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I still can't tell how old Mel is suppose to be. She looks to be about 5yrs old, but beastkin could just be naturally small. I hope they don't have 5yr old girls, working as maids. Sometimes, the master, treat her like a child. Other times, the story, almost seems to be hinting at a romantic, relationship between the two.

fyi the master literally told mel to do whatever she wants, n mel was like "I wana be a maid"

“Actually, I just think the apron looks rad with my collar. Don’t you, Master?”

You look adorable. Now get back to work! My laundry is piling up, and the kitchen is a total disaster!

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I still can't tell how old Mel is suppose to be. She looks to be about 5yrs old, but beastkin could just be naturally small. I hope they don't have 5yr old girls, working as maids. Sometimes, the master, treat her like a child. Other times, the story, almost seems to be hinting at a romantic, relationship between the two.

johnb
Marionette discussion 03 Jul 02:18
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I'M NOT TRYING TO OFFEND, but so what if people read something that upsets them. Have we got to the point where we have to know everything in a story, before we read it, just in case there might be something that offends our sensibility? If you start a story that triggers you, stop reading it.

I've posted this before, but it seems it's still necessary to say it again, so reposting below (oh, and keep in mind that we do stop reading, but it doesn't matter once you're already going through hell again):

I think you miss the point of tags being used as trigger warnings. Some people in this world have experienced a shitload of trauma in their past. This leaves them lingering with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders, panic attacks and some other psychiatric conditions. Acute episodes of such diseases are horrifying (I speak from experience), and they are sometimes triggered by situations which resemble the origin of the trauma.

So if I unknowingly read a story with rape in it, I'm at least 50% likely to have a panic attack. Sometimes it's light enough that'll just end up losing a few hours of sleep. Sometimes they make me wanna die.

The thing about triggers is that they're specific for each person. So for me, rape is almost always a trigger, but so is sex with robots or dolls (because in my case, I felt like someone trapped inside an inanimate object being used by someone else for their pleasure). People who have suffered violence by family members might have incest be a PTSD trigger. And so on.

This might sound like some rare occasional thing, but keep in mind that 1 in 6 american women are rape victims. The number goes up even more when we're talking about LGBT people (1 in 5 lesbians, and 1 in 2 bisexual women, if I'm not mistaken). And rape's just one form of violence, there are several more which can be equally damaging to your mental health.

We use trigger warnings in order not to hurt the people who have already been through too much. I think you'll agree with me that this is a more important cause than preventing spoilers.

I'm sorry to hear about your trauma. I hate rape. It's such an horrific crime. It's so devastating to the victom, yet it's very nature makes it hard to proove.

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Marionette discussion 02 Jul 14:50
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I'M NOT TRYING TO OFFEND, but so what if people read something that upsets them. Have we got to the point where we have to know everything in a story, before we read it, just in case there might be something that offends our sensibility? If you start a story that triggers you, stop reading it. Leave a scathing comment about it, if it makes you feel better. Even, get into a heated, but respectful, debate, with your fellow readers, if it helps. Then move on.
I'm not saying, to hell with tags. They are the closest thing we have to a synopsis of the story. I'm just saying if the people, posting the story, leave out a tag or two, because they feel it might ruin a twist, so be it. I would rather be surprised.
Honestly I find the stories, that push me out of my comfort zone, stick with me longer anyway.

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Marionette discussion 02 Jul 12:04
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I personally don't understand the anger over missing tags. Movies and books don't have tags that give every aspect of a plot. I've never seen anyone storming out of a Friday the 13th movie screaming, this didn't have a NSFW tag. Why didn't anybody warn me about the sex scene.

With movies it's easier to know what to expect. Usually you won't find a rape scene in a movie that's not rated 18+, for example, and you can get a gist of the most triggering content by reading the synopsis. Manga doesn't have either, so that's a lot harder to predict.

That's not totally true. I've been surprised by strong, or offensive scenes in movies. The movie Kick Ass comes to mind The previews led me to belive it was just a comedy spoof of superhero movies. It turned out to be really dark, and extremely violent. I found Big Daddy's death scene, where he was burnt to death, particularly disturbing. It also showed an 11yr old girl getting beat down by a grown man. This was is just one example, but I have others.

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Marionette discussion 02 Jul 00:50
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I personally don't understand the anger over missing tags. Movies and books don't have tags that give every aspect of a plot. I've never seen anyone storming out of a Friday the 13th movie screaming, this didn't have a NSFW tag. Why didn't anybody warn me about the sex scene.

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Marionette discussion 30 Jun 00:23
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I as well, think it's too short. You really don't get a chance to care about any of the characters. Maybe this is just a proof of concept, for an up coming larger work.

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Marionette discussion 30 Jun 00:17
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doesnt this need the incest tag?

It's probably omited for spoiler reasons.

Which is a problem... I've seen someone suggest "blackened out" tags for stuff that's spoiler (like this). Might be a good solution for cases like this.

That'd be a spoiler itself for the fact that a story has a twist, tho'... YMMV on how much of a problem that is, ofc.

True. I see another problem too: some tags are triggering for some people (like rape is for me), and it would be a problem if these people were not informed of potential triggers because they chose to avoid spoilers.

I would think a redacted tag would be better than no tag. I hope people, who are are set off, by certain tags, would check the redacted tags first, to avoid nasty surprises.

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(sigh) Why did the author have to make Aki 13 years old? If you just add 3 years, this would have been a good story about two broken people healing each other. Now it's a lolita story that probably end poorly.

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Why is Yamada always so.... useless, when it comes to sex and stuff. She is such a starfish. Has she never heard of touching someone back? Makes me cringe

Hey, if Kase's happy, everybody's happy.

It is a common dynamic in yuri where there is the passive submissive character whom rarely or never reciprocates physically. Often the submissive will apologize for never doing anything, but their dominant partner will say they’re satisfied so long as the sub is satisfied. I think this is a popular fetish in Japan as well in general.

I think the passive submissive one is ment to come off as too shy, to take the lead. I also think the japanese see getting the shy girl to open up is cute. The series will probably end with Yui finally feeling confident enough to finally call Kase, Tomoka. My guess would be, that Yui taking the lead, in bed, will be left to our imaginations.

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I've been wondering, for a while.Are kids in japanese schools expected to know, all of the, names of the other kids, in their year? Man that would suck for me. It took me a few weeks just too remember my teachers names.

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Man that was great. It could have been a litte longer, though. I hate when the author tries to stretch the plot out, and ends up just spinning their wheels, but this story could have taken one or two more chapters to show Machi really falling for Hana.

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Touma-kun discussion 24 Jun 12:55
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I like this story. I just wish, I didn't have the feeling that, these girls are just playing love games at an all girl school.

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Sexual blackmail over not following the directions with making candy!? I know that it's suppose to be a joke, but damn! Japan is weird!

And what kind of crazy candy is that anyway? Two powders mixed with water. Is it candy or binary explosive? Actually, sexuality blackmailing your boss, because you caught her making explosives, makes much more sense.

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Killing Me! discussion 21 Jun 00:21
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Now a fated childhood meeting, between Saki and Miyoko. Okay I admit I like seeing the old tired romantic clichés work for the power of yuri. Bring on volume 2.

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Page 11 - that's how you should drink alcohol - mouth-to-mouth (been there, done that)!

"Oh my God, there is a naked woman in front of me, what do I do?"
* starts couting PI *

A good idea but I personally prefer the value of e.

I prefer to take the integral from an arbitrary formula. Even something simple will do the job, like: 4*x^5 + x^3 + (x^2)/5 + x
And it's important to not forget the constant (... + c) when you finish calculations.

Ooh, I got one. How about the fibonacci series.

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"Oh my God, there is a naked woman in front of me, what do I do?"
* starts couting PI *

A good idea but I personally prefer the value of e.

Okay that is way above my pay grade. I can't remember pi beyond 3.14, and I can't remember the value for e at all. Hell I felt smart just remembering e was a mathematical constant.

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Why can't we not be sober.
i just want to start this over.
Why can't we drink forever.
I just want to start this over.

Holy fucking shit!

^I wasn't expecting that kind of reaction.

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She didn't notice the glass wall even after sobering up? ...

Yeah. I'm not buying it. Sober-girls denser than a harem protagonist.

Maybe Mayumi doesn't think the glass wall is a big deal. They are both girls after all.

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Why can't we not be sober.
i just want to start this over.
Why can't we drink forever.
I just want to start this over.

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Honestly while the pervy issue bothers me. What turns me off the most, about these types of series, is that they will not go anywhere.
Gag yuris are usually just one well warn tired cliché after another. Sure there are a few chuckles, maybe even the occasional genuine belly laugh here or there, but you usually have sit through a lot of stuff you have seen a hundred times before. What gets me to read them, though, is the promise of an actual love story skillfully woven in amung all the hot spring trips, and sleep overs.
With a lolicon like this, a romantic ending is virtually impossible. Even if it wasn't I wouldn't feel right rooting for it.

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My Hero discussion 18 Jun 01:53
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Mr Pink was the one that refused to tip, right.

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Citrus discussion 18 Jun 01:43
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Oh yeah! It looks to be an old fashion wedding crashing, baby!

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My computer froze twice while reading this. I think it's trying to tell me something.

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Killing Me! discussion 18 Jun 01:18
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It's so cute when the main character is so innocent and naive, that they don't know their own heart.