That said, there are attempts in some countries to make euthanasia legal for severe depression. Note here that the emphasis is on legal - firstly making sure it's not on the spur of the moment - but the conclusion (which some may find callous) is that it really doesn't matter if one person decides to end their life, so long as the process is controlled and we have the documentation that it's not the medical system's fault. It's all about legal responsibility. Maybe a bit of humanity thrown in the mix too, but 'humanity' is a loaded and ill-defined term.

I think the real problem comes into play when the process to provide quality long term mental health is faulty (Like most under-funded overwhelmed medical processes).

Another problem and probably the most glaring one is simply greed, bean counters realizing your life ended at a young age is a massive sum of government money saved. Money saved is money earned.

And of course organ harvesting, though I don't think there's a sound moral argument against not harvesting organs so that someone else can live a full life.

Sadly the fact is we don't live in a world where the 99% have access to any form of legitimate long term mental healthcare, so I feel like implementing that idea in the state our world is in is a slippery slope to something much darker.

Super interesting start, looking forward to seeing where this goes!

Ooh it gets better? I like it a lot already! Thanks for your hard work!

Interesting series! Thanks for the scanlation!

Cute and funny, thanks for the uploads!

Interesting story so far, thanks for the upload!

Well... That's done at least.

Not very happy that Kase won, though. She's just getting rewarded and doesn't have to face any consequences whatsoever for jeopardizing their moving in, delaying and losing the previous offer, etc. I was hoping that she'd be actually forced to choose and take a stand, instead of everything just going her way for reasons of plot.

It was overall a very weird arc, and I can't help but feel that despite living together, their relationship took a step back.

I agree, I think it would have been far more interesting if she had lost the race.

This hurts. I really enjoy the mix of "Oh shit a new chapter is out, I'm going to feel sad" and "This is such a good manga" when I see the upload.

Thanks for the translation!

Aaaghh!!! Why is there no spin-off of them living together?!
This is almost cruel, showing me what could be!

Haha, thanks for the translation!

Thanks for the translation Daphie, I really liked this manga even if it wasn't as spicy as some of us may have hoped.

I'm 100% biased because Girlfriends was my introduction to yuri but... I love this author and this series, thanks for the upload and translation!

Thanks for translating this!

Thanks for the translation!

I think (hope?) that the setting gets a little more serious, while I really do enjoy the series so far it almost feels like the axe could strike any chapter because of aforementioned lack of progress.

Hope I'm wrong! Thanks for the translation.

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I really like this series! Thank you to the scanlator for your hard work.

Appreciate the upload!

How can she slap?!

thanks for the all the hard work gouma-den!

This!

Just want to give kudos to the translators that managed to so consistently get chapters out. A chapter out every two days for months is no easy feat.

Seconding this! You people rock!

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I like this manga quite a bit, thank you very much for scanlating it!

I really like Hinohara and Nagai, always liked the pair in "Love at 14". The realization that Hinohara can't (or doesn't want to!) crush any feelings she has for Nagai was great.

Also a week to translate! Ouch!
Thanks for the update as always.

I need a list of the things you've scanlated Daphie, I really like the manga you choose!

I'm going to be checking out Musume no Tomoodachi as well. Thanks for the upload(s)!

Volume 3 releases in September, and the usual bonus chapter might be quite a bit longer to make up for the shortened page count. It's no guarantee, but there's possibly a still happier ending on the horizon. Though in the greater context of Keyyan's situation I think this was about the best ending we could hope for.

If you don't mind sharing, what is Keyyan's situation? I feel like if this manga was a financial success and she didn't want to continue writing more of a popular manga it must be pretty rough :(

Lovely chapter.

I won't lie, the series hooked me with the two MCs and the Aki/Shiho plot felt like.. more time that could have been used on the main characters!

Though if I had to pick between a shorter version of this story without the Aki/Shiho arc I would pick this, the art and content is great!