Damn, the translation of chapter 9 sure takes a while this time. I really miss it...

takachi posted:

Oh come on, what makes you jump to this conclusion? As in, what makes you see Gin's friend as a psycho?

She was making a joke how the gay friend is in love with Gin and wants to fuck him and needs to struggle with his desires every night and only fapping to his friend can stop him from raping Gin. Representing homosexuals as people who struggle with their desires 24/7 and only think about sex isn't exactly very positive way to show them as people.

So where's the joke? I don't get it tbh. Also, I don't see how it represents anything about homosexuals, if anything it represents a male desire for sexual intercourse/masturbation, likely driven by high-level of androgens. We haven't seen Gin's friend from other sides much, so I have no idea how one can make a fair evaluation/judgement of his true character given such a narrow perspective. That's just unreasonable labelling IMO.

Is there some proper, saint, if you will, way of being interested by the LGBT theme?

"Saint" lol. How about not portraying them only as weirdos and terrible people for starters?

Are you saying all manga that you read portrays the LGBT characters as weirdos or terrible people and not the other way? Actually, why of all things do LGBT characters have to be portrayed as saints? That is plain, boring, cardboard, and unrealistic. Can't they just be portrayed as humans? With their positive and negative sides regardless of their sexuality and identity?

In fact, this manga feels a lot more realistic than many others in that respect.

I'm sorry, but since when getting almost raped and then saved by the girl so you'll only get blackmailed with photos about your rape, forced to dress as a girl when going to school and being told to make a guy fall in love with you, by lesbian that had bad experiences and now wants to get revenge on guy that stole girl she liked from her (I believe that was the deal with lesbian character) more realistic than many other stories? If that's the more realistic one, I'm afraid to read less realistic works...

First of all, I wrote "in that respect" referring to characters, not the plot devices driving the story, which does indeed end up being artificially exaggerated. And that is fine as it creates the situations in which the characters act to express some of their traits in front of the reader.

Jumping to conclusions much, Sumon? How is crossdressing a proof he identifies as female? As far as the story went, he's a straight/bicurious male who enjoys crossdressing.

I hope it's not a cue for "Gin self reflecting and deciding that, yes, he feels like he should be a girl!"

I quite doubt that to be honest. Gin has been strongly established as a straight male cross-dresser. He might be questioning himself here and there based on the characters he interacts with, but he's clearly attracted to female bodies and he himself firmly identifies himself as a guy who likes cross-dressing.

That will make your gay psycho friend sad!

Oh come on, what makes you jump to this conclusion? As in, what makes you see Gin's friend as a psycho?

This author clearly isn't interested by the LGBT theme.

Is there some proper, saint, if you will, way of being interested by the LGBT theme?

His characters are cardboard cuts.

How is it so? I see a lot of resemblance in this author's characters to people around me, regardless of their identity and sexuality by the way. In fact, this manga feels a lot more realistic than many others in that respect.

"cook them something special as revenge" seems a rather odd word choice, compared to 'payback' or 'payment'. https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_two_of_them_are_pretty_much_like_this_ch18#3

And what's with "find grass and eat that"?

In the context, I read that as "ah, it's a girl, she can take care of cooking on her own then", meaning that cooking is seen as no big effort for any girl, just like there's no seeming effort required to feed the cows - just let them out in the fields and they'll find the grass themselves.

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damn was the new chapter soooooo goood!! finally some motivation to learn Japanese))))
Moon Prism Power, Make UUUUP!

Ugh, less than a day till the raws are out! I can't waaaaaaaaait

Wow, what an intense chapter

Also, I've never grinned so much while reading a manga..

this! also love you nickname)))

OMG cuteness overload with this series!! Loving it so much! They must be talking about the wedding next, right? Kaori was so serious and mature this time - nobody ever saw that coming from her)))))

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oh, just when I thought I haven't read a chapter of this manga for a while, two chapters land upon us - yaaay! Totally enjoying the read, so thanks a lot to the translation. One of the best reads - really a shame I didn't have something like this to read when I was at their age.

I have to admit there's quite a number of decent yuri manga getting published right now, this one being one of them. I'd prefer less focus and drama on the side couple of course, but I guess others like it.

I wonder what Touko's deal in this is. If she comes here (and she is going to, I'm sure of it), she must have a concrete reason for that. Is she bi and has a crush on Mayumi? Doesn't make a lot of sense. Was Mayumi her only and thus precious friend that she wants to restore the relationship? Or does Touko hate Mayumi so much that she wants to hurt her more in some way? I don't know, but all reasons I come up with sounds silly to me.

First Crescent Moon, now this - is handholding a trend in Japan this season? Must be consequences of COVID - so dirty and lewd!))))
Really like this manga - somehow it always gives me a good vibe.

lewd spoiler for chapter 7 <- you've been warned!

is there a way to put images in spoilers?

sorry BV, I couldn't even find the spoilers! There's nothing yet... but it's hopefully coming soon! Can't wait!!

The new chapter's been out for a day or two now - the latest issue of yuri-hime is available on Book Walker if one speaks enough Japanese to browse the app and buy it. Hopefully the translation is on the way...

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Every two months. Next one should come out in this month's Yuri Hime, which releases in a week or so.

yes, it should be out next week I believe - can't wait...

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Haha, Asahi sure looked like a kitten there. Great shot, Hinako!

A new chapter of this always brings a huge and silly grin on my face. Sensei really knows the art of cheering me up

So when is chapter 7 released in Japan? In Yurihime May issue, sometime around the middle of March? Or has it recently been published in the March issue of Yurihime (18.01.2020)?

Chapter 6 was in the March issue, so Chapter 7 will be in the May issue (unless the author takes a break - she hasn't taken any thus far, but it's a possibility nonetheless).

ty :* looks like a month of rereading lies ahead

So when is chapter 7 released in Japan? In Yurihime May issue, sometime around the middle of March? Or has it recently been published in the March issue of Yurihime (18.01.2020)?

And the last page made me worried for Ran - getting more drinks is not good for her.

Eh, she's half Finnish - alcohol tolerance comes genetic due to strong selective pressures. o3o

true that! Thank you random! That actually really cheered me up ^__^

takachi posted:

bwahahaha, this is priceless - so good to see the two. I miss Stretch a lot. Thinking about it in retrospective, it's probably one of my favourite yuri manga out there.

Stretch is not a yuri manga.

Ooopsie... My bad indeed... It really is not yuri... Although that's the only way I've always thought about it. Maybe it's naive of me to still believe they might still have a future and become cannon. But I think that living with this hope rather than without, colours my world a little brighter. On the other hand, treating non-yuri manga as if it was one of the best yuri mangas - what a grim position I put myself in, hehe...

UPD. Here's a correction.

I miss Stretch a lot. Thinking about it in retrospective, it's probably one of my favourite manga out there.

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bwahahaha, this is priceless - so good to see the two. I miss Stretch a lot. Thinking about it in retrospective, it's probably one of my favourite yuri manga out there. And the last page made me worried for Ran - getting more drinks is not good for her. They should move in together again for a 2nd season!

As for Vampeers, been thinking I'd love to see it turned into a gag anime. Oota Masahiko could pick that up. It needs a LOT more chapters for that to happen though...

i like both... just sayin'...