I don't think Yu is getting any rest until all 3 of them are satisfied. Followed by the rest of the Nijigasaki girls opening the door for for a piece of her :x

The great thing about your girlfriend growing taller than you, she can now easily princess carry you :D

Lovely

Cat and Bird kisses, feels like a bit of a return to one of my favorite AK pairings of Blaze x Greythroat

Rome's greatest weakness: boobs

The old cliché about gay men being promiscuous and unfaithful is alive and well, I see.

What? To my knowledge he was mixing up the memories of his current partner with his ex. Then he felt relief when he remembered correctly so he wouldn't make things awkward for his partner. To my knowledge there is nothing about him being "promiscuous and unfaithful".

Also, the one who wrote that this manga has turned into YuruYuri in high school was right. I bet next chapter everything is back to the status quo and nobody remembers all these kisses.

How is this YuruYuri? Yes there are some elements of the relationships being used for comedy but YuruYuri as far as the anime went just had the gay element only for the sake of comedy (some of which is just offensive imo) and beating around the bush. This series has actual couples and even sex. There might be some pairings that excuse the kiss as part of the trend, but there are very clearly canon couples here that have been progressing forward.

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^Just what the doctor ordered, thank you! :D

Based on what I'm seeing in this first chapter, this is a pretty pure dom/sub story. People who are into that will like it, people who aren't won't.

There's the surface level plot of "oh I want to get one over on her so she realizes she isn't so perfect and can have equal relationships with others" but the whole bets thing is just an excuse for them to do romantic DS stuff, both in and out of universe. I assume eventually Wakaba will realize "Hey wait a minute, I keep agreeing to bets that inevitably end with this hot girl ordering me around and making me kiss her and stuff, and that makes me feel good, what could this possibly mean?"

Anyway, I like the way they position the characters, with Komaki above Wakaba, wrapping her legs around her possessively. It was also a good choice to have Komaki be taller and fuller figured. I don't expect this to be an especially clever or original story, but they're getting the core appeal stuff right.

Did you read in rice to get that idea about the plot? like this ain’t the first time we got this kind of weird plot in romance were we have the biggest cunt act like that and we are supposed to think “she has feelings so she is gonna humiliate her out of love”

this is FAR from BDSM! this is the Japanese weirdo concept of “bullying out of love”

I think you're approaching this all wrong. It's normal to think “oh this is unrealistic, it would be impractical or immoral or unhealthy or toxic to do this in real life” when you see something like this, but if you want to enjoy this kind of media you have to be able to turn that part of your brain off. You have to enjoy this kind of thing on a completely libidinal, illogical level. You have to ignore your logical brain and go with your gut: “do i find this kind of interaction enjoyable or intriguing?” For a lot of people the answer will be no. That's fine. Different strokes for different folks. That's why we have tags on this website. This one's for the freaks (and frankly it's pretty light so far).

I always felt weird about people complaining about 50 shades of gray. They'd roast it for having a shitty plot or being an unrealistic unhealthy depiction of BDSM as if the target audience had any reason to give a shit about that. The middle aged women who read that crap just cared if they found it hot. Enjoyment of low-brow edgy romance fiction is a totally id-based thing, you don't need cerebral moralistic concerns.

I hate the idea that every piece of media has to be some kind of moral instruction manual for how to live your life. Like yeah, if I emulated the actions of these fictional cartoon characters it would go horribly for everyone involved, but who cares. I just want to see a toxic relationship in a comic book and go “oh that's freaky I like that” and if you can't relate, that's just a difference in taste isn't it?

TLDR: DLDR

I don't even think you need to turn your brain off (and in the case of the person you're replying to I don't think they need that advice lol), more just abstract the level from which you're looking at the story.
It seems very likely to me that for this manga you're not supposed to be looking at these characters and judging them as people on moral standards (almost no media is written for the audience to morally judge it, just like Chick tracts and garbage like that basically lol), but rather feeling these characters as bundles of emotion and conflict and desire. Of course Komaki looks like a haughty bitch, we're not seeing any sort of "objective" portrayal of a character, we're seeing her through Wakaba's subjective perspective, tinted by her emotions.

the person you're replying to probably can't figure that out between the blood rushing to their head and the blood rushing to their lower half

Yuri is generally written from an abstracted point of view where the audience is not necessarily intended to involve themselves personally in the media at all. Even wall-kun otaku are getting too personal with it. ofc people don't tend to think that spicy media can also have other aspects and that's where we get antishippers and (the worse kinds of) proshippers

FYI, you can read and enjoy incest stories on the regular and not be a proshipper, it's called critical enjoyment

Whaddaya want from me? I'm plenty critical, and I'm not a self-inserter. I just keep my critical thoughts in the back of my mind where they belong. Like I could be reading this while mentally composing an essay about how coercing someone into kissing you is morally abhorrent, but that's not really the point of this manga is it? I have much more fun by focusing on thoughts like "ooh that's spicy, I wonder what exciting things these crazy girls will get up to next."

The detached, intellectual way of viewing media is often enjoyable and illuminating, but I just don't think it's the best way to approach this kind of thing. Again, I expect the plot of this story to mostly be an excuse for romantic dom/sub stuff, so if you come at it the way you would a more straight-laced and dramatic romance, you're going to find yourself frustrated and disappointed.

Yeah I think can you enjoy things in fictional media that aren't good in real life. As long as you're able to separate fiction and reality you're doing fine. There's so much over correction online and it's insane to me, especially when it comes to people wanting to sanitize all media, and people's opinions as well. No one is allowed to have a taboo or weird fantasy, they must be made to feel shame and guilt at all times. It's why terms such as "proshipper/proshipping" and related immediately give me a headache every time I see them. The internet loves to make sure you know that you're a terrible person for having the "wrong opinions and enjoyment" of fictional media.

"Ah yes I still communicate with that group of homophobic assholes about you", very smooth...

^Same

The Bullying tag is amusing in many ways. Who's bullying who, exactly?

It's all about that Bullying x Reversal pairing.

The peanut-butter and jelly of tags

Based on what I'm seeing in this first chapter, this is a pretty pure dom/sub story. People who are into that will like it, people who aren't won't.

There's the surface level plot of "oh I want to get one over on her so she realizes she isn't so perfect and can have equal relationships with others" but the whole bets thing is just an excuse for them to do romantic DS stuff, both in and out of universe. I assume eventually Wakaba will realize "Hey wait a minute, I keep agreeing to bets that inevitably end with this hot girl ordering me around and making me kiss her and stuff, and that makes me feel good, what could this possibly mean?"

Anyway, I like the way they position the characters, with Komaki above Wakaba, wrapping her legs around her possessively. It was also a good choice to have Komaki be taller and fuller figured. I don't expect this to be an especially clever or original story, but they're getting the core appeal stuff right.

Yeah I think excuse is very possibly the big word here. I'm hoping this plays less into things being toxic, and instead plays more into oh no I keep losing to my childhood friend and she keeps having me kiss her, what a shame, truly the worst. Basically similar energy to this V

I think I've seen art before of Mio shoving her hands into those hip "vents", though my memory is foggy. She has good taste and knows exactly what she wants from her wife

Falin didn't just grow in height I see

Adorable kitties

gotta say, this ending makes me think it needs some kinda tag. I dunno which one tho

Idk if the yandere tag was there when you read it but I think that is a pretty good warning that Something Wild is coming

Unfortunately the tag wasn't added till later

not pictured: makoto talking her out of it two weeks later because yui's social skills are so bad she can't even manipulate makoto into doing anything for her so it's just boring as hell

I could see it, plus the reality is that people need their own freedoms in any kind of relationship

Not the banana hamster, and it even has a little hat lmao

The friend and her seem like a better match...

I initially thought the friend was the other side in a triangle, but after the end, I am not so sure.

Yeah I'm not sure either, they just seem close...and if she wants romance...well maybe it's possible? haha

Girlfriend party

Welp. That was not on the list of things I didn't know I wanted... meh, time to consume the "forget this exists" juice.

Wait things you don't want right? Also pass me that "forget this exists" juice please.

Anon really said "Now Kiss"

All the better for reaching important places

Well this is an incredibly stupid way to make the person you want to live with hate your guts for being a possessive asshole.

The friend and her seem like a better match...

Turns out betraying someone, ruining their life, being the driving cause behind others psychologically abusing them, on of top putting them into a potentially dangerous situation due to the possibility of homophobic response involving physical violence as well, will in fact make them dislike you and spend even less time with you. Who could have guessed?