Man, how unlucky can we get, soap flecks captured right when they’re blocking all the best stuff! :3

^^ Billiard? Ball? Not sure I follow. I just see two ripe canteloupes.

^^ “Curse this apple bottom, hourglass figure, and Jessica Rabbit-esque bust! O cruel be the Fates!”

I agree that the the pacing is completely off, it's weird how our MC goes from person to person and her feelings change in such extreme ways all to progress things with the next person.

Also in regard to the initial comment in this response chain, a lot of harems do have the MC pick the "right" partner, but I would say all of those series don't understand the point of a harem. It's fine if anyone wants a monogamous relationship in a story but don't call it a harem, if I read/watch a harem series I want it to actually be a true harem. I would agree that 99% of harem protags don't deserve everyone let alone 1, though I think that's a case of the protags needing to be written better more than anything. This is why I want a lesbian harem protag that's along the lines of Rentaro, who goes to absurd rom-com lengths to fulfill the needs of every partner and make sure everyone is happy.

I wish this manga was a true harem, but it's hard to even see her with anyone at this point. I'm hoping that will change though lol

I’d say that the harem problem is not that the MC is poorly written, it’s that the MC is always intentionally written to be as nondescript and devoid of character as possible due to the idea that the MC must function as an audience self-insertion golem before anything else. If the MC has no personality, then (the idea goes) everyone will have an easier time identifying with them. Then you give all of the pizazz to the love interests. It can’t function as a story because the whole thing is a plate-spinning game - snare enough readers’ attention and then keep them interested by teasing their preferred outcome as long as possible.

Personally I think this iteration on the formula is slightly better than most due to the way the author seems to be willing to strike out candidates before the last chapter. Also, Mei has a smidgin of personality, even if it is just “guileless, naive enthusiasm for whoever and whatever is around her.” I guess you can charitably read it is “she just has so much love to give.” :D

Imagine this story with a protagonist with a MC written like, say, Mitsuki from TGSLWAGAA - guitar player who works in a record shop with her cool uncle and speaks fluent English because of her love of Western music. I mean, just that sentence is more character detail than we have on Mei in 40+ chapters. And it gives the love interests something to bounce off of BUT we know that it also eliminates like half of them off the top just by virtue of character. Which of course is why nobody ever bothers to tell a harem story about someone interesting. :)

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Can't say I expected so much complex interpersonal/relationship psychology from THIS series. But it's interesting so far!

Don't eat Pocky before bed! Think of the cavititties... I mean, the boobth decay... er... rather...

^ I dunno, Ivy is looking buff here, restraint may be easier/more desirable than you think. :3

I really love this artist's style. Definitely wish they had a full doujin instead of only one-shots!

Those damn bitches BROKE THE GREEN!

is that one girl saying the guitar part is going viral?

I think she was pointing out that they couldn’t cut the part that was going viral, so they had to cut the guitar solo instead.

My reading on it was the opposite - she’s pointing out that the guitar part is what’s driving the popularity to the girl who wants to cut the solo to make it shorter.

Well, the guitar part has to be in service of the song.

We obviously can’t hear the song to know whether/how much it clashes with the rest of the song. The other girls’ opinion might not actually improve it.

Plus, it of course depends on the type of music they’re making. Your Joe Satrianis and Yngwie Malmsteens aren’t going to look at a beefy guitar solo as holding the music back. :3 And plenty of HUGE rock hits are defined by their solos. Which goes to the point someone else made earlier that this may be too much of an oil/water mix for Mitsuki given her guitar-god influences and aspirations. She doesn’t want to be a viral pop star like the other girls.

I was surprised that this isn't censored, then surprised again that there's no Uncensored tag.

That is one short skirt. Even Kobayashi Ritz would be like, "Ok, have a little modesty."

This is seriously a gem, the writing is fire and two lonely girls who has sh–t ass boyfriend are definitely a pair I didn't know I needed.

You can check out Torajirou Kishi's "Maka-maka" for a version of this dynamic where the story goes in an explicit sexual direction.

(Not sure what exactly to call "Maka-maka"- Magazine? Artbook?)

Aya needs a new barber

This is the real based take.

Bloodshed Comedy Guro Horror Supernatural Violence Yandere

One of these things is not like the other ones...

Those ball hands are a... bold artistic choice. But the story is interesting so far. I love her "only one way to find out!" attitude" where she goes from "what is a lesbian?" to "Sure, I'll have sex with this woman who's hitting on me, why not?"

slow chant

Ri-ri... ... riiiri... riiiRI, RIRI, RIRI!!! RIIIRI!!!

I just realized it's been almost 2 years since we had a 23 image. Is he ok?

Ogino Jun drew his characters without their gravity-bending breasts? Are we sure this is official? XD

It doesn't say it's in the same place though. It says that in the shopping street the cd shop stood, there's now a music bar.

The phrasing is a bit ambiguous,but for me, it means that the cd shop closed and in that street, a music bar opened.

You are right, the way it's written is confusing but the way you interpret it makes sense.

Not to go all “skeleton xylophone” on this, but the bar can’t actually be in the same spot as the CD shop - here, the bar clearly is on the basement level, you have to go down a flight of stairs to get to it. But you can see in all other chapters that the record store was right off the street with a big picture window next to it.

No way! Unexpected treats galore tonight, this is amazing.

What I've wondered about is the tradeoff between familyname-chan and personalname-san

As Kirin-kun said earlier, there is a lot of cultural subtlety around names and honorifics that depends on context that can include situation, age, family, and other interpersonal factors. So you can’t necessarily make a blanket statement about a permutation’s “place.” But I’d say “lastname-chan” is more formal; it’s always considered more familiar to use someone’s given name. “-chan” isn’t exactly an independent honorific, it’s really more of a “diminutive” or cutesy version of “-san.” When used on an adult it says more about how you perceive their personality than their social status.

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This is labeled as a series but there're no chapters uploaded - is it manga that no TL has picked up, or is it het where the author just makes one-off yuri art for it, or...?

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Those are some weird expressions... Vi looking shocked, well, ok, maybe if they're in public or something, but still not the most on-brand. But Caitlyn staring vacantly while grabbing her gf's butt? Just feels off to me. ><;

1. My hot take: You know how people say "If you wanna see what your girlfriend is going to look like as she ages, check out her mom?" I will go on record saying Mitsuki has nothing to worry about - Aya is going to still be a middle-aged babe. :3

2. I dunno why so many people are doomposting; yes, graduating high school represents an ending of an arc/time period, but the only reason that's the end of a lot of manga is convention. If the years beyond high school represented a completely dry well for storytelling you'd be missing out on like 95% of all entertainment, comics or otherwise.

3. I'm in the camp that thinks if they get the music licensing right, anime will be the ur-expression of this manga. I'm trusting Arai-sensei to drive this creatively and make the anime distinctive, unique, and artistic. There's no reason to expect a cheap cash-in and she should keep this story going as long as she is still loving the characters and world she's built.

4. Least realistic thing about this - Aya's mom not realizing the second she sat next to him that the pierced, tattooed rocker guy in the snazzy suit who looks just like Mitsuki is in fact Mitsuki's relative. XD

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