I could be wrong about this(since it might be different in Japan), but I'm fairly sure missing one rent payment isn't grounds for eviction, and landlords might accept late payments with a fee. The fact that Ichika's acting as her mother's proxy comes off as suspicious, so I wonder if a later chapter will reveal that Ichika lied to Runa to get her to go along with her requests.

Something's odd with these pages. They go 1, 10-19, 2, 20-29, 3, 30, 4-9, as if they're in "alphabetical" order, rather than in the proper sequence.

Volume 3 is out in English, and I notice two significant changes.

First, there's Sayaka talking about her and Takumi's argument in Chapter 17.
Fan translation: "He said we'll figure something out, but he also told me I'm being irresponsible."
Localization: "He tried to tell me that it'd be okay, but I snapped and called him irresponsible."
The localization seems to make more sense, since the fan translation makes Takumi come off as an insensitive jerk, and Sayaka's extreme emotional reaction can be due to realizing that she was out of line, and thus being overwhelmed with remorse, not just fear for their marriage.

In Chapter 21, when Kurumi brings up Ruriko's using "-san" on Kurumi while not using honorifics on Rio, Kurumi also mentions how Ruriko uses "-san" on Kuroda(whom Ruriko has known for as long as she's known Kurumi). Technically, so does Kurumi, but to her, "Da-san" is a nickname for Kuroda.

I read through all four volumes while traveling, and enjoyed it. It's probably my favorite of the Shio Usui stories.

Out of the main couples, Hinako and Asahi are my favorite thus far, since their inability to feel love in a way that's expected of them is a challenge to overcome, particularly in Hinako's case, since you can see how much pain her desperate need to be 'normal" is causing her. It was also nicely touched upon in Asahi's interactions with Fuuka, although one could assume that Asahi never thought much about romance because she was too busy with work and taking care of Subaru.

The secondary characters were also better than in "I Married My Female Friend," since they actually felt relevant to the story rather than just showing up for a chapter or two like many in the latter series did. I also liked how Mikoto and Ayano went from people Hinako just hung out with to having a more genuine friendship with her. I also liked Hinako's complicated relationship with her mother, and how the two ultimately love each other despite their occasional conflicts.

I'm personally fine with the nature of Hinako and Asahi's relationship, but it felt a bit anticlimactic for Hinako to basically just explain herself to Asahi and for Asahi to immediately just accept, even if it's been established that the two are the same in many ways. It might have been nice to have a few extra chapters chronicling how their relationship changes(or doesn't change) after becoming a couple.

Still, I liked it overall, and would recommend it to others.

I can't fathom folks showing up to a new work from one of vanishingly few mangaka (or published authors in general) repping committed aro/ace relationships to say "gosh, I hope this one is more like everything else I read!"

I think pigeonholing Shio as an "aro/ace author" is kind of reductive in and of itself. For starters, in my opinion Crescent Moon and Doughnuts is her only real aro/ace story. Trying Out Marriage is most certainly a slow burn, but I did not get the impression the heroines didn't want a physical relationship by the end. It just took a very long time for them to work out their feelings. It's true this story story is a bit more "traditional" (school setting, the characters have a much more standard view on physical contact etc), but it still has the kind of writing that makes Shio unique.

In any case, I really liked this chapter. Probably my favorite so far.

I agree. The protagonists in each series are fundamentally different from each other in many ways- their age, their personalities, their life experience and their relationships with each other- so it thus isn't necessarily to assume that just because Hinako and Asahi are asexual that Kurumi and Ruriko or Asako and Nagi are. For example, Hinako desperately wanted to be "normal" at first, including feeling attracted to her partner, while Kurumi wasn't uninterested in romance per se, but didn't think anyone would put up with her.

It's interesting to see more about Asako's feelings about her sister. She sounds rather bitter when recalling her sister apparently choosing her lover over Asako and the other people close to her, but at the same time, she still seems to want to understand why her sister did what she did. I hope we can eventually see Asako's sister's perspective, since it's likely that Asako is missing some key information.

Incidentally, I notice that Usui is using the black borders to denote flashbacks in this series(which is typical of manga), rather than scenes at night like in her other series. I was a bit confused when I saw the black backgrounds in the other two series, and thought the night scenes were flashbacks at first.

Volume 5 is out in English. Volume 6 will come out on January 26, 2025.

Speaking of Volume 6, there's an epilogue chapter in that volume. Shizuku visits Kaori's grave five years after her death. She's at college and has published some novels, although she's uncertain whether she'll write for a living. She has made friends and sees Ruri, Seri and Shiori four times a year, but hasn't fallen in love with anyone else besides Kaori yet. She also makes good on her promise to buy rings for herself and Kaori. It's fairly good as an epilogue, and while it would've been nice to see Shizuku find someone else, it'd take a sequel or spinoff to properly set that up.

This isn't a pair I see much. I like it, especially considering how their C support reveals they're close enough for Etie to simply call Celine by name without her "Princess" title in private.

I get the impression the last page isn't literally happening, but is instead how she feels.

...If that is indeed literally happening, then those kids need a practical lesson on the definition of defenestration.

I also think it isn't really happening, since it's in black and white(as opposed to the partial color of the rest of the manga) and the classmates are shown as sinister-looking shadows, which are often shown when someone imagines their tormentors.

It's interesting to hear about Asako's sister eloping, but it seems a bit too simple of an explanation. I personally think there will be a flashback of some sort to elaborate on this.

The 18th birthday deadline seems to be rather early on in the series, not to mention the school year- I assume that it's April/May given the winter uniforms(long sleeves and blazers) and that Asako hasn't retired from student council to focus on exams. As such, while I'm tempted to predict that Asako's grandfather will set her up with an arranged marriage(which may be why her sister eloped at such a young age), I doubt that anything that drastic will happen this early on. It's possible that they may cover a day at most for each chapter, but 12 days doesn't seem to be enough in-universe time to develop Asako and Nagi's relationship.

I'm personally interested in finding out more about Asako's sister, since that hairpin seems to be a keepsake from her (the panel focuses on the hairpin when she thinks about her sister).

I'd also like to know a bit more about Yachiyo, since Asako's relaxed enough to be on a first-name basis with her (albeit with "-chan" rather than yobisute like with Asako and Nagi), but at the same time, Yachiyo doesn't know about Asako's reading manga, since she assumed Asako went to the office to work.

missing like 20 morr pages pls fix ty

I think it's a decent concept, but comes off as a bit rushed and too often tells rather than shows.

Did they age up Futari(who's canonically 5 years old) here? If they did, does that have a tag?

I need an anime of this... the story is incredible, the character design is gorgeous... the clothes they wear, especially Kaori, are just beautiful. Her moles are also so iconic and cute.

In 2022 they made a voiced manga PV and it only makes me want an anime even more, with Ueda Reina as Shizuku and Waki Azumi as Kaori.

(Heavy spoilers): I couldn't believe that she died, I wished that they had at least kissed or confessed face-to-face prior to her death, that hand kiss is all that we get... which is great but also, you know. The page that showed the deathbed made me cry. The whole manga feels SO bitter sweet... I wish we had something else that shows Shizuku's life a little more. Or well, not have Kaori die.

At first I thought Shizuku was in a dream, since it was all about "waking up and hearing the news", because I was really hoping for her to stay alive...

When Kaori messaged Shizuku about "Me too", ugh... this manga is so good.

I have a lot more thoughts about it, something for every chapter... I only finished it now after having read it in 2022 (up to Vol.3 during that time). It would have been better to post my thoughts as each chapter came out, so I'll keep this short.

I thought it would be a longer manga, specifically, I think it was in Chapter 25 where Shizuku is writing her novel, then Kaori collapses "already", so to speak... I thought it was too fast there. Same goes for the end of Chapter 30, but I guess it needs to come at some point, right? Do I dislike it because it's sad...

sigh, I just feel empty now that I finished it. Have I said that I wanted Kaori to not die yet? Yep. Well... I just feel like repeating that over and over...

I look forward to re-reading this later down the road and crying again.

I definitely hope this will get an anime.

As for the length, from my understanding, Chapter 25 begins on August 18, so if you assume that it only lasts for summer vacation, it's already getting close to the end.

One small detail I noticed after rereading is that Seri has one of Ruri's photos(which Ruri showed to Kaori on Page 3 of Chapter 24) as her profile picture. All of the characters have what's precious to them as a profile photo- Kaori has a picture of her and Shiori(as Shizuku points out, she never changed it), while Shizuku has one of her dog.

I also watched Your Lie in April recently. It was good, but there were certain things this series did better. It has a more consistent tone, better pacing and fewer side plots, and I found Kaori Asaka to be significantly more likable than Kaori Miyazono, due to being nicer and more honest with Shizuku than the other Kaori is with Kousei.

I think Yano and Hime need to make progress first before Kanoko can confess her love to Hime. There's no need for them to become a couple or anything, just make Kanoko realize that Hime has changed too.

I personally predicted that Hime and Mitsuki would get together first so we could see Kanoko's reaction. Then again, if Kanoko gets together with Sumika first and then becomes willing to support Hime and Mitsuki getting together, that would make sense, too.

Volume 12(Chapter 57-61) is out in English. There's a nice extra chapter in which Hime talks with Mitsuki about not knowing what's going on with Kanoko.

Unfortunately, this anime doesn't seem to be on Crunchyroll, which is a shame, since I'm thinking about going back there to watch a few other series. Apparently, it's only on HIDIVE.

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Is it just me or is the upload not complete for this update?

It's 3.1

Official site releases half chapters.

I notice that sometimes, a decimal point in a chapter title indicates that the chapter is an omake that takes place between the chapters, and sometimes, it's a second part. I could tell based on Chapter 2 that "two-part" chapters are going to be a trend for this series.

I liked the explanation of why Wakaba calls Komaki "Umezono." I wonder if the fact that Wakaba refers to Komaki by her first name in her thoughts implies that she's fonder of her than she's willing to openly admit.

I'm not sure how I feel about adding new major characters. If they get too carried away, it could potentially be detrimental to the story by overcomplicating the Mizuki-Momo-Yanagi triangle.

Do you think we should make Shiho and Aki the main characters? Last year I sent a request to MAL to turn Kanoko and Sumika of Yuri Is My Job into the main characters (it was accepted). So I'm thinking of sending a request to turn Shiho and Aki into main characters, but it seems more difficult than that series. Because Shiho appeared quite late, and Aki only had an important role from chapter 30 onwards.

I suppose it depends on where the story is going from here. If the two still keep staying in focus for a longer time, it should be OK. Otherwise mighty be difficult indeed.

I'd disagree with making Sumika and Kanoko the main characters of Yuri Is My Job. The current Kanoko/Sumika arc may be rather long, but in the end, their relationship seems to be the secondary one, since it's influenced by the status of Hime and Mitsuki's relationship.

As for this series, I was a bit surprised by how quickly Yori and Himari got together- usually, the alpha couple has more trouble getting together than the beta couple- even with the "love at first sight" trope. I'm personally curious as to how long this series will continue.

According to the story of Yuri Is My Job, after a Hime-Yano arc will be followed by a Kanoko-Sumika arc, and the longest arc in the manga currently is the Kanoko-Sumika arc, so calling them MCs is not wrong. And Kanoko seems to appear in the story more than Hime. Except for the first arc, the remaining arcs all have Kanoko in them.
As for this manga, having an anime after Yori-Himari became a couple in chapter 15 has surpassed many people's expectations. Usually a manga series will end after the main characters become a couple. This is quite understandable as many readers feel that after the main characters become a couple, they will lose interest in reading further

I'd call Kanoko the deuteragonist or perhaps tritagonist- one of the top 4 main characters but not necessarily the top- since Kanoko mainly seems to react to events rather than driving the plot herself. After all, if Hime hadn't accidentally injured Mai's arm, she never would have ended up working for Liebe and wouldn't have seen or heard from Mitsuki again, thus causing her and Kanoko's relationship to remain unchanged.

As good as Koe no Katachi/A Silent Voice was, Shoya's bullying was a lot worse than Shizuku's, to the point that some people were turned against him from the start. He went out of his way to make Shoko's life miserable, ruined 1.7 million yen worth of hearing aids (well over $14,000 US), got the rest of the class to join in and ultimately caused her to become suicidal, all for no better reason than to kill his boredom.

that´s the thing tho, kids can be extremely cruel without a real reason, shoya´s actions are not unrealistic at all. I guess the point is that the whole ruri incident could be solved by with just a bit of communication and was definetly blown out of proportions while shoya´s long and hard fought redemption feels apropiate to the amount of hurt he did

My point wasn't that his actions were unrealistic- it's that they were so petty and cruel that people understandably concluded that there was nothing he could possibly do to make up for them, to say nothing of characters like Ueno who were similarly cruel but much less remorseful for their actions. It's kind of like how, after Bakugo casually suggested that Midoriya jump off the roof in the first chapter of My Hero Academia, people held that one remark against him hundreds of chapters later even after he actually apologized to Midoriya- if a character's actions are bad enough, the audience becomes unwilling to accept that character being forgiven or redeemed. In fact, some people on this thread felt this way about Shizuku.

Do you think we should make Shiho and Aki the main characters? Last year I sent a request to MAL to turn Kanoko and Sumika of Yuri Is My Job into the main characters (it was accepted). So I'm thinking of sending a request to turn Shiho and Aki into main characters, but it seems more difficult than that series. Because Shiho appeared quite late, and Aki only had an important role from chapter 30 onwards.

I suppose it depends on where the story is going from here. If the two still keep staying in focus for a longer time, it should be OK. Otherwise mighty be difficult indeed.

I'd disagree with making Sumika and Kanoko the main characters of Yuri Is My Job. The current Kanoko/Sumika arc may be rather long, but in the end, their relationship seems to be the secondary one, since it's influenced by the status of Hime and Mitsuki's relationship.

As for this series, I was a bit surprised by how quickly Yori and Himari got together- usually, the alpha couple has more trouble getting together than the beta couple- even with the "love at first sight" trope. I'm personally curious as to how long this series will continue.

Student council president of an all girls school under high expectation with grandfather being chairman of the board who expects her to succeed one day...

I'm getting some vitamin C from this one.

Not to mention that there's some family member who ended up not living up to expectations somehow- Mei's father and Asako's sister.

Speaking of which, I wonder how Asako's parents fit into all this and what kind of people they are. While it's unsurprising that Asako's grandfather would have high standards for her, one would think that his son or daughter-in-law/daughter or son-in-law would be his successor unless neither of them are alive or able to meet his expectations.

The premise is a bit cliched at first glance- seemingly perfect girl struggles with living up to expectations and falls for someone her family wouldn't approve of- but the series could have more to it than that. I'm interested in finding out more about Asako's sister and what she did to disappoint their grandfather.

I like the part in Ivy's Forging Bonds in which she and her summer variant get jealous of the other's closeness to Alear.

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I'm also sticking with P3P. It helped that P3P is $20($15 when I got it on a Steam sale) and P3R is $70.

This is a bit of an unusual pair, since Yukari arguably gets along worse with Aigis than with Mitsuru(at least on the male protagonist route, when Yukari gets angrier about Aigis' closeness to the protagonist), which isn't helped by how Aigis joins after Yukari starts warming up to Mitsuru a bit. Despite this, the two have a nice reconciliation moment at the end of The Answer.

Jesus. The Viz translator couldn't make up his mind on how Konatsu addresses Koyuki. Heck, he literally couldn't keep it consistent across 2 consecutive pages.

And here we go with the misnaming again (same page for reference). You would think that after nearly 8 volumes, the translator would finally remember the two main character names. But apparently it's too hard to remember that the light hair kouhai here is called Konatsu, while Koyuki is the black hair senpai on the other side of the phone. How someone screw up 'translating' names in the first place is beyond me.

Of course the important moment arrives in chapter 28 when Koyuki asks Konatsu to call her by her given name, signaling a change in their relationship. Except that in official translation they are already on first name basic at various points previously. Gotta give it to Viz for their quality translation.

I know this reply is rather late, but the link is wrong. I believe these are the pages you were referring to.
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/nettaigyo_wa_yuki_ni_kogareru_ch26#52
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/nettaigyo_wa_yuki_ni_kogareru_ch26#53

The two specific lines are, "Senpai, I don't mind you being yourself..." and "Still, I wouldn't mind if you were to repeat a year, Senpai."

It's nice to see a series I've read be featured. I may reread it at some point.