Gae, lewd and funny

^ It helps that she's undead.

Aww

^ Nope. We are punstoppable.

Ah, one of my fondest childhood memories is how, back in the day, a pack of us wee ones would pool the few coins we had made sweeping the neighborhood doorsteps and helping the local housewives pin up the washing on the clotheslines, and then off to the corner store we’d go, where kindly old Mrs. McGillicuddy (I can see her now, in her old-fashioned button shoes and her wire-rimmed glasses forever sliding down to the end of her little turned-up nose) stood behind the big glass case full of every kind of penny candy—jellies of all sorts and colors, round chocolate non-pareils, multi-colored jawbreakers, and much, much more. How we’d bicker and barter about which ones to buy with our paltry little savings!

And then, clutching that brown bag of treasure and delight, off to the nearby woods we’d go, to the little clearing we called our “secret spot” (a place otherwise known only to amorous teenage couples and to a few local connoisseurs of published erotica, samples of which they would sometimes leave for the edification of the younger generation in a hollowed-out tree that bordered our idyllic bower).

Big Sally (younger than many of us, but a fierce and robust gal with what these days they call “leadership qualities”) would hold the bag as the rest of us, one by one and with eyes closed, would draw one piece of candy from the bag. Then, when all were settled and the inevitable friendly banter about who had drawn wisely and who had not had subsided and we all sat in a ring (hearts beating a bit fast, if the truth be told), at Sally’s word of “Go!” we’d pop our piece into our mouth and enjoy the sweet savor as the sugared delight seeped into our welcoming taste buds. (But woe betide anyone caught chewing their candy, a violation of the communal trust that brought down the wrath of the entire group on the selfish offender.)

Then Sally, her internal clock as sure and as steady as London’s Big Ben, would say “Switch!,”and, like partners in an old-time country dance, we little friends would exchange our candy for another using only our lips and tongues. Again and again we’d go ‘round the ring, until each of us had tasted every piece of candy in the bag.

Best of all was the very last piece, when all that delightful savor had nearly disappeared, and each member of the last pairs lingered, lingered, lingered with their final partner, searching and probing for that fast dissipating morsel of sweetness.

Good times those were, and, alas, they shall not come again.

Ah, yes, the legendary ritual

When I posted this image to a friend's discord server, she and her gf took Ame and Gura's faces in this image as their new pfps, respectively.

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nice

It may start off with a blowjob, but eventually it will lead to lewder and lewder things...

Like handholding

And so, the loop continues. And I can't decide whether I enjoy it or am tired of it.

quintuple posting? seriously?

Inside?????

:mokousweat:

^ Ebony/Ivory lol

lol

Are we really shipping artists now? Why yes, yes we are.

Nice

F in the chat for Fuuka, who will inevitably become a stepping stone that exists solely for Asahi to get her shit together and figure out that she wants to be with Hinako.

For some reason, I have a feeling that Fuuka will end up with Subaru.

Heh, same.

"I am shocked, shocked, to find out there are complicated multipolar relationships going on in a romance manga!"
"Here's your sidecouple, sir."
"Oh, thank you."

lol

F in the chat for Fuuka, who will inevitably become a stepping stone that exists solely for Asahi to get her shit together and figure out that she wants to be with Hinako.

For some reason, I have a feeling that Fuuka will end up with Subaru.

Heh, same.

What is Hamburg Steak and why are manga characters obsessed with it?

It's basically hamburgers.

^ Amen

Someone translated more of this and uploaded It on youtube for some reason.

https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

I don't like how I've been tricked, but I can't be mad, as I unironically like that song

I may not comment here often if at all, but yeah, this is one of my favourite ongoing yuri manga.

Wait a minute...The only thing that catch my interest is a scene when the gyaru's long nail fingers insert the teacher. Isn't it painful?

I think she actually trimmed the nails on two of her fingers? Not 100% sure tho.

Yeah I'm definitely not looking for an argument, sometimes I share clashing views, but I genuinely don't want to argue with people. I've argued with people in the past, but the longer I live the more I realize life is far too short and there's already enough drama with trying to get by as it is, so I'm glad that you sound levelheaded.

I agree with protection and that what you're saying makes sense, but sometimes people just want to say "fuck it' and go for the fashion, express their sexuality with their warrior prowess. There's historical real life examples of minimal armor, but in terms of video games there's those Dark Souls runs with no armor and fists only haha :P

As for feeling like a perv, well whatever you're comfortable with and with the media you're consuming. Consume what works for you and there's no judgement from me here. For me I don't feel like a perv because sexuality is just part of being a living creature, so I don't feel embarrassed or pervy consuming media with sexual elements/a sexual focus.

That said there is definitely media that have in my opinion really bad portrayals of sexuality, and those can feel bad to consume. There's certain lines and nuances to everything, and there's of course things I'm not comfortable with myself. So it's hard to really get across exactly how I feel here I guess. Same thing with most anything though, take violence for example, I love a lot of really violent action media, but there's also violent action media that just feel excessive and gross in how it's handled. Same goes with sexuality, I love to embrace sexuality, but there's definitely times where I'm not comfortable with how it's handled in media as I said. So I think it's a case by case thing with any media I consume. Plus everyone's opinions will differ on these types of things and that's perfectly okay. Anyhow, it's been a fun discussion and thank you.

Some of the best historical examples of minimal armour were Celts, as certain individuals would show their bravery by going to battle with little to no clothing whatsoever - just a sword or spear and a shield.

And as for what I said about feeling pervy when I don't want to, maybe I should have emphasised the "when" part.

For the last paragraph, I don't really have much to say except that those are some rather good points.

OK, not exactly first thing in the morning, but, meh, close enough.

So wait...you're unhappy that they're showing something in order to critique it? Also part of the world building is critiquing that it has become normalized and that the MC thinks nothing of the armor, instead she simply thinks "it's female armor", without knowing and realizing things could be better. The narrative should make you happy if you dislike fanservice, and I fail to understand how they could critique this type of female armor and the extreme normalization of it in this world without showing it.

IF it's done right I don't personally I don't have a problem with fanservice in certain media, some people enjoy wearing clothing and gear that shows off more skin, both men and women. The classic male barbarian loincloth that shows off his muscles and chest, muscular legs and so fourth. I think the armor is often not practical, but if a person wants to wear an outfit that shows off their body it should be their choice.

I absolutely loathe the idea that everything to do with sexuality is some kind of evil thing, and that people who choose to wear more exposing outfits are being sexist against themselves. So my problem with this series is that it so far lacks any kind of nuance. It should be a normalized thing for both men and women to wear whatever the hell they want and whatever works for them. A man wants to run around in a rainbow banana hammock? More power to him. A woman wants to run around in full plate armor? More power to her.

Edit: Also I'm very aware that cartoonish sexism exists in real life, but the extreme and radical sexism that this entire world is built on feels beyond cartoonish. I would absolutely love more series that critique sexism, but I want them to have some kind of nuance as well.

Edit: If you still respond I hope you read this before doing so, maybe with this response I can help clear up some of my intent and thoughts before you formulate a response.

Misunderstandings happen, it's no big deal. A lot of what I was saying were just some additional thoughts about the manga and subjects in it, and not directly pointed at you notably. Also some thoughts on views I hear mostly on social media like Twitter. The first paraph was referring to what you were saying, and the rest from "IF" onwards were additional thoughts, sorry if I came off the wrong way myself.

Ultimately my views boil down to, men and women should be able to choose whatever armor/gear/clothing they want. Regardless of if it's a lot of skin showing, no skin showing, anything in between and so fourth. As long they're comfortable in their body and with what they're wearing. I think this manga so far lacks some nuance there is all, nothing super serious.

So, when I last night said "from what little I read from the first paragraph" I really meant "just the first and maybe part of the second sentence" (in my defense, it was well past midnight, and I had woken up early in the morning that day for uni), and as a result, I kinda expected to find myself in a position to defend myself of possibly my wording making me look kinda unsavory in a way that might lump me in the same or at least similar category as the likes the "gamers tm" as I like to refer to them.

Luckily I was wrong, but I still gotta apologize for such assumptions.

So, in essence, my position of fanservice in general is like mixed at best, as it kinda makes me feel like a perv when I don't wanna feel like one. Even though I recognize that, just like you said the fanservice in this chapter does have a purpose here - to be subject to or even a vehicle of critique - it still kinda carries that previously mentioned bit.

As for people being able to wear whatever they want... I honestly feel the same in general - people can and should wear whatever they feel comfortable wearing in their everyday lives (home, work, outside, etc.). But when it comes to like armour and other combat-situation-stuff, it'd probably be more expected that soldiers and/or adventurers of the same "class" would generally have similar-ish armour with each-other. What I imagine to be a sabre (which I don't know much about fantasy world classes, so I'm kinda going off my own assumptions themselves based on some very limited knowledge gained from hanging out on Discord and watching a single r/DnDMemes video on YouTube) would probably be similar to like heavy or medium infantry, so you'd ideally have some kind of armour covering most of your body (largely metal armour, with some so-called soft armour for other areas for heavy, and a more balanced mix of chainmail and soft armour for medium), while light infantry can be more loose with how they'd dress themselves for combat.

As for the nuance thing, I don't really think I have anything to add.

Honestly, my concern with the armour and gear may be less about the looks of the person wearing those and more about the protection of that person.

In conlusion, I think the real misunderstanding on my part at least was that I expected an argument and instead it seems like we're saying similar-ish stuff.