Damn crows ruining a fateful encounter.

I'm almost done with Zanki Zero, and I gotta give it some props. It's a really cool game if you liked the mystery and dark tone of Danganronpa (it's made by the same team) and/or are a fan of dungeon crawlers. Or survival games. It's also really funny and has some cute moments in it. Okay, soooo it's a really weird combination of a lot of things, but it's been addictive to play. It's hard to talk about the story without getting into spoilers, but the general concept is that 8 people are stranded on an island at the end of the world. 'cept, you know, there's some crazy stuff afoot.

Anyway, kudos to the developers for letting you pair up any gender with each other for bonding events, cause here's one I found cute between two of the characters, Rinko and Yuma. There are also bedtime events, as they word it... they're silly. None of these matter for the actual story, as you can pair up everyone with multiple different partners in the same playthrough. but uh, that'd probably happen if only 8 people were left alive in the world, huh?

I actually have brownies in the oven right now, so this increased my hype over them. Baking comparison aside, this sort of reminds me of The Secret Recipe, because both series start very quick paced and then kind of slow down. Maybe because both were starting in new publications so it was a 'testing the waters' type thing?

^Thanks for commenting and bumping this up. I confused it with something else but decided to give it a read. I don't have anything insightful to add, but this is a really good 'un.

Oh, also, Kaoru is totally dreamy.

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This chapter was magical in its own right. I genuinely chuckled at the dad stuff, and then I mockingly laughed some more at the confession. Good times all around.

Edit: -high fives KawaiiSuika- You beat me to basically the same post, lol.

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... You can have a significant height difference between you and another person (which is what we're having here; Hino doesn't seem actually that much bigger in build than Koguma, just taller) without having much difference in hand/foot size. You just need really long legs, maybe even a longer torso. Variations in human body proportions can be quite selective; that's how you can have people with the exact same height but significant differences in arm length, for example.

Nah, totally, I get that. It's just nice to see, since in the previous chapters Koguma is shown as being kind of on the small side (even compared to the other classmates, Hino commented on it), that she also has these cute, little hands, too. I just meant that the contrast is not seen often in yuri (as far as I've noticed).

Something that always makes me miffed is when there is a size gap, but then the artist shows their hands as being the same size. Koguma's hand is so tiny compared to Hino's. >w<

3 Useless Lesbians and a Baby. Which one's Ted Danson?

Is this thing actually good btw? I read ch 00 and I thought it was interesting how the narrator was like "This all girls school is where I'll find my true love'" (paraphrasing). Not something I see every day here, like is she really that gay from the start, or is she planning to find a boyfriend there somehow?

I think it's worth reading if you like slice of life series. I like it. Yukino's definitely not looking for romance (with either gender) when she's starting high school, if that answers your question. The school is an (gasp!) all girl school, where there is a caste system of sorts in place. The poor students who have to actually study and do well, and the rich ones who don't. Girls are not supposed to really interact with the opposite side. Yet somehow, two end up having to share a dorm room. Sounds like a recipe for drama, but it's totally not in this case.
Whether Yukino was gay from the start, I would say she wasn't aware of the fact. The feeling behind your paraphrasing is more her looking back on it. Like, "little did I know, I would meet my true love here." Does that make sense?

All that said, this doesn't focus on anyone being gay or issues surrounding it (someone correct me if I'm wrong, I am about 30 chapters behind). It's a fairly mindless read that just happens to have two girls (and other pairings) who are very much falling in love with each other, in a subtle and slow moving way. The translation, while totally appreciative of all the effort, is also kind of rough in spots, as a warning.

Did I just see someone being executed?

With her crazy eyes, this reminded me of Danganronpa style executions, ha.

I remember thinking this the first time I read this elsewhere, those fish that Heath catches look like giant Swedish Fish candy, haha.

These two are so adorable together, it's lethal fluff. I really love monster girls though, so I'm biased. Glad to see more of Neji's stuff on here, hopefully more of it becomes licensed in English.

I don't get the base behind these kinds of manga, tomboys are tomboys for a reason and if they wanted to dress up cute, they would dress up cute. Sometimes you just need to do what you want to do without thinking about what people think about you.

I think in regards to this particular one-shot, it's more that Yoshii seems to feel she has to keep up her image of being a cool chick, whether it's because of her looks or who knows, maybe she was athletic as a kid and it just became almost expected. Peer pressure, if you will.
Totally agree with your last sentence, though.

Yeah, this story has been done before, but this one was done really well, s'cute. Speaking as a lifelong tomboy who enjoys all things cute but would never wear anything cute (although, is matching your shoes with your shirts cute?), I personally never get offended by this kind of story. Not sure why every label we put on stuff has to be so stringent. She can be tomboyish and also cute, why not. Just as Toda can be cute but also kinda cool. That's what I took from the story, anyway.

Hino has reached teaser enlightenment, where now she isn't even going to try to tease Koguma, it's just going to happen.

Also, if anyone's interested, Limited Run is selling a Playstation Vita physical copy of it on 4/19, along with a Collector's Edition. They sell out really quick usually, so...yeah. Just warning.

In the end, I don't care if this turns into yuri or not. It's been cute enough as is, was more wondering if I just was going crazy and never noticed the tag or it was newly added.

I'm not one to generally care about tags here (aside from the feet one, which I typically avoid), but did this always have a yuri crush one attached to it? I just don't see this as a crush. It's more like, "waaah, Nanako-san is so cute!" versus "-blush- Nanako-san is so cute, doki doki."
It made sense in my head.

Just desserts. Emphasis on the-- uh, you get it.

But why isn't Miyuu holding a boombox over her head with In Your Eyes blaring?

I wondered, how could she never hear the master perform? Or at least practice eh? Pros have to practice several hours a day, she'd definitely have heard that. Maybe she meant attending a performance, that would make sense.

I was wondering about that, too, but I guess it's also possible that maybe this is Youko's first day as a maid? Otherwise... yeah, it would be weird for a professional pianist to not practice in their own home.

Ahhh, the old, "I'm not cute, you're cute!" Gets 'em every time.

So much for piano rehearsal.

Children do all the cleaning at Japanese schools, right? Cause... it's about to get messy. puts on sunglasses
YEEEEEAAAHHHHHHH~

At least the training won't go to waste, she can eat all the cake. Oh... and that whole good for battling thing, I guess..

Aww, what a scruffy Mari.

Oh no, not more hooligans!! Everyone's a victim!