^From what I remember playing Monopoly is the metaphor for sex that Bae and Irys shippers use due to a joke from a stream

Cuteness

I don't think Bridget is going to be getting any rest or sleep anytime soon, her harem is going to make sure of that

Lumine stop messing with the poor girl and just kiss her

^Yeah this website gets variety, and from what I can tell the majority of the breasts in the last few art batches are small to medium, at least nothing much in the way of crazy or super emphasized from what I'm seeing. Plus if you click the artist's name the breasts in their gallery of art works are also around this size. I appreciate breasts of all or at least most sizes in art, from very big to even flat, and we're certainly not lacking a good selection of small to medium. Plus I say this as someone who spends at least some daily free time looking through new art on numerous websites, there's variety of all kinds out there.

Sometimes waiting till you get home just isn't possible

Fun to see the current trend already arriving on the shores of Dynasty

How do you handle a girl like that?, you don't. You let her handle you lol

Eyy, our girls got licensed

https://x.com/yenpress/status/1827384508120801546

Exciting news, I was worried that nobody was picking up the series at this rate.

Which even if people think Whispering You a Love Song is a completely worthless series because it doesn't focus on identity, as long as fans of the series are also pushing for real life acceptance that's ultimately the most important thing. I do think this series and others like it have value.

My initial complaints weren't just about Whispering You a Love Song not focusing on sexual orientation. I've read plenty of yuri where that isn't explored, and I'm typically fine with that.
My issue is that this manga is going out of it's way to create a scenario where not focusing on a character's sexual orientation feels like a glaring ommision.
Takeshima could have made Miki's ex a girl and it would've been just like any other fluffy yuri manga where all the girls are assumed to be lesbian. That's fine.
But she went out of her way to make Miki's ex a guy.
And have her participate in conversations where they try to define "romantic love".
And have her female senpai confess to her.
Which should naturally lead someone to at some point mentioning the role gender plays in love and attraction for her, right? Or have her get a bit introspective about orientation when thinking over her senpai confessing, right?
Well she does get introspective...over her incestuous feelings for her sister. Sigh...

Oh and I don't hate this series by any stretch. Aki and Shiho are one of my favorite couples and the art is amazing.

I think what you're saying sounds generally fair, and I should say I don't think this series is free of critique. There are elements that definitely could be more thought through and written better. I'll also say the series would probably be better with lesbian acknowledgement and identity exploration, especially with the past boyfriend being an element as you're saying. I do understand the frustrations people are having with the series, even with that in mind I'm still generally enjoying the story and relationships, and even as it is I think the series does have value.

I do kind of want to push back against the idea that bringing up queer identity makes a work less fluffy or about the characters being in love. I don't think it's what you're intending to say, but I do feel like that edges toward the idea that queer love is somehow less "pure" or fluffy if you use the L-word to describe the characters, and that it's somehow cleaner to just leave things undefined.

I think they just assumed you were discussing series that make sexual identity part of the plot's central focus or part of some kind of drama.

My experience is similar to yours. Most Korean/Chinese series I've read (no matter how fluffy) acknowledge the characters' identity in common/natural and direct ways. I've rarely had these issues with non-manga series. Maybe it's just the ones I choose to read.

Yeah I'm not saying queer identity makes a work less fluffy at all. I'm going off Gellydog specifically mentioning how fluffier series typically don't go into identity. I thought Gellydog was saying specifically that series such as Whispering You A Love Song are objectively bad because they're just fluff and nothing else. I do think queer identity and exploration aren't mutually exclusive with fluffy at all and I had less than 0 intent of saying that, I only thought the conversation was that fluffy series tend to not have those elements and there for are bad by default. So I was trying and I guessing failing to say that I think this kind of fluffy series and series that have more of a focus on queer identity are both valid. I think while Whispering You a Love Song doesn't explore queer identity it's still a generally good series about these girls that are in love with each other, and from what I can tell I'm one of the few on Dynasty that still enjoys the series, which is fine.

I agree, but I'm also not sure what you're meaning here. Are you saying that pushing for representation in media isn't part of pushing for acceptance in real life? Because I'd disagree strongly with that.

I'm not saying that at all. I'm saying both series with more of a focus on lesbian identity and series such as Whispering You a Love Song that are focused purely on the romance and not the identity are both valid. Even a work like this I think helps normalize same sex relationships. Which even if people think Whispering You a Love Song is a completely worthless series because it doesn't focus on identity, as long as fans of the series are also pushing for real life acceptance that's ultimately the most important thing. I do think this series and others like it have value.

^Actions speak louder than words as they say, and making out is the answer

Juri looks surprised that she's getting a kiss

Group bonding is important

^^^Just a quick mid class snack

Poor girl needs wife love badly

Ah I see how the neck has a bit of a mark, I think I missed it because I was looking for the traditional two holes dripping blood

Guess the teacher is the one getting taught this time

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Thigh on Thigh

The accidental kabedon makes the heart go dokidoki

Momoka is definitely giving off vampire vibes, and using DeepL to translate the source Tweet I think the artist made her into a vampire here. Nina's neck is in danger

Bark Bark

@girlswhokiss I don't disagree, I'm not personally describing the characters in this art as Butch. Only that I'm taking a "live and let live" approach, where if someone says Trans and/or Butch in how they relate to this art and see the characters that's their interpretation. I'm aiming to keep an open mind about how others view things.

@girlswhokiss Yeah I should say I didn't mean to say being butch and trans is exclusive, just that sometimes one word or another is better depending on the person, sometimes both works of course.

@luinthoron lol true

@juanelric Yeah track suits are pretty popular with Japanese media, though I don't know if they're popular in real life in Japan as well, or if that's just Slavs lol

Wait does Bocchi wear the tracksuit to hide her body specifically? It's been a minute so my memory is hazy. To my knowledge it's pretty common in anime for it to be the easy choice of lounge wear for lazy characters / shut ins. Looking through things I saw a a Reddit post saying she wears one because of falling down, also a 2016 MAL forum post about Hikkikomori characters wearing tracksuits. Though I'd say aside from Hikkikomori characters you have NEETs. Plus two examples off the top off my head that even came after 2016 are, Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut using a Track Jacket and going bottomless as her choice of lazy gaming wear, and Miyako Hoshino from An Angel Flew Down to Me wears a tracksuit as her at home lounge wear.

Which I mean if people interpret Bocchi as wearing a tracksuit because of dysphoria related reasons fair enough. As I was saying before everyone's interpretation is valid. For me it's a common trope with Japanese media and Bocchi is relatable for everyone with social anxiety and so fourth. I'm not trans myself and I think Bocchi is extremely relatable, and I also think if there's specific elements that trans people find relatable to their experiences that's cool. I think Bocchi being relatable for different people and a variety of different experiences with isolation and alienation is part of why she's a great character.