewhat consistent with the rest?).

Some creators make content intending to realise in multiple formats. I think this one works either way, and that might have been intentional.

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yes, seven months which is the 7 volumes we have of citrus+ but they already knew each other for a long time. how many of those 7 volumes has sabu dedicated exclusively to showing us the courtship of those two from a romantic perspective and not just crumbs? that's the problem, without forgetting two very important things, they are living their courtship under the same roof and that they are engaged. for god's sake, in this chapter she asks yuzu to write him a letter, when they are face to face alone in the room. I say, wouldn't it be time to have a conversation? I admire people who read citrus+ and everything seems perfect to them, and I mean it (no sarcasm or irony in my words) because they could be enjoying it and not as is the case.

Eh...the courtship was the whole point of the original citrus.

Yeah, great development having Mei show us that she's able to have emotions... after how long is it? 17 volumes? And god knows how long they've been together? And for a couple that's bout to get married?

I get it that some fans might still enjoy these two touching hands once in a while, blushing when the other say something vaguely nice and so on, but we're not talking about a couple that just asked each other out for the first time, we're talking about two engaged girls. And yet they still behave like almost strangers, just casually giving a compliment to each other once every blue moon while they're busy with school mergers, doing homeworks or getting mixed up in other people's unnecessary dramas. There's anything but the proper development of a relationship here and that's not exactly the story as advertised

Mei was repressing her emotions through all of citrus, citrus+ is where she's making an effort to make up to Yuzu for everything she made it go through. And strangers? Mei is actually trusting Yuzu with her plans for the academy, something the old Mei would've never done.

You think we're adapting to the wedding? I've enjoyed Mei's journey so far and her efforts to open up in her way, particularly in the context of this major school project. I'm still unsure of where Sabu plans to end it, though. Do we know the exact date the wedding took place? I haven't thought about it much, but it might be nice to know how far off since each chapter is dated and a good amount of time is passing.

BTW, our PFP's are almost reverses of each other--just something I noticed because the colors stand out so much. I did enjoy that anime, even though it was so silly at times (unless I am completely getting the characters wrong).

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One step forward, a thousand steps back. At this point, Lapis really is completely alone (and almost certainly suicidal, as it's doubtful that she expects to survive the implementation of her plan).

But if at first you don't succeed, try again ! Come on, Natori !

The big change is now she's alone out of fear and love for Natori rather than disdain, like with others. Natori means so much to her that she doesn't want her getting muddied along the way or the feelings that come with her presence. That's a big step forward but comes with some unfortunate consequences. But like you said Natori isn't a quitter so we'll see what she (and the athlete couple) can do.

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Again, I'm baffled at all the comments saying that Mei shows no emotions when this chapter is all about showing how out of her depth she is with her own emotions due to having been repressed for so long.

It was nice to see that Grampa Aihara has chilled out and is on good terms with the girls. Ume continues to be a treasure, and Mei asking Yuzu for a letter was incredibly sweet.

I'm wondering what kind of letter she'll expect from Yuzu, and about what.

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It’s remarkable how commenters here care so much more about the boyfriend than the story does.

I mean, the story itself keeps bringing him up. It could have had her dump him several chapters ago; many of us thought she had given the line about her friends trying to get them back together. Instead it's being strung along for some reason. Maybe just for "ooh, cheating!" frisson, maybe something else.

No, you’re right about that. I just mean the discussion about the “proper” and ethical way to treat a character who was introduced as a scumbag and kept offstage ever since.

It's more about what she would want to do. I'd definitely break up over text and go on about my day, but I doubt a young Japanese girl who worries about how she's viewed will want to deal with the results of that.

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I kept getting so incredibly nervous that they would kiss here, the boyfriend would see them, and then a huge amount of drama would explode from there. I'm still scared lmao

I WAS LITERAAAALLLY GETTING ANXIOUS ABOUT THE SAME THING

It REALLY felt like it was building up to that. Glad it didn’t

True lol. Though, I feel like she'd just breakup with him. I'm honestly trying to understand how they'd even present drama from him. She reiterated how she wants to dump him and now has told her actual GF this, so he shouldn't have much leverage.

The leverage he has is him telling all their classmates “She cheated on me so we broke up”

There’s no reason why she hasn’t broken up with him. Just do it over text. There’s zero reason to go meet him in person to break up and it’s safer for her over text.

He was comfortable grabbing her and trying to force a kiss on her without making sure she was actually okay with it, I’m sure grabbing her and begging, “Please, hear me out! I’ll do better!” Isn’t far beneath him— and hurt people are unpredictable. Best to do it over text just to say that you did it, block and move on

It's polite to break up in person, especially if the other person confessed in person. I'm assuming breaking up via text or phone isn't even a possibility in her mind, and would be perceived as a bit rude to her friends and classmates. We'll see though! They made him irrelevant and even joked about that in this chapter lol, so I'm really wanting to see how they handle it. It feels like only comedy would work without feeling like a disorienting tone shift.

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I kept getting so incredibly nervous that they would kiss here, the boyfriend would see them, and then a huge amount of drama would explode from there. I'm still scared lmao

True lol. Though, I feel like she'd just breakup with him. I'm honestly trying to understand how they'd even create drama from him. She reiterated how she wants to dump him and now has told her actual GF this, so he shouldn't have much leverage. The only thing I could see is her friends being involved but her other friend didn't seem to mind already, no?

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And then the boyfriend got lost on his way back to his home planet, so these two became a couple instead. That's how it's going to go right...?

Feels weird that this is "Yuri" and both girls have good chemistry...but then it's all setup for the boyfriend date. I don't like that.

Agreed. I thought there would be a turn or at least a hint of one but there wasn't. She still seems happy to be off to her date with her BF and it ends. At least our MC seemed moved but overall, that's not exactly a fun conclusion. Still, a nice interaction, if it were any other genre. They were cute. Will just have to imagine the future that wasn't shown unless she adds a continuation later.

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We'll that's one way to get them to join up lol. Yuri and leader are so great. Love their relationship. Everyone in this series is various levels of hilariously scummy but I guess at least Leader hasn't been on a killing spree like our main two. I wonder if we'll truly find out what Yuri is keeping from Leader too. That secret account. Series is always a lot of fun.

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but because this is girls, and not a gay man/trans woman its ok right?

Yeah that's all it is. You've cracked the code. I'm in awe.

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I feel not much is happening...I want more toxic mess!

The crazy girl lying her head on the piano promises some mess and a "date"(?).

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Who is piano girl or Taki?

She's the girl that was introduced 2 chapters ago and Taki is Fuuko.

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Reminds me of SpellAstra for some reason, just change pink hair for red.

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