I really really liked this, especially as one of my research projects is on parasocial AI interactions. This manga probably hits far different today than it did at time of publish, and we’re at a junction where such things are in the public eye with a lot of really heated opinions… I liked the note at chapter 8 about the scrubbed context of release models too, as it reflects how many companies tend to want to treat such things.

NGL this is kind gay

Yay, we always hoped those two would get together :-)

Great, they became sexed up abusive lesbians for a day.

Images of drowning and dissolution have a long-time sapphic associations, and I read the latter bit of this chapter as Kasumi’s (as yet unknown/implied) pull towards depression and suicidality being associated with both escapism and her relationship with Haruyo, juxtaposed again a warmth that contradicts the sinister implications.

When I go to the aquarium near me, there is a tank where I look up at the water above me and have the sense that I am drowning. Sometimes this is existentially horrifying, other times it feels comforting/alluring as an end to some of the pain inherent in emotional disorder. I will sometimes visit there specifically to look up at the water and use it as a gauge for how I am feeling about life.

I’ve started going on more yuri dates there and don’t bring this up, but do still pause a moment in the room. I think I am trying to fill in the negative connotations with good IRL relations that feel wholesome and grounding.

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Are the names mixed up in chapter 10.1?

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Thank you for translating! I am excited to read it :)

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These two goofballs

Catch up confession time!! Happy ending here we go

“I’m using your account to slander the guy who took this peep photo.”

Makino is one of my favorite MCs. She’s a scumbag in all the right ways.

This latest development seems topical

God this need like an idiot couple squared tag

They're not stupid, they're both in denial (and tsundere).

The Idiot Couple tag isn’t about the overall intellectual capacity of the characters; it’s about their inability or refusal to see that they are a couple, or at least that they are emotionally attached in ways that they can’t or won’t admit to.

While there are other ways for characters to be an idiot couple beyond overt denial or being a tsundere, those are certainly two standard ways of getting there.

This is definitely what I meant.

God this need like an idiot couple squared tag. Miyagi, your Girlfriend showed up to your place, deal with it (meanwhile, 6 web volumes later…).

Also, Sendai threatens to leave if Miyagi doesn’t yield. Tsunderes hate this one weird trick…

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Maybe it’s a English slang loan word for pwn or own

Brutal and beautiful.

Omg that was hot, horned up lesbians to the max

Ok that was heavy but look at Paruyo being extra cute here
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/dear_flowers_that_bloom_in_days_of_yore_ch06#1

And look at these idiot couple floofs
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/dear_flowers_that_bloom_in_days_of_yore_ch08

It’s gonna be ok

I’m going to tell my kids this was KitaKawa

Sorawo almost had an emotion she recognized once, but actually it just turned out to be cosmic horror.

Thank you for the translations :)

There’s sort of a difference between subtext and explicitness! Maitsuki was “we’re dating now and sleeping in the same bed and introducing each other as girlfriends to the parents”, but we as the readers just don’t see the more intimate moments.

The trouble arises when what is implied like this isn’t clear to the readers and the exclusion of the reader view of critical moments feels deliberately jarring for understanding the relationship (thinks about final books of Room for Two and throws shit across the room angrily).

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Amazing, I couldn’t stop giggling through the whole library fight thing. So fucking stupid it’s awesome. More please.

This extra made me very happy. Well done - a thoughtful and often fluffy author with a sinister rep makes good!!!

And agree on on the author note hitting a sad note :(

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I… don’t understand why she’s so attached. How she even got attached, to the point where she’d rather have Sendai hate her to some extent just so she wouldn’t wanna go to her room

Not asking for major spoilers, but is there like, a backstory or smthn? Other than the mother thing? Or do ppl with abandonment issues just get attached to ppl they hang with super easy, even if they’re not actually friends with the person?

Does the scene play out better in the novel… man I really gotta read it

I hope the anime uses the WB's artstyle, the hair is so fluffy.

WB? Wazzat

My read, minimal WN spoilers:
Miyagi does have abandonment issues from her Mom’s departure and quite a bit of insecurity. This translates into a desire for control. Sendai is relatively safe for Miyagi because Miyagi’s views her through the lens of control. Miyagi can issue orders and push Sendai aside emotionally on her terms.

She can try and piss off Sendai into leaving and not view that as a bad outcome as long as she, Miyagi, is the one initiating such an event. If you have hangups about abandonment and control, forcing someone to hate you may feel safer than exposing yourself to be abandoned…

One thing that adds to this is that Sendai is actually a people pleaser and really quite fake with her school friends. She goes with the flow to maintain her status. Miyagi really loathes and does not trust this part of Sendai, and only likes Sendai when Sendai is in her room. This is also the only time Sendai (for her own reasons) feels safe and comfortable and more expressive.

The other side and tension to this is Miyagi’s own attraction to Sendai, which strains Miyagi’s sense of control.

As someone with substantial control issues I appreciate this dynamic.

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Oh no, my heart.

That aside, would a Trans Yuri romance story called "Schrödinger’s Girl" be considered a clever idea, a silly idea, or an insulting one?

I only ask because that is what popped into my mind when I saw the title. Only for it to a literal Schrödinger’s Girl(Cat).

Theres something here about being a girl only when you aren’t observed - crossdressing in secret. Something to do with doubt, like they’re not sure if they actually want to be seen like this or if its a fetish or if its important at all, until they are observed and the wavefunction collapses. Maybe scientist girl trying to study our pov character trans girl?

Oh baby collapse my waveform. Collapse my waveform so hard.