My guess is her father died and her mother was engaging in sex work to make ends meet. She probably felt unable or unworthy to raise Aya and so left her with her grandparents.

Oh! Interesting alternative. That does feel cleaner in a way (fewer living parents, more oomph to the 'dirty'.)

We saw Kyou going off to a wedding in the very first pages of the manga, didn't we? So I doubt he's getting put on a bus.

ADHS?

Any ideas what happened with Aya's parents? We went from happy family -> "your mom is dirty" -> mom ditching her and disappearing -> also dad seems to have vanished.

I'm guessing adultery and divorce? But also wondering if mom's still alive out there. Or dad, for that matter.

The teacher is gross and a pedo. I hate this story.

Pretty funny thing to say when the teacher went to great lengths to avoid anything inappropriate, despite the boy's desires.

I cannot ascertain what’s going on through Miyagi’s head

The manga cutting a ton of the WN's internal monologue doesn't help. But even with the internal monologue, Miyagi is an enigma wrapped in a riddle wrapped in a mystery.

Yeah, we manage to have unreliable narrator problems even with double internal dialogue.

heart meme lol https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/a_story_about_buying_a_classmate_once_a_week_5000_yen_for_an_excuse_to_spend_time_together_ch04

To be fair, going by the flashback (and maybe the early chapters, it's been a while) Sarasa seems to have been fixated on Mio for a long time, and Mio's obviously responding. Their feelings already survived a long separation.

And while first loves often burn out, they can work; I know multiple people who married (or basically married) their high school sweethearts, and are either still together or were together until they dropped below my radar.

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Salt the earth, and nuke it from orbit to be sure. https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/so_do_you_want_to_go_out_or_ch11#11

Procrastination, coping, "maybe it'll go away", and denial are all perfectly realistic, even if they seem nuts to an outside observer.

oh wait, where's ch. 13 and 14?

mdex I believe, if by a different group.

Feels like this should qualify. "I've always just known I was into women." https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/so_do_you_want_to_go_out_or_ch01#17

And the other MC: https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/so_do_you_want_to_go_out_or_ch01#30

Also the one-shot version. Very gay.

Edit: oh, I see now it was already mentioned, under the "how do we relationship" title.

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I feel like this might be missing a few tags, presently just "Yuri" feels like it doesn't paint the whole picture haha

Probably, but it's too early to know what tags do apply. Is the last panel evidence of Supernatural or is it symbolic?

I want to see main character either coming out, or at least coming into terms with their sexual orientation.
The whole point is to find example that mimics "real life".

Okay, that's a bit clearer. Though I'm still not sure if you're looking for outright lesbians, or simply "I like girls", since you mention Yuzu as pansexual.

https://dynasty-scans.com/series/making_progress_on_yuri_before_the_deadline IIRC the MC comes out (or is outed) and flees a homophobic home and high school. It's not a huge part of the ongoing series, but it's the initial setup.

Arioto was already mentioned. The MC is defiant but the deuteragonist is very self-aware, and the MC comes around, and a lesbian bar is a major component of the setting.

Whispered Words. The MCs are into cute girls, or into the other MC.

There are a lot of modern titles where WLW just happens. There's not "I'm gay/queer/bi/homosexual", but also not "you're the exceptional girl". I.e. titles where orientation simply isn't an issue. Whisper Me A Love Song, Bloom Into You (I think, though side char Sayaka does have a talk with some adult lesbians). Blue Star On That Day. Room For Two (that one, there is some fear of coming out, but there hasn't been talk of liking girls in general or not.)

I forget what Girl Friends did with all this.

yuri club -> lesbian sex club

latest: My Goddess Cheats On Me??

The request and examples are ambiguous. Do you want lesbians or WLW -- you say homosexuals but then include pan Yuzu.

But there are lots and lots of WLW. Really, it's kind of the yuri default these days?

Are you using "WLW" to describe characters that are shown to be attracted/in a relationship with another woman but aren't explicitly stated to be lesbian? Is that a standard use for that term?

Yes and yes.

The request and examples are ambiguous. Do you want lesbians or WLW -- you say homosexuals but then include pan Yuzu.

But there are lots and lots of WLW. Really, it's kind of the yuri default these days?

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help, where did we meet this Sakiko

...these idiots have each others' phone/Line contacts by now, right? Takamine's friends made it happen?

This can only improve her decision making.

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So, where can I go and read the missing chapters?

mangadex

Same here. There are just too many named side characters at this point, that it's a bit hard to recognise them at a glance.

the translator group has an Overview post up on their ko-fi (for free) to check. Part 2 is gonna come soon it seems

https://ko-fi.com/post/All-the-classmates-and-the-meanings-and-wordplay-Q5Q0ZE3HM

Doesn't do all the relationships, though.

so I'm not the only one who does this? It's honestly nice knowing that haha. I sometimes spend an unhealthy amount of time imagining various happy scenarios for these two lovesick chickens. I'm sure it still means I'm a massive weirdo but at least I'm not the only one

This is how fanfic gets written.

Looks like Chaosteam dropped it, and the new group either isn't submitting to Dynasty or isn't up to the local standard of quality.