Does nobody else see genderbend Malfoy??????????????

Let’s not go there, the trend got new rules put in place for the IP in the Dynasty Discord, and the same rules should apply here. I want to give the IP and the bigotry swamp surrounding it as little thought and energy as possible.

I guess I probably shouldn’t ask about this, but what happened there? I thought this came out of nowhere for sure and don’t know much about it in the first place… I, of course, know about all that other real life stuff, so I suppose that’s one understandable reason. Anyway, I read the pre-serjalization on MD a while back, and it’s interesting that the second chapter has not shown up in the serialization yet. The first chapter seems to be pretty much directly lifted from that first chapter. I’m sure it’ll show up sometime in the future though.

What’s that TV line at the beginning of both of the chapters saying? It’d be cool if this got an adaptation, but I’m sure it didn’t since I see everyone was unfortunately cancelled after 4 chapters due to health issues… is this promoting a real cooking show or something like that?

It's promoting the live-action adaptation of this mangaka's previous work "Iburigurashi." It's not yuri, but it's also food-centric!

Thanks! That does look pretty good too, so maybe I’ll watch it. The writing in this one is great, so it’d be interesting to read a full story written by her.

What’s that “girlfriend at home” post? I was looking through lury-cron’s stuff to find it, but there are too many tweets to look through. I’m glad I did look through them though since there’s a lot of funny and well-drawn posts there.

What’s that TV line at the beginning of both of the chapters saying? It’d be cool if this got an adaptation, but I’m sure it didn’t since I see it was unfortunately cancelled after 4 chapters due to health issues… is this promoting a real cooking show or something like that?

Man, this is such a comfy read. What a shame it had to be canceled :-(

I think this manga got discontinued in 2023. Now that we are on the topic I don’t remember any manga that got officially discontinued due to author health coming back from the dead but I hope this one comes back, I love the artstyle

I'm still holding hope for Shinmai Shimai and Machikado Mazoku.

Are they on hiatus right now? That’s a shame, I’m not caught up on them. I’m personally holding hope for How To Break a Triangle, but it’s been a while so I’m not too hopeful…

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My bad! Capuccino is a manga by Yoshizumi Wataru (author of Marmalade Boy)
I don’t think she was in love with her ex best friend, it’s noted in the one-shot that she loved her boyfriend. The bisexual may be due to the author and the note in which the one-shot ends (subtext maybe) With what we have for now, I personally don’t view it like that!

Thanks! I looked that up now, and it definitely looks like an interesting read. Also, that makes more sense since I can see it being subtexty and all.

From my point of view, main character seems to move on her life. So she found Takada san interesting in a weird way, and that asking her to go out and have a drink with her means she would like to make friends with Takada san..

In love with her ex best friend? Do you mean Ayumu san ?
I think it's most likely she cherished her relationship with Ayumu san that she felt like her heart torn a little when she had to press that delete button because her world was used to be filled with Ayumu san and her ex.

Maybe that will help a little about this story.

I think she just likes to keep her life easy: she separates work from life, to maintain her work professionalism. Though that rule was broken when she decided to become friends with Takada san.

And that bisexuality tag may just a hint that Takada san might be or may be someone other than just colleague in the future development

This reminds me of an ongoing series(?)-- that I forgot the title but it was a little similar to this: a girl who is talented and could sing so well betrayed by both her ex and her bestest friend. She then encountered a girl who said she was from the future. Together they decided to form a band and sing together..(?)

That makes sense too. It’s good that she was finally able to move on like you said, and it’s good that she’s befriending Takada now and they might even get together far in the future. It is definitely sad that she trusted them so much and they betrayed her trust so badly. It’d be nice if something happens with Takada in the future though so she can start trusting people more although she already has started trusting her. Also, that series you’re referencing is definitely great and I’ve been enjoying reading it.

This one remind me a lot of Cappucino. I like when cheating is show to destroy the sense of self of a person, it’s really good, the disorientated feeling it’s good! The way it’s presented it’s a more general sense of loss that everyone can relate to I think (cheated or not lol)

I thought this was great too for the same reasons though what is Cappuccino? I assumed it was another manga on here, but it seems like it’s something else since I can’t find it. Also, so, is it implied that the main character is in love with Takada or was also in love with her ex-best friend or something? I guess I can see her falling for Takada, but I was wondering why this would have the Bisexual tag but not the Yuri tag in that case. Well, anyway, I’m overthinking this, but I liked the story anyway and I hope Kovachi Luka works on more stuff in the future after how good Hana ni Arashi was.

Are there other manga whose premise is like an extended version of this one's intro sequence, where one girl likes the other, while the other girl thinks they're hated? I recognize Shoujo Manga Protagonist x Rival-san exists but Hiyama is always pretty upfront with how she feels.

There’s Why is My Crush So Hard on Me? by Hachiko which I think is pretty similar too. I guess it’s a bit different since one girl actually does kinda hate her since the other girl forgot about her, but she likes her at the same time.

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The starting plot reminds me of another yuri manga, except it's about a high school girl finds a yakuza member in a dumpster instead.

What is that? It seems pretty interesting. Also, is this Kougi Hiroshi’s first original story? I read a lot of those Love Live doujins back in the day despite never having watched Love Live, so I hope she gets to write more original stories like maybe an entire series or something.

I think it is their first original story. I can vaguely remember a statement that "nekokorone" would be their name for original works, but their twitter account under that name has gotten suspended for some reason, so I can't check. It also makes it hard to find if they've done anything else, but this anthology was released in January this year, so not too long ago. Hopefully we'll see more soon!

I see, thanks for that information! It’s definitely weird then that nekokorone got suspended on twitter though and I hope it gets restored or whatever or that they can make a Bluesky account or something like that. I’m glad that this is a recent anthology though so I’m looking forward to seeing more good stuff like this.

Also, I went back and read Cynical Dog and it was pretty good. I did read it when it came out years ago, but I forgot about it until now, but it was definitely good.

The starting plot reminds me of another yuri manga, except it's about a high school girl finds a yakuza member in a dumpster instead.

What is that? It seems pretty interesting. Also, is this Kougi Hiroshi’s first original story? I read a lot of those Love Live doujins back in the day despite never having watched Love Live, so I hope she gets to write more original stories like maybe an entire series or something.

Her greed sickens me. My greed sickens me too since I’d like to have more of this series, but it’s been a nice ride anyway.

You know, I thought the boss liked Misa since she said it was “love at first sight” and she said she went easy on her before. It seems pretty harsh and unjustified to say she’s not just a spectacle and should be working when she has no clients anymore anyway and this situation isn’t her fault. Still, hiring a runaway is pretty messed up and she’s still a morally dubious head of a cabaret club at the end of the day… I at least thought she would fire Waka, but I assume Misa just didn’t say anything since she wants to beat her now… who knows though. Well, anyway, yeah, this continues to be pretty depressing so hopefully things get better soon and hopefully Waka does get fired or at least deal with the consequences of her actions soon.

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If someone emphatically tells me over and over and over again they only love one person even if I offer to be their side piece mistress and they continue to tell me they only like one person I think I would have quit liking that person on my own I wouldn't have to be told to stop I still think she's just trying to play the victim

If she continued to allow herself to be used for the other person's gain even if that person kept telling them over and over again they could never return their feelings because they only love one person that's kind of on her for continuing to be used it's like she expected her to throw her a bone I mean I agree she should have out right told her to stop liking her but at the same time sometimes you don't need to be told

Again sorry I just never liked lily as a character I thought she was annoying the second she was introduced and the fact that she fell in love with her so quickly and continued to stay in love with her when Rae never even looked her way and continue to just be that annoying person that got in the way of our main couple over and over again so they couldn't even have a alone time that's kind of the worst character to me in all of manga and I hate when they introduce those kind of love triangle-esque characters for no reason other than to put a wedge between the main characters or cause jealousy that doesn't need to be there

I will say I did enjoy jealous Claire when she would randomly blurt out about not taking Rae or her belonging to her but either way Lily overstayed her welcome far too long and now it looks like Lily caught the eye of the creepy cousin who in the novel raped someone that they kind of just played off in the manga that does make me feel bad for Lily.

I thought Lilly was pretty funny although I get your point and I’m more lenient toward these love triangle-esque characters than most (unless it’s a guy I guess). Yeah, Lilly definitely should’ve given up a long time ago, but it is true that Rae should’ve given up a long time ago too but somehow succeeded anyway. Also, who the hell is this cousin? I do not remember that at all. I assume you’re talking about Manaria since she’s the only other person that shows up this chapter, but I don’t remember anything about any of that.

Art style reminds me of a visual novel game

Hanekoto worked on a couple, including Curse of Kudan. maybe that's why

I never knew about Curse of Kudan, but it seems pretty interesting. Why was it banned from Steam though? I thought Steam just let devs put whatever they want on Steam these days. I thought it was weird since that’s on the Nintendo eShop but not Steam, so I looked it up and apparently a lot more games have been banned than I realized recently. Why though? It doesn’t seem like it’s even NSFW at all unless the Switch version is censored or something… and there’s some far more NSFW things on Steam anyway, so I don’t get their logic here even if this one is though it doesn’t seem like it is.

Prism Garden is an exhibition in Tokyo about Yuri! It's about a month long and only access with a ticket in a timeframe!
Many yuri artists made an art there, some even made merchandise to sell only for this event and signed mangas!
For example there is merch for Asumi-chan Is Interested In Lesbian Brothels!
https://www.melonbooks.info/event/2026/prism-garden/

On X just search with this tag: #プリズムガーデン

Mochi Au Lait duo only made this one art for this event! Nothing more.

Thanks! That sounds like an amazing event. I hope there’s more stuff like this in the future since I can’t go to his one. Well, I can’t realistically go to any of them, but who knows, things might change in the future… anyway, this is great and I’ll look into some of the art more and all with that tag. Thanks!

Well Kurohime is still kinda different with the potion... while the other had romantic effects like kissing and such...at Kurohime it was only the "revenge" got spiced up!

That's a good point. I went back and reread her introductory chapter, and I forgot how wild she was in the beginning. She went through some good character devleopment too for sure. I reread Rin's chapters too, and I also forgot she's friends with Arare or at least knows her. I wonder how Rin would react if she ever finds out how Arare isolated Toudou and that Arare is apparently in love with Toudou too (though the love thing is… complicated). Rin would definitely not be happy about that though I guess no one but Arare knows about her plan anyway. I think it'd be funny if Rin found out and challenged Arare too like she challenged Kurohime, but that's obviously not happening since Arare has already been forgotten and she's not even a contender (for good reason). I think it'd be funny if Ruruka ended up with Arare too like you said. Also, what is that Prism Garden event anyway? I can't find much information about that.

Also, from rereading the second Kurohime chapter, Yuzu got exposed for having a mommy complex. I wonder what the story behind that is… I don’t think that’s ever been brought up again, but I’m sure it will at some point. I didn’t realize how long the story’s been building up to the summer festival, so it’s pretty satisfying that that got a satisfactory ending.

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You know, I don’t like that Kurohime never found out about the potion. Yeah, at this point, it’s not the potion anymore, but it doesn’t seem right. At least Rin knows about it and so does Mukai and they didn’t take the potion, but I don’t think anyone else does. I guess Ruruka knows about it if she counts. I don’t think Toudou gave the potion to Yanagi, but I might be wrong there. It seems like everyone else is doing their own thing now. Hopefully Kurohime finds out at some point though, regardless, I’ll still support the ship since it’s good and it’s going to be poly.

Kurohime was indeed dosed, way back when, while Rin artfully evaded the dosing not once but twice. Rin and Mukai do know about the love poison, and the latter actually took it knowingly (while already falling for Toudou, so it's hard to say how much of an actual effect was had). Yanagi meanwhile has indeed not tasted it at all, as you surmised; she's just an unashamedly forward kind of gal. This series being more thoughtful than one might think, I'd be surprised if Kurohime previously being slipped the love drug doesn't get brought up, possibly as they go through the polyam negotiations.

Two things I have to note upon a quick reread of things:

A: Toudou's character development. Way back in chapter 9 she was ecstatic to have girls fighting over her despite being very much in the closet not into yuri at the time. Now it isn't just people giving her attention it's people she cares about in turmoil so her reaction is hell no.

B: Rin's immediate laser focus on righting things, initially from the attitude of 'Who TF was making my girl cry?' Like, we know from cops and robbers that she's protective in that way, but still nice to see.

I'd say that Rin is the least... questionable, I guess, one since she never took the potion at all. I forgot that Mukai took it, but that's not that bad since she was clearly already falling for her and took it knowingly like you said. It's too bad for Yanagi though. I feel like she won't be going out with Toudou since she has something going on with the vice president now, but I guess it's good she has someone, at least. I see your point about the series being thoughtful at all, so I definitely think that Kurohime will find out at some point now. I wonder if everyone else who was dosed will find out at some point though they're not as relevant since they're not interested in Toudou anymore (which is good since it seems to show the other girls are in love with her even without the potion). Also, I need to do a quick reread of the series too to appreciate the character development more and all. It is pretty cool how she developed so much, and I definitely didn't expect that in the beginning. And it is definitley nice how protective Rin is of Toudou. That's another thing I definitely wasn't expecting when Rin showed up for the first time a long time ago. It's a pretty wholesome relationship compared to how it started.

You know, I don’t like that Kurohime never found out about the potion. Yeah, at this point, it’s not the potion anymore, but it doesn’t seem right. At least Rin knows about it and so does Mukai and they didn’t take the potion, but I don’t think anyone else does. I guess Ruruka knows about it if she counts. I don’t think Toudou gave the potion to Yanagi, but I might be wrong there. It seems like everyone else is doing their own thing now. Hopefully Kurohime finds out at some point though, regardless, I’ll still support the ship since it’s good and it’s going to be poly.

I feel like this this chapter didn’t have a bunch of plans they don’t remember scheduling, but it’s okay to cancel sometimes. I guess she cancelled the homework plan since she didn’t do anything though. Anyway, definitely another great chapter!

What kind of offensive art did the creator of Bad Girl like? Can’t find any information on that, so I hope it’s not too bad but I guess it’ll be like this . I looked up the Nakamura thing and that one’s unfortunate for the mangaka. I’d say this situation is worse though, and this does gross me out quite a bit. I mean, I guess he can do whatever he wants, but I was already losing interest and this definitely doesn’t help. The story is confusing for no reason since it’s just jumping around way too much, and I definitely think it could’ve been better with a unique premise like this…

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What is this a parody of?

I’m very disappointed in this manga… I thought that green yuri would become blue yuri in the chapter called Feeling Blue and I forgot about red yuri too in Seeing Red. Okay, dumb jokes about common phrases aside, yeah, I agree that this is kind of unfocused right now and I wonder if some of the characters from high school will show up again like other people were wondering. I still like it a lot though, so I think and hope it’ll be more satisfying when everything comes together.

I was pleasantly surprised by how nicely everyone was treating Ai Xu in the prologue and in the present day and all including Zhiyi even if she is… overbearing. I mean, they seemed pretty encouraging for the most part except in that reading aloud in class scene where they were laughing a bit. At least they cared when she passed out though. Anyway, it’s unfortunate that she dealt with being ostracized in… I guess before elementary school or in elementary school but before whenever that cake scene in the prologue takes place. It makes sense though since they needed something to explain why she has extreme social anxiety now.

I don’t remember Akira being in love with Ayako in the original, but it’s been a while since I read the parts with her in it, so yeah, I definitely just forgot. I think it’s more interesting and funnier to have a third person in there now. I did reread the later chapters though to remember where it ended, and I guess this is the best place to ask questions about it. Why exactly did Asuka stop being friends with Rui in… the second year of middle school? I think it was when she was dating whoever her senpai was. I was wondering if it skipped forward a year and she drifted apart from Rui for some reason in the present day, but it seems like that whole thing is a flashback. I guess it happened a while ago and they started being friends again later on if I understood all that correctly.

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You know, I was wondering why some of Yamabe’s friends call her Yamabey for a while now and I finally remembered to actually ask why they call her. I guess it’s an affectionate nickname but yeah, does it have a deeper meaning?

was pretty conflicted on "That really is some kiddy shit!" It is the 2nd time I've swore in this translation. A more literal TL would be, "You're like a couple of kids playing house!" But Aoyama's language is messy in general (she's a -ssu type) and the abrupt tonal shift demanded something heavy.

What does being a -ssu type mean? I would assume it means she speaks in an impolite way, but not sure. I found stuff about ossu and uissu when I looked it up, but not exactly sure about the meaning of that way. Anyway, I think adding some swearing there was definitely effective.

Also, the new Bluesky doodles are very interesting. I wonder if she’ll ever find out about the darker parts of their story too, but probably not. I was surprised Aoyama was the one bullying Kasumi… I assumed that Aoyama was bullied in the past when I saw that tag and was so lonely she left that letter and then was depressed since Yamabe said no. What actually happened was unexpected for sure.

I’m also surprised that Mizuki is from a rich family. Since Sayori said they were both people who won’t make it, I thought she was also from a middle-class family. It seems Sayori is. I think there was a part before about how she’s from a middle-class family whereas a lot of the other girls there are from rich family members. I mean, that line still makes sense though since Mizuki was clearly an outcast too who everyone apparently laughed at… on a completely unrelated unrelated note, I remember hearing that Sayori wasn’t a real name and that Dan Salvato just made it up for DDLC. Clearly, I was misinformed. Looking at her Wikipedia page, it does say that he intended her name to be a fusion of Sayuri and Saori even though Sayori is a real name, so I guess that was what they were talking about.

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Why does some random girl have a photo of Hina’s brother?

She does not, Hina has it and they just snatched her phone away I'm pretty sure :P

Ah I see, that makes sense now. I thought it was that girl next to her that was talking, but I see now that Hina was saying she found at least one photo. Thanks, that definitely confused me a bit.