Yurine is a loyal dog, Shiramine is a thickheaded ram, Mizuki is the shy little mouse and Moe the toying cat.
No wonder this is Official, only Canno would get these characters so well.

The only pair that makes the series worth existing.

Funny, she actually gave her a kiss for her birthday just in the most recent chapter. Guess Kase has been waiting for that for a looong time.

^Try saying "of you isle" ten times really fast and you'll figure it out too.

You can certainly not say she isn't trying haha

There is no time left for a drama "arc". 4 chapters are barely enough for a drama mini-arc. lol

I'm not arguing they have to be asexual, just that it's a valid interpretation as well.

As far as I'm considered, it doesn't matter whether they're asexual or not. Just that they never really thought about labeling themselves in a specific way, and having been together for their whole lives, we can't really be sure of their sexuality either, as they never showed any interest in someone else. Lesbians? Bisexual? Something else? We can't know because there is no evidence for any orientation when you've only been interested in just one person. Essentially, the perfect example of Single-Target Sexuality.

You do know that's made up right? Just because you never fell for anyone else doesn't mean it is outright impossible. It's a probability impossibility.
We have evidence for one thing only: They are into girls. Therefore only two options are available. Lesbian or bisexual.
Hopefully we are done now.

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^Not that much of a leap if they're still wondering at that age - and we don't know for sure whether it's jokingly or serious.

I'm trying to be as understanding as possible here and say that if you just read flat text and don't think about it too much... sure, you can actually think that wasn't a joke. Despite them smiling and being married and all.

That still does not give a single, miniscule, tiny shred of evidence towards asexuality. I won't take your interpretation from you, I will just say it's really dumb and be done with it.

I don't see how this manga would be hard to turn into an anime. Episodic arcs are perfectly fit for the medium. 1-2 episodes for every side pair with occasional focus on the main pair. It's been done before.

Um...asexual lesbians? Maybe?

I think you are right there is no indication of sexual romance so it would make sense.

Ok listen. Seriously.
This manga has 4 pages.
It's not NSFW.
Asexuality is rare, so it's always correct to assume the opposite unless proven otherwise.
I can show you 50 pages in any given long running yuri franchise where nothing remotely sexual or physically attracted happens.

This is seriously a ridiculous leap and makes me facepalm.

What a charming pair of sisters. I wonder if Mochi has family issues?

Still nothing yuri about it, before anybody gets the wrong idea. Just some 'minor' fanservice.

They did tease Wendy and the godslayer girl sometimes, but yeah, nobody expected actual yuri.

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That's just the scene where one of villains makes everyone super hungry.
Now if this had happened during the scene where he made everyone superhorny, that would be something else...

I don't get it why is everyone calling them lesbians, it's clearly stated that they love each other and just want to be together, there's no need to label it.

It's like saying you don't want to be labeled homo sapiens. Get over yourself.

Wait those were three chapters??! ∑(ﾟﾛﾟ〃)
There better be more. The hate/love premise was abandoned real fast, but it's still interesting.

Fair enough, the manga has been ambiguous about it, but that's also due to a novel having Sayaka's POV and exploring her thoughts in a way more extensive level manga can, since this is Touko and Yuu's story after all. I thought the same as you regarding other author exploring yagakimi's world, but decided to give it a try and read it. It is good IMO, but i am still kinda ambivalent between taking all of it as canon or not (after all, the third novel will have Sayaka finding love and I for sure want that to be canon, along with Nakatani's illustrations of it).

Just to be clear, your interpretation is definitely not wrong. It's not even farfetched. I just find it suspicious how little it was actually hinted at or displayed in the manga, which usually sets up everything quite deliberately.

Oh and I never questioned the writing's quality either. I can hardly imagine Nakatani would approve a bad adaptation. Sometimes a good writer can bring out some aspects of a character or story that the original author couldn't. It just puts the validity of things into question occasioanally.

EDIT:

Touko and novel aside, I am one of those who think Sayaka and Yuu have good chemistry... as friends. They seem to have some similarities in personality. Ofc I don't think a romance could be possible even if Touko is removed, but friendship, sure.

I kinda feel like the thing that kept them on antagonistic terms is also what glued them together: Touko. Without her their interactions would be really brief and distant imo. Sayaka opening up to a kouhai takes a lot of effort. If the novel goes that direction that makes sense though, after all they went through. Hehe.

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Ehhh, Sayaka wouldn't have been jealous and felt worried about Yuu's presence if she didn't think Touko was interested in Yuu, either romantically or whatever, she was still aware Touko was pretty fond of Yuu and eventually accepted that fact while still not fully admitting that Touko was in love with Yuu.
And well, like I mentioned, this whole thing was cleared entirely in the novel. Unless some people don't want to consider it canon because it was only supervised but not written by Nakatani.

I'm one of those who doesn't take third party author's interpretations at face value. They are written with hindsight and add things that are not necessarily intended originally (but waved through by Nakatani, because it doesnt harm anything).
The manga at least has been far more ambiguous about it.

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Hm, to me it only felt like she had an inkling that Yuu might be interested in Touko, but not necessarily the other way around.

In a sense this is true, but her attention is drawn to Yuu in the first place because of the inordinate fuss Touko made about Yuu from the beginning; i.e., Touko's "fondness" for Yuu is the red flag for Sayaka, not the way Yuu acts toward Touko.

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/bloom_into_you_ch07#13

That's true, but we also know that Sayaka trusted in the fact that nobody can approach Touko's true self. In the end she was disgruntled, but didn't feel threatened. I mean look at the chapter where she talked to Miyako. She seemed only aware that Touko opened up, but she didn't even consider for one second that Touko and Yuu might already be involved with each other. Someone as thoughtful as Sayaka would at the very least have wasted a single thought on the possibility of being too late, no?

I have always had this vague feeling that she alrealy knew about their growing sentiments the moment when Touko started calling Yuu by name in the student council room.
I can't say that I don't admire Sayaka's courage when she made her confession. She knew she was fighting a loosing battle. Maybe it was because her side of the triangle was settled so well that it would just feel odd if she and Yuu couldn't co-exist after Yuu and Touko got together. Even whith the thick awkward air they shared since the start, I had been under the impression that Sayaka and Yuu got along really well. Touko was the only real reason that they seemed to have gunpowder in the air.

Besides, Sayaka has never stuck me as someone who would throw a pity party for herself if and when she trips.

Hm, to me it only felt like she had an inkling that Yuu might be interested in Touko, but not necessarily the other way around. The justificaction for that being her little "declaration of war" to Yuu many chapters ago. But she never showed any overt signs of being aware of their secret relationship. And if she had asked back then, she'd have gotten only denial.

Another reason I don't believe she knew about them is that she did not really seem to see it as a losing battle at all. She was aware that Touko was putting on a mask and rejects everyone, but she didn't seem to have any direct fears of a rival.

As for Sayaka and Yuu without Touko as a catalyst of (one-sided) animosity.... I honestly can't see them get along. Yuu might be politely treating her like a proper senpai, but there is no overlap. They just don't mesh at all. Sayaka's repeatedly shown that she doesn't like cute things too much (kinda like Koyomi). Yuu is too cute and flippant. lol

You're definitely right about that. Those people who thought she would cut them off were in the minority thankfully. Many tried to convince them otherwise by how the story and Sayaka was set up, but heck, not everyone is receptive or has the same perception.

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Now that it's actually here, I can talk in more detail and with less "nuance" lol

I simply love this reversal. Sure, Yuu has shown receptive reactions before, but now she is seriously emotional and embarrassed and happy all the time. The juxtaposition to the first time the first name calling happened is brilliant. Touko still showed a reaction, but she is much more collected. In general Yuu seems to be initiating far more (hugging Touko's arm, asking about their relationship status) and I love it.

Sayaka always had the bully trait in her and it's completely fine to feel a little sour, but the important thing is that she conceded gracefully.
I still remember when certain people claimed Sayaka would not be able to co-exist with Touko and Yuu if she got rejected or found out about them, some chapters ago. Hahaha.

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It's almost as if the trans folks aren't the problem.

Haven't seen anyone claiming otherwise yet.

I'll be looking forward to the completed version.

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