Kabedon!!

Also, that intense predatory look Watanabe sports is hot!

last edited at Sep 28, 2016 9:15PM

Every gamer's dream girlfriend~

No, I know Citrus is low key trash, I just think (in my opinion) that LL is straight up high key trash, and worse, it's really boring. I think you're in denial because you honestly think LL's "plot" is good. There's no real plot tbh. They get together early on, and everything that happens after is legit "Donut, are you sure tho"

THIS. I actually like "Citrus", and enjoy it immensely, but it has some rather glaring flaws, that have been brought up so many times already, there is no point in listing them yet again. My personal favourite is the constant barrage of new characters.
"Lily Love", on the other hand, was simply 'meh'. Could not hold my interest. (I would rather read FF, and that shit absolutely enrages me.)

last edited at Sep 28, 2016 8:24PM

Don't forget Matsuri. :þ Although I sure would like to forget her.

Matsuri x Harumin ftw!

An origins story. Nice. I like it. The change of pace, too. For once, no violence.

I thought the art looked different too

I thought so too.

On another note, I also agree it is kind of pointless on the author's part to halt the scanlation. I am all for supporting English releases, and I happily purchase them when available, but since this will most likely not get an official English translation, it does seem disconcerting.

On the other hand, I do miss After Hours. It was more interesting.

You already know, but for any other people interested in this, I suggest visiting the AH thread, you might find something of interest there ;)

Something is odd about the 3 previous posts. But don't mind me.

I assume Nez removed the link, then dpf reinstated it.

Not unless the author changes their stance, no.

Not sure what this means since A) the author was aware of Ranka's scanlation efforts, tweeted about them, and seemed pleased, and B) it was because the company issued the DMCA notice that further scanlation was halted, not because of something the author did or said.

Also, this is awesome! Thank you, SAD! What frustrated me about this series was that the scanlation got DMCA-ed, yet no official English release was announced. Keep it up, Ranka! You are awesome!

last edited at Sep 26, 2016 8:59PM

I could watch "Naruto"... if I could sink you once...

;_;

BWAHAHAHAHAHA................. Good one! I needed that, thank you, Alvis!

Still waiting, Kant. Come on, you know you want to... Cute little Georgium will cry... help him...

I don't know which game I want to play.......

WoW. You really, really want to play WoW. So I can finally sink you.

Also, I am bored to death at this so-called party, so the ONLY solution, Kant, is for you to make a WoW profile, so I can leave, make a division for the two of us, and then teamkill you. You know you want to be of service. Deep down.

I enjoyed this. I like manipulative, even somewhat sociopathic characters who are completely aware of their awfulness, and do not strive to change at all.

Besides, while we are never actually shown Itsuki's side, judging by the conversation at the hot springs, it is not like she is blind to the situation, so, in a sense, Mao is not stringing along a thoroughly unwitting person. In fact, one might even say that the actual power here lies with Itsuki, because she can either confess, or decide to move on on her own, both scenarios going against Mao's interests. And, if she decides to stay with Mao, as I said, she seems to comprehend the dynamics between the two of them, so it is not like Mao is trapping her, it is more like she is letting herself be trapped. Which can also be interpreted as selfishness, in a way. She suspects she can not get what she actually wants, so she settles for a somewhat twisted version of a friendship, instead of trying to either progress their relationship, or dissolving it entirely, giving both a chance to perhaps find someone new. One can never know for certain another person is not waiting right behind the corner, with a potential to make them truly happy, but as long as the two of them are locked onto each other, albeit in different ways, that prospect seems remote.

Then again, who is to say this unspoken arrangement they have will make them (or rather, make Itsuki, since Mao is actually getting what she wants) unhappy? Sure, she has unrequited feelings, but people are different, and some out there prefer to at least be friends with those they harbour romantic feelings for, if a romantic relationship itself is out of the question. That is at least some happiness, to be close to the person one is attracted to. It is not like there will be any heartbreaking scenarios where Itsuki is forced to watch Mao in a relationship with some male, since Mao is determined to devote herself entirely to Itsuki, even if not in a way her friend truly wants. No potential for jealousy, and similar unpleasant feelings. Besides, one side being in love with the other does not preclude them from having an actual friendship (think Nanami and Saeki, from 'Eventually, I Will Become Yours').
One has to keep in mind these two are both adults, Itsuki can just leave whenever she wants.

I mean she said she finds the thought of touching Itsuki's v disgusting. I lol'ed there tbh. Naoko sensei has some guts to write this type of stories for a yuri magazine haha xD

I found that to be perfectly fine. If she is not into it, she is not into it. It is not as if the story is anti-lesbian, Mao is just a non-flexible heterosexual. More amusing was that ex-boyfriend. 'Well, as far as two women dating goes, since it's pure, it's still fine.' He seems alright with the idea of Mao pursuing another girl, though, so it was not that bad.

last edited at Sep 5, 2016 5:30PM

BWAHAHAHAHAHA........................

Good one! Really enjoyed this. It manages to capture that air of old friends getting together. Plus, drunken Mio.

I mean fuck, the eggs contain and entire 46 chromosomes until sperm-egg fusion and one half of the egg's chromosome pairs leave.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA............... They just pack their bags and leave... No.

The egg cell has 23 chromosomes loooooooooooooooooooong before sperm-egg fusion... I mean, what the fuck, this is high school level knowledge. Perhaps you meant 'oocyte' (46 chromosomes), which is the cell that goes into the meiosis, the end result of which is the egg cell (23 chromosomes). Mature egg cell NEVER has the diploid chromosome structure, I mean, what the hell?? Same goes for the sperm cells. Spermatocyte (46 chromosomes) goes into meiosis, producing spermatid cells (23 chromosomes), which then mature into sperm cells.

Also, I am guessing that the creator of this thread was going for 'females that do not require males any longer for reproduction', in which case I ask: what is the point of this particular discovery? Because if you were driving at that, I highly doubt that those who would be interested in it would want to have their ovaries producing sperm. Better to just go with cloning, where you take the nucleus of a somatic cell and insert it into an egg cell from which its own nucleus was removed, induce the cell to start embryonic development, implant it into a uterus, and voila. While this is actually already a possibility, the development and actual implementation is stalled, since reproductive cloning is illegal in the developed world, if memory serves.

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Came across this on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIGqpXZ3TyI

Written copy: http://en.rocketnews24.com/2016/06/20/japanese-government-hires-official-pirate-hunter-to-search-internet-for-illegal-anime-uploads/

While the article above does not mention manga, concentrating solely on anime, several other articles I found on the topic say "anime and manga" (example: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2016/06/japan-combat-anime-piracy-with-humans/), and it stands to reason it should be both, seeing they are part of the same copyrighted material. Any thoughts on this?

from 4chan /u/:
I just read the final chapter in Champion Red
Senpai is fated to die at 22 and Sayuri possesses the power to jump through time/dimension and has been looking for a way to save her
All the different stories before that were just different univers, the first page even show the world where they were both detectives and Senpai ends up being stabbed.

Sayuri realizes Senpai will live if they never met each other so she goes back to when she was a pre-schooler and manages to avoid meeting her.
They meet again at 27 when it's shown that Sayuri was stalking her since then making sure she was alive every day
Pic is the final page, Senpai seemingly remembers Sayuri's name
Sayuri decides that even if death would come again between them she would try to save Senpai forever and ever.
The end

Pretty dark ending in a way but somehow also fitting

Bloody hell, talk about a mood dissonance...

Medley, just updated her twitter. She's tweeting about their 8th anniversary coming up.

Oh shit

BWAHAHAHA...... (No idea why, but this reaction had me convulsing with laughter...)

Nice to see they are still together. Who knows, maybe we will get a continuation of the manga one day... a slice-of-life series, or something...

Interesting thread. jmv, I would suggest reading the first part of this story, if you have not done it already. While I do agree an age gap relationship where one party is rather young can be problematic from a variety of reasons, this particular piece manages to circumvent all of such instances.
Also, the "I just expressed my opinion and did not expect others to agree" is pure nonsense. You found this age gap to be creepy. Fine. Someone said they do not see it that way. Also fine. But then, instead of just saying it was your personal opinion, you went with legal standpoint. Legal. Standpoint. Followed by such lovely statements as: 16 years old is not mature to enter into a relationship with an adult. The adult should know better to not take advatage of the younger even though the younger is the instigator. (By the by, how is the younger one being taken advantage of, exactly, when she is the one doing the pursuing?) Those are statements. You did not say "my opinion is", you just stated these things as facts. Followed by: Imagine how the parents of girl feel abt the relationship, which is just an appeal to people's emotions, imagine-this, imagine-that, how-would-you-feel-if-you-were-a-parent. And then: well, everyone likes happy ending, & this is yuri. so I guess most people r okay with it, which is just a nice way of dismissing anyone who liked this, on the grounds "oh, it is yuri". But that was just not enough, so: it is legal but that doesnt mean it is moral, bringing morality into it when the legal standpoint failed (which again has me wondering if you ever read the first part, immorality is probably the one thing no one thought about when reading this story). some people tend to abide & live by a set of values, while other dont. Here, again, you were dismissive, even rudely so, with people who do not share your opinion. You did not say "I have values, they have different values". No. What you said sounds more like you having values, while they have none. Which is a negative thing to say about other people, since I am struggling to see how 'you have no values' could be construed as anything other than an insult. a high schooler = KID. But it is not just high school students, is it? You said "under 20", which also disqualifies quite a bit of the college population as well, since around half the college students are 18-20. You are free to set your own personal line wherever you want (provided all the usual legal and anti-pedophile principles are in order, of course, not saying any bottom line is acceptable), and that is perfectly fine, but I just wanted to say this was the first instance I saw someone dismissing college students on the grounds of age. 16 years old is not enough in any case when the other party is an adult. a high schooler = KID. does it normal to see a 40 years old man dating a 16 years old high school girl? See, I am again wondering if we read the same work. And this is the second time you are giving the "16 is not old enough, in any case". Combined with that pure addressed-to-yuri-fans-who-can-not-see-anything-wrong 'just imagine if it was a male doing it'. You are not stating your opinions. You are preaching. Since you started, discussions about the legal age of consent have replaced discussing the chapter itself. Not complaining, though, since I find these things to be fun, but there are better suited works for it than this particular manga, since basically nothing you said has any bearing on the actual work in question.

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This is really nice, I like this continuation. Continuations in and of themselves are rather rare, so, double nice.
In the first part I guessed Machi is between the ages of 35 and 45, 41 is more or less in the middle of that window. I like how Machi briefly took the initiative here, since it was Andou who was normally in the lead. And they ultimately stayed together. Three years would suggest a rather stable relationship.
Also, Shou is such an easy-going character. Seems like nothing fazes him. 'Bad grades, nah, I will have them back up in no time, so no worries'. I also found amusing, in a positive manner, that he goes to ask his mother about Andou when she misses school.
All in all, I liked this a lot.

last edited at Jun 8, 2016 6:39AM

Thank you for the compliment, Faust. :)

I like how this age gap was handled. The younger party is the one who is pursuing, leading, while the older one looks confused and, ultimately, swept into it by the determination, and even some slyness on the part of the high school student. Such dynamics basically circumvent all the stereotypical issues with age gap relationships when one party is still rather young, like power dynamics, consent, and such. Not only is the adult here in no position of authority over the adolescent (like a teacher would be, for example), but the adolescent is actually the one doing all the romantic pursuing.
In fact, I like this particular approach to the point that Andou's slightly stalkerish (case in point, her seeking out Machi at her workplace, after the latter decided on ignoring Andou's messages as a course of action, and even going as far as intimately touching her; now, it is obvious Machi does not mind, but still, that is her workplace, and the two of them met previously a grand total of two times) and sly (when she managed to get Machi to stop her at the end, at least, my interpretation is that it was a calculated risk on Andou's part) actions do not seem reproachable.
All of this is then made even more appealing, at least for me, by the fact this piece manages to pull it off, while having quite a large age gap. Andou is 16, while Machi is a full adult through and through. Her marriage lasted for 17 years, and considering the minimal age required to marry in Japan is 16, she is 33,at minimum, and it stands to reason she did not get married immediately after turning 16, probably waiting until after high school, at the very least. So, she could be anywhere above 34, 35, and bellow 50 (because even with manga looks, I doubt she could be older than that, or even that old, to be honest; if I had to guess, I would go for the 35-45 window).

Also, I liked how Machi gave some early signs she could swing that way, so to speak, when she admired Andou's looks, in particular, her legs, after their meeting, concluding that the day was miserable, but she at least got to see something nice. Granted, it was a minor detail, that Machi in all probability did not think more seriously than as a passing comment, but still, it was neat. Added to that is the fact she did not angst in the slightest over Andou being a girl, but her main points of concern were the stability and longevity of a possible relationship between them, due to their difference in age, not the fact they are of the same gender.

I also wonder how much time passed between the entrance ceremony and Shou taking Andou home to see his mother. I first thought it was that same day, which made me slightly roll my eyes at the "love at first sight", but then I realised it could have been weeks, or even months later, which would be more believable. Initial infatuation that got to grow in the meantime, by Andou thinking and fantasizing about Machi.
I liked the son as well. That must be one of the most easy-going and supportive family members I ever saw in a yuri manga.

last edited at Jun 7, 2016 5:06AM

What the fuck...

After investigating a certain yuribait-and-switch manga (I won't say which one, to avoid causing people to make the mistake of seeking it out)

This is what i live for, make me miserable

My guess would be "I'm a Lesbian, She(?)'s a Demon". Just look at the last page of that thread here in the Forum, and it will all be clear. I could be wrong, but then again, I really, really hope there are not enough of such works out there for people to be wondering which one did the first poster mean exactly.

last edited at May 31, 2016 3:17PM

Awww... cute. They will need a slightly bigger box this time, though.

that's a really thin phone...

BWAHAHAHAHAHA.......................................

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You guys do realize that nobody in this discussion suggested removing anything from the site, right? But nice strawman, very well built.

Closest thing was a comment or two by Dofu about Japan, but y'all keep on arguin' against things that nobody's sayin'.

I am pretty sure we realise this point, yes. I was talking in general. As was pretty much everyone else, not even dofudofu suggested removing any content. Sometimes reading between the lines just reveals a blank space.

last edited at May 19, 2016 8:56PM

[...] What is the actual harm of those manga?

I guess mostly this:

[...] I get it makes some people uncomfortable, just as other people are uncomfortable with gory violence.

I.e.: "This makes me feel unconfortable, so I want it to disappear."

So, SJW-approach, then. Huzzah.