Huh, all this time I thought Gran had blue hair.

It still feels like Yuzu is creating an artificial crisis for herself here, to me at least. I guess I'd understand it more if it was all still an obvious stand-in for her own insecurities about Mei getting too close with Arata, but it's somehow gone beyond that now and she truly wants to save the other academy. I don't really get why she should care that much about it. I guess Yuzu is just this kindhearted a person and it's in her nature to help.

Yuzu is definitely overthinking here, I don't know why she's assuming Akamine Academy will get wiped when everything so far points to merely becoming either the male branch of Aihara or that both academies will fuse into a bigger mixed academy. She even comes off as slightly condescending towards Arata by assuming he is being kept out of the loop despite the negotiations having gone on for a while. At least is nice that Sabu didn't take the easy way and use Arata for more romantic misunderstandings.

I'm more curious about what is going on with Harumin, is she having second thoughts about going to college or is she planning to go to a different college than Yuzu (Overboard maybe?) Also, her grandma is pretty cool, the best adult in the series since Ume.

This series keeps getting denser and wackier at the same time that I stopped trying to predict what will happen. Masaki is weirdly endearing by being so blunt and forceful about her interest in Aizawa (a crush?) and it was pretty nice to have her confront Michi about her feelings for girls.

Also, have I mentioned how much I love all the silly faces characters do?

Regarding the "one wish" thing, to play devil's advocate, this is supposed to be a game and that kind of convenient plot device are dime a dozen. It will be interesting to see how that will translate with actual characters and not just npcs following a script.

I'm still not convinced about the Lapis is Aurora theory. It seems too contrived for my liking, but I'm convinced that Nekotarou is good enough of a writer to pull it off if that is where the story is heading. The OT3 or Poly route on the other hand is something that I'm certain it has zero chance of happening, everything is building up to the Lapis and Natori endgame.

The amount of detail and the fact she got an entire volume bonus to herself really is coming off as foreshadowing that she will be sucked into the game sooner or later

Minerva

https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/124303051

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sometime posted this little doodle in commemoration of Pocky day based on a tweet from Suou

Petite Love Pocky Day
Clarisse: "Lord Frost! Pocky game..."
Frost: "Chomp, crunch...swallow" (grabs a whole bunch and eats the top half in one bite)
Clarisse: "...You eat them one at a time."
Frost: "This is faster. chomp...crunch"
Clarisse: (Ah, the sound effect is like a monster's...)

I really like this series, everything is progressing smoothly and I appreciate that just 7 chapters in we learned about the Day of the Ashes instead of being dragged on. I wonder if there's a meaning on the dragon looking so similar to Frost's Black Knight armor.

On their fanbox, Sometime and Suou talk quite a bit about what happens on each new chapter, and the updates are free so are a good read to understand more about the series. In these posts, Sometime posted the reference sheets of the two new characters: Violet and Shion

While Suou promises that with the introduction of them, the yuri will expand from Clarice and Frost's relationship into new and unexpected directions.

We're this far in the story and I still can't decide if the sisters abuse is meant to make them endearing or what. Like, is obviously played for laughs but the way they jump straight to punishments is somewhat unnerving.

I really love this series, Clarice is such a fun protagonist and Frost is an interesting take on the rough and mysterious love interest you usually find.

Anyway, Sometime posted some reference sheets of the girls on her twitter

Wild to think that Frost is 2 meters tall and just 24 years old.

There is a second part now

https://x.com/carrot_011/status/1851421014024208868

Well, I was expecting Masaki to be weird but not to be borderline insane. Why Michi keeps attracting the crazies?

The second pic of this is now what I was expecting.

https://x.com/MaialenUzumaki/status/1841520977236107645

Very nice hardcover edition of the original citrus for Germany

Well, you have to remember that Rubeus was such a minor character that he didn't even have a portrait of his own when Natori played the game.

After thinking about it, the climax makes sense, but the villain himself isn't very interesting.

That is intentional. Rubeus wasn't supposed to be a villain, he got thrown into the role to try and keep the story from going off-rails from Natori's involvement.

The selfless and genuine part I'm talking about is Lapis deciding to push away Natori when the time comes because she knows how much of a messed up person she is.

Is amazing how tight and well-written this series is, Neko Taoru has proven herself to be one of the best yuri writers and artists in the business. The pacing is just perfect not too slow but not too fast either and every single character has been given a great depth no matter how big or small their role is in the plot.

I think this chapter has further cemented Lapis and Natori as the end pairing while Diana hopefully gets together with someone else (ideally another girl but Gran has proved himself a nice enough fellow so). I think the ending shows a very interesting contrast between Lapis and Diana's the nature of their love for Natori. Diana is somewhat immature and her desire to give Natori up is clear not something that is entirely genuine but more of an obligation she felt while Lapis' is 100% selfless and genuine. She really thinks that the she will only end up hurting Natori if they stay together and this is why she believes she must let her go.

Is going to be very interesting to see how this will develop in the future, will Natori be able to change the plot enough for Lapis to drop her quest for vengeance? Or will Lapis decide to be selfish for once and keep her relationship with Natori and to hell with the consequences?

Oh, and I still think that Rubeus is gay for Gran.

Soooo...this must be a pure coincidence but...

Am I the only one who thinks Lady Lapis and Diana vaguely, possibly, maybe resemble Shizuma and Nagisa from Strawberry Panic?

Or are my rose tinted glasses needing to be cleaned?

They do have a passing resemblance, yeah. But I chalk that to Shizuma and Nagisa being the most known examples of those character archetypes.

citrus is being counted as a whole because the other series on the list also include spinoffs and LN versions to give them a little push to their numbers. Plus citrus is what in comic book industry is called an "evergreen title", a series that is never out of print because it consistently sells no matter how long it has been since its release. If you've seen pics of the yuri section of Japanese manga stores you'll notice that aside from the series they are currently pushing, citrus volumes (regular and plus) are always in the background.

citrus plus was also the first yuri series (to my knowledge at least) to have a world wide simultaneous release.

https://x.com/_saburouta/status/1146405027465924608/

As of June 2024 Citrus has sold 4 million copies in 16 volumes (1.9 million just from Japan alone) and according to the most recent numbers we have, is the second best selling yuri manga. Only behind Saki and above Yuru Yuri

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I hope Masaki doesn't bring the same kind of baggage that the Delphi members brought with them when they were introduced but she probably will given all the tense buildup to her first physical appearance.

That said, I keep being in awe at how tight the plotting and writing of the series is considering it is Dorothy's first serialization. May veteran mangakas could learn a thing or two from her.

Good to see the translation for this series back, I've missed it dearly.

I'm glad that Rubeus got his just desserts and got outplayed by a more cunning and ruthless adversary, I really hate smug back-stabbing villains.

I still disagree about this heading or even needing a poly ending though, Lapis' route is more than set in stone and this chapter only proved it further, Lapis trusting Natori for such an important task only made the woman even more infatuated on our villainess.

Pleasantly surprised by Shinohara's mom being so accepting of their relationship despite being introduced as very old-fashioned.

The channel of one of the producers of the anime. Funnily enough, they were also on the production committee of Watayuri