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I am a creature that consumes takamori, this is my life now

I really like the way the artist draws that ear whispering. And Sensei’s mouth. It gives a powerful impression.

^Haha, thank you! I might put it up elsewhere with that in mind.

last edited at Oct 29, 2020 6:35PM

The is all feeling kinda rushed. I don't like it, cause I want more!

Yes, it looks like they’re going from “we have several volumes” to “shit I better wrap everything up this volume.

I’m devastated. This was my favorite ongoing manga. I will be so sad if it’s not allowed the development and time it deserves.

For now, I’m just praying that they decided to pick up the pace for this short section, but it feels way faster than anything we’ve previously gotten. Chapters feel shorter too. Gaaah, I’m so worried!

last edited at Oct 29, 2020 4:22PM

Not-as-a-friend kiss
Not-as-a-friend fondling
Not-as-a-friend cunnilingus

Bottom text

Cannnon

I love it when genderbending explores gender. Like, they can’t be as affectionate as they want because it’s a wlw relationship, but at the same time they get to both be in that idol group together and be accepted that way. It made her question which thing was more important, and how gender roles hold people back from their dreams in different ways.

^Lisa’s voiced by Rie Tanaka, which means I was instantly evaporated upon reaching the mission where she joins.

Yo flag this for self-harm, I didn’t need to see cutting tonight.

^Yes lmao! Thanks for noticing!

Little too late for the remix competition but I was feeling inspired! (I’ll spoiler tag this next part in case you want to sleuth the references yourself) I referenced Kiara’s Fire Emblem series, Calli pointing out that her pupils have “Skrellingtons” in them, and the infamous chess stream, as well as Calli’s “I hate it”
tic, in addition to all their background stuff I could fit in. I also tried to preserve not just the stress pattern and the rhyme scheme, but the actual rhyming syllables as well—er, as much as possible. (I even tried to make as much of it rhyme with the original as possible outside end rhymes, too!) Anyways thanks for reading lmao.

last edited at Oct 27, 2020 2:28PM

^There's also this mix of watching an anime girl streaming, and moments where the character and the person mix, or you get to see their real feelings about things, things they've struggled with, how they're achieving their dreams or finding community in this new setting. A lot of VTubers have really had it rough.

Bro Jean’s character design is like my absolute “lady knight” strike range, I want to roll her so baddd.

^^^ “‘I’m not friendzoned, I’m not friendzoned’ I continue to insist as I shrink into a corncob.”

^Kiara’s still recovering.

Something something,

“modern-day lovers really must hate fun / more often people toppin’ wives rockin’ smiles and sun / the real chicken connoisseur—our own pinkette goth belle / got busines luring her audience into tsundere hell / but to no surprise Hololive’s Mori-eyed Kinshi / five-time winner of “Calli Please Come and Kill Me” / Vied to embrace her, can’t stop the bae, girl / Gay thirst a rising tide, so who’ll break first? / Phoenix feathers on the floor there, I see you / jealous sounds vented off-stream meant to free you / “I hate it” now that’s just a little pretense / a bit of defense / but that shit is all show, no doubt, hollow and spent, / Don’t mean nada cause the tension’s getting hotter / Time’s an immaterial matter so the lady bird’ll preen / playin’ chess to take a queen / “here’s your challenge, can you top it?” no more fleein’ the scene / it’s like that.

Ah fuck, I can’t believe I spent hours on a whim writing an image comment that nobody will ever see.

last edited at Oct 27, 2020 4:08PM

Reminds me of the Joy scene from Bayonetta.

What am I gonna do while Calli is moving and there’s no more income of Takamori material?? Oh geez, it’s gonna be a tough week.

In the most obvious twist of all time, the loli will actually be a century old, meaning that Shannon will have to deal with both an annoying kid and a batty old lady, which is... a pretty accurate description of the people you end up interacting with during volunteer duty for local churches. Huh. This manga's pretty realistic after all.

She's definitely sus. But IDK, this story is not afraid of cliche stuff but also not that predictable. It seems to be focusing a lot on relatively young people who are carrying huge amounts of twisted feelings/frameworks and weight, so I could see her either being the age she looks or just "young for her age" like Nui from KLK. She's deffo gonna be pretty scary though.

Naru

last edited at Oct 26, 2020 3:27PM

I really like the way the arrows display different kinds of love, and how MC’s trauma (plus this ESP) is making her try to manage everyone’s emotions. This is a really cool concept, and well-executed, too.

People are talking about it being infinitely long, or unsatisfying, and IDK if I see that yet. We’ve seen some change and development, and it could either be setting up a like-this-forever scenario, or the story could all have these twists and turns. The fainting thing after the confession, and Sayo’s reaction to it, could either be a bullshit plot extender or evidence of the author’s willingness to deal with complicated emotions. It could split wither way, and I can’t tell right now. The thoughtfulness about MC’s predicament and different types of love makes me cautiously optimistic for the latter.

“I want to be haunted by a sex ghost!!”

Crossick is god

If the boob press and kabedon combo becomes more common, can we get an Oppaidon tag?

We can just Big Breasts and Kabedon

no. no Big Breasts. no Kabedon. only Oppaidon.

last edited at Oct 24, 2020 1:49AM

All this arguing just boils down to whether or not the ending to this manga justifies what it asks its readers to sit through. Personally, I think the ending is downright horrible because it fails to resolve its central conflict in service of following multiple unrelated subplots... all of which the story also fails to resolve in a competent manner. While I won't rag on anyone for liking this story, this one really fell flat on its face with how it ended, just from a storytelling standpoint. How stories end are very important. The author is expected to tie up any and all loose ends that they've created, but this final chapter has failed on that front in an honestly spectacular fashion. Any claim to the contrary is willful denial of the facts.

Agreed 120% I couldn't have said it better. It's a shame because it was a rather original topic and could've been really interesting.

(okay I know the comment I'm about to drop is long AF but I promise I am saying something)

For me the sad part is that it was original and interesting. The first few chapters were really cool and emotional, and the fact that things started to very slowly move seemed evidence the author knew what they were doing and were moving the story in a very realistic, believable way toward something really special. You wanted to go through the emotional pain to reach that. And uhhh, what was promised was not delivered, four years later.

Okay so this next part may be a little extra, but I think it goes beyond disappointing. Sometimes we are willing to read stories about situations that are traumatic to us so that when we reach the end, and it lands well, ultimately, we can process our trauma and feel seen and healed. For me Watamote was like that--so, so, fucking hard to push through, but worth it in the end.

Now I feel like unrequited love and being strung along are especially sensitive, common traumas in the wlw community. And in the yuri-reading community, many of us "aren't wlw" but yearn for the relationships we see displayed and think we can never have--and later turn out to be trans, so the idea of an impossible love that sits on the horizon grabs onto a lot of baggage there as well. Basically, a lot of people demographically who would be reading this might have trauma that is evoked by its main scenario.

So, I think ultimately the reason people are so upset is not just because this was a promising story that ended poorly, but because it led us out into the woods and then left us there. I think people are receiving this ending as a personal betrayal, and on some level they're right.

last edited at Oct 24, 2020 1:45AM

Hnnng my absolute soulllll.

They need to collab together again soon to restore my takamori nutrients.