This manga has me listening to Nirvana and other rock bands in my music rotation again.... reliving my middle school years and reminiscing how i met my friends through rock/emo music

Have you checked out the Dream Widow album? Mistuki and Gyaru-chan didn't lie, it slaps.
I only found out about it bc of the manga lmfao

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

You’ll love it. The Nirvana vibes are really there!
And there kinda was a little rec on the concept arts for this story (https://dynasty-scans.com/images/19931)

https://youtu.be/qbmYNpVSbUk (saw someone point it out on twitter)

So i’m guessing we’ll have to eagerly wait for Arai Sumiko-sensei’s musical suggestions, since this will happen again

Did the gyaru ever show any interest in girls? She clearly likes boys and don't know that Mitsuki is a girl.

aHEM points at profile picture
whole point of the story is that gyaru-chan, presumably straight, unknowingly falls for a girl whose style is a bit on the androgynous side. and that's how she'll figure out she ain't straight and fell for style + personality (regardless of gender)

This manga has me listening to Nirvana and other rock bands in my music rotation again.... reliving my middle school years and reminiscing how i met my friends through rock/emo music

Have you checked out the Dream Widow album? Mistuki and Gyaru-chan didn't lie, it slaps.
I only found out about it bc of the manga lmfao

Is there a way to link photos to this? To link this https://dynasty-scans.com/images/19699?tag_id=21856
And this https://dynasty-scans.com/images/20177?tag_id=21856
Seeing that the characters of this series are the ones tha appear there.

Good call!
We should add this one too https://dynasty-scans.com/images/19931

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Is this... plot development???

It is! And we're gonna get to see this https://twitter.com/agu_knzm/status/1428325888106532877

And probably this https://twitter.com/agu_knzm/status/1435937223346581512 (post-reveal?)

Massive thank you to the team / person translating this.

I think it's one person who does it all alone — and extremely fast. I wish I could hug them.

So... great uncle or best uncle?

consider this: UILF

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Imagine having such a supportive family member, how nice

that's exactly why I joked about straight people not being as nice as this uncle. Mistuki is lucky af... good for her, she'll get the girl and get the uncle to pay for the marriage

wait a minute guys what if the uncle is being such an ally because he's queer??? there's no way straight ppl would be this cool, right? right????

Love the uncle originally being shocked by the lesbianism but now completely jumping the gun on them marrying.

him coming to terms with the unavoidable yurification of his niece just like that makes him the best uncle in the world
uncle is the wingman confirmed

is this mitski origin story

LMFAO

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I figure it's more of a personal choice on Mitsuki's part and not because of a strict dress code because all the other classmates have earrings, make up, and painted nails in school.

The school could be strict tho. The only classmates we've seen are gyarus, and the common trope is that they don't exactly follow the school rules... Mistuki could be toning down her style and turning into a plain girl every morning because of the school rules while Gyaru-chan & Co. don't care and wear big earrings and make-up because... well, they are gals.

also, the mask Mitsuki wears at work could be related to strict school rules (forbidding students to have part-time jobs, therefore forcing her to hide her identity with a hoodie and mask).

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I finished reading this and thought "no way this is a oneshot right"

but alas

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Am I the only one that wondering why her uncle looks like Johnny Depp, lol.

Great, now I can't unsee this.

Not a big music person, but I love this kind of story, where a romantically-assertive girl chases another one who didn't get a chance early on to clarify their gender (and doesn't correct the person later because they find they kind of like it).

Kind of like a coming of age story but with different cliches, so it feels fresher.

Also, the art style is fantastic. I really like how the artist manages to bring across the character's feelings without solely using blushing. The facial expressions are very emotive, and the light application of blushing (whereas many are heavy-handed with this) does so much more in my opinion to immerse the reader.

100% agree. That was the best comment I've seen here.

To me the music aspect is a big bonus because I too am a rock fan among young people who do not listen to this genre a lot. Some people in this forum said that it was unrealistic that these teens were Nirvana and Foo Fighters fans but... y'all I'm 21 and that was the exact feeling I was experiencing 4 years ago as a "JK" obsessed with a 70s rock band not even my parents know of. I even had my Nirvana phase at ~13-14, supported by my rocker mom. So we do exist, specially with the internet that allows people from non-english speaking countries to find 70s-90s rock bands from the US and UK, and because of that the plot of two people bonding over listening to music that is not so popular with their peers is beautiful af.

The author has my thanks, I feel seen. And the art is incredible. You could feel what the uncle was feeling with his expressions alone in the last chapter. It takes some talent to do that and not be over the top.

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Btw the moment I read 'Mistuki' at ch05 I yelled "AS IN MITSKI'S FIRST NAME???"
7/10 sure it's because of Mitski. Rock girlies, rise.

What about her VOICE? Does her voice changes as well when she changes her look?
I mean cos otherwise it should be easy to recognize her, after talking to her both at the store and at school.

Gyaru-chan seems dense af. Also Mistuki (rocker girl) seems to be awfully smooth when at the store so I guess she deepens her voice (?) when talking to the cute girl who thinks she's a guy (involuntarily gay)

I predict the uncle going like "My fucking god! These bitches gay! Good for them!" after he notices his niece has a thing for gyaru before she realizes it herself.