The phone number could just be proper business habits or a nervous boy with a crush.

Which brings us back to the “underwritten” part again—what exactly is Mei’s current official status at the Aihara Academy? We know (or do we just assume?) that she’s the heir-apparent to the headmistress/director role, and she’s definitely the 3rd-year class president.

So under what guise or role is she lobbying these other schools to “accept her propositions” (whatever those might turn out be)?

And if she is indeed acting as more than an ordinary student, shouldn’t she be carrying her own cellphone, as a proper businesswoman would do?

I really do feel like we’re back in 2017, asking questions of the text that we now have good reason to believe Sabu has no intention of answering, or probably even of asking herself.

I'm kind of worried about Sabu's lack of engagement with Citrus itself. The artbook is done and there has been plenty of time for catching up and getting back into Citrus, but this chapter was the lead chapter of the May issue of Yuri Hime with opening color pages and it was barely inked, even had a few panels only storyboarded, and a number of panels of placeholder reactions, I can only assume this and the pattern established from earlier storyboards released as chapters points to burnout. I hope this ends up being an interesting arc rather than a collection of vaguely associated chapters, but I'm also worried it might be here just to force out more chapters of Citrus. But if Citrus doesn't even have the bomb-ass art...

I'm also sure that YH isn't happy that the issue opener was in this condition, and I would not be surprised if the axe may finally come for this series (unless it still places high in the reader polls). The quality of series in the magazine is much higher than it used to be when Citrus was going strong, but right now Citrus isn't even close to operating/competing in top form. Either native readers still love it or it's still running on having been synonymous with the magazine itself

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It's a shame, but I can tell that a lot of people will focus more on the page where Aki blames herself for the current situation

I maybe wonder if that's because...

the story so far has framed shiho s struggles as stuff that´s completly out her control, as if the people around her were the ones at fault.

...Shiho's liberation feels completely undeserved because it appears to be at the expense of Aki? It feels like it's being portrayed as if she conquered her toxic ex.

How is it in any way possible to read this story like that...? It's always been very clear that Shiho's problems are for the most part caused by her own troublesome personality. She was even ready to admit as much at one point, before things spiraled out of control again.

Is the story blaming Aki here at chapter 40? Are the flashback panels implying a revelation that it's her fault or is it saying Aki is blaming herself needlessly? Basically, are we supposed to buy that it's Aki's fault? Because I think that would be a tough sell for everyone here, regardless of where they stand on the whole narrative discussion.

If we use MagiRevo as a proof of concept, they could just rebuild the doll house in this anime. Scope it out properly with foreshadowing and including Shiho from the beginning, devoting two episodes to the main pair and the rest of the anime for Shino. MagiRevo covered a lot of material, including the entirety of the manga and beyond, so they could cover the entirety of the manga with this anime.

last edited at Mar 18, 2023 11:38AM

Hot damn, is that a Subaru Impreza hatchback with a hood scoop? Or some kind of alternate timeline with a hatchback WRX after 2014?!

Check out that final page for this chapter (ch. 33).

Nanami appears to be animorphing into a giraffe.

It makes the already great Junnana credits pic that much better

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I feel like this tag is (recently) being used a bit too much. At first I thought it was reserved for works that take place on an alternate world inhabited exclusively by women, so I really never bothered on reading them since I don't find that kind of stories interesting. But recently it seems to appear everywhere, even in old works that didn't have the tag before. I thought tags shouldn't be used if they aren't relevant for the story.

It's likely the tag started appearing during that time because about 2000 old tag suggestions were reviewed and applied or denied during that time period.

I'm fuzzy on the criteria for this tag. There are a lot of yuri with a girls only cast of characters. Only a few seem to earn a 404 Men not found tag.

Tag updated for clarity. There are pretty specific criteria for what should and should not get the tag, which should now be clear. Basically, no men appear in the series even as background characters or family members.

And in some works is very clear that men do exist even if they don't play any role in the plot (for example we see them in the background or in photos). Again, my two cents. I know that "tags shouldn't be taken seriously" but c'mon, they have a function and if that function is seen as superficial, then why having tags at all?

I agree, tags should be applied consistently in order for them to work, even if they're joke tags. If you see any series tagged with this that have male characters in them, please suggest the removal of the tag. Similarly, if you run into series where every background character and family member is female even though there are no signs divorce or societal unrest, suggest the tag.

Ultimately, this is a gag tag poking fun at the absurd science fiction implications of these stories with no men in them (that also happens to work as a tag for sci-fi yuri where the men of died off). If joke tags aren't applied consistently, then they're no longer funny. An unfunny joke tag is heresy of the highest order.

There is also something to be said for an author going at lengths to not include men in their stories, and I can imagine readers who search this tag looking for such works appreciate they're actually getting to works where the author made a conscious choice to have a female-only series.

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I just hope this plot point will not turn to something stupid like in "I Favore the Villainess". Please.

Conversely, I hope it does. I so hope it does. More works need to embrace their inner JRPG instead of their inner "Jimmy's first D&D campaign."

Since you are the uploader I will take this as gospel.
LET'S FUCKING GOOO

Uploader is just a role that multiple people have.

Can confirm, I do not have anything to do with this series. Although it's such a fun series, and I look forward to it every week! Thanks a ton to everyone working on it!

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Where did the actual child Evie go then?

Probably went to the same place the adult Evie went to when the player took over her body at the beginning of the story. Let's not forget "Evie" wasn't truly Evie but an isekai'd otaku woman from Earth.

How old was she when the isekai version took over? Had this kid Evie already been taken over?

And I know it was said earlier, but does going back in time actually solve anything? It already happened in her timeline, but it doesn't appear to have fixed the wolves issue. Or is it just a case of "it happened in one timeline, it must happen every time"?

but there's always these doomsday comments when authors tries to do more than the normal fluff. The writing always coincidentally becomes "terrible"

Don't worry, it will turn around when everyone realizes this is just an excuse for fluff between them as kids

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She got her ears pierced, good for her

I for one, welcome boomer-yuri. If we do not die to AI's I would love to have one or two old-fashioned series in parallell to new stuff.

I haven't even read the prequel and you're still making me feel old! lol

If 2018 yuri is boomer yuri, then I fear my age can only be measured geologically at this point

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This is Altair, and I support all Tanabata-themed stories.

feels like a continuation of this doujin that poprication did a few years ago

It's definitely similar. In that one, the incident is solved by the shrine maiden in question while in this one the shrine maiden appears to be immediately following Reimu and has not solved any incidents. So then Marisa's incident couldn't have taken place earlier in this story. Unless this is a much later shrine maiden and the big incident Marisa caused that's mentioned in this story was from the 2011 doujinshi.

Or maybe it feels like the 2011 one is the sequel and this is the prequel?

last edited at Feb 10, 2023 3:16AM

People will often say certain things look trippy or psychedelic, but this? This design is surprisingly accurate. Plus you get Yukareimu too!

That has never made any sense to me. Imo separating yuri and futanari is just confusing and doesn't accomplish anything

I'd weigh in on the side that futa and yuri should generally remain separate with considerations for if a work is clearly aiming to be yuri genre fiction. With rare exceptions, such as the Love Live Sunshine doujinshi by Mikan mentioned above, futa has been historically and still is a very distinct, very fetishized genre consumed as het porn. Basically, futa is a commercial genre of het porn and it's weird to tag it as yuri.

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Does the author have Pixiv or twitter?

Twitter here
https://twitter.com/schwinn_draw

Hey thanks. I came reallllly close to just posting the schwinn bikes twitter

This is still such a classic!

I swear I've read the past few chapters already

That's because someone sniped it on mangadex, although they didn't do too many chapters

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Again, I think the problem here is that you guys want a manga dedicated only to those two characters, rather than a proper story.

Such heresy. Couple life romance stories are the best yuri, unless you don't like yuri stories about actual relationships. Which is fine. Personal preferences and all that. Eating only the bottom part of muffins, waiting in line for a ride then walking away when you actually get to the rollercoaster, ending yuri stories when they finally get interesting.

How can all this angst get resolved by a battle of the bands, anyway? Do you think the author has set that up as a plausible solution to the Shiho dilemma?

Absolutely not, and after reading your post I'm now kind of excited to see how it all plays out (thanks for writing all that out!). We're moving into Liberty territory here, time to strap in and get hype.

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Good heavens it's already time to read this one again

I can't believe I reached this far in this manga even though I don't even understand a thing about mahjong.

literally me LOL

The cliffhanger would be more cliffhangy if I understood what that pon at the end implies!

Akyuu discarded the 4 man anticipating Youmu's 1-4 wait, but since she called pon on the west wind now she's waiting for the 3 man, which is still in Akyuu's hand. Every single tile in her hand gives somebody else the win, so unless she draws a safe tile she HAS to deal into somebody's hand.

If I had to guess she'll (begrudgingly) deal into Youmu's hand, since while that'll give Youmu the win it'll also keep Akyuu in 2nd. Technically she could deal into Doremy's or Shou's hand and still get 2nd place, but that'd eliminate Youmu which would end the plot prematurely.

I've been really invested in the story while not knowing much about mahjong. This was really helpful, thanks!

Oh man, the anime for this is so good. The pacing is sooo much better than the hot mess that the WN and manga are, it sets up all the characters and foreshadows/preps all the relevant plot points in the first two episodes, the tweaked order of events flows well, and it's exploding with rainbows and just being generally gay. It still manages an in media res opening while giving proper context to the engagement getting called off

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2023 AD. It is time
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/hoshikawa_ginza_district_4_ch19#14

Should it get the chubby tag? The light skinned girl is kinda jacked, the sort of abs you could grate cheese on. Abs and chubby are mutually exclusive, but I can see it working for the other girl too in that anime sort of way

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French? Why not just have the french term change to English with a totally different font?

That would it make it less cringe, too comprehensible, and less hostile to readers.

Hard same. Almost. I'd say the English would need to be translated to a relevant business English.

I don't think anyone has managed to nail these correctly. It's basically people sincerely internalizing productivity gurus, project/product manager certification training, and Ted talks while also not totally understanding them. Barely comprehensible office worker jargon, not incomprehensible foreign language. Which you can get by giving any of the chat AIs a prompt and tell them to use as many buzzwords as possible. The results are basically what you'd be looking for. Heck, you could probably feed it the dialogue and then ask it to replace with buzzwords.

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Was this posted here before? I could have sworn I saw something like this already, set up the exact same way. Ex-roomate left pot or other appliance at old house, one of the mcs becomes friends with someone. Ex-roomate is called to pick it up, and then they call when they get there, and it's the new friend the mc made. Was there another manga that used this exact same setup?

i feel this too.. cant put my finger on it tho.. god this is going to bug me lol

Could be that I read this chapter on another site previously but I’m not sure

Did you ignore the answer to this that was made 3 hours before you asked?

Reading on mangadex and after chapter 14, I am really not a fan of Aoi.

Here's the thing, I've never read any yuri doujin series outside of dynasty. The only things I've read are Manhwa and one-shots. Even with the way this arc ended with Aoi being engaged seems like deja vu. I'll never know where I've seen this before, and maybe I never will.

Edit: Actually, I think I remember hearing this story wasn't gonna finish being translated here, so maybe I decided to just go elsewhere. This is gonna bother me for a long time

It's kind of a trope. Was it this one?:
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/what_is_love#2

Side note, it didn't seem to be a joke that Aoi had 17 partners. Is it that surprising that one was a primary?

And even not clicking the spoiler tags I feel like I've managed to spoil the entire structure/thrust of the back half of the manga by reading the comments, just a reminder to spoil your spoilers for people who haven't read this yet. Even if you're just here to complain. I'm gonna stay out of these comments tho from now on just in case

last edited at Jan 7, 2023 2:45AM

Stars are inherently yuri