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Well?

that was glorious

Good news! The final 2 OVAS have finally been subbed

https://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=881670
https://www.nyaa.se/?page=view&tid=881669

This was a surprisingly good chapter.

I thought the same. The resemblance is uncanny

Well now, is always great to see actual Yuri mangakas doing Valkyrie Drive fanart.

This pairing exploded with japanese fanartists

Any day with a new Yohane doujin translated is a good day.

I simply love the way she draws expressions, there's no doubt whatsoever that her girls are completely smitten by their soul mates. An hey, Yohane's knack for science babies is never a bad thing.

Now if only she would made more MeiSaku...

Pretty enlightening interview with Saburota herself

Exactly. There's nothing in the writing that makes it stand out.

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After so long without proper updates and well, more series coming out, the genericness of this series is just more evident than ever. Art is gorgeous of course and Ratana shows a great dominion in the composition of the pages and panels but aside of that, everything is so painfully predictable.

And gotta to say the "promise me you will wait for me" trope is always so damn irritating regardless is used on het or yuri couples.

You can check this thread

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/144567-valkyrie-drive-bhikkhuni/74415671

IIRC correctly the first fragment is in the first area, either in the door frame just behind you at the start or in the small garden in the middle.

It would lock you on the order route until you finish it but then, the chaos stages are simply added to the mission select menu.

Yeah, the game has two different ending routes that spawn from Drive 16. Each route is four drives long.

You trigger the True ending route (Order) by getting SS rank on specific missions through the game. Luckily the game is kind enough to tell you what missions are those after finishing the Chaos route.

I wanted to read those impressions but I shouldnt, im not done yet TTvTT
Also it was mentioned here that after Momo, iirc, Mana was the best girl. I'm only halfway through the story, where Mana's just a huge pretentious bitch, im assuming this means she gets incredible positive character development because rn I cant lmao, I hate her so much xD She used to seem nice but then reading her dialogues/monologues became more and more awkward as she became more and more double faced, and rn she's just straight up pretentious and rude
Tho I definitely see why Momo is very well liked, she has a cool style/design, and it might be the contrast from her initial cold and harsh attitude, but she's kinder/more caring now, its nice/probably moe

Yeah, to fully appreciate Mana you have to see her full development through the two different routes. In my opinion, Chaos gives her more development than Order but YMMV

A bunch of cute little fics about the series

http://archiveofourown.org/tags/Valkyrie%20Drive:%20Mermaid/works

It's pretty amusing to see other people's impressions of the characters. The Bhikkhuni cast in this case

In terms of personality

Rinka: Asuka from Senran Kagura

Ranka: siscon lesbian that only cared about Rinka at first but befriends other characters

Momo: edgy brat that can't go one sentence without telling another character that she'll kill them, gets de-edged halfway through the story and becomes friends with Rinka, Ranka and Manpukumaru

Mana: Starts off as a gentle girl that helps everyone out in day to day tasks but due to Momo being extremely uncooperative as a partner she's forced to go partner hunting and goes power hungry over the course of the story, trying to climb through the ranks no matter the means

Manpukumaru: wild card of the story, partners up with anyone for food and befriends Momo. Surprisingly funny most of the time unlike Minori from Senran Kagura despite sharing her obsession with food.

Viola: Acts like a queen because she's "Elite", obsessed with Koharu who is her rival but secretly (well not really secret) just has a lesbian boner for her.

Koharu: Top of the class student, class rep type character that's an extreme lawfag that values peace above all else and for part of the story searches for a partner strong enough to use her power to the fullest. Eventually partners with Viola.

Echigoya: non playable character that's the merchant, has plenty of dialogue in the story.

Also, a rare western fanart of the Kagurazakas

Rare ship sighted

http://miremamo.tumblr.com/post/154019711872

I'd say Mirei's attraction is clearly stated by the way she blushes after realizing she's groping Mamori in the first episode. Her protectiveness on the other hand is alluded to in the brief appearance of Momoka during the opening scene of episode 2.

Besides the reveal that Mirei has a thing for braided girls of course.

That is true, a lot of the vitriol Mamori gets is because she didn't fell head over heels for Mirei as soon as they met. Personally I enjoyed the way their relationship was slowly developed through the whole series.

That nota at the end of the chapter was really, really helpful.

Ranka ain't the sharpest tool in the shed ain't she?

No, it only serves to unlock special romance novels with the girls.

The novels themselves are very, very gay though.

It comes down to cultural differences. Japan loves strong independent women as long they remain ultimately subservient to men, women fully independent aren't that appealing to them.

Yumi is not a bad character per se but she's not really Main character material, even less now that they've going full pandering with her.

As for Bhikkhuni, Mana fits to a T the "character is a jerk because is misunderstood" trope that Japan seems to love (see Naruto's Sasuke). Momo is on the same boat.

I don't think she loathes Mamori but she did mention the doujin would go the MireMamoMomo route. And Hibiki was also pushing for a threesome end with Charlotte, so yeah.