Ruki really got it bad:

Work your ass off to get your driver's license and go to the beach with Sachi? Not gonna happen. You're going to the beach with the person with who your gf cheated on you.

Put in your girlfriend's house as destination in your satnav to be able to pick her up? No, when the time comes, you're going to select it because you need to confront her because of the cheating.

Especially after the very courageous and touching confession in the restaurant, which made me like Ruki a lot and her resolution not to tie Sachi down, although the way she went about that was very ill-advised. She really loved her but everything went to shit.

I can at least understand where a lot of people who aren't happy with this chapter are coming from. I have no problem that Ruki didn't tear into Remi. Why bother with something you can't change and that is not your goal? Remi doesn't matter to her, her goal is to salvage her relationship with Sachi or at least gain clarity about their relationship. I felt that was rather level-headed of her. Focus on the things you can change and move into the direction of you goal. Remi isn't the key, Sachi is. The one thing I can't really comprehend is the time skip of a whole month, which I felt to be sprung on me and wasn't really indicated and leads to this two-point criticism:

Construction of the plot: I have no idea how Ruki and Sachi apparently didn't really see each other for a whole month and it seems they didn't even text much. I have no idea how that makes sense because they were bound to run each other at least at university. The two couldn't just happen to not meet each other. Even if Sachi avoided Ruki, not even Ruki would have thought nothing of it. If you don't interact with your partner, you don't have a relationship.

Character actions: How does Sachi cheat on Ruki for a whole month without not feeling any pang of remorse and how does she conclude it's okay because "people are bad". I think it destroys Sachi's character, who was shown to be able to care about others. Why does nobody notice, especially Remi's gang which thought about whether or not it could do harm if Remi got close to Sachi? Asuna very early told Ruki to tell her if Remi acts strangely. That's a bit much. I'm willing to suspend my disbelief but it's still a bit over the top. I think we can consider what Remi said to be true. She is very proud of herself that she managed to sleep with Sachi and wants others to know. She wouldn't exaggerate.

AHHHH. I just looked at the books Meru dropped. She is totally aiming to become Maasa's secretary. Calling it now. OTP headcanon confirmed.

That was the only heart-warming part of the whole chapter, Meru studying to be useful to Maasa. <3

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Looking forward to the next chapter.

^ Hey, typos happen. I'm pretty sure he/she knows her name is Nico.

Am I the only one disappointed this didn't actually have any watersports in it?

I'm not alone right?

Right?

I'm a bit disappointed but the fact that it was Nico's turn this time round more than makes up for it.

I liked the unusual setting. Made for a nice change.

Oh, thank you! Will read immediately! <o

Good bait catches fine ship girls. Kaga was pretty cool in this one!

I can't find a single thing I didn't like. Fav'd!

e: somehow this reminded me of that letter-eating doujin and then I find this on the artist's pixiv: http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=48352519

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Those two (and Strike Witches in general) will always have a special place in my heart. Reading everything now from this author with Lili Marleen from the SW OST playing.

Maybe I'm a bit thick, but does it mean that her wish is about to get fulfilled when her eraser is used up or that it won't?

fakeedit: Okay, http://www.shejapan.com/jtyeholder/jtye/living/ms/msjtye3.html gave me the answer. I need to read up on my Japanese superstition.

^That's the weirdest part.

Hello, just dropping by to say I've ... err, dropped my translation of this manga. If no one picks it up within, like, a year, (although honestly, no-one is likely to) I might, maybe, come back to it, but otherwise - sayonara~

Thank you for the time and effort you put into it!

^ I didn't get it until you pointed it out. Thank you.

^ Yes, especially Burning Arisa.

e: I could have sworn there was more translated from Harvest Moon.

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"You might think me a tyrant if you tried to leave." Oh ho!

And now I'm dying to know why she didn't reply.

The question wasn't directed at me, but I'd say like milk and honey.

Great fluff.

I have no idea why Anzu says that they meant different things when they say "I like you". Where did that come from?

Yes, I think someone said so in one of the threads.

"The theme is snow and YuuPa". And so it was.

Too bad the short stories are never translated in Atoki's doujins. I would love to know what they are about.

So, when Takemiya Jin says she drew a gag manga it actually is a gag manga. That was a nice change.

That pairing is all about raw lust, not love. ;_;

Thank you.

^ Last year I realized this: I don't know what I've said until you tell me what you've heard. My mind was truly blown for a while. The part to keep in mind is that people will act on what they heard and not what you said.

Said fanbook is about Mami's bleak adult life as a 30-year old. It's almost as scarring as that infamous K-On three parter.

Oh god, how could I not see that? You're so right!

The art style is great and makes it worth reading. Might remind you of Then Break Through The Night. Otherwise it's a solid story of how Remilia and Sakuya met.