…So, like, is the baby biological, or is there just a second, smaller robot inside of the sex robot waiting for human DNA to activate it? If it’s the latter, why does it need DNA? If it’s the former, how is the robot going to keep the fetus alive for 9 months? Will the baby be part-robot and part-biological? Is Nadeshiko part-biological? Is Akane also a robot and doesn’t know it? Why does that last page make the science lady’s grandchild plan seem so sinister? I have so many questions, and this thing seems content to answer NONE of them!

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I wonder if Elsa gets the curse and the Villainess system is part of her punishments/complications? It specifically desires to make her life miserable. Seems it could go either way. Interesting stuff.

I’m actually wondering if the Villainess System is the curse’s attempt to make itself whole after being split between the two. Remember Chapter 1, where a “mare” is trying to pull Else off a building while the Villainess system tells Yvonne to either push her or watch her jump? Maybe the whole point of the Villainess System is to either get one of the girls killed or trying to accelerate its progression in one or both of them (maybe misery can speed up the curses’s progression)? After all, if they do both possess the curse, and one of them dies or enter the eternal slumber before having any heirs of their own, the other girl would likely be the one to inherit the rest of the curse. Maybe the curse even realizes that Yvonne has been isekai’d into that role, and is choosing to present itself as a gamified system specifically to trick her into complying? I don’t know, but I’m interested in seeing where this is going

I am guessing the correct way to deal with the curse and solve the time travel plot is for Elsa and Yvonne to split the curse between them.

Share the neural load, so to speak. I'm pretty sure the two of them are drift compatible...

I never knew how badly I wanted a Pacific Rim-Please Bully Me Miss Villainess crossover until today.

Fuck, that was sweeter than the candy.

She just dug a hole in her own grave? I don't think that's quite how the saying goes.

Not even remotely, but it still works if you consider that Ruka dug her own grave when she first brought up the sefure thing, which she has now managed to deepen. Thus, a hole in the grave.

"I wanted to fall in love, now I have regrets" -> "Ok, become a cupid and never get the chance to fall in love ever again because rules say so"

Now I wonder who is forcing this on the girls. It's clearly not with the best intentions in mind. x.x

I mean, last chapter it was stated that they do all that work in order to get a second chance at life (and thus, love). It’s possible the story could take a dark turn into “they’re lying to you” territory, but’s it also conceivable that being a cupid is a sort of purgatory for souls who want to try again.

Well, that’s a hell of a way to kill a character. Like, I figured she was going to be hit by a car or something, not impaled by falling rebar. I have to give the author credit for going with a less tropey death. I also like how the gash on Koharu’s forehead became the red streak in her hair. I wonder if that’ll become significant later on.

also i gotta wonder, what happens if there's literally no compatibility? like does it fail to have any effect, or what

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/love_bullet_ch00#60
Based on this page, I imagine it would just have no effect if both sides were completely incompatible. So you’d have a wasted shot and possible collateral, but little else.

What I find interesting is that in most media and so forth getting shot by the local cupid type of thing is full on love-of-your-life you don't get over it kind of love, whereas here it seems that if it stays one sided long enough, one can. Makes some of the collateral damage of cupid fights less tragic, I suppose.

Also worth noting that OG Cupid had two kinds of arrows; the lead ones either ended love or made someone outright dislike a person. Makes me wonder if there will be anti-cupids or fallen ones consumed by their jealousy later on.

That anti-cupid would be cool. Something like, “I lost my chance at love, so I cannot allow anyone else to ever love again.” After this chapter, I could even see Aki being revealed to be one of those down the line. Either that, or reappearing in the form of one Koharu’s assignments.

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I chuckled when I saw a cupid loading a love-Glock, then lost my shit when the love grenade launcher came out. Fire that thing off in a crowded room and you’ve got an instant orgy.

On a related note, heavy weapons cupid is my favorite.

That's a wild concept for a manga.
Though I'm not sure I agree with the result. Her aim was to keep the three of them together, but when two of them will be heartbroken, who knows if that'll work out.

But at least then it’s just two cases of one-sided love. They’ll still be sad for awhile, but it’d make things within the group far less awkward then it would’ve been if two of them got together.

I did think she was going to shoot the other two friends as well, though, so they’d fall in love with each other and close the triangle completely.

Edit: I also just remembered the bit about modern cupids updating their weapons of choice, and now I have the mental image of a bunch of 18th-century cupids marching around with powdered wigs and smoothbore muskets floating around in my head.

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I like the overall trajectory of the story so far, but the secret test of character with the amnesia tea was a bit off-putting. Why some people seem to think that emotional manipulation is a better gauge of character than open and honest communication is beyond me.

They summed it up pretty well in this chapter, I feel. Open and honest communication is ideal, but the problem is that both of things require the good faith participation of all parties involved. A person who doesn’t want you to know something can lie, dodge questions, or just say whatever it is they feel you want to hear, and it’s not always easy to know when someone is doing that. When a person doesn’t think they’re being observed/tested, however, they tend to be a bit more honest. Thus, the secret test of character.

Granted, I’m not sure if such measures were necessary here, but it is a major family secret, so the paranoia and least makes sense from a story perspective. My question is what exactly they were planning to do if he failed the test. Like, were they planning on to give him a second cup of tea? He already thinks you poisoned the first cup, so why would he accept any other drinks?

Oh, so that hooded lady wasn’t Elsa!

It was her mom.

So you think Elsa is Olivia's daughter? That would explain her demonic traits, but why would Olivia even have a child? She has shown zero interest in anything except magic and her teacher's legacy so far.

I mean, the demonic traits, the natural talent for magic, the strong resemblance, and the fact that Elsa’s caretaker was a demon. It’s possible that Olivia could have had a child during the period between her master’s funeral and her confrontation with Lena, and simply left it to an orphanage (as you said, her only interest seemed to be saving her teacher).

Although, as I say it, I am starting to like the theory stated above that Elsa could be Olivia’s attempt to reincarnate the Sage (either as a direct reincarnation or as a vessel), since that would explain why demonic activity is starting to pick up. The Sage was supposedly using her spirit to seal the Demon King, and if that spirit is now in Elsa…

I would also count that as being as her “daughter,” albeit not quite in the way I originally thought.

Oh, so that hooded lady wasn’t Elsa!

It was her mom.

My suspicion was that she'd send Maron (i.e. Satou's alter ego, not as Satou) to wrap him around his finger as a ruse, but the way I remember it Maron doesn't cater to male customers, so idk. Maybe her study mate, but she's also not really that close to our leads and I'm not sure Makino would think of her as funny and cute.
I'm just not sure what it's gonna be.

I feel like Makino isn’t clever enough and Satou isn’t emotionally stable enough to successfully execute and get away with such a plan. I personally agree with the people saying it’s going to be Rina, simply because her whole character could be summed up as “Makino+”. She might not be interested in men, but since when has Makino thought that far ahead?

I mean, that’s great for her and all, but I didn’t see her clarify anything at any point after he said “so our engagement is established, then,” which sounds to me like he views her taking the card as accepting his offer. Until that little misunderstanding is cleared up, he is going to continue to view himself as her fiancé, which is bound to cause problems.

It takes two people to be engaged and married. He can think what he wants. That doesn't mean he's her fiance. She didn't hear him, in the last chapter because she was enamored by her thoughts of what she'd buy Mashiro. She never verbally accepted, even wondering why he was still around her and didn't disappear. She's just a (mostly loveable) idiot. In this chapter, she made it crystal clear that she did not consider that an acceptance of anything. So he's not her fiance, just a miscommunication or bad assumption on his part. So, it's mostly "great for him and all," if anything. He can tell people he's her fiance but he'd be wrong. The misunderstanding can cause issues, sure but he's not her fiance. I agree that his role is up in the air. He seems too obviously antagonistic to me but he could team up with the mom.

My point isn’t that they’re actually engaged. Maybe I should’ve put fiancé in quotes. My point is that so long as he thinks they’re engaged, he’s going to be an issue, and once he finds out that they’re not engaged, he might start looking for ways to change that. Plus, the perception that they are engaged could be just as problematic as Makino actually having accepted the engagement.

Tags should just be gone. What people want is full on spoiler summaries for complete series anyway, and tags don't actually serve as in their function as cataloguing content anymore, so better ditch them before further devolvement. People need to be untrained from checklist reading. ^^

What are you talking about? They’re still useful. Speaking personally, I’ve found works that I’ve wanted to reread but have forgotten the names of by searching one of the tags I remembered it having. I never would have found some of them if I just had to go back and search through this site’s entire catalog.

Also, what’s checklist reading?

I do wonder what Maximo’s fiancé/piggy bank is going to say about this, though. Scumbags are at their most dangerous when unaccounted for.

He's not her fiance, Makino made it clear again that she doesn't view using that card as accepting anything. But I do wonder what his purpose will be. I have a feeling he'll end up as a friend but maybe the mother's plans will involve him. I don't feel like we'll have two villains, just the mother (although why was the mom so confident, here? Maybe the guy told her something?). Mostly, I just worry for Mashiro. She already been through a lot and Makino's mom is terrible and vindictive.

I mean, that’s great for her and all, but I didn’t see her clarify anything at any point after he said “so our engagement is established, then,” which sounds to me like he views her taking the card as accepting his offer. Until that little misunderstanding is cleared up, he is going to continue to view himself as her fiancé, which is bound to cause problems.

I do agree that I don’t think he’ll be a second villain. At least, not a major one like Makino’s mother seems to be set up as. But he’s also still a pretty new character, so it’s up in the air.

I don't think we skipped anything, the chapter transition from Satou seeing Makino in the jewelry store, thinking "ah so she's getting married after all, liar.", to Makino's mother announcing it, with Satou thinking "yep, here we go." feels consistent.

I suspect we'll get a brief flashback to how it came to this next chapter maybe, when Makino is settling in at Satou's place.

Yeah, it does feel like a sudden transition following the last chapter, but it does make sense either way. It probably would have felt less sudden if there had been another chapter to set up the consequences of Maximo’s actions or show Satou’s reaction, but I don’t mind skipping a bit of drama to keep things moving.

Also, that threat-punch combo was so damn satisfying. Granted, Mama Scumbag’s vengeance is probably going to be ruthless now, but at least that means she’ll probably have another chance to be humiliated.

I do wonder what Maximo’s fiancé/piggy bank is going to say about this, though. Scumbags are at their most dangerous when unaccounted for.

Call me crazy, but is Natori being mind controlled or something? Between that “prisoner” comment and how pliable she suddenly became, it feels like there’s something supernatural at play.

I could also just be misreading things, though.

i actually like the expression of forcing it. progress!

but I like kamiya. Yeah she's a plot wrench but sometimes those are useful. Remember Lonely Girl? The plot wrench became a beloved character because of her fun and chaotic nature. I say give her time. The fact shes so open makes me like her more.

I’m assuming you’re referring to Wakana in Lonely Girl, and if so, the comparison isn’t really apt. Wakana was bubbly, chaotic, and kinda pushy, yes, but she never intended to disrupt the relationship in that story. Heck, she even began encouraging it once she realized that feelings were there.

In this story, Kamiya is actively malicious. She’s blackmailing Minami into doing what she wants, clings to Minami around Yuzu in order to make it look like they’re closer than they are (basically marking Minami as “hers”), and is actively trying to sabotage Minami’s chances of deepening her relationship with Yuzu (both by outright discouraging Minami from trying to take things further, and by inserting herself into situations where Minami is hoping to be alone with Yuzu). She’s doing all this with full knowledge of, and complete disregard for, Minami’s feelings regarding both Yuzu and her. In short, Kamiya’s a creep. A selfish creep hidden beneath a cutesy exterior.

Damn, Kamiya’s a bitch. Hope she gets her heart crushed before this ends.

No Mashiro! It’s not… well… um… well it’s only half what it looks like.

Mmmmmm, idk about that Aya, forcing an introvert in front of a crowd with all eyes on them so suddenly might not go as well as you think it will

Eh, it’s a gamble, but it might just work if she plays her cards right. It’s not the first time Koga’s been up on stage, after all, and she’ll have someone with her this time.

Chapter 1: I Won’t Let Mistress Suck My Blood

Chapter 4: I’ll Let Mistress Suck My Blood a Little

Chapter 16: I Must Have Mistress Suck My Blood

Chapter 69: I Want Mistress to **** My **** **** Blood and **** **** ********* Verily

Huh. So my prediction was wrong. Woo!

^ It took me a hell of a lot of searching, but it’s apparently a power called Ability Drain, which drains a target’s ability score whenever you hit them with an attack. Which makes me wonder what kinda kinky shit they were getting up to.

Oh no. This dude’s giving off scumbag vibes. Making’s going to have her work cut out for her.

Ooh, interesting development. I wonder whether they’re pairing off the spares in preparation for a finale, or working towards some other end goal.

Also, I’m obliged to agree that yes, the events of this chapter were wrong in all sorts of ways…

…

On the other hand, there isn’t much about this series that is morally “right” to begin with, so- as an old meme once said- let’s keep going and see what happens.

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