Mhm, mhm. yep. This one's gonna hurt.

Uh oh, wee woo time, a new endcard. and Natsuki is on it :x

yeah good to see a new card, but oh no not Natsuki. I'd say I hope she survives but given that everyone but Tokiko who was on the first card died, it's not looking good.

"You chose to look at a series with the tragedy tag and BY GOD, tragedy you shall have!"

Uh oh, wee woo time, a new endcard. and Natsuki is on it :x

When it comes to yuri in non yuri series, there's a high chance is just a death flag... directors want to show a love tragedy but not ruin the harem and not show another man with a side character to keep the unicorn fans happy (thinking that the protagonist has a chance with eeeeeeeeeeeeeeevery girl he has ever interacted with), I would be wary of this, because I learned the hard way.

Okay, but Estab-Life doesn't have a male main character

This~ If anything, I'd say Estab Life is a yuri-leaning series that just doesn't have much focus on romance. I mean with how overt slime girl is with her gayness towards Equa, it's hard to call it non-yuri. And same with Feles, she's just more of a low-key tsundere type.

It's easy to dismiss the pining for goofiness, since the whole anime is full of wacky stuff but i'd say it's p consistent in its yuri-ness

Estab Life might be all over the place but at least it gave us a proper yuri confession~

https://imgur.com/a/4MFSc3C

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Saaaad but saw that one coming :/ I also think it's likely that this death will be the first one to affect Tokiko in some way, curious to see which way that's gonna be

Geez, all they're doing is wishing you good luck in a roundabout way. A "I hope you can make it so that you don't experience the feelings of sadness and frustration I ended up feeling because I couldn't make it" type of thing. It's nothing but good wishes directed at her, no one's telling her anything bad but she still finds a way to twist it so she can justify keep being miserable. What a pity-party.

Genuinely good wishes still carries a weight, no one wants to feel like they're letting others down.

That’s true. When you are already under amount of pressure from yourself, even the best of wishes from others will feel heavy. You don’t wanna disappoint others when you think you can’t do something, so that adds to the pressure

In fact, this very thing is part of why well-meant wishes/expectations can be even more heavy than negative ones. With wishes of failure or expectations from people you dislike, you at least have your spite, which can fuel and hold you.
But when these come from well-meaning people you like (or at least don't dislike), spiting them or even just feeling burdened by them can make you feel even worse exactly bc you don't want to resent them.

I wouldn't want sensei to burn themselves out but if it's smth they want i'd love them to get picked up for a full serialization. 100% willing to wait for monthly chapters instead too, I really hope they're not stretching themself thin delivering quality pages like this weekly

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My memory of past chapters might be lacking but isn't this the first time Himawari-san has reacted, that strongly to Matsuri's love declarations? Def feels like she's finally starting to become conscious of her, not just as a child but as a woman for lack of a better wording~

If I had to wager a guess, I'd say that sensei's plan is to run the story all through highschool, maybe end with graduation, possibly put a timeskip epilogue chapter of them in college or as working adults behind that. Would feel right.

If this really is the last volume, i concur that there's enough to wrap things up naturally but of course I hope for the former.

also, in terms of queer perspectives, well, it may be true that overall there is less transphobia in the lgbtq+ community than in the general population, there are absolutely pockets of intense transphobia there, especially in for example (where i'm from) the uk

Lately there's been a lot of bad press against "transphobic lesbians who refuse to fuck trans women cause they have a cock" with accusations of discrimination and shit... it's a bit of a head-scratcher to me...

please, please, don't bring that terf shit here, seriously. this is not the place for that kind of discussion

I don’t really understand? Did one of them get married? Or was that somebody else?

Long hair was married at some point but "that ended". Short hair was relieved to see her happy and/but also feels like those kinda beautiful things (aka happiness) aren't connected to her and wishes there was a way to change that. Cue the kiss that magically changes everything in an instant = they gay, they happy

Ugh that was so cuuuuute

I totally get being annoyed at the slow pace but tbh, my impression was that from the start Citrus+ was supposed to be a "leisurely jaunt through everything between the end of Citrus and their wedding".
So I just kinda expected from the start that they'd take the time to bring up everyone and everything they could

People still confusing "ntr" and "cheating".

This is tiring.

I’m just surprised the “We want poly!” brigade hasn’t shown up.

Listen, I may have a low threshold to get my polyam goggles going but that still requires some positive chemistry. And so far, this here is a big ol' case of NoTP, none of them are good together xD

(though there is merit in having some dysfunctional polyam rep, without it just being cheating. We have plenty of that for mono stories, wouldn't mind seeing them on our side either. But that'd require a writer who actually knows what that looks like~ :D)

I just realized while we have been trying to learn Gyaru’s name. Mitsuki (alt girl) has been knowing her name this whole time bc they are in the same class and sit next to each other.

The way that her friends probably call her “Aya-chan” while Mitsuki calls her “Aya-san” over the phone call. I wonder if Mitsuki will now tell Aya her first name or just her last name. Aya has to save her crush’s contact name as something, right?!

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? Idkkk, it could go in a while different direction as well. But honestly, this series gets me through the week. Thank you for your fast translations Amarrez

Mitsuki is indeed a unisex name, though overall more common for women afaik

This reminded me (if a bit more drama) of a manga where a girl mother divorced, moved in with her friend who also had a daughter and then they both ended up as pairs. Forgot the name of that one.

I would love to know which manga that is, if anyone can help out. Sounds right up my alley.

Yurikon, a marriage omnibus, specifically Chapter 3.

Ohh perfect, thanks a ton!

This reminded me (if a bit more drama) of a manga where a girl mother divorced, moved in with her friend who also had a daughter and then they both ended up as pairs. Forgot the name of that one.

I would love to know which manga that is, if anyone can help out. Sounds right up my alley.

"Step-siblings can get married."

... what?

It's not really unique to Japan either, you can do that here in Germany too. Or in the USA for that matter, seems p common overall.

Damn they're really not losing any time in this, fast-paced as heck~ I'm so much more intrigued by this than i thought i'd be, can't wait to see where this goes!

Are you sure Xu Hao and Unnamed Character are not the same person?

Yes, quite sure. I thought so too at first but remember, Xu Hao called Ting in the first episode, and it's not the first time, so obviously she has his number.

Meanwhile, Unnamed Character messaged her for the first time, from an unknown number.

The resolution to this arc was a bit of a letdown. It felt like all the abuse was swept under the rug, like, "Now that i got what i wanted, I guess I don't have to literally work you to death anymore. For now.". Someone like the mom doesn't just change like that.
But I'm sure this will come up again and only escalate further.

I keep hearing ppl say this, why is Seven Seas so disliked?

Thanks! Did you make this? Super helpful.

Yee I threw it together real quick earlier, since I had nothing better to do with my sleepless night anyhow :D Y'all are welcome~

The yuri is great, and that's perfect ! but for the drama.. I think we'll need a relationship chart soon lol

I didn't follow that well and am already confused. Blue hair girl and art girl are exes, I assume, but who is Xu Hao? And are they both bi? The art students called him her boyfriend.

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