Jeanne Mathison posted:

I wouldn't say Kaoru is similar or dissimilar to other people, it's more.....
It's more like Kaoru lacks substance
Mask-sempai, we understand, we know what makes her tick, but Kaoru, as a character, isn't she, like, an empty shell? There's almost nothing to her except her vamp ways and a tendency to break down (and become obsessive) when she's rejected

But she's really cute around her sister, it really makes me feel conflicted hehehe

Oh, you! You just made me think of Kaoru x Honoka.

Please excuse me while I grab a tissue for my nosebleed.

LesbianPirate posted:

ASUKA SHUT YOUR DAMN MOTHER LOVING MOUTH

ASUKA, GO SHUT YOUR DAMN MOTHER-LOVING MOUTH ON YOUR DAMN MOTHER'S DAUGHTER-LOVING MOUTH

The upside is, she just realised in full exactly why she keeps getting so antsy around mother dearest.

And she learned a few useful techniques to try on said mother, eh?

...maybe? We don't actually know how far Miyuki ultimately got with her, do we? thinking.jpg

Ah, I was thinking about her "kissing techniques" -- but I see your point.

The upside is, she just realised in full exactly why she keeps getting so antsy around mother dearest.

And she learned a few useful techniques to try on said mother, eh?

Speaking of... and her very first appearance was engaging in some Is My Hobby Weird level shenanigans.

Thanks for the reminder.
I had completely forgotten that she originally was that type of character.
Quiet ones, indeed.

Just read the 2 new chapters. Lots of squees were vocalized.

I'll refrain from comments until upload. For now, I'll just say one thing:

The one who wrote this...

There were hints before, but it's obvious now: Onibi-sempai and Mask-sempai are true soulmates. They share a deep bond unique to them. They are ideally suited to one another, and Kaoru should go find someone else.

... is a good judge of character.

ASUKA SHUT YOUR DAMN MOTHER LOVING MOUTH

Lol, too late. The cat is out of the bag, the jig is up, the beans have been spilled, the laundry has been exposed, she blew her cover, let out the skeleton and showed her true colors.

Chie x Ai are technically in the closet because they're nervous about their classmates response...

But they're not in the closet very well, basically anyone who pays attention knows the two of them are dating.

That bit about tv dramas and marriage was very nice.

"Aah... it's very late, so she left... I don't want that... I don't want us to be apart... I want her to stay by my side all night long...
Huh, how funny! In those tv dramas, when the leading man realizes that he wants a certain girl to be always by his side, that's when he has the epiphany that he wants to marry her! Hmm..."

Congrats, Nononon, it looks like Yumimi has fallen for you.

Yup, even though you didn't do squat to court her and win her heart.

Some people just have all the darn luck.

Damn you, Olympic Games. Damn you to hell.

Y tijeras.

Also an interesting aspect of Aya and Risa's dynamic is that, considering Aya's personality, I think she wouldn't date a woman on her own initiate.

Aya could be a poster girl for Tsunderes Anonymous.

Except that would make her not so anonymous anymore, so it prolly won't happen.

Este manga me recuerda enormemente, tanto por argumento como por dibujo, a una historia de Yoshihara... pero que es yuri en lugar de ser hetero: la prota, en vez de enloquecer por algún galanazo macho alfa, se vuelve loquita por una chica de élite super bella y sexy.

Jaja sííííí es verdad, esa jefa es un equivalente hembra del galán romántico serio y exitoso típico del manga josei. Y la protagonista tiene el aspecto físico de las heroínas de Yoshihara y hasta se vuelve SD por momentos, que es tmb un recurso típico de ella.

La famosa tapa/contratapa de Aisuru Hito:

Jaja, ¿que les parece?

Quedan bien expresados los recursos visuales de los que hablaban, ¿no? La cara del rubio pelilargo también recuerda un poco a ciertas caras de Asou.

(Lo bueno de Yuri-Kagi es que la prota no engaña a Asou con otra, a diferencia de las chicas cachondas de Yoshihara como la de esa tapa...)

Lol if I didn't read this, that chapter woulda flown right over my head. I thought Aya got a haircut and that they were actually in college all along. I was so confused HAH.

I think it was the transition from black bars (childhood flashback) to no black bars (which usually indicate present day) that did me in lol

Yes that was confusing af. I wasn't sure at first what was flashback and what wasn't.

Hot ladies.

Sorry to be a bit late to the party here. The music Aria plays in Ch. 5 is in fact the oldest piece of music known to survive with complete words and music, the Epitaph of Seikilos, nearly 2000 years old.

Aww. Fitting that she plays the oldest music known to man. She prolly remembers when it was the latest hit in the Greek charts.

Tatsubon writes for pure enjoyment and wish fulfillment.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Oh I didn't realize this was by the fraud that did Sketch. Dropped.

Wrong in at least three different ways...

Y'all remember Kimi wa Shoujo... right? Such a lovely yuri story, beautifully written and beautifully drawn. The tale of a 14-year-old baby lesbian who starts crushing like crazy on a stunningly gorgeous adult lady – and then sees all her secret wishes come true as this lady takes her to her bed and teaches her all about sapphic sex. The teen girl acts as the narrator and, in the last chapter, several years later, when she's an adult herself, she tells us how wonderful and pleasurable the experience was, how happy she was while it lasted and how sad she was when it ended. She's so clear about that, it really leaves no room for anyone to complain or revile anything. And yet there are 20 pages of angry comments in this forum (that's 500+ posts), most of them shrieking rape and pedophilia and damning this manga to hell. >_<

Leer los comentarios sobre Kimi wa Shoujo que escribieron aquí los miembros de este foro ha sido probablemente mi experiencia más desagradable desde que descubrí el website de Dynasty. Joder, si no les gusta que adultos y colegialas se encamen, ¡pues ignoren las historias con la etiqueta Age Gap y ya está!

En KwS la prota tiene sus sentimientos muy claros y sabe lo que le gusta, y el sexo lésbico es un gran disfrute – para ella y para la pelinegra comeniñas (jaja). En WKDK tenemos una relación muy compleja, una profe que desea sexualmente a sus alumnas gyarus, situaciones complicadas con presiones psicológicas y amenazas, y la escena apasionada de Kuro y Aya (tan rika) termina con Aya diciendo que ha sido forzada y que no le ha gustado nada que casi le dieran duro contra el muro. Por supuesto, tenemos muy buenas razones para sospechar que no dice la verdad, ¡y que en realidad le gustó, y mucho! Pero ¿se imaginan como se pondría el típico lector angloparlante, con su mentalidad protestante-puritana, si lee una historia como esta? Yo me imagino muuuy bien las reacciones: creo que, lo menos, pedirían que a Kurosaki-chan la quemen en una hoguera con un cartel de bruja colgado del cuello.

Hay una diferencia enorme entre la fandom hispanoparlante y la angloparlante. Si te fijas la sección de comentarios de Warikitta Kankei Desu Kara en TMO (por ejemplo) verás que hay docenas y docenas de respuestas, y ni una sola es negativa. Hay matices, claro: muchas personas usan los adjetivos "tóxico" e "inmoral" para describir la historia, la relación de Kuro y Aya, y hasta al personaje de Kuro. Pero a continuación dicen:

"Esto sí es realismo y no las mamadas a las que estamos acostumbrados. ¡Ahora sí se viene lo bueno!"
"Menuda relación más tóxica. Pero qué yuri más suculento. ¡Más!"
"Es muy inmoral, ¡kyyyaaa! <3 Me encanta."

O sea, los lectores adoraron la historia por la pasión yuri, los personajes realistas y las relaciones complejas. Y en el fondo a nadie le importa un pimiento la cuestión moral, pues es un cuento de ficción... y la ficción, cuanto más controversial y escandalosa, más picante. Ojalá la fandom angloparlante aprendiera a discutir y disfrutar libremente mangas como estos, y se dejaran de sentimientos de culpa y pecado y todas esas vergas.

Kurosaki-sensei y Aya se tienen tantas ganas que pueden prender fuego a una casa con sólo tocarse. Lástima que Aya todavía no ha asumido sus propios deseos. Pero poco a poco está empezando a aceptar la idea. Es el momento perfecto para que lleguen unas rivales a armar jaleo y estorbar la relación de las protas, jeje. Creo que pintan para el papel la rubia Mochida (que se deprimió mucho al saber que Kuro anda tras de otra) y la amiga/compañera de clase de Aya (con esa cara de yandere que puso al fin del capi 2).

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I loved the exchange between Kasumi & her mom.
Mom: blah blah blah
Kasumi: I didn't get a word you said.
Mom: Sigh! Switch to Sakurako-chan, she's more savvy than you.

I love how mom knows, without even asking, that Sakurako is there right at Kasumi's side and that she has both the authority and the capacity to make all decisions related to Kasumi's cosmetics.

also lol @ someone forgetting to apply screentone for a panel

There's more than that.

Kasumi is wearing a sleeveless white top, a skirt, a necklace and no earrings. Ruriko is wearing a square-patterned dress, dangle earrings and no necklace, and has her hair in a ponytail.

In the 3rd panel on the right, the "blonde" girl (we assume it's Kasumi) wears a square-patterned dress and a necklace, while Ruriko (hair in a ponytail) wears the sleeveless white top and the dangle earrings.

Someone made a mess of that panel.

Oh shit things are getting good.

Um, okay, so how should we understand that?

Do you mean you are foreseeing sisterly wincest in the immediate future?

This series really seems to function as some sort of Rorschach test.

Docenas de veces.

Me di cuenta escribiendo esto que no hay ninguna palabra en español para expresar bien la idea de tomboy... curioso, no? Tomboy en inglés tiene un contenido lindo y positivo, una chica tomboy gusta por igual a hombres y mujeres, en cambio en español decimos: machona, hombruna, marimacho... todas palabras horribles

Son cosas de los idomas, también faltan palabras adecuadas en español para kawaii y kakkoii. En inglés es fácil:
kawaii = cute
kakkoii = cool
Pero en español los traductores se enloquecen buscando traducciones correctas.
"Kawaii" = ¿linda? ¿tierna? ¿dulce? ¿adorable? Tiene un poco de todas.
Y "Kakkoii" = ¿guay? ¿genial? ¿molón? Ninguna pega realmente con el sentido.

En general me gusta más el manga traducido al español que al inglés, creo que captura mejor el espíritu del original, pero estoy de acuerdo que algunas palabras dan problemas.