Is this mini-chapter supposed to have a title like the others? Right now it just says Chapter 274.1: Mini chapter 59 in the list. Is "Misugi" supposed to be the mini-chapter name?

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Just noticed the other day that Superstar is now on Crunchyroll. Time to catch up on my LL!

Boy we have come a long way from Chapter 1, where Ayano is literally touching Miyoshi's nipples in class with nary a hint of shame or embarrassment.

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/virgins_empire_ch01#6

So Moe calls her cute, then comments about her being like a mom, and then goes about wanting to see her in a nurse outfit. Mermaids sure have weird kinks.

She has the very rare Mermaid Mom Nurse fetish. Typically not seen outside of Touhou fandom.

Took me a second to realize that she was NOT trying to extract (or insert) some kind of beetle out of (or into) the other girl's crotch.

Miyoshi is basically that joke where they're just "really good friends" but she's such an airhead, that she actually does just think that they're just the best friends ever, but also she's definitely 100% in love with Ayano.

My prediction is that she's 100% in love with Ayano, but is terrified to take the risk of confessing because she doesn't want to lose Ayano as a friend.

I always like assertive, toppish Nico. I think it fits her personality better.

For me it's less about the top Nico and more about the bottom Maki.
Like, Maki'd be way too embarrassed and tsundere to actually be able to top effectively and consistently. Nico on the other hand would immediately get topped by anyone who wanted to top her but she'd also easily top anyone who lets her.

Maki is also an only child and is used to being pampered and doted upon. Whereas Nico is basically the head of her household, and is used to getting her family all marching in the same direction.

I always like assertive, toppish Nico. I think it fits her personality better.

You fail to consider that if someone is taller, or has a deeper voice, or is more muscular, or takes a more active role in the story, they clearly must be "the man" in the relationship.

Someone needs to tell 23, then, because I don't think he got the message.

As for NicoMaki, I suspect a big part of the reason is this:

I always like assertive, toppish Nico. I think it fits her personality better.

I like how the bear heads on their pajamas are completely unaffected by the wrinkles in the cloth.

It has always been thus for the plaid pattern on the skirts and ribbons for all the girls, all the way back to the first chapter.

Ngl as funny and cute as it is, no matter what gender if I was harassed/flirted with CONSTANTLY and AGGRESSIVELY like that at work like that by someone I’d probably get HR involved or something, like at some point it’s to much lol.

Yep. This was a chapter where I had to keep repeating "This is a RomCom. This is a RomCom." to myself.

• There is zero chance that the MahiMahi girls have ever been sexually aroused at any point in their lives. They're like Yamada from Kase-san: Raised in a vat, completely isolated from all forms of modern media, until they were decanted at the age of 16 right before high school.

You were saying ? :p

The times, they are a-changin'!

Raccoon-san gonna have an opinion about this.

Plant over here trying not to look:

Recapturing that Early 2000s Sinfest vibe.

In the next chapter Ruriko is going to use the baseball bat to get the point across better

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/yandere_kanojo_online_ch08#4

Oh, they're using barbie doll nudity now.

As a casual reminder, you get nipples in the tank editions.

Special Edition Bonus! Now with 100% more nipples!

Oh, they're using barbie doll nudity now.

Their nipples went to the same place all the NSFW from Virgins Empire went to.

The newest cope is that somehow they are, like, "platonic married best friends", which is insane but man people will say anything.

I would assume that anybody who says this is trolling for the lulz.

And yes, I felt bad that I slapped someone, I didn't feel like "oh damn, I'm the worst person in the world, how dare I use violence in such a heinous way".

I don't think that about Ruriko either. I don't think this is the sudden reveal that Ruriko has secretly been a horrible person all along and this is the point where the mangaka reveals Ruriko's hidden dark side.

Looking at it in-character, Ruriko is a kind person who made a mistake. It's one she will recognize and acknowledge, just as you did. Amends will be made, bridges will be rebuilt, and she and Kurumi will get their Happily Ever After. That's super obvious from the way the story has progressed so far. There's five more chapters to go in this volume, so hopefully the mangaka doesn't drag it out until the end.

Looking at it from a meta perspective, I think it's an instance of the mangaka needing some drama, reaching into their Great Big Bag of Tropes, and pulling out the first thing they grabbed without considering just how many people would regard it as crossing a fairly significant line. It's values dissonance, like I mentioned upthread.

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I didn't realise because I thought it was a completely normal story point.
Guys, guys, Dynasty Commenters who always overreact to everything: stop being so melodramatic. This is a story, and the slap was the best way to get across the drama of the situation. Pushing her away would absolutely have not got the point across that this was trying to make.
That, and she probably didn't slap her that hard, you drama queens. It's only as bad as someone giving you a non-consensual kiss in the first place, it wasn't "violence"

Nobody is being melodramatic. We just think slapping people is bad. You yourself agree, because when you slapped two people, you felt regret, you tried to make amends, and you resolved not to do it again.

And hey, that's grown-up shit right there. That's how a mature adult handles their business when they make a mistake, and I got nothing but respect for it.

But obviously you think you did something wrong by slapping those two people. Why else would you be so contrite?

Ruriko slaps so hard

She's a banger alrighty.

The ending that shook the yuri world.

So, this seems to be a Beauty and the Beast retelling now? Confined to the manor and given rules about where she can go, initially scary but actually friendly supernatural staff, heroine breaks the rules and the owner nearly loses control and harms her, some sort of condition on how she can return to being human.

If a singing teapot and candelabra show up, we'll know for sure.

IOW, our hopes are raised to the highest point then completely dashed.

In other other words, just like Ruriko! Ruriko had a brief moment of hope before being utterly crushed by her interpretation that Kurumi was just fooling around while drunk. Funny how the forum denizen's vehement reaction to disappointment almost perfectly mirrors her own kneejerk reaction.

I don't think anybody is complaining about Ruriko reacting negatively to the kiss. Reacting negatively to the kiss makes sense in context.

I think people are reacting specifically to the fact that her negative reaction included physical violence.

I'm 55 years old. I have never slapped anybody out of shock/surprise in my life. It's completely foreign to my way of thinking. I can't imagine doing so in that context unless I thought the other person was a genuine threat to my physical well-being.

So when I see Ruriko slap Kurumi, I don't think "Wow, Ruriko must have been really pushed to her limit." I think "Wow, Ruriko really needs to work on her impulse control." Which is probably not the reaction the mangaka was hoping to provoke.

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