The conversation above aside,
I wonder how Mitsuki will break it to Aya that she's not a boy and how Aya will react.
But seeing Mitsuki's fear of being out casted, it'll take a while for her to clear up the misunderstanding I guess. Or maybe a random surge of courage will become her drive to suddenly blurt out the misunderstanding..

Ahhh, or maybe the few next chapters are them but in school? I mean, Aya found some "similarities" between school Mitsuki and Working Mitsuki, would she play the smart girl and figure it out on her own? Or would Mitsuki let go of her fears and tell her first??
Aahhh! Or maybe they meet up, Mitsuki's intention to clear up the misunderstanding and Aya's intention to ask "the question", then they happen to talk at the same time and the awkward "ah, you go first-" "No it's fine, you go" troupe comes in and they both laugh dispelling the tense atmosphere between them.

Argh but this could also go into the angsty route where Mitsuki suffers from not clearing the misunderstanding as they keep growing closer, then something happens that makes Mitsuki confess she's a girl and after that Aya gets heartbroken from having had her first love be "illusion" all along. Then they slowly drift apart but one day crosses paths once more in school. Then another story pops out of this encounter.

Or maybe I'm thinking too much ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I honestly hope that Aya starts suspecting on her own, without Mitsuki saying a thing. I mean, she kinda brought it on herself for thinking it’s a dude when perhaps the voice could give it away. Her side of the story will be about finding out that gender doesn’t matter to her (she fell for an androgynous looking person and personality other than exclusively because she thought it was a guy), if we consider that this manga will go full yuri.

I just want her to start suspecting that this nerdy girl next to her holds some pretty strong similarities to her crush (mole, a bunch of holes in her ear that mean she wears piercings, a suspicious band covering her arm — an accidental tattoo reveal would be fun).

Anyways, there are SO MANY WAYS this story could unfold and I honestly am agonizing over the fact we only get 4 pages per week lol

That would be awesome, @wlftchtr82. Keep us in the loop if you hear about a Discord being created. This forum design, while convenient, is outdated and burdensome to navigate, especially if you want to read through old responses.

Say no more. I just created a discord for this manga https://discord.gg/cQW8hrmsk6
Let's have a Foo Fighters listening party!

(It's 1AM here. I created this on impulse, so pls join, y'all)

Side question: Is there a Discord for this page or site for further discussion?

I'd like to know too. If there was a Discord we could probably have a Dream Widow listening party.

There are probably some people on reddit talking abt it. But in Yuri related subreddits, not something specific for this story. so pretty much what we do here on this forum

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Tricking someone pretending you're the gender you're not is uncool at best and downright nasty at worst. In a romantic fantasy where a happy end is the iron-set goal, the fooled one, after the reveal, will always decide they don't care about gender anymore because love is more important. But in any minimally realistic setting this treachery will hurt the victim horribly and bring only heartbreak and bitterness.

Yeah... That's why I hope to see the alt girl feel guilty about keeping her gender a secret, like a decent person would. And I am certain she WILL.
I mean, I get why this misunderstanding will go on for some time... The girl mistaken for a boy has no friends and will finally be talking about music with someone, she thinks that if she reveals who she really is to her classmate she won't get to keep a friend because her true self is boring, and in her head she will do her best to stay in the "just friends" territory because, after all, they are both girls (cliche line from "straight" characters in yuri) so nothing can really happen (LOL). Probably her thoughts will be like "I know she has a crush on the record store "guy", but I just want to talk to her as friends. If she tries to make a move on the "guy" she is interested in, I can just reject her, right??" and then once she realizes that she has feelings for the gyaru, she'll be faced with the aftermath of keeping it hidden that she's a girl (AND HER CLASSMATE) knowing d*mn well that as long as no rejection happened or the misunderstanding was cleared, the other girl would keep up with the ROMANTIC advances.
It's a mixture of misunderstanding and shyness/anxiousness. Not a flaw in character. She doesn't mean to sound flirty but ends up doing so. Idk how the author will develop the moral implications, but I think it's already pretty clear that Mitsuki is not doing this to take advantage on the other girl, she just honestly doesn't know how to clear up the misunderstanding.

(A lot of people mention handsome girl and sheltered girl but I never read it so I have no references on this trope whatsoever)

And, honestly, I don't think it will ever be explicitly said but Mistuki acting on impulse and lending Aya the album on ch04 after she saw Aya's expression when saying she couldn't talk about music with her friends was her identifying with the other girl. Like, something in her subconscious said "I get exactly what that is, on a deep level. She is just like me". She was not trying to trick the girl into thinking her male crush made a move on her, she was just doing what she thought would be the right thing to do, as someone who has no friends and knows the feeling of not being understood (even tho she has her cool af rocker uncle, having friends your age with similar interests will always beat this).

Well, anyways, welcome for coming to my TED Talk.

You're right, and it depends on how long it goes on. To be fair on rocker girl, it wasn't on purpose and she hasn't been doing it long enough for it to count as "nasty". I think if they went on a date and she didn't reveal it, then we could talk about the moral ramifications. Right now it's just a misunderstanding.

Also that.

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The art in this is so wonderfully detailed! Maybe what finally makes Aya realize Mitsuki's identity will be the tattoo Mitsuki has on her right wrist, that she covers up with a sweatband at school. You can see it clearly in chapter 1 and 2.

Mitsuki has a collection of identifiable traits. The tattoo, the mole and the piercings. I wonder if it won't be a combination. One of them could be a coincidence, but all is too much.

The piercings might not be (since I don't think Mistuki would ever wear them at school). The mole could be seen as "coincidence". But the tattoo will be just what is needed for Aya to realize... Hope is revealed by accident so it sets the gyaru down a path of "I need to find out more about this girl who sits next to me"

ok but when are we gonna see more at school scenes so there can be a setup for aya to fall for mitsuki-at-school and have a severe dilemma

that development would be chef's kiss but I think the school setting will be used for Mitsuki to fall for Aya, not the other way around. she'll be listening to her honest opinions about her in gyaru-chan's conversations with her friends, without the other party knowing, and getting to see a side of Aya that she wouldn't show to her record store crush. until one day she'll get herself thinking "wow she's really cute and honest isn't she?" (that's when homegirl will notice she was hit by the gay)

This would absolutely be an interesting storyline. And Aya doesn't return her feelings for Mitsuki in school mode, but is unknowingly falling for androgynous, record store Mitsuki.

She did get a little blush in chapter 4, so it's not totally impossible.

well, idk how "straights" work but i too would blush if someone just put an earbud in my ear like that. too smooth...

at this point I think Aya will completely ignore classmate Mitsuki and fall even more deeply for record store Mitsuki (mainly via message), and poor Mitsuki will suffer bc "she only likes the idea she has of me, and on top of that thinks I'm a dude, so she does not like the real me while >I< like her".

i predict some drama. I feel sorry for my alt baby

There might be some drama, but no way these cuties don't end up happy together! My heart won't be able to take it! Seriously, though, we need a school arc. Although these four page chapters are going to kill me if we get a dramatic school arc.

They WILL end up together. In my head Aya going like "attraction is over now that I know it's a girl" is impossible, she'll question her whole life after figuring out she fell hard for her classmate.

Dramatic school arc will be the death of us. Would be cool if it was serialized before that, so we can get more pages and more development per chapter. (Idk how that works, but the short-comic seems quite popular on twitter... so... maybe??).

Or we can just throw hands at Arai-san if they don't release 2 chapters per week if the story gets dramatic. But that would be mean

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ok but when are we gonna see more at school scenes so there can be a setup for aya to fall for mitsuki-at-school and have a severe dilemma

that development would be chef's kiss but I think the school setting will be used for Mitsuki to fall for Aya, not the other way around. she'll be listening to her honest opinions about her in gyaru-chan's conversations with her friends, without the other party knowing, and getting to see a side of Aya that she wouldn't show to her record store crush. until one day she'll get herself thinking "wow she's really cute and honest isn't she?" (that's when homegirl will notice she was hit by the gay)

This would absolutely be an interesting storyline. And Aya doesn't return her feelings for Mitsuki in school mode, but is unknowingly falling for androgynous, record store Mitsuki.

She did get a little blush in chapter 4, so it's not totally impossible.

well, idk how "straights" work but i too would blush if someone just put an earbud in my ear like that. too smooth...

at this point I think Aya will completely ignore classmate Mitsuki and fall even more deeply for record store Mitsuki (mainly via message), and poor Mitsuki will suffer bc "she only likes the idea she has of me, and on top of that thinks I'm a dude, so she does not like the real me while >I< like her".

i predict some drama. I feel sorry for my alt baby

"Hips giving out"!??

would make more sense if she said legs

My questions/theories: Is Mitsuki a gender neutral name in Japan? Or will Aya ask Mitsuki in school if she has a brother/cousin bc they have the same last name? Or will Mitsuki lie flat out on her first/last name at the record store?

Mitsuki is mostly used for females ig but Aya is dense af she won't even notice and start calling her "Mistuki-kun".
But wow now that made me excited for next week, bc Mitsuki might lie about her name and surname on impulse, and that'd add more to the misunderstanding. But if she gives her surname that will make us eagerly wait for Aya to just f-ing notice the girl siting next to her and be like "wait, I've heard that name before"

ok but when are we gonna see more at school scenes so there can be a setup for aya to fall for mitsuki-at-school and have a severe dilemma

that development would be chef's kiss but I think the school setting will be used for Mitsuki to fall for Aya, not the other way around. she'll be listening to her honest opinions about her in gyaru-chan's conversations with her friends, without the other party knowing, and getting to see a side of Aya that she wouldn't show to her record store crush. until one day she'll get herself thinking "wow she's really cute and honest isn't she?" (that's when homegirl will notice she was hit by the gay)

that's my theory at least

That's top energy right there. First the casual way she put gyaru's earbud in that one time in class, now just switching to first names. It's absolutely swoonworthy.

IT TRULY IS
i'm loving the representation of clumsy/useless tops lol

I feel like they'll soon need the idiot couple tag XD

i'm surprised it hasn't been added yet. They are both messes

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wlftchtr82 posted:

One thng i thought on re-reading - when the uncle says she 'has this' - going to concerts is something anyone can do so its not much of a 'thing to have' by itself- so it made me wonder if she is maybe in a band herself?

I kinda interpreted the uncle saying "you have this" as in him saying "you have your love for music in common, that's what you'll talk about". I'm like 99.8% sure that's what he meant

That's how I saw it as well, it was really cool

yeah, I think it's kinda the whole message of the story if you ignore the yuri
it's abt ppl bonding over their love for music, and that's deep af

One thng i thought on re-reading - when the uncle says she 'has this' - going to concerts is something anyone can do so its not much of a 'thing to have' by itself- so it made me wonder if she is maybe in a band herself?

I kinda interpreted the uncle saying "you have this" as in him saying "you have your love for music in common, that's what you'll talk about". I'm like 99.8% sure that's what he meant

Well...

I don't think Mitsuki is in a band yet since she thinks so lowly of herself (she says how boring she is and how she has no friends — someone in a band, even with the worst self-esteem, would at least acknowledge that this is something to talk abt).
but we know for sure that at least at one point she'll have to confidence to perform (this art above could be a solo performance)

The new girl is scary.

THE NEW CHAPTER IS SO CUTE. AYA-SAN IS SUCH A MESS. They are both useless, I love it!!!

Is this series posted on Sundays now? I am dying and need my fix. I hope the artist pushes at least two chapters tomorrow.

apparently it is. I don't think it's very likely that we'll get more than one chapter.
it's torture waiting for Sunday to come and get only 4 pages but oh boy it's too good

Is it just me or does Sana-chan look a LOT like the ghost girl? Coincidence? Or just foreshadowing that she’ll push the main couple into being less useless?

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P.S: No one here noticed that Mistuki’s tattoo is probably an Arctic Monkeys tattoo? It’s , like, half of the AM album cover. (I can’t attach images for some reason but… yeah)
Realised it on my 3rd read, I was thinking I saw this tattoo somewhere

Maybe, but sound waves have been used on numerous things.

The artic monkeys cover is just two AM waves.

The only iconic ones I can think of are Arctic Monkeys and Joy Division. Her tattoo looks like an AM wave, but I don’t think she’d just pick this as a tattoo for random reasons (someone who owns band merch a.k.a is up to date with their logos wouldn’t get a random tattoo). My bet is that she also digs Arctic Monkeys. Alt girl being alt. Tumblr aesthetic, etc.

Even if it's not from that album cover it's still music related either way.

I was a 90's alt teen (tapes, radio and magazines), what is the tumblr aesthetic?

(quick rant)
the "tumblr girl" aesthetic is basically a soft grunge style. dark tones, band t-shirts, ripped jeans, flannels, combat boots, tattoos, piercings and a lot of black mascara. the e-girls nowadays are kinda reviving it but the "tumblr girl" from the 2010s is just... different. it's very "rocker" and indie inspired.
outside of fashion, this aesthetic mainly focused in alt/indie rock bands like arctic monkeys, the 1975, radiohead, oasis, etc, and for the ones not really into (pop) rock, lana del rey.

here's some vid refs: https://youtu.be/I0ws480H_Hs ; https://youtu.be/eChWBSGeRR4 ; https://youtu.be/gjv0F_3yrWE
(they mention the problematic parts of this whole aesthetic, so... TW)

i was a tween in the early 2010s so I remember it very well. sometimes I have war flashbacks of 2014 tumblr, that's why I thought of the AM tattoo

Sounds like 90's alt fashion just with more modern technology. Like it's not that far off in terms of clothing choices. I had combat boots as a teen and in my 20/30's

yeah, fashion is always recycling ideas. it recycles so much that this trend is resurfacing less than a decade later and people are back to wearing 90s inspired outfits with a modern twist.
i’m 21 and i kinda want some combat boots so i don’t feel left out on the 90s revival. i had my “all i own is band t-shirts” phase as a teen tho, kinda had to donate all of them bc they didn’t fit anymore :(

but still, i think mitsuki’s style is more “2010s take on 90s fashion” than what we saw in the 90s and what we are seeing now.

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I feel so sorry for best girl Ririka to have fallen for such a useless lesbian.

P.S: No one here noticed that Mistuki’s tattoo is probably an Arctic Monkeys tattoo? It’s , like, half of the AM album cover. (I can’t attach images for some reason but… yeah)
Realised it on my 3rd read, I was thinking I saw this tattoo somewhere

Maybe, but sound waves have been used on numerous things.

The artic monkeys cover is just two AM waves.

The only iconic ones I can think of are Arctic Monkeys and Joy Division. Her tattoo looks like an AM wave, but I don’t think she’d just pick this as a tattoo for random reasons (someone who owns band merch a.k.a is up to date with their logos wouldn’t get a random tattoo). My bet is that she also digs Arctic Monkeys. Alt girl being alt. Tumblr aesthetic, etc.

Even if it's not from that album cover it's still music related either way.

I was a 90's alt teen (tapes, radio and magazines), what is the tumblr aesthetic?

(quick rant)
the "tumblr girl" aesthetic is basically a soft grunge style. dark tones, band t-shirts, ripped jeans, flannels, combat boots, tattoos, piercings and a lot of black mascara. the e-girls nowadays are kinda reviving it but the "tumblr girl" from the 2010s is just... different. it's very "rocker" and indie inspired.
outside of fashion, this aesthetic mainly focused in alt/indie rock bands like arctic monkeys, the 1975, radiohead, oasis, etc, and for the ones not really into (pop) rock, lana del rey.

here's some vid refs: https://youtu.be/I0ws480H_Hs ; https://youtu.be/eChWBSGeRR4 ; https://youtu.be/gjv0F_3yrWE
(they mention the problematic parts of this whole aesthetic, so... TW)

i was a tween in the early 2010s so I remember it very well. sometimes I have war flashbacks of 2014 tumblr, that's why I thought of the AM tattoo

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P.S: No one here noticed that Mistuki’s tattoo is probably an Arctic Monkeys tattoo? It’s , like, half of the AM album cover. (I can’t attach images for some reason but… yeah)
Realised it on my 3rd read, I was thinking I saw this tattoo somewhere

Maybe, but sound waves have been used on numerous things.

The artic monkeys cover is just two AM waves.

The only iconic ones I can think of are Arctic Monkeys and Joy Division. Her tattoo looks like an AM wave, but I don’t think she’d just pick this as a tattoo for random reasons (someone who owns band merch a.k.a is up to date with their logos wouldn’t get a random tattoo). My bet is that she also digs Arctic Monkeys. Alt girl being alt. Tumblr aesthetic, etc.

I hope we get to see gyaru-chan's name next since they'll be texting on lime. I've fallen in love with the characters, I'll help uncle-san pay for the marriage

P.S: No one here noticed that Mistuki’s tattoo is probably an Arctic Monkeys tattoo? It’s , like, half of the AM album cover. (I can’t attach images for some reason but… yeah)
Realised it on my 3rd read, I was thinking I saw this tattoo somewhere

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No youkai tag? It's pretty obvious they're youkai.

We don't have a youkai tag.

We should have a youkai tag.

This is just too wholesome. Oh wow.

Not yet! I need to give it a listen! I wonder what other music suggestions we will get from this series haha

hopefully some japanese grindcore like Morbid Axe or Flagitious Idiosyncrasy In The Dilapidation. I want to clear the room type shit to be referenced

I for one hope we get some recommendations like Yorushika and BAND-MAID. But perhaps the author will stay within the american/english music sphere.

I check Dynasty Reader every single day for updates from this artist ... honestly her artwork keeps me going through the day-to-day )))

This this artstyle is so beautiful

not as beautiful as your pfp tbh