This is one of the few manga that has the "WTF am I reading" tag and I agree 100%: WTF am I reading, but also why do I enjoy it so much? This is good stuff.

The 180 on the idol romance was hilarious. Shaking and crying to 'can't be helped if it's Rena' lol

Thank you for brining the joy of Amazaki Suika to us, dandalyn! Your hard work is really appreciated; these are all gems, I've enjoyed every single Amazaki Suika comic that's come to Dynasty.

Nijika is cutely doing her best.
Too bad Ryo is as dense as uranium lol.

2 volume dump!? We are eating good. Thank you for this, Scienceyscans!
This is cute and cozy, I like the directness of the characters and the drama is so far relatively benign - I feel like it's treated more like a convenient vehicle to enable Yuka to rescue Mitsuki than something to be inflicted on the characters... so far. It's really heartwarming to see Yuka validating Mitsuki just by being her natural sweetheart self; the movie-watching scene was really nice.
Also, later with the home planetarium, they are awfully close on such a large couch...

This was cute, a nice shot of serotonin.
The character bios at the end, tho (especially Fuuka's).............. yikes.
But hey, beer was on sale so who cares! :D

Edit: Thanks for the links, dandalyn! Quite considerate to do both.

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Sayo will be naughty or nice, whichever gets her punished more by Magia Basier: no morality, only horny.

That was a cute story. I enjoyed it quite a bit!
A couple nitpicks here and there (what even was Kujou's role, if not to force Yaya and Ichigo together?), but overall it always managed to put a silly smile on my face - and I really loved their silly expressions.
I hope for another extra or artist's twitter post that cements Yaya and Ichigo, but I'll have to settle for this mid-2000's yuri ambiguity.
Huge thanks to Cuetie Scans peeps; this was good stuff.

The latter part to this: https://danbooru.donmai.us/posts/8494768

I do love that it's canonical that when princess Natalia is happy flowers pop into existence. It such a cute, and on-brand, way of incorporating a staple background effect into the "real world" of the manga. Other times you'll get characters who will comment "I swear just saw flowers blooming" or such (especially when the artists go crazy and choke a panel with them), but I'm eagerly awaiting Sister Sara to catch on - that should be quite the arc.

{Ch 1~6 Comment}
Of COURSE she has a transformation item. This is sometime-sensei after all - I wonder if the original work is different in that regard.
Interesting that the 'attack name' is "executing first function" - I wonder if this will be one of my favorite genres, where magic is actually Sufficiently Advanced Science™ - it's so good when it's done well. Or even not done so well (looking at you, Murder Princess).
It seems Frost had some infection or something on her shoulder, maybe from her fight, like the black crystals that have been on all the monsters we've seen so far. Could this be a "magical evil crystal infection" scenario? And the dark-haired girl from Frost's past was killed by that evil crystal infection (or a monster that was)? And that's how Frost got her Special Armor? That only Frost's Special Armour can face? Which is why there are no other knights or soldiers to fight this very evident crises?!
Well, maybe. I really liked After School Re-Reincarnation; even though it was pretty heavy-handed with some of the foreshadowing, there was still some twists and subversion so maybe I'm just projecting that story's character onto this one.

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This isn't how I wanted (or, weirdly(?) expected) Io being assaulted to be handled by Misa. Being a lesbian in a hostess club, you'd think she might have an experience or two, personal or otherwise, with being forced to do something sexual with someone - especially when she's a mentor (reluctant or no) for the younger girls. Granted a high class hostess bar like the one she works at probably has good security and strict rules, but when alcohol is involved... well, enough on that part, pure speculation.
In short, the mood whiplash was real for me when we went from Io escaping, Misa (again) miraculously coming across her, and... straight (lol) to humiliation play.

The Red Head Agenda(tm)? lol gotta stick together
"You disaster lesbian" killed me

Will Misa and Manager Hase get into a fight over Io? Honestly, I hope so! A catfight in the middle of the hostess club would be so hilarious to me from the absurdity of it: two women fighting over a third in a den of chauvinism.
Most likely Hase will say some nasty things, probably question Misa about her relationship with Io, and it causes a big scene and the younger girls who were envious towards Misa will back her up even if their work relationship is so rocky?

@DrJamesFox
I think it's just illustrating that Bocchi is wearing her jersey (and loafers?) underneath.

Yuzu is so chivalrous. Unfortunately...
Just give in, girl.

Back when I was more into Touhou more than a decade ago (wow), I reallyed enjoyed this ship. IIRC it was sunk in one of the games (Momiji and Aya are apparently antagonistic? Don't remember the details), but I still love the aesthetic of White Wolf/Black Crow. Also when the doujins portray Momiji as an eager-to-please puppy chasing after an playing-hard-to-get Aya.

GRS- never misses. Whether her continuum comics, e.g. Sharon & Talia, or these 'sidebar' comics with Emo, Doom Metal, Pastel Goth, and (my fav) Goth a Problem, etc, every comic makes me at least smile like a goofball.

Late to this, but I tried the alcoholic Mozart Afternoon. Because I'm a dirty American, I ended up with 8oz black tea, 4oz milk, and ~1.5oz of Mozart Dark.

Verdict - it wasn't bad. Very light taste. I usually prefer strong tastes, especially with my liquor (I like sweet and/or fruity, 'girly' drinks usually), so I may or may not try it again. May also play with it. I think it would probably go well with a light roast coffee instead of tea. Or I'll just make more tiramisu martinis.

This reminds me of "The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!" By Konbu Wakame. A bit too much so, even. Still a fun and cute series, what a hard life to be mahou shoujo...

My suspension of disbelief is almost destroyed single-handed by... Doumoto-sensei. Or, maybe Ryouko-sensei, depending on your view.
I just can't believe that there was a dangerous situation (classroom full of volatile gas), the classroom is excplictly evacuated, and yet the entire student body ends up in the gym for the opening ceremony, and oh yeah, we're ignoring that no one smelled the overwhleming stench of dozens of punctured deoderant cans in the very next room/back of the room.
Shouldn't that warrant an evacuation of the school, or at least dismissal for the day? How about reporting to the other teachers that one of the students just tried to blow up a classroom? Especially in light that it was clearly orchestrated (party-popper trap), and depending on recollection Komachi clearly lied ("How did Komachi-san miss this?"[referring to locker full of punctured deoderant cans]). The next chapter is going to be interesting, if only because the school is going to be closed, the faculty and students investigated which will hopefully raise a lot of over-due questions, and Satsuki will have to find premonitionary corpses elsewhere.
Just in this chapter, we've got a murdered student (which no one reported), one student who set up two lethal traps to kill other students (as of last night when Seo Mizuka met with Komachi), one accessory (at best) or co-conspirator who assisted with the traps (though for us readers Komachi has been messed up for a while and I don't think anyone was surprised), and one murderous darkhorse (Shiina Miho) who set off a lethal trap to make a point. This is kind of thing I expect from Murcielago by Yoshimurakana, where every character is messed up in the head as standard and the setting is explictly a Crapsack World...

I know next to nothing about Idolmaster, but I've loved the aesthetic of RinxUzuki for years. They've always been a minor pairing (to my knowledge based on Danbooru uploads), but I've seen even less the past while. This really makes my day. Thanks for this.

This is an image pool on danbooru, a series of illustration by rrr_(reason) depicting the budding relationship between a noble lady and her maid. You can find it here: https://danbooru.donmai.us/pools/20108
Gore Warning: For some reason, one of the images has them covered in blood. Or catsup.
NSFW Warning: One of the images has them in bed.

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I find the "loafers with tracksuit" combo offensive and morally objectionable.

Kita's triumphant expression is top tier, though. KITA~N, indeed lol

Saw "Katsuragi" and "Sensei", misremembered the title and thought we were about to get another chapter of Kusanagi-Sensei Is Being Tested. Alas.
This is fine, too, tho.
Link to other series: https://dynasty-scans.com/series/kusanagi_sensei_is_being_tested

Last page: [The queen found out.]
Me, Cue: Panicked screaming. (It just felt right.)

Being said, the whole 'gave up true (arguable, prolly) love for the duties of the crown' hits like speeding Truck-kun. Ouchies. I saw a comment about 'bi-Mom', and wonder if that's wishful thinking. In that kind of scenario, especially if it's literally 'this is how we (Sheep Country) survive', no one asks or probably cares; cement the alliance, produce heirs - everything else is secondary. I say this so everyone else who reads this can feel as bad as I do. So, take that. (?)

Given Momo is youngest daughter, I wonder if the author will use that inherent (or, maybe, disinherited) wiggle room to make their social-status-bucking romance work. I think doting elder sisters + Momo being the charge-full-speed-ahead(-into-Aki's-bum) kind of Princess she is, it will be a lot of willful clashing, a couple chapters of Momo being defiant and Aki being cowardly (and getting support from Sakaki and Kiku) and some avoiding of eachother, and then Momo will win as usual - she's the protagonist, after all!

I don’t think Aki will be Secret Wolfa Princess™, as her relationship with the other Wolfa girl seemed too casual for her to be royalty – though this is based on the ‘relatively restrictive European-type(ish) royalty culture of the Sheep Country. Did the Wolfa royal family let their emotionally stunted daughter(s?) flirt with random Wolfa girls they meet at church(-analouge?)? Maybe. Though if Aki were Secret Wolfa Princess™, I’d expect at minimum more internal monologue about ‘see, being a princess sucks, that’s why I quit!’ or similar. And probably less "OMG butlergirl can't be with Princess! Scandal!!!", to be honest...