Surprised to read people talking about the pacing when the pacing has been pretty quick throughout. Mayuri went from a failed date to total dom mode in like 3 chapters. Not that I have a problem with that.

Ah, I've once again caught up. It's just around this time last year that I had nearly caught up the first time. There's obviously a lot of great stuff in here, but I think what sticks out most are those moments we get a peek into each character's internal struggles. The development of Honoka's social anxiety, Nononon's low self-esteem, Yuu's jealousy or even Kaoru's...Kaoru. At first these felt like nothing of much substance, but as time goes on and they get picked over and played with more and more, I found myself relating to specific struggles or characters in scenes I wouldn't have expected to just a few chapters prior. As silly and lighthearted as it mostly is, there's a real honesty and true-to-life quality to this manga that kept me engaged and excited throughout.

Also Honoka and Eli were definitely not my favs early on, but my goodness they have come a long way! Chapter 216 was just like, some of the absolute best pay-off ever.

Oh and bless everyone who pushed for pairing tags! Really does make re-reading and following the different arcs a much nicer experience!

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My heart hurts for them. Good job not being useless, Akira. Let's not take the wrong lessons from this!

Been ages since I read any Maki x Nico. Natsutaro's art is great, this was cute. Good stuff.

That was such a smooth confession holy moly.

Yes, it's dropped. At least for the time being.

Speaking of which, are the scanlators for the earlier chapters correct? Going by Mangadex, Going Places did chapters 10-15 while sinonschampion did 1-9.

Thanks for pointing that out! Mangaupdates confused me since it had something else. Fixed.

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I'm usually rather indifferent to these little Twitter manga, but I thought this one was pretty cute. Spoiler alert: they're not straight.

Thanks so much to the scanlator for allowing us to host it! They've also expressed to me that it has been dropped as they take a break from translating, but it's pretty short and sweet, so hopefully that won't stop someone else from coming in to save the day. Sorry I only know how to put the word into the bubble.

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And it's done. Thanks so much again to Angius, your tool was blessed in finishing this process.

Yep yep yep
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/yurikas_campus_life_ch34#16

Thank you! Never imagined that was "real," so to speak...

I feel so out of the loop about Squiggles??? The only thing I remember about them is seeing that their translations were... subpar... at some point so I just stopped reading anything I noticed had Squiggles on it.

Is there anywhere I can get a quick rundown on the drama just so I can be informed? Unless it's so bad that we don't want to spill the tea or open that can of worms here (or whatever other idiom is applicable) which I would totally understand.

You identified one of the primary issues (translation quality) off the bat. I don't think it's my place to say the rest, but to my knowledge there is no will ill from either our side or theirs, sometimes the scanlation scene gets complicated and that's just how it goes.

OTP

I finally know what a cocogoat looks like.

Really ought to give some warning tag with something like that when it's occurring outside of a thread where the content is obvious.

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One day Namori will get to write a full series that isn't YRYR. That's gonna be amazing. Well, YRYR is too, but in a totally different way.

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I'll read anything by Kanbayashi Makoto, bless.

Insane Amounts Of Subtext

Got me too, at first.

Yes.

Posting something like they did in another language IMMEDIATELY AFTER they posted in English is a transparent attempt to slip something by the mods. It was what they said that was unacceptable, not the fact that they said it in another language.

Quite late, but this point is well taken. Sentiments like "Fuck you author" are best kept to oneself in pretty much all circumstances. Not good.

Personally speaking... but I'm pathologically conflict-avoidant. That said, the discussions here seem remarkably civil to me.

Honestly, same. Though I don't think there's anything cowardly about avoiding topics that make you feel bad.

The colours in this are just amazing!

This still works even if they're immune, it just makes Kaguya an extra sneaky person.

Interesting that instead of a single rebuttal, you suggest a ban on even talking about it.

Given that Sakura Cartelet is under no obligation to explain themselves to anyone and has already expressed their discomfort with the conversation multiple times, I don't really think this is the correct response. (not saying this as a mod)

Why allow (modern) politics discussion when it would be simply easier to place a blanket ban on them? Politics (and Religion) are often minefields and flame war inducers in that it's very hard to have a neutral or "good" discussion without offending other people either intentionally or otherwise.

Put simply, if I were most motivated by what would make my life easier, I'd either not be here, or I'd simply ban everyone who causes trouble and move on happier for it. Broadly speaking, people seem to enjoy these discussions. More importantly, just by nature of the content on this site, "political" discussions are often unavoidable. If more users would rather not see such discussion happening in this specific context, I would encourage them to speak up.

I don't usually talk about this, because it's embarrassing and something I'd much rather move on from, but I was heavily into conspiracy theories and alt-right nonsense in 2016. I literally had to spend a week in a hospital three hours from where I live in order to get my head right again, and it took the next three years to let go of all of it.

Well, I'm very glad for you that you got out of it in the end, and thank you for sharing that. The friend's father I mentioned is one of several (thankfully, only several) in my life who have headed down this path. Any story of escape is heartening. From my view, it appears that the most influential conspiracy theories in the present (2018-2020) center Trump in some leading role, so much so that it seems very difficult to be embedded in them and still hold the man in serious disdain. For those with limited knowledge or attention, especially, these conspiracies often cast his greatest personal weaknesses as being a source of strength or sense of relation.

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Following the above. As I've mentioned recently, the site is for the first in a long time undergoing some small system updates. While these are necessary and useful for everyone, I don't believe there are currently any plans for larger updates in the near future. Unfortunately, I don't see a report button being a small update, but I do think it would be a great feature, so hopefully I'm off-base with this one.

I was going through the recent posts on this thread and I'd like to add my voice to that of the people who requested tags for suicide and a more general content warning. It'd definitely be helpful to many people, including myself. There is one series I'm following that ideally should get warnings for both self-harm and suicidal thoughts in an upcoming volume, and it would be great if we could add those tags before the offending chapters are released for the three people who read that series.

We hear you. Feel free to get in touch with me on Discord if you wish to give us any sort of advance notice for that series you specified, or any other work for that matter.

There are plenty of valid reasons to vote for Trump if you believe in the Republican agenda. He's been the most effective Republican president in three decades, and it's entirely possible that he has revamped the party's electorate so as to allow its continued dominance of vast swaths of the US. Or perhaps for many of Trump's voters, the prospect of a Biden administration would have a negative impact on their livelihoods, or their way of life, culturally. (the degree to which the latter points are true won't be apparent for several years still)

While political discussion is acceptable here, I'd definitely recommend great care in discussing personal voting choices, etc. from this point onward.

My mom has tried to refute him repeatedly to no avail. My parents have been arguing about the election for months. The majority of their arguments end with my dad screaming at her about how she's "brainwashed" and refuses to "look at the facts". I personally think that the best way to help my dad would be to set him up to have a discussion with someone who's an expert on these topics and educate him. I think maybe my brother can talk with him.

I'm so sorry, SF. That sounds like such a terrible situation, I can't even imagine. My best friend's dad turned out like that in the last few years. The legion of misinformation readily available on the internet is just too strong for some minds, especially older ones, to handle. I feel as though it's a significant leap to interject with any suggestions on how to handle this, but I got carried away and wrote some anyway, so you may indulge me if you wish.

There appears to be no "cure" for this kind of conspiratorial nonsense, but I believe the available evidence shows that arguing with people stuck in delusion is generally counterproductive. Your family may be better off avoiding confrontation with him whenever possible, and re-framing your shared experience in such a way that he feels less of a need to go down this path. Solving some "root cause" (loneliness, lost self-esteem, life pressures) may be a better means of addressing the issue. Should someone wish to intervene, you may have more success exposing him to different viewpoints (YT videos? Podcasts?) that he can digest on his own time. Confrontation and self-reflection, by extension, are often easier to manage when they don't involve those closest to us. Should some of his motivation appear to stem from a mistrust of "official sources," there are many less-conspiratorial options that tout their Indie status in the Right/Libertarian or Left/Progressive categories.

Lastly, while it seems bad at the moment, there often is a positive resolution in sight. Your chances of making a difference, or having a difference made, seem better the earlier on he is in these circumstances. There are many - many - tales of this same story resolving itself in a matter of a few months, believe it or not. I really do wish you the best of luck and safety. At the least, hopefully he gets over that ridiculous "cutting the internet" business.

(and no, I'm not a professional or anything, so please take my advice as "I read a lot and am interested in this subject" and not any remotely authoritative opinion.)

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This is great, the level of utter silliness is much appreciated. All the TL notes reminded me of the pain of learning Mahjong from scratch, but now I'm kinda in the mood to pick it up again!

Also, thanks so much to DB as always, for keeping the spirit of Touhou alive, even as the rest of scanlation scene here has more or less moved on. Keep up the great work!

Credits page? Ah, that explains why it was in this thread. I never read those...

Which gives me an opportunity to say, this series has some of the best around!

I don't think there's any reason to believe that Virgins' Empire is getting licensed as of now.

Which is a shame to be honest.

Given the complexity of licensing from multiple publishers for a manga with hundreds of chapters, the commercial lack of success for Maki Maki (of course it's not fair, but publishers usually aren't), and the fact that the manga sorta flips genres halfway through, I'm honestly amazed it's licensed anywhere. I do hope it's doing well in Germany, though. Their publishing scene's business practices always looked pretty good from over here.