also don't think there have been weird vibes either besides that in this series she's apparently supposed to be a problem solver and is running into various problems to solve.

Did you miss that the "problem solver" role was foisted on her because she's routinely slut shamed at her workplace? Or the part where a bunch of students cornered her and accused her of all sorts of shit because someone spread rumors about her and that male teacher?

This manga seems to be about an ostensibly queer woman forced to manage the relationships of straight people at her workplace, while getting nothing but disrespect and humiliation in return. That is a pretty fucked up situation, and while it would be a premise brimming with potential on paper, this manga does not seem to treat it with any weight.

In other words, this manga depicts a grossly misogynistic and hostile workplace, but with the tone of a slice-of-life series. You really don't think that's weird?

It’s been 3 chapters. That's a lot to say so early into a series and I don't really agree. I'd hope this series doesn't get the same odd treatment "Boys Gilding the Lily Shall Die!?" got here. People can get very hostile very quickly, even for otherwise very good and very popular yuri series. Give it and the author a little bit of grace.

Well, you said you sensed no weird vibes, and in response I tried to put it into words what I find strange about the series so far. And I know that plot twists are a thing, but making some inferences about what the series will be about is not a knee-jerk reaction if we're already 85 pages in. If I'm wrong and the series eventually manages to develop some stakes and tension, crack one decent joke, cough up a single character that acts like a human being, and at least nominally gesture at the actual issues with this environment, I will be humbled but happy. But for now, personally, I get the vibe of an entirely pointless humiliation ritual of a female teacher.

I wasn't sarcastic: I really do invite people to point out potential foreshadowing of some kind of reckoning to look forward to. To identify any hint that this miserable quest will pay off in a non-sexist way. ("She finally grows a spine" is a hollow payoff if the story does not reckon with the misogyny.) I think it's reasonable to hope for something like this halfway through the first volume, given that this series is not adapted from a novel and has a relatively simple premise. In most other manga I would take a few pages of problematic lesbianism at the end of each chapter as a good sign, but the rest of the story here is so mind numbingly Mari-Okada-core that yuri crumbs are not enough to make up for it.

I don't see where you got the idea that mystery solving will be a major focus of this. Aside from the mystery "how do I get rid of these allegations/rumors without exposing my girlfriend".

Mystery-solving was meant to be a catch-all for the protagonist handing out love advice to students, resolving conflicts between students/teachers, and fighting the slut-shaming and other allegations people throw at her.

man... I kind of hate how extremely motivated the arguments that this series will somehow turn out straight are.

What is actually unfair is that even the slightest concern about the intentions of a series is received as an attack on the very character of the author. Hell, I haven't even mentioned a potential het endgame in a while, I have been mostly talking about misogyny in my last few posts. I would not be running my mouth so much if I was just "afraid of het" or whatever. I didn't think I would have to clarify this, but the way people treat the main character at this school would be uncomfortable to witness even if she was straight and uninvolved with that female teacher. The main thing that her being queer changes is that the manga was uploaded here and I learned about it.

Anyway, I'm shutting up now. May the future chapters bring some answers.

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I also don't think there have been weird vibes either besides that in this series she's apparently supposed to be a problem solver and is running into various problems to solve.

Did you miss that the "problem solver" role was foisted on her because she's routinely slut shamed at her workplace? Or the part where a bunch of students cornered her and accused her of all sorts of shit because someone spread rumors about her and that male teacher?

This manga seems to be about an ostensibly queer woman doing unpaid work managing the relationships of straight people at her workplace, while getting nothing but disrespect and humiliation in return. While such a premise has potential on paper, this manga does not treat this woman's situation with the weight it deserves. It does not try to spin a suspenseful, thrilling, or even a funny story out of it. And the way it's set up now, the only plot hook I can discern is that if she solves enough mysteries, the harassment will stop and everyone will love her.

In other words, this manga depicts a grossly misogynistic and hostile workplace, but instead of any indication that the story will challenge the actual problems with that, the protagonist's journey looks like it will be about doing unpaid labor "solving mysteries", for the benefit of the most deeply unsympathetic people ever, until the problem magically goes away.

It's possible that the main character's journey will instead be about growing a backbone and learning to say no, but that kind of conflicts with the mystery-solving thing (since growing a backbone means saying no to the mystery-solving crap), and shifting all of the blame on her for her mistreatment would be all kinds of gross anyway.

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"We already know it's mutual" she says... I guess Yarai might also say "I love you" without adding "supposedly"

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Personally I think the tone of the series is weirdly uncomfortable and off putting at the moment [...]

Good, that means it's working as intended. (in my view)

I invite any of you guys to explain what the reader is intended to take away from all the extremely banal straggotry the main character keeps enduring, with literally no narrative pushback so far, beyond "lol that's crazy" or "hear me out guys".

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The cover looks more like "possible rape attempt" than like romance.

The series is uncomfortable. MC is a punching bag at school and in a likely toxic (but yuri) relationship at home.

Something can be pure yuri and still very uncomfortable. (Detached Relationship. Various "no, she does end up dead" yuri.)

Wouldn't the choice of cover image be even more absurd for a supposed yuri manga if it depicted the female main character being straight up assaulted by a character of ambiguous gender?

This creator decided that the audience's first impression with this story should be the female main character being pushed on the floor by a character of unclear gender. I don't think it's unreasonable to make inferences based on this (in combination with the overwhelming presence of heterosexuality others and I have pointed out before), e.g. that F/F is at the very least not going to be the principal relationship type in this story.

A Detached Relationship is a disturbing read, but if you look at discussions about it, nobody questions whether it's yuri or not. Of course lesbian media can be weird/gross/disturbing/toxic/etc., but if you actually interact with that kind of content, the general pattern is that mistreatment by female characters is presented as hot, fun, or at least interesting, while mistreatment by male characters (if that sort of thing is depicted at all) is presented as something that just kind of sucks. F/F relationships and dynamics are 'prioritized' over heterosexuality, even when said F/F relationships and dynamics are unhealthy/unethical. When lesbian media depicts the encroachment of heterosexuality on the female protagonist, it tends to treat it as a bad thing, not as neutral or "wow isn't that just crazy".

I'm not saying that the main character here is necessarily heading for a straight endgame. But the vibes are deeply unusual (in a way that has nothing to do with "toxic yuri") and I don't find the main character serving as a punching bag to straight people novel or interesting; I don't see any indication that it's in service of anything other than indulging a straight audience.

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Maybe this sex magic thing is the real reason why it's standard for the saint and the princess to get married

In a previous chapter (I think either 1st or 2nd?) Luliam said she wanted to fulfill a promise to someone. I wonder if the figure at the end of this chapter (very likely also the enemy that appeared in last chapter and throughout this chapter) might be that someone.

Yes, in chapter 1 the princess told Nana that she must become queen so she can fulfill and old promise, but she didn't get to finish the story because of the magic surge. But I don't think the hooded figure is the recipient of the promise because they thought Princess Luliam was the saint.

The ambiguity is probably intentional, but it's not how I would advertise my series if I was trying to make yuri

I don’t want to be the “there’s too many men in this yuri story” person but…there’s too many men in this yuri story.

I just checked more closely and the cover page looks like a man pushing the protagonist on the ground. Pack it up yuri fans.

This feels like a forbidden chimera of the writings of Natsu Hyuuga, Mari Okada and Takako Shimura.

Even calling this 'toxic yuri' doesn't feel right because while the yuri that exists here is 'toxic', it makes up about 10% of what the protagonist spends her time doing. The rest is her being accosted by a bunch of straight high school students and a male teacher. It almost feels like the het is the goal and the yuri is the obstacle. Normally I would be more careful about that kind of prediction, but this story doesn't have any real hook in terms of plot so I think it's fair game.

There are of course yuri series out there that involve a messy F/F pair in a deeply unpleasant environment full of straight people, like Her Tale of Shim Chong, Tough Love at the Office, and Love Thy Neighbor. But in this case there is no (lesbian) romance narrative, no tale of falling in love (in the lesbian sense), nor does the story follow a pair of women whose mutual obsession with each other threatens to destroy their lives. The main character here starts with a bad girlfriend (female sex friend?) but wading through the shark tank of heterosexuality that is her workplace is what seems to form her 'journey', to make her life interesting. She's supposedly having a bad time, sure, but it's not a flavor of unpleasantness that is played for drama, suspense or horror. Whether it's meant to serve the audience's humiliation kink, imply that the main character likes the attention from the high school boys, or something else, I don't know, but it's not giving off a yuri vibe to me.

But this is what I appreciate the most about manga, it's free enough to explore things that would never see the light of day in the West.

This is hardly too "spicy" for the anglo market or even booktok. Americans even made a shitty HBO drama about a bunch of straight high school students fucking and doing drugs, but with the protagonist in a doomed F/F relationship for some ungodly reason. In fact this story would be pretty unremarkable if it wasn't uploaded to Dynasty Scans specifically, a site that has a decent tag system but which can't adequately account for a story that features a female protagonist with a girlfriend but gives off hetero vibes otherwise.

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Voted - hope Inee does well in the Manga Awards 2025.

In case anyone else has trouble with the Japanese for "Love Bullet" you can copy and past > ラブ・バレット

I would have missed this because I didn't look at the credit pages...

How to help nominate LOVE BULLET for the Next Manga Awards 2025: bit.ly/lovebulletvote

Note: you can also nominate 4 other series in the same entry.

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It hurts so good

Why the fuck do they look like children

I don't think they look like children, but the trademark Tachi vision makes the G-Witch cast look pretty funny

Does this count as dryhumping since they're technically doing it over their clothes? :D

It's funny that she calls that "going all the way"

It might be a small detail but I love that shiny crystal effect on Alexandra's eyes when she's excited.

Kind of weird how when she was little, Alexandra's father suggested that she join that Magicross event but only told her on the spot that she's not supposed to win, after she already got her hopes up. It feels like he used her just so he could get a networking opportunity at that event, or to improve their family's standing by attending. It's not really surprising in a noble family, I'm just not sure if he's meant to be seen as merely bumbling or an asshole.

Being caught with an issue of Comic Yuri Hime immediately shatters your closet. Or so the legend goes...

I mean, even in those straight romcoms an important part of the plot is exactly that the protagonist feels alienated, with the alien girl being the only one who truly understands him. You know, the boy who feels that he does not fit and the alien girl who finally sees him for who he really is, etc. So it is nothing new in this setting.

Hmm maybe so, everything is inspired by something, but regardless I found this to be unique in it's own ways and a very fun dynamic. Fair enough if it's not something some people here enjoy, but I'm excited for more and am loving it so far.

I guess what stands out to me is the specific way Ten and Lulu are 'alienated', since it's a pretty broad concept otherwise. It's not the more general disconnect with peers teenagers (or really anybody at any age) experience, or the way being shy and awkward can make it hard for someone to socialize.

Ten was put on a pedestal as a 'girl prince' for being a tall tomboy, and her reputation flipped to 'freak' overnight. And the reason why she feels a sense of kinship with Lulu now is not that Lulu is literally from a different planet, but how eager some people seem to be to treat Lulu as a freak as well. Rather than a subjective feeling of alienation, both girls are subjected to (what I believe is called) 'othering' while also treated as objects of fascination.

I mentioned that flavor of straight romance because of the setup (spicy non-human waifu conveniently drops into your lap) and Lulu's design. Some of those straight romances probably share this theme, but the female lead 'understanding' the male lead in a way others don't is on its own just a staple of the romance genre, and does not require her to be non-human. I referenced Stardust Telepath because it's yuri with a space alien and a girl who is bad at communicating but that one doesn't quite share this theme either.

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Oh, I really like the art style! The way the eyes are stylized especially really captured my attention, which I guess is important for a manga that looks like gaze is going to be important and with so many eye shots. And I get the breasts are ridiculous but Lulu's design is so over the top with details and ruffles and flowing things that it doesn't feel unbalanced on her to me. She's like a wedding cake of a woman

Ten's design also works really well together with hers. It's cute that they have a similar style of bangs

I mean, yeah. There's something there.

But at the same time this whole "the alien is just a highschool girl from another outer space and otherwise basically human with a silly name and dealing with the typical human highschool problems" feels somewhat trite at this point; and like one of those anime tropes you've seen a billion times. Maybe I just got a grumpy day, but I wished it was a bit ... more.

To each their own, I think it's great so far.

I feel like the whole setup is meant to be a throwback of sorts to the type of romcoms-for-boys that were popular in the 2000s. Improved instantly by making it yuri, of course. The yuri dynamic actually reminds me of Stardust Telepath, with the human protagonist feeling like an alien among her own kind.

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Typo/error report

Ch. 11

Diode buried her face in Terra's chest without hesitation and Terra, dumbfounded, and dumbfounded, let it thump against her.

Remove "and dumbfounded,"

Vol. 2 ch. 1

They managed to send Pri away, but appearance put an end to their flirting.

Change "but appearance" to "but her appearance"

It's good that the pair used those precious couple of hours to discuss the important stuff because they really got split up immediately, holy shit. I only have wild guesses on how they can reunite now.

Also, thank you all for sharing your theories on Eda and the limits of her ability to detect people that fall under; they make a lot of sense.

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"Let me fly your boat" was how Diode originally asked Terra to go fishing with her, and this line is used in marriage proposals in their people's tradition (chapter 3). Terra saying "please fly my boat" here was her basically saying yes to that.

Nagi Sumie is a little afraid of dogs. Maybe she was wary of Manatsu for a similar reason at first.

I’ve been trying to map out how much longer this series has, but there’s no way the next chapter is the last chapter right? At least two to three to give them a proper conclusion right? (Although I personally wouldn’t mind it continuing on as an episodic series like Assorted Entanglements with some more occasional character development)

Volume 2 still needs about 80 pages to reach the same page count as volume 1 (136 without the extras), so that's at least 2 more chapters even if volume 2 is the end.

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Teren Mikami, I was familiar with your game, but I still owe you an apology

So much to chew on in this chapter, but my monkey brain got stuck on the "looks like we shared our first times together" moment

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Incest is bad, incest is weird, incest shouldn't exist even if is one side secret attraction for your sister.
Let's not have this debate, please.

Someone saying they are bored of hearing the same couple of sentences repeated over and over, month after month, is not the same as disagreeing with the content of the sentences. If someone started to spam this thread with "vaccines work" and "5g is harmless", I would find it annoying, but not because I don't believe in vaccines or because I'm a 5G truther. In the same manner, commenting on the sheer volume of complaints that Miki Is A Disgusting Siscon, does not constitute an attempt at defending 'incest', or an invitation to debate. I hope I managed to clarify that for you.

Ah, and of course saying that Miki deserves love and kindness also does not constitute a defense of 'incest'. She has not committed any crime, and there is no reason to assume her inappropriate feelings for her sister (which she wants to get over) make her any more dangerous to Aya than the average girl from their school is.

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It's so sweet that Manatsu keeps doting on Nagi, and that it's absolutely working. Other people might be bothered by Nagi's aloof disposition but Manatsu treasures every small reaction she can get out of Nagi.

Meanwhile here I am, enjoying basically every chapter whether it's sloppy melodrama or a fluffy date. Unbothered, moisturized, in my lane, flourishing, etc. After 11 volumes of this series over 5 years, it seems pretty clear to me that either the author or the majority of Yuri Hime readers filling out the surveys have a preference for sloppy and at times ridiculous melodrama and it's not going to go away.

Imagine that the girl you have a crush tells u that you can't date her because she's in love with her sister...I think that's a big red flag.

I think girls who are just kind of weird deserve a chance at love too. It's not like Miki has shown any tendency for abusive behavior, lying, cheating, or anything else. The fact that she told Aya about it, despite how ashamed she is of it, is actually pretty mature and a good sign if anything.

Honestly, the constant finger wagging about the entirely one-sided incestuous feelings, which the character clearly wants to get over, is kind of getting old in general. I didn't want to say anything when it was first revealed because everyone is entitled to be shocked, but it's starting to feel like this is the audience's new chew toy after "Shiho's sins" became less relevant. Squeak, squeak, squeak.

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The extra chapter is so cute