My guess is that Kase is upset, but the kind of upset where she thinks she might say something she'd regret if she got into it before cooling down. So she's waiting til she gets backs to talk about it.

Alternatively, she's just head-emptying her way through this and doesn't even realize that Yamada is getting anxious over her single emoji replies.

Or she knows Yamada is anxious because the point is to be petty. I guess it's petty regardless.

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It may be a cultural thing but work obligation (that was not an obligation at all since she was not supposed to work that day) is a very non valid excuse if you had weeks to prepare beforehand at least here where I live.
I'm guessing it's that American mindset talking? Idk.

The silent treatment tho, that is lame af.

That might be true but then how is "I bet our future on a race with my junior" taken? Comparatively, I don't think they're in the same ballpark. Kase has been annoying for a while now, mainly since the author thinks these things are comparable for some reason. I agree, after all this immature stuff, silent treatment is just crazy. Throughout this series she's acted like a child. Still feels like high school, if even that.

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Takahiko is quiet. Quiet doesn't mean nice--sometimes it means the opposite. I'm glad her friend picked up on his energy.

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We gotta little bit of jealousy, amazing faces, and some more ominous foreshadowing. Perfect recipe. The MMM crew is very pushy and I'm thinking that's for a reason as well.

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I actually really love this manga and have no idea what so many people seem to hate about it?

It's dramatic. Some will hate it. Others love it. I think that's a good thing, honestly.

I just don’t get why some people can’t understand that some yuri fans only want (and only care about ) yuri romances in a... yuri story.

It feels like you're the only person not understanding that many other fans are fine with the series and enjoy it for what it is. You're the one bringing in the negativity, so let's not gaslight the situation. If it's not your thing, there's surely something else out there for you to spend energy on. There's no need to crash out about this series and in no way is this a generic het story.

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Bro the uncle is leaving, should have been mitsuki. She could do so much more music wise

Like what? She already has shop full of gear, contacts in music industry and access to a professional studio. What else would she have if she went to US?

And what sense would it make for uncle to stay in Japan when his whole arc culminated in him wanting to go live with Kanna

Has Mitsuki even said she wants to chase the music industry in that way? It's been a while so maybe I've forgotten.

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SrNevik posted:

If Joe leaves, I doubt he's going to just sell his shop. And Mitsuki would surely want to keep running it (and she knows how to do it). So... Mitsuaya living together and running the shop together while Aya goes to college and Mitsuki pursues music domestic storyline, yes? YES??

Sounds perfect. So all the major hangups have been cleared now. I wonder where we go from here.

Couple life.

That would be sweet, but it would need something more than that to build towards, so I'm wondering if they'd focus on her music or taking care of the store. What other goals do they have that I am missing? Maybe some new issues that come from navigating college/adult life (similar to Kase san)?

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If Joe leaves, I doubt he's going to just sell his shop. And Mitsuki would surely want to keep running it (and she knows how to do it). So... Mitsuaya living together and running the shop together while Aya goes to college and Mitsuki pursues music domestic storyline, yes? YES??

Sounds perfect. So all the major hangups have been cleared now. I wonder where we go from here.

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She said on her IG live right now that there is a good chance it gets an English release in a year. But she was a big hazy when asked if it would be a physical release. So maybe it will be on an app. It’s a ways off either way.

https://www.instagram.com/teleixihu_tracy

It's also currently in the final volume, the last 4 chapters. Might have finished now, actually. I haven't checked the last few chapters yet.

Edit: Yeah it just ended.

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I know I'm late to the discussion, but I felt the need to chime in about Koga's intervention between Aya and Ono.

For context I watched something that was in regards to US and Japan differences in website design philosophy and how the cultural quirks define how things are designed, including food menus. To further explain how the different cultures figure out how to design these things the person talked about low-context and high-context cultures. In low-context cultures, for example if you have a noisy neighbor making noise at night you'd directly confront them, knocking on door or the such, and say "Hey, could you keep the noise down at night?". In a high-context culture, for the same complaint, you'd say to your neighbor in passing, possibly an accidental meeting in public or the like, something like "You have a good choice of music".

Because Japanese is a high-context culture Koga's question was perfectly fitting with how they go about these kinds of things. Tell the person in a way that isn't directly confronting them about the issue.

thx so much for the explanation.
my autistic ass would spontaneously combust trying to understand non-literal things like this on a daily basis
so i really appreciated this chapter with Koga being so direct

She was direct for us but as for the guy, she let him down indirectly (nicely). It was a two for one (maybe even three for one), so you gotta respect her quick thinking.

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Diana is like a shoujo protagonist to me in her perseverance, while Lapis and Natori are struggling with some Josei-like issues, and the contrast is making it hard for me to care about Diana when she's with Natori. Diana and Allie? Super cute. Diana and Natori? I'm like, girl she's got bigger problems to deal with than you, and you still can't get her name right, please no.

That's hilarious but also a neat way to put it. I feel the same.

Also, the first english volume is coming out this week.

Yeah I'll be gobbling those up.

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Also... I can't help but think that a family at the rank of dukes, who already have a daughter, adopting another from an orphanage, sounds a bit ominous. It could absolutely be an innocent act of kindness, but I don't really expect it.

I'm sure it was a wholesome family.

Allie be like "Just here to pick up my girl".
And then invites her home.
Terrific.

Yeah. Allie saw The Green Yuri this week and decided to step up her game--just up and dragged her crush (soon to be GF) away lol. Diana is a good support to Natori and now Allie is Diana's support. They've quickly become a duo.

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To the audience is clear what their feelings are but to them the clarity and reassurance is probably nice.

Except for the part of the audience that says, "I wondered if they were dating."

Their feelings being clear and them officially dating aren't necessarily the same thing. I don't think anyone thought they didn't like each other. Hearing them verbalize things means something to a lot of people and to Mitsuki, apparently. I love Futaribeya, so I've been in these discussions before.

That was my original question: what exactly does it take for two fictional characters to be considered "officially dating"?

Apparently the answer is: a public announcement consisting of the words, "We are dating."

I don't think it has to be public, a private verbal exchange is also fine. Along with any variety of words that can be used to confirm that they're dating. I thought before that they were a couple and technically dating without saying it, however I do think the verbal confirmation and communication is important. Their relationship is now further defined via an exchange of words where they know for a fact that they are on the same page.

IDK why people are being difficult about this. It's a lighthearted thing. Now that everyone knows they're dating I wonder if that'll change anything moving forward. The series doesn't have a strong direction right now, right? The move to america is still on the table? I forgot. And the music career? Is that still a strong focus? I'm fine with whatever.

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To the audience is clear what their feelings are but to them the clarity and reassurance is probably nice.

Except for the part of the audience that says, "I wondered if they were dating."

Their feelings being clear and them officially dating aren't necessarily the same thing. I don't think anyone thought they didn't like each other. Hearing them verbalize things means something to a lot of people and to Mitsuki, apparently. I love Futaribeya, so I've seen these discussions before. I'm not in the camp that always needs words but I get why people feel that way, especially after all the build up.

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Turns out that the concept of "dating," (like that of "NTR" or indeed of "yuri" itself), seems to be as multifaceted and elusively ambiguous as the iridescent color of a butterfly's wing, an enigma only brought into palpable existence by the incantation of the words "we're dating," regardless of how much face-sucking, hand-holding, and generalized mutual togetherness has previously taken place.

I'm sure a lot of this depends on the person, I personally find verbal communication and confirmation to be important. That's how I am, especially as someone who over thinks a lot. There's many kinds of relationships and in-between elements, two people can have sex without ever defining exactly what the relationship is. Again for me defining things with words important.

Plenty of relationship issues come from assuming things. It's always good to confirm. I also like that she did that here. To the audience it's clear what their feelings are but to them the clarity and reassurance is probably nice. It was a funny way to handle it and reassure the audience at the same time. I know this place couldn't have been the only one with the light hearted "are they official official yet?"

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I was wondering whether they were dating too.

I'm rather curious as to what criteria for "dating" are required that would not be covered by make-out sessions while painting each others' nails. (See Chapter 126.)

Even though that shares overlap with dating you can do those things without dating. That said I do think they've been dating since the Prom kiss, but until now they never actually verbalized it by officially acknowledging that they're dating via verbal communicated confirmation. At least personally I think this is an important step in their relationship.

I'd say it's definitely important because the chapter reemphasizes how meaningful it is for them. I'd agree. The author seems to know this was a big moment, so I don't fault people for wondering still. Even the chapter title plays with it. Feels like she was speaking for the characters and the audience at the same time.

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It's a flashforward chapter, like the sex chapter 57.5 or so. I predict a long divorce arc.

I doubt that. She's upset but not that upset. It's more the principle. She was already reminiscing last chapter. One discussion could easily be enough to clear the air. It's a discussion that has been long coming anyway, so I'm not expecting anything crazy but we'll see.

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I just wonder if we skipped a chapter?? Since the chapter title of 126 has (II) on it?

The chapter opens up by telling us this is sometime significantly farther in the future and it's title is a second vignette chapter. It's a special side chapter.

That "misunderstanding" at the dining hall was great. The role reversal was then reversed back again lol

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It's amazing how boring this manga has gotten. The first chapters that focused on actual yuri were really emotional and fun to read, but now I'm considering dropping this. Hopefully it will get more interesting and we get so see more....yuri.

I agree. I think it's about time the yuri tag got removed.

Why? The first volume is entirely yuri, as is at least one character’s backstory. Just because volume 2 focuses on a het couple doesn’t mean the tag isn’t still applicable.

"The first volume" is the issue. With how volume 2 has been going, it feels like a general romance manga that just happened to have a yuri pairing in its first volume. If it keeps going that way, the yuri tag should be removed from the work and added to applicable chapters instead.

That being said, I'm giving the story the benefit of doubt for how volume 2 ends. There's still a chance it will redirect towards yuri. If it does, if both volumes are yuri with a bit of het in-between, then having the work marked as yuri with specific het chapters is right.

Tags aside... I didn't get into this manga to read a straight story, and I also find myself losing interest with how volume 2 has been going - and that's indeed because there hasn't been yuri in them.

It's officially a yuri everywhere--sold and marketed as yuri. There's no reason to tag it differently.

Love Bullet seems to use romantic love (with an obvious bias towards F/F) to facilitate drama and action, from the perspective of the cupids. I think the emotional catharsis of volume 1 is Koharu bursting into tears after she completes her first job (the successful formation of the F/F pairing). The matchmaking activity exists to support the character development of the cupids, much more so than the other way around.

Yeah and it does a good job with that.

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I've thought to myself before, with how pure and clean focused some people are with lesbian media I think maybe the only series and relationship people might not take issue with is Green Yuri. Since Green Yuri is very safe in it's relationship and it's vanilla in a good way, I can't possibly see anyone taking issue with the series or the relationship.

Nope I guess I was wrong, somehow Mitsuki gently confirming with her girlfriend if they're actually dating or not, because she wasn't 100% sure and was a little nervous about Aya talking to someone showing interest in her, this is a red flag and the start of Mitsuki's dark path to becoming a toxic girlfriend. I...don't even know anymore...I give up lol

Same. It's a bit surprising. Red flag get thrown around way too much. It reminds me of when everyone was calling everything a "logical fallacy." A lot of misuse/overuse. This was cute and harmless. Checking up on your girlfriend and making things clear in a roundabout way isn't an issue.

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I'm hesitating between dropping it and resuming it. Though it's a lot of work for something so hated.

The ending isn't that terrible. Yoh rejects the guy and tells him that the one she likes is Misa. Later, she confesses to Misa, who tells her she's always seen her as her best friend and never thought of the same sex as a possible romantic partner, but she promises to consider her seriously. Bonus chapter hints that it may happen in the future, because Misa gets flustered by Yoh's rizz

It doesn't end in het at all.

Probably people think the guy should be sent to the gallows or something, but he's a pretty standard shoujo male character. I guess people lost the tolerance they had in the 2000's.

It's that the author wrote this for a girls manga and has been honest about writing interactions with the male character to please the shoujo audience that doesn't want yuri. The ending isn't terrible but the series is "unbalanced" for a yuri manga. Even the author was not expecting yuri audience's to enjoy the series. If I remember right, they also pitched it to a yuri publication and got rejected for some reason related to the characters.

There's a lot of physical closeness and blushing within the series between him and what should be the "girl who likes girls," and I believe the need to tease readers wanting a typical shoujo romance is largely why. Even the "open" ending could be seen as a way to please that shoujo audience--all that for a "maybe," even in the extra chapter. That tone is what I think readers here picked up on and felt off about. I otherwise have no issue with men in series, and I think I've been in other comment threads showing that.

Still, I think you should finish it. I don't like it, but others probably wil,l and it's already almost done, since it's short. I don't want to discourage that. It's just in a weird middle ground to me.

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Isn't this Yuri tagged? Why there is BG in this? Lmaoooooo I don't need handsome dick shit in GL or Yuri manga

I wouldn't expect much on the Yuri front from this series.

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Casual dominance is best dominance. I must learn from her ways.

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Okay, two equal marks on both beginning and closing of a sentence to hide it, got it.
And...
ANYONE HAVE READ THE LIGHT NOVEL TELL ME WHAT VOLUME IS THIS SCENE, AND HOW LONG MUST I ENDURE KOMAKI'S STUPIDITY UNTIL THE ENDING I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR TT TT TT

This manga is almost at the same point as the novels (as they are formatted on websites in 4 parts). This is about part 3 of 4. I'm thinking we have 1 more volume. Each manga volume mostly runs parallel with novel volumes (broken into 4 parts).

Yes, we have 4 volumes for light novel. They really lengthen the storyline compared to the web novel with more climaxes and turning points.
Well, with everything going well like this, I think this manga will end with 30 chapters or a bit more.

Based on how long most volumes of the manga have been, I'm thinking more like 25ish, but we'll see how far this volume gets into the story.

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