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Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

Romance that sparks from a prostitution relationship... the best. <3

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

That said, it's more implied bisexual here and it's only incidental to the story. So probably not much point tagging it just for a small element of the setup.

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

When there's a yuri side couple in your yuri manga is that too much yuri? Is there a yuri breaking point?

There is no such thing as too much yuri. You philistine.

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

So lets just say it was nothing like as strong as that - the 69% is probably just a sex joke by the author lol

O_o

"Ladykiller" lesbian liquor... 69% strong...

69%...

HOW COME I DIDN'T GET THE JOKE UNTIL NOW!? AAARGH!

Someone pass me the dunce cap... >_<

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

Greatest cliffhanger ever.

If by that you mean that it's the biggest, the toughest, the one who hits the hardest and causes the most damage to you...

Then yeah, I agree. ( ͡ಠ ʖ̯ ͡ಠ)

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

Honest to goodness question: How the hell am I suppose to imagine the sound "fuah?"
Like, I can't connect that sound with sex noises people make in bed. lol can someone help, cuz that sound just make me laugh and ruins a good sexy manga. (๑◕︵◕๑)

It can be a sigh, as said before, but also a gasp.

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

So much Mira goodness lately. What a nice beginning of the year this is.

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

My main point about the sexual orientation was only that for now, we have no evidence of her not being straight. I don't blame people for hoping or expecting her to realize she likes girls more than it would first appear, but whether that is actually true is something we'll just have to wait and see - there is no way to tell based on the first chapter.

Okay. That's a reasonable point and I can agree with that.

As a matter of fact, the first chapter of this manga reminds me a little of Miyuki-chan in Wonderland -- in that the MC, having been mysteriously transported into Lesbianland, doesn't react like a yurigirl at all. If you recall, Miyuki, in that old manga, completely ignored the mouth-watering yuri temptations around her and kept complaining about the disruptive effect that these magical events would have in her normal life. (Her catchphrase was: "If this goes on... I'll be late for school! Oh noes!") There is some of that in this story. The MC, finding herself in another reality, doesn't go "YATTA! MY DREAM HAS COME TRUE!" or anything like that; instead, she keeps expressing dissatisfaction at the new state of affairs in the world around her. So, yeah: we can't, in good faith, declare her a yurigirl right now -- because, to quote you, there is no way to tell based on this first chapter. What floats her boat? Go figure. No clue so far. We'll just have to wait and see.

... Although, that said, I do believe we can safely affirm that this manga won't be a repeat of Miyuki-chan in Wonderland. Cover art and text are like a huge telltale sign:

In giant neon letters.

Our sweet heroine will give herself to yurisexuality sooner or later, yes she will. ♡

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

https://jisho.org/word/%E6%99%AE%E9%80%9A

Futsuu can mean normal as well. But the English translation is not the point in this instance. The protagonist clearly considers "futsuu" to be a positive thing, presumably because it's safe and predictable. She literally says "Normal is the best! Normal is love!" on page 5. She complains about the gay dimension making her feel uncomfortable and uneasy multiple times. She's not happy about any of this.

I don't think we should ignore the text just because the alternative meanings of futsuu make the chapter funnier, or our protagonist not straight. If we have to ignore the work's really obvious text itself to make it funny, maybe the work just was never that funny in the first place. And while it wouldn't be okay to assume the protagonist to be straight by default, so far everything she's said point towards straightness.

You lost me there. I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. I followed your link and found this:

普通
1. general; ordinary; usual​
2. normally; generally; usually​
3. really (Colloquialism, as 普通に)
4. local train; train that stops at every station
5. Normality (behavior): ​Normality (also known as normalcy) is the state of being normal. Behaviour can be normal for an individual (intrapersonal normality) when it is consistent with the most common behaviour for that person. "Normal" is also used to describe when someone's behaviour conforms to the most common behaviour in society. Definitions of normality vary by person, time, place, and situation – it changes along with changing societal standards and norms.

All entries, leaving aside 3 and 4 that are unrelated to our matter, include "general" "usual" or "common" in their definition of futsu. Which was my point to begin with. There's no mention anywhere that being common and ordinary must be assumed to be worthwhile or desirable.

When MC says "Normal is the best! Normal is love!" she's not quoting a dictionary or a rulebook. She's not implying that mediocrity is hailed in our world as a great virtue or that the commonplace and the ordinary are generally regarded as the bestest of the best. She's taking a stand, a controversial stand, against certain ideals like "aim for the top" "always do your best" or "be ambitious" that are found so often in manga and anime. There's a Japanese proverb that goes "出る釘は打たれる" or, in English, "The nail that sticks out gets hammered down." This saying pretty much summarizes our MC's philosophy of life: she plans to live her life being careful to never ever stick out. She knows that we (the readers of the manga) won't approve of such weaksauce attitude, but she doesn't mind. She's like "In your face, readers!" as she proclaims her manifesto: "Normal is the best!" etc. etc. You see? That's her shtick.

No wonder she's going bananas now that the world has gone through a reality warp and her carefully cultivated normalcy suddenly makes her stand out like a beacon. ^.^ Her one goal in life was never to make waves, and now all the other girls are looking at her as if she's an alien just out of the flying saucer ...

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

That's three more stamps. At this rate, the yuriyuri card will be filled very soon. And then the Yuri Fairy will POWER UP!

Nene
Choir discussion 03 Jan 00:37
Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

I hope for more lots of kissing

Yeah.
I'll come out of the closet and blushingly admit that lots of kissing is my favorite tag.
✧・゚: ✧・゚♡(˵ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°˵)*♡・゚✧*:・゚✧

Nene
Earth Girls discussion 02 Jan 17:14
Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

The amusing thing about the Fake history tag is that there's a grand number of two, count them, two series that need that tag: Earth Girls and Kurogane Pukapuka Tai. ( ͡° ل͜ ͡°)

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018
  1. I'm not sure she's straight (check this out)

Good reference.
Futsu (or futsuu, your romaji may vary) means "normal" in the sense of "the thing everyone else is doing" at the time. Wiktionary translates it like this:

普通 - Adjective - futsū : common, ordinary
普通 - Noun - futsū : the common, the ordinary, nothing special

The point is, it's not supposed to be a positive trait. It doesn't have to be negative (unless you're opposing "ordinary" to "exceptional"), but it certainly isn't something like a great achievement -- more like something bland and meh that you just settled for. For example, if you want to make a show of being humble, you can tell people you're only "futsu" -- by which you mean "oh, I’m nothing special” as a display of modesty.

That's why the MC's complaint that everthing has become "not ordinary" is rather funny. It sounds like she's berating her classmates for stopping being average Joes (Janes?) and turning into totally exceptional people!

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

now we must wait cause weve caught up with how far the manga has progressed

NOOOOO just when I have become addicted! >.<

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

Cliffhanger! Big one!
Lucky thing that they are releasing these chapters so quickly.

Nene
Choir discussion 01 Jan 21:33
Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

What? New chapters? But I thought the scanlation had been completed!

Guess I was wrong. Oh well, good for us. ^_^

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

I'm surprised that Furuka, when recalling her "kiss" in the previous chapter, goes all dazed and dreamy-eyed just like Kon.

I thought Kon was the childlike one, while Furuka was much older and more experienced... I must have gotten their relative ages wrong...

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

I like this manga :) I like the art style and it is cute

And @Random - If you take the bullets out first, why not? Its safe as long you make sure no round is chambered.

It's really not. You shouldn't be putting foreign objects that aren't designed to go into your orifices into your orifices.

Cucumbers are a no-no, then?

Also, @GeneralJ: if you can put your tongue into your own sexual orifices, wow, your nimbleness is absolutely amazing!

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

Aah, my first message of the new year. Happy new year, everyone!

(Yes, it's already January 1, 2019, here where I live. :D)

Oh, and Nikaidou/Tadokoro is developing fast and nicely. Cool! These girls sure don't waste any time.

last edited at Dec 31, 2018 10:44PM

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

He-e-ey...

It looks like "Useless Princesses" has started a fad.

I totally approve. b( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡ -)d

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

I kind of understand why the MC is distressed, tho. Waking up one morning in a world where reality has magically changed into something completely different has to be slightly alarming... even if the new reality is yuri paradise, heh. Marika's reaction of shock and disbelief is, to use her favorite word, very normal.

Also, there's the matter of the vanished male population that has to be addressed. For all we know, it's perfectly possible that Marika had a father she loved. Maybe she also had an older brother, or a younger brother, or friends among her male classmates. There's no way she wouldn't be worried about them. I'm guessing that, in the coming chapters, we'll get a proper explanation. My bet is this: we'll find that, in this new reality, everyone who used to exist as a male will turn out to have always existed as a female. Thus, all of Marika's formerly male relatives and friends are still there -- only they never were boys: they have always been girls since the day they were born. This will save us a lot of angst, as it is infinitely better to find that your father has turned into a beautiful woman than to find he has been erased from existence.

Nene
Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

"Mom, help. A beautiful cat girl is coming to my apartment."

Mom: "And you want me to help how? I already gave you the birds and the bees talk!"

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

I’ll just click o this while I wait for 1x1/2.... (DOESN’T REGRET A THING!!)

You have good taste. ^_^d
1x1/2 and Ayame 14 are the two manga of which I'm the most eager to read new chapters.

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

Teens are all thirsty. It's pretty easy to understand, actually.

Yeah. And a great many of them are thirsty for an older partner. Someone more experienced. A real adult, for example -- that's just perfect.

Thus, Age gap comes to be. ^_^d

Utenaanthy01
joined Aug 4, 2018

Redemption by love is like the most seriously adorable trope in the book of tropes.

And of course, to make the trope work, you need a character who needs to be redeemed. For example, someone who is bad, rough, violent, dominant and doesn't show proper respect to girls... that's the whole Heathcliff set, you can't go wrong with classics, lol. Once the heroine makes them see the light with the power of love, voilà: all the problems are solved and all's right with the world!

I laughed at the Heathcliff reference. ^.^
I guess we girls have been fantasizing since like forever about meeting a cool bad guy and then healing their wounded heart with love...

I'll just leave this here:

http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=202

Oh, this is good.
Like really, really good.
Thanks for the link! I didn't know about this webcomic -- or the author, Kate Beaton. And she has published? I'm definitely gonna check it out.

Btw, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is my favorite Brontë novel. Just thought I should mention it. :P