Akane's ex is what I'd call a "solvable problem." Miwa's got a solution.

Also, good on Akane and Miwa for asking An instead of deciding for her. While she needs closure, she should still be a participant in the decision. Good parents.

And I love how no one wants to stop Miwa from enacting her solution. ... they just don't want her to waste good booze.

Love the premise. I can totally see the Monster of the Week being a fairly routine nuisance to the team, and the younger lasses getting all "We've got to keep hope alive!" dramatic about it... meanwhile the forged-in-fire OL is like, "bitch, I have a deadline" and just nonchalantly keeps working the problem.

And now I have a mental image of Aika from "Pretty Pretty Please I Don't Want To Be A Magical Girl" crossing over with the team... she handles a problem with Incredible Violence, such that all the young girls are shocked and horrified... meanwhile the OL is putting a post-it note on her magical scepter...

Maybe I just want to see some expectations to be subverted and tropes twisted, and this concept is fertile ground.

I found it very interesting when Akane smacked Miwa...

Hear me out.

It's very rare in Japanese media - anime and manga - for a male to strike a female. Culturally, females are treated as physically weaker than males, so that sort of physical contact has major narrative significance. Consider most shonen anime and try to pick out how often a female protagonist had a physical brawl with a male antagonist. And while, in this specific instance, it was played for comedy - a sort of "nandeyanen" karate chop - that's still not something you typically see.

As trope-laden as this medium is... the fact that this happened laid it out with no uncertainty that this story is treating Akane as a woman. They aren't just saying that she is; they are showing it, all the way down to the level of the tropes that are used to characterize her.

I dunno... I guess that just struck me as nice to see, like... the fact that that trope was used somehow normalized the character beyond the construction of the narrative.

I hope I'm making sense...

Also, I really loved this chapter, and I'm so eager for the rest.

Fuck me, this one hit hard... I hope there's more to come.

Characters only die if they are forgotten. In memories, in fanart, in the collective imaginations of those care, they will live on, and so will their love. The author has done his part; now it's up to us to give them their happily ever after.

"Yuri Crush" tag has been replaced by "Yuri" tag just in time for Tsukino to say unequivocally that she's straight.

Then again, they always say to marry your best friend, so... I guess it works out for both of them in the end.

And you know what's super cute? You just know Hinami is never going to forget their anniversary.

I sincerely hope these two find love and peace and happiness... ... but my goodness, the subtext. Or is it just "the text" at this point, since I've seen it in so many manga? Sacrificing your life for a job... and it's not even so you can support a family; these two were barely supporting themselves! There is so much that is wrong with that... no one should have to live like that.

What's worse is that they place the blame mostly on themselves. "If we only had the goals, dreams, determination, bravery". No mention of "if our culture didn't demand we do this" or "if the fruits of our labor came back to us".

These girls did the right thing, and my heart weeps for anyone who is stuck in a position like this.

... I really hope this story doesn't end with "whelp, that was fun, but we're out of money and societal pressure is too much, so it's time to grow up for real and do the right thing... by heroically sacrificing our lives for a 'greater good' that never seems to include us."

Not the chicken with the reindeer antlers.

Also, even though I can't read Japanese, I noticed the onomotopoea in the last two panels was identical, so I managed to pick up on the auditory punchline, which was nice.

Even her text bubbles have frozen solid. I should not be surprised.

A story will live on in the hearts and minds of those who love it, long after the final page is turned.

With all the rom-com style stories of people who are obviously in love but can't ever get to the point where they express it (very often due to a complete failure of communication, which is especially frustrating!), I enjoyed this breath of fresh air.

I'm glad these two took their feelings seriously. Love (and yuri) is no joke!

Less than a day spent baking sweets, and she already nailed the "here's one I prepared earlier". Bravo, Hinami. Chef's kiss.

I... was honestly expecting more Greek mythology in this one, but this route is fine too.

On reflection, I guess Hinami wouldn't have gone out to cavort with Amazons when she's already got the girl of her dreams.

Always nice to see proper knolling.

Of all the holes to squirt milk out of, I'm glad they erred on the side of "cartoonish" and chose those, rather than note that the tear ducts are connected to the sinuses...

And I take that after an admision that she's getting excited for wearing Tsukino's underwear, right after the acknowleging that Himami has actually propossed to her several times, the staff here will STILL insist that this work doesn't deserve the yuri tag for her blatant, even if unrequited, afection.for Tsukino. Oh, look, what a beautiful and perfectly heterosexual friendship!

They're clearly roommates. ......... cough

Leave it to Hinami to also buy the mannequin...

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I hope she didn't kidnap this one...

Well that's heckin' wholesome.

Did she go back in time and prevent her mother from meeting her father? Is that ......... is that even how her species works....?

The plagiarism goes extra hard on this one, since the character Tetsuwan Atomu (Mighty Atom, outside Japan known as Astro Boy) is indeed powered by atoms (one would assume, therefore, a radioactive core, but I couldn't find any specificity beyond "atoms").

Today is carb loading day! Don't forget to- oh, you're already taking care of that.

Credit where it's due: the exact opposite side of the planet from Japan is (roughly, depending on where you are in Japan) about 600 miles south-east off the coast of the southern tip of Brazil.

A true professional would ask the hair for consent first.