Oh just get a room, you two!

Indeed, Roommates is the new Couple life these days.

How can she even slip on a wet floor if she is floating in the air the whole time? Or is it just the pull of yuri in action?

Not sure if getting "boyish" will do it for her, but getting ripped is definitely gonna boost her dating market valuation.

^ For me, it was always quite clear that Yukari will get Haruhi in the end. Yukari has clearly been established as the kind of woman who knows what she wants and always gets it, while Ayumi has nothing to show for herself except playing all kinds of school romance tropes to the T.

That is why Yukari, indeed, best girl.

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"The Angel's Maid Knowledge is Biased...?"

More like "based", amirite?

Can someone explain why piles of porn mags in grass is a trope in manga?

Maybe some prev try to corrupt bystanders?

I think the implication here is that boys buy pervy magazines for "consumption", but cannot take them home where their parents would find out, so they just dump the mags down by the river. Maybe that's where they read them, too, because it's so secluded?

I think it's stuck at the translation stage. The manga is still ongoing, with 9 volumes out.

I'm sorry I don't have any better news. I'm glad there are still people waiting for new chapters. I like this series too, and I hope the translation can resume some day.

Oh, that's better news than it getting axed or dropped, so thank you. :-)

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So, anyone knows what happened to this series? The author stopped updating, the scanlators dropped it, or the group disbanded altogether? I am not picking on anyone, just curious to know.

What have Maki done to deserve this?

Well, for once, she's way too passive. That doesn't mean she deserves this, but it does explain why she keeps getting shat on.

You can't expect nice things to happen to you by default. You've gotta be assertive and take charge. That's the only way.

But don't get me wrong, Liz is an asshole, and I'm hoping Maki will just forget about her and move on.

I have some kind of similar experience as Maki, it feel too personal. Being assertive will do nothing if your partner is an ass. Liz is young adult, not teenager.

Yea, no matter how assertive you are, relationships never work out in the long term unless both sides put honest effort into them. And Liz clearly cannot be bothered.
This story is a trainwreck in progress, which may be why I am still reading it -- cannot look away from the impending crash.

That is a really chill Sensei Archetype.

Are all maids named Ponko?

Only the fishiest ones.

Julie is redefining the term "useless lesbian": regular uselessness manifests itself in zero romantic progress despite every opportunity to make it, while Julie-uselessness is actively backpedaling on any progress others make for her.

Those glasses costed a pretty penny, Wanko's going to have to do the unthinkable to pay for them...

(gasp) Actually land a role?
Easy tiger...

Worse... she's going to have to... work in retail.

Still better than in customer support.

Also, on a more serious note, let me remark that this page was an uncomfortably accurate depiction of situations where able-bodied and -brained people mean well but have no idea how to actually be helpful to the disabled person in front of them.

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Ah yes, the medical miracle that is the healing power of head pats.

"Nagoya drift"? Is that the neighbor of the Kansai drift?

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Those photos don't go on the employee cards, they should go on the marriage registration...

Lesson of the day: never judge a yuri manga by its tags

It's almost as if the tags were an early-warning and a search tool rather than a comprehensive replacement for a manga's entire content. :-)

It's kind of refreshing how all the adults in this manga willingly acknowledge that the rules about porn and sexy stuff (especially the age limits) are STUPID.

And at the same time they assert that we gotta uphold them, because that's society for you. No matter how hypocritical or contradictory it seems, you gotta go through the motions.

I think most people working in a particular industry have a front-row seat for all of its silly idiosyncrasies, so it's not surprising for porn industry professionals to recognize the obsolescence of its institutions. On the other hand, all institutions, no matter how obsolete, have perceived and real value, which blend into each other: the perceived value comes from the fact that, as humans (especially as we get older), we instinctively defer to long-lasting institutions, assuming on faith that if they've survived this long, they must be doing something good. While this assumption can and should be challenged, the other big part of the real value of institutions is their facilitation of low-friction interactions in social environments too complex for any single person to penetrate. In other words, challenging an established institution (like the age restriction on porn) may have cascading side effects that will negatively impact many more people beside yourself. For a society like Japan, which had learn to coexist in a very limited physical space for a long time, the risk that rocking the boat this way has historically posed to its survival just consistently seems to be judged as not worth it.

Wow he's a surprisingly good dad despite his... interesting appearance

My guess is that the dad actually has a backstory similar to Liane, i.e. he rose through the ranks on merit alone, despite starting from an isolated and disadvantaged position. Were it so, it would add an interesting wrinkle into the rivalry between his daughter and his spiritual successor (Liane).

Director He brought everyone back to her hometown? Lmao she’s already head over heels for Yuanbo

Too bad the only way she knows to express affection for someone is by messing with her head. :-)

No high-proof alcohol usage for pain and antiseptic properties after drawing blood? I woulda figured that'd be standard in BDSM?

Not really? If anything, they should have found a doctor to look at the bite immediately afterwards, not the next morning. But my guess is that neither of them had any experience with this particular type of injury and did not expect the resulting inflammation to get that bad.

Tbh, this one-shot reminded me of Sunstone in a very good way: two dorks growing into a couple while exploring their shared kink, even if they occasionally screw it up.

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Wait, you mean the whole encounter of the close kind didn't happen? But there does seem to be something written on the back of her hand on this page?

Could be actually a scar or something else?

I thought that was obviously her home address that she had written on the previous page

That's what I was getting at, as well. Since the address is there, and the only reason for Ukawa to share it was to continue their tryst, I have assumed that their encounter did happen in reality, not just in Saika's head.

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Consenting adults engaging in BDSM in a (relatively) safe environment after discussing what exactly they are going to do? What heresy is this, Japan? Are you alright?

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Everyone is saying Lin Xiao Lu's mother sucks, but like... Leaving the house at night without telling her and then obviously lying about why seems like a legitimate reason for a parent to get angry/concerned.

I think the issue is more about creating an environment where Lin Luxi can never be honest about what she does, e.g. going to meet a friend in the park. That's why the contrast is so striking, as Tongtong immediately tells her mom everything since she trusts her completely, whilst Lin Luxi basically seems to hide her entire life from her mother.

Pretty much this. Supportive and accepting primary caretakers raise beautiful cinnamon rolls, while those who impose arbitrary expectations on their children only leave them withdrawn and traumatized to the point of self-denial.