I pretty much adore all of the Mountain Pukuichi works, and this one is no exception. It also makes me feel more and more as if there should be a general Drama tag associated with all of them...

Well, that was certainly... hrmm... ohh my~

Kinda wonder why she stopped herself from saying she loved her...

Perhaps some lingering doubt due to her previous messy relationship, like she is 99% into Donut but 1% still afraid of hurting Donut or getting hurt herself?

I would second that thought. In particular when considering her statement at the end: "If there is a next time, then... Well, let's just consider that your final exam." If there is...

You would think if she was confident of their relationship it would be "Next time, then... Well, let's just consider that your final exam." I think she is still uncertain of how serious Donut is about the whole thing..

Okay; thanks you two. I'll try looking for that.

I usually try http://translate.google.com and http://www.bing.com/translator (just copy and paste the hangul).

Hello Samba
The inevitable physical condition is not good due to the cold
This week has been exciting feeling to hyujae.
Sorry.
Please ask readers understand nimdeul

and

Hi is the Samba
Do not be inevitable due to cold
Earlier this week, uneasy feeling Hugh re.
I'm sorry.
Please ask their consent submitted by readers

Neither is perfect by any means, but usually using both yields the most coherent translation. Although in this particular case the bing translation is weaker than the google version, the reverse is true often enough that I prefer running stuff through the two of them.

Haha so.....WHO was miss giant's FIRST love? O_o
Did she mean like her wife's her FIRST LOVE and the others were just some crushes and nothing more? XD

As she said, she was "really in to the girl, who sat at the same table" as she did... :)

This seems quite enjoyable. It reminds me of Sweet Magic Syndrome, but I have to admit I prefer the style and humour here. I also can't help but feel that this will deserve the subtext tag sooner rather than later...

Somehow that scenario seems strangely familiar...

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Sasameki Koto

Seconding Sasameki Koto, adding Aoi Hana and Hourou Musuko. All three were really well done, but it would be wonderful to actually see a bit more than the first chapter or so. Incompleteness killing the stories…

I echo Girlfriends, but even more would like to see an adaptation of Akiyama Haru's Octave.

If it has to be a schoolgirl setting, apart from Girlfriends, Yuhuko Suzuki's Candy might be nice. In the "somewhat more lewd" arena Hanjuku Joshi has already been mentioned, but Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter by Eiki Eiki could be good too.

Then again, I would probably already be happy if they ever managed to complete the missing pieces of the Sasameki Koto anime (or Aoi Hana for that matter).

Actually I've worked for many companies where co-workers date or even get married. it's pretty common in the west.

Same here, but almost none of the ones I worked for would accept it if the two are part of the same team, or even worse, one is reporting to the other. In that case it would be required that one of the two moves into a different position. Not informing HR of such a potential conflict of issue would usually be grounds for dismissal.

I love more adult stories. Very heartwarming, but sadly I can't help but think it is slightly unrealistic, which is why most companies do not permit romantic attachments between direct reports

"Wait, you thought you could win?"

Awwwwwww... Too cute! Methinks in reality she already won though.

There is something about Shimura Takako’s work that always drags me in, despite knowing full well that it will expose me to a rollercoaster ride filled with emotional turmoil. I cannot help myself but read them anyway, but have to admit that from all my favourite authors, her work is the one I reread the least often. Nevertheless, as always, I like this one.

Haven't read the doujin yet but is this show worth watching? I gave the first epsiode a try yesterday and I don't know, it felt pretty generic. Id this a must see?

If you liked Madoka you will love this show I would say :)
Not trying to spoil but it only starts generic at first and continues in an unexpected direction later.
I loved it but the story does take a little time to really get started. I would suggest you keep watching 2 or 3 more episodes and judge if you like it then :D

I would very much agree with the "keep watching 2 or 3 more episodes". The beginning is pretty much intentionally generic before changing tone; hence the much used comparison to Madoka. I would argue though that this show can comfortably stand on its own, containing more than enough original concepts to differentiate itself from its better known cousin.

New chapter, and I am definitely smiling as well here..

First time I see this thread actually...

Munich, Germany.

Still a bit of a way to go I'm afraid. From the corresponding article in the Japan Times:

A majority of Japanese are accepting of romantic feelings between same-sex couples but are not so tolerant when it comes to having homosexual friends, researchers say.

IIRC there are now two wards in Tokyo that give foreign same-sex marriages the full legal status (Setagaya joined Shibuya in July). So I am somewhat hopeful that things will continue to change, at least in Tokyo. Given that the first certificates recognising foreign same-sex marriages were only issued earlier this month, I expect it may take a few more years though...

jtt

how they prefer to refer to themselves.

He or she. There are no trans people.

how they prefer to refer to themselves

Nevri, I have an acquaintance who is a transgender male. He prefers the term trans man. And he would take serious offence to "there are no trans people" statement. While there certainly are those who prefer just man, or woman, that is not true for the entire group. I have not actually asked him why he insists on that term, but my theory is that many trans people, sadly, go through a lot of anguish, not only because of their inner turmoil, but, even more reprehensible, because of society that lacks acceptance. So, in a way, the word transgender, and similar terms, accord them a measure of acknowledgment of the hardships they went through.

I must stress out that this is purely a personal speculation of mine, as I said, I did not actually ask him why he insists on that expression. I apologise if I unknowingly offended anyone, it was not my intention to do so.

There are also genderqueer / gender fluid people who fall somewhere in between the two extremes of the spectrum (male / female), and hence prefer a different pronoun, as do some intersex individuals.

Independent of the exclusionary nature of "he or she", it is also quite clunky, which is why "they" has been used as a substitute in the English language for hundreds of years. Still not too common outside of academic papers today, but I generally prefer using it both because is more inclusionary, as well as being a great replacement for the other "neutral" method of defaulting to "he" in phrases such as "when a manager makes such a purchase decision, he should" That one irks me on so many levels...

I recall for instance trans women who insisted that the only proper term was "transsexual" and that "transgender' was demeaning because it lumped them in with drag queens and heterosexual crossdressers, who had very different issues. At that time, you barely even heard of concepts like genderqueer or agender, and that wasn't even that long ago.

Simply put, it'll take a while for the language surrounding the issue(s) to calm down, but I'd say the first couple of replies more or less reflect the current "state of the art", if you will.

True enough. :) I was trying to refer to said change, from insisting on the term "transsexual" to the more inclusive "transgender", in the last part of my text. This does indeed differ somewhat from the rather formalised Wikipedia definition, but based on personal observation, I see a similar shift amongst impacted friends (admittedly a small sample size, but still). In the end I always found it best to simply, and respectfully, ask people involved how they prefer to refer to themselves.

What's the difference between the terms "transgender" and "transsexual"? I tried looking it up but I figured I might as well ask here for people's input.

Throwing Wikipedia into the fray...

"Transgender people experience a mismatch between their gender identity or gender expression and their assigned sex.[1][2][3] Transgender is also an umbrella term because, in addition to including trans men and trans women whose binary gender identity is the opposite of their assigned sex (and who are sometimes specifically termed transsexual if they desire medical assistance to transition), it may include genderqueer people (whose identities are not exclusively masculine or feminine, but may, for example, be bigender, pangender or agender).[2][4][5] Other definitions include third-gender people as transgender or conceptualize transgender people as a third gender,[6][7] and infrequently the term is defined very broadly to include cross-dressers.[8]"

Basically transgender is an umbrella term, while transsexual represents a specific subset. This is not to say that people who are transsexual may not prefer the classification as transgender individuals, but the reverse is also sometimes true. Coincidentally most of the trans* people I know tend to prefer transgender as the term these days, regardless of their transition status.

Awww... Sooooo cute. :)

gets to credit page

GAh!

Anyway! question: I don't know if this has already been answered but is there a reason why the Precure doujinshi section/tag isn't separated by seasons?

Probably just to keep things simple, plus there's a few that crosses over the series (mostly for comedic purposes).

As do some of the movies, so there are crossovers by default too.

Also: while I like high quality scans, 25 megapixel images may seem just a tad ... excessive?

Man, I have this vivid imagination and I often get lost in daydreams like hers too!
But unlike her, I don't get such a happy end, ugh I'm jealous of a fictional character xD
It sucks when you're a lesbian but girls you flirt with think you're just being nice because you look so straight.. Lol

I know that feel... D;

I just realized you are an German Girl like me too aren't you :D ?! I click on the Link and think so "OH Amazon.de" and "oh Freundschaftsketten" xD Nice! I never expected to find german girls here.

Haha I thought the same. xD I'm glad to see that I'm not the only German Girl on this page. :P

Hm. While it could have just been a coincidence, as I regularly purchase stuff from Amazon in Germany, the UK, US, Japan, France, and recently China, in this particular case I guess I have to say: "darn, busted"... Aye. German living in Germany, at least for the time being.

As for looking straight: yes. :( My earlier point about dressing somewhat tomboy/femme is basically something along the lines of Mel's outfit, and I have quite a few straight colleagues who dress a lot more butch than that. Bee's wispy nothingness is not something I would really feel comfortable attempting, but my goodness does it look good on her...

so i wanna watch some homo shit w/the bae,

also anyone who gives a good recommendation gets a meme so theres some incentive

Neither of those statements really make me want to recommend anything.

But whatever, here.

Love their #3, "Imagine me & you", there are a couple of scenes that always make me lose it. I would consider adding Thelma & Louise (subtext though) and Cracks (Eva Green... but not very upbeat) to the, excellent, Autostraddle list.

But also very much agree with the two original statements being rather jarring and quite off-putting really.

Draping myself in a rainbow flag? Don't tempt me… Even then I think some people would decline to notice any sort of symbolism. “Oh, that’s pretty. So nice and colourful. Now let me tell you about my ideal boyfriend.”

Try a huge pendant that consists of two female gender symbols intertwined covered in rapidly flashing rainbow colored LED lights.

You're a genius. Pure genius.

Hmmm... After spotting these recently: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00BJ3X79S/ , I am more convinced than ever that such drastic measures may indeed be in order. I mean, three rainbow heart pendants being marketed as "Freundschaftsketten" ("friendship necklaces") and saying "best friends forever"... sigh

Returning to the actual topic though, I cannot help but state yet again how remarkable I find Ratana’s art. Combined with the inherent sexiness of the story, I really, really like this one*…

*This is despite the fact that I would probably be too obtuse to catch Bee’s dream sequence opening invitation, instead assuming that her question is to be taken at face value (maybe with an intentional tease because she caught me staring), and that she can most certainly find the way on her own after being pointed in the right direction. Hopeless really; although at least the invitation at the end is so obvious that even I would have been hard pressed to miss it. (^_^;)

I'm calling denial.

Suspiciously Specific Denial even?