Seeing a lot of good comparisons to other things here: AoT (friend crushed like Eren's mother, fighting giant humanoids while flying through the air with blades), Pacific Rim (two people required to fight kaiju), and Bleach (people with supernatural abilities tasked with defeating otherworldly beings in order to save humanity). I like the idea of combining those elements and it sounds even better if you add some yuri to it. Despite my misgivings about chapter 1 I really do have high hopes for this series.

With a few things from Bokurano (fighting a parallel world, with fatal consequences)

Semelparous: Lifeform that only reproduces once before dying.

Or could it be that Kon is the monster, sort of. Don't the protagonist getting rejected by peoples because of a monster linked to them remind you of someone ? Yeah, it's almost like Naruto with Kyuubey being scelled in him. Maybe it's the same with Kon, the monster has been scelled in her. That explain why they got saved in the first chapter, why peoples don't seem to like Kon. Her little bro also said she see a Kaijuu back then. Also that could explain why bully girl got yeeted.

Or she went home because her parents would have become worried and gone searching for her, and if they found her in a naked embrace with Furuka, it would have been reeaally awkward. Let's stay grounded here, folks. This community is insular and very conservative, and Kon is already considered an oddball. The last thing she would want is for Furuka to get in trouble, as there would only be negative consequences if their affair gets out.

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Seven chapters in and they already have crossed more lines than Mei-Yuzu ever did ... oof

Another Ice Age will transpire before those TWO even make it to third base.....

I have yet to see an interesting take on that succubus theme

Well they've been run through the same cultural mesh as vampires, elves, zombies etc.... They no longer possess the dreadful, existential danger that made them so fearsome, having been transformed into cosplaying sexpot cheerleaders.

The original succubus/incubus didn't have horns or a tail, but they were futanari with prodigious telepathic abilities, that would seduce members of both sexes by mentally projecting an image of a loved one, and could impregnate or be impregnated. They would fiercely protect the children ("cambion") born of these unions, even committing infanticide against their human half-siblings to ensure they received all subsequent love and attention.

The original succubus is Lilith, better known as the Second Angel of Evangelion. According to the Jewish Kabbalah, Adam and Lilith were originally a non binary couple formed by God at the same time, but Lilith was expelled from Eden for defying His will: basically God wanted her to be Adam's bottom while Lilith was an incorrigible top (I am not making this up). She later became associated with three other Succubi as seducer/He-Satan/sacred prostitutes, and with the archangel Samael. (Samael was God's butt boy. He planted the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden, "rode the serpent" thar enticed Eve into consuming the forbidden fruit, and is the reputed father of Cain by Eve.)

The nickname that Riko gives Sae- "Koeda"- literally means "Twig". Its a pun on Sae's kanji: "Little Branch".

Riko is written in Katakana, but if you use the kanji antecedents of her characters, her name would mean "selfishness" or "self interest".

The nickname that Riko gives Sae- "Koeda"- literally means "Twig". Its a pun on Sae's kanji: "Little Branch".

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DID SOMEONE JUST REVIVE THIS SERIES?

No. You're seeing light in your peripheral vision that was reflected at a weird angle through a stain glass window while suffering from low blood sugar. We've all been there.

This just keeps getting wackier and wackier. I ain't complaining though

Asagi Ryu's artwork is professionally done. But his story plots look as if they were written by a meth head ghostwriter.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami-shima

Foreshadowing the climactic arc in this chapter. Heroes and their relatives.....

As an American immersed like a fish in my own culture, I have no inkling of how much of that culture leaks out into the global media sphere (amplified by the Internet). Still it's very surprising to see this:

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/friends_crackers#9

Lesbian lie detector tests on the next Maury.

A white Vampire Queen of East Asia? Thanks again, colonial Europe.

(Khara and Ichika bonding over their crush was magical)

Late 19th Century saw Europe conquer all of East Asia except Japan (hmm....). Wouldn't be surprising if European vampires took advantage of the superiority of European firepower and science to crush the local vampires as well.

Let's just say that I hope Hachi's future works be more of the former style.

This is his/her style now, that fluffiness ship has sailed and she/he either don't care about backlash (if there's any) or is doing because this kind of story raise eyebrows and he/she enjoys it that type of reaction.

So much handwringing. Do you know how much loli and shota hentai exists? (A lot). Compared to that this is VERY tame and conscientious. I'm not advocating, it's just the baseline is so depraved that this is actually an improvement.

I noticed something in the flashback chapters. And it makes sense in context with other chapters and the title.

Ayako has two personalities. One (I dub the Paragon or first 1/2) that's "mom", and another (I call the Incubus or second 1/2) who is sexually aggressive. Asuka has been routinely assaulted by the Incubus, which explains her sexual confusion, as she has no idea of her mother's condition. There's also asymmetry between the two personalities, as the Paragon is dominant but also unaware of the Incubus, tending to blackout when the Incubus is active. The Incubus is otherwise fully aware of her surroundings when not active, but can only be activated by the Paragon's feelings of sexual arousal or jealousy, or when the Paragon is in deep sleep.

Also the Incubus appears to possess a form of telepathy that she uses to pacify her victims.

Newest chapter: lulz, so much sparkle on that vampire I expected Ichika to turn into a melodramatic emo teen from Washington State to best compliment her...

And there's no sign of Mustache Dad anywhere, so yeah it would have sucked.

Next chapter: Aria becomes really angsty and challenges the Amazing Spiderman. Stay tuned for Mopeus: the Whatever Vampire

oh wow how Lucky I am ... for reading this XD
That reaction was super cute, they're both sooo cute!

A minor

Is she really?

Under 20, which is age of majority in Japan. Age of consent is not above 18, though (yes, national law is 13 but IIRC no prefecture is that low). They're in the clear but Tsubasa is still very young, 19 if I remember.

Honestly I'm not sure what it really amounts to, maybe you have to be 20 to vote. You can quit school after middle school (15), you can get an apartment and all the other stuff I think, so the only thing other than voting is buying alcohol and cigarettes.

Actually they changed the law, though it won't go into effect for another 2 years:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/14/japan-lowers-age-adulthood-20-to-18

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So now we know- she isn't mute because of some kinda mental block/trauma but from her vocal chords physically not working for whatever reason- probably some childhood illness.

An emergency tracheotomy can also cause aphonia.

Vampires! Superhuman strength and reflexes! Accelerated healing! Heightened senses! And... an average human intelligence coupled with amazing gullibility. (Facepalm)

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Yoshida×Akane

It really is inception huh

So Ouka was hit by that fatal flaw of the bullet and the real her is in a coma. MC taking it upon herself to fetch the bullet herself and revive her

It's more complicated than that. Ouka tried to commit suicide IRL, failed and found herself in her liminal dream world. Then the dream self repeated her suicidal act, only to fail again, fall into another coma, and wake up in another dreamscape within the head of her previous dream body. And this repeats constantly. However, Ouka is not actually trying to die for real: She's in complete control, but the Suicide Parabellum keeps misfiring.

I don't like the teacher.......

Quid... Pro... Quo! Of course in the real world a legion of Fox News pundits would be explaining that Sensei hasn't done anything wrong:

1) Because she didn't break rules.

2) She broke the rules, but so did every other teacher in the same way repeatedly.

3) She broke the rules because it was in Japan's best interest, in building an alliance with the Russians against the Chinese.

4) It's all Honda-sans fault for conspiring with the Bidens.

Does choclate still affect Bazu then? Since she doesnt eat it I assume. Does that mean its like lactose intolarence?

It's just something in chocolate (not neccessarily milk chocolate) that's poisonous to certain animals. Most famously dogs.

It's called Theobromine, and it's also poisonous to humans too. But we have a higher tolerance: a 95 lb woman would have to eat 21 lbs of chocolate to get a lethal dose.

Bet 10 bucks on 2) Villain.

Is it even the type of story where there's an antagonist? We're 9 chapters in at this point after all and so far it's basically slice-of-unlife ...

So I'll pick 4) future member of her vampire harem.

5) Masochistic friend of Aria's. She used a shipping container to travel across international borders, spending nearly a month cooped up in an unventilated and cold box. Chances are she likes being on the receiving end of bondage and choking play, and playing up the necrophiliac aspect of the vampire legend.