A few blooms short of a bouquet, aren't we?

When she said that it uses rope I thought it would be a harpoon used to latch onto things and drag them…but this is effective, too.

Who are you? The good, the bad, or the ugly?

The rope would have been better. A matchlock musket is pretty inaccurate. And it still violates Japan's Guns and Swords Act.

So if I dress up in an outlandish costume and start acting like a cringey edgelord, I get canceled in person, and banned or blocked on social media. But if I write a web novel that persuades other people to do the same thing, I get a publishing contract and throngs of fans mobbing me? Gosh, capitalism is weird.

And now a completely useless Salad Day fact: The word salad is originated from the Latin Herba Salata, meaning salty herbs. The Romans made salad dressings from salt brines and put them on various raw vegetables. However the modern salad has only existed since the 16th century, and modern salad dressings only date back to the 19th century.

And.... it's back. Spreading cheer and glee once again.

Kikkoman: It's Good to the Last Drop

This is a really refreshing read, I really like both MCs and the humor is spot on for me.

Can I dare to hope this manga gets a long run time?

I dunno about that. This chapter is pivotal because it demonstrates Shouko's own growing awareness of Yukari (this is the second chapter in a row she's asked Yukari about her love life). Yukari is a self abnegating INFP: very empathetic towards others, but also very timid and pessimistic, and prone to be hypercritical of herself. But in this chapter we see her giving Shouko a decisive nudge from brooding over her unrequited love, and its a short narrative distance between this point and blooming attraction between the two protagonists. This author seems little interested in padding out the story with cliched melodrama, so it isn't likely to be a long manga.

Mushanokoji Saneatsu was an early 20th writer that was a member of an avant-garde literary movement known as "White Birch." He was heavily influenced by Leo Tolstoy, and unusually for his time, was a humanist (believing that Humans were capable of using their will to master their situation) that bucked the wider trend towards naturalism (believing that humanity was at the mercy of fate and their circumstances). The novel Friendship is semiautobiographical, and is about the complicated relationship between the protagonist and his best friend, after the former falls in love with the latter's sister. Its ironic that Yukari chose this novel for Shouko, since The author's philosophy about will overcoming circumstances probably applies more to Yukari herself.

It's been so long since the last posting, I've forgotten half the formula of this particular polycule. Who's the brunette, and who is the person(s) she's sleeping with again?

This is what dystopia looks like.

The Lipovitan commercial they're referring to:

https://youtu.be/cA0Q-DWsBfo?si=ZNvHKzu1oieVne8_

I cannot read Yukari's dialogue in my mind without a mousey voice just barely above a whisper. And her diction is in a carefully paced, well enunciated manner, like she's narrating an audiobook.

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Green is not a creative color.

I just noticed the red guy they're kicking is indeed fuzzier than the rest.

Putting the kick into Ponkickies.

SQUIRREL!

“Again”? Whend she get arrested the first time?

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/every_day_is_a_holiday_ch69

No. More likely she has tachycardia caused by anxiety and dehydration.

Edit: It should be noted that Aya had gone from walking outside in February cold, to entering a very warm subway car. The sudden shift in temperature caused her blood vessels to undilate, creating a normal drop in blood pressure. Her heart had to increase its beat rate, and because of her stress levels and irregular diet, it went beyond a normal rate.

I dunno. I live somewhere where it gets to -35C, even -40C is not unheard of, every winter, and I've never heard of such a thing. And I go outside for a walk every freaking day.

You'd be surprised, shifts in temperature really do have large effects. Heart attacks are more common in winter, because the cold will raise blood pressure which can be harder on the heart and also loosen plaques that can cause blockages.

Anxiety is the main problem here. I know this from personal experience having had a couple of panic attacks in my student days with an accompanying accelerated heart rate. These happened after days of little sleep and irregular eating/limited fluid intake. Aya is pushing herself to physical exhaustion and her heart is in a borderline state. The sudden transition from a cold to hot environment simply pushed her over the edge.

This kind of anxiety related condition is very common in students. During the February exam periods, hospital ERs in Japan are probably full of students suffering from anxiety attacks, stress related conditions like hypoglycemia and anemia, and accidental overdoses from stimulants or other substances that people overindulged to stay awake etc..... In any case despite her embarrassment, Aya would have found plenty of company in the ER waiting area. The ER procedure for her is pretty straightforward: she would given an EKG by hospital staff as a precaution, and upon discharge she would have been sent home with either orders to get a normal amount of sleep, or been prescribed an OTC sleeping medication like diphenhydramine HCL (better known in the States as the active ingredient in Benadryl, Nytol, and Unisom, among others).

Providing of course that she has a normal EKG readout. But this isn't that kind of manga. Expect plenty of angst over her perceived failure to "keep up with" Mitsuki.

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The Van Der Graaff classmate.

RIP Ruka the reversal is reaching one of its peaks

Minori.Chigusa released an R18 rated artbook of her work recently, and it included this series. The artwork indisputably sets Suuna as the top in this relationship.

Was that just a stress ulcer??? I’m confused lol

No. More likely she has tachycardia caused by anxiety and dehydration.

Edit: It should be noted that Aya had gone from walking outside in February cold, to entering a very warm subway car. The sudden shift in temperature caused her blood vessels to undilate, creating a normal drop in blood pressure. Her heart had to increase its beat rate, and because of her stress levels and irregular diet, it went beyond a normal rate.

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Hinami: I told you I'd shoot! But you didn't believe me! Why didn't you believe me?!

(I'm sure no one will get this reference...)

There is a National Brow Day in the USA that falls on October 2 each year. Most of the holidays Hinami invents appear to actually occur somewhere.

There is an actual Shinsengumi Day in Japan, but it falls on February 27.

That vignette is more erotic than a hundred nudes. (Though I'm ace, so take my opinion on the subject with a few grains of salt.)

Implication is more engaging than blunt fact, you know?

DDDD

An abbreviation of '懂的都懂' (dong de dou dong), meaning 'those who know will understand'. Used when implying something without explicitly stating it, often in situations where the context is clear to insiders but deliberately kept vague for various reasons.

Synopsis from Comic Seymour:

One day, Nayu, who quit her job due to social phobia, meets Karen, who is as beautiful as a jewel.
Karen has a high fever and is curled up outside. Unable
to bear the sight, Nayu takes Karen into her house, bathes her, and takes care of her.
However, Karen is homeless and moves from one friend's house to another, and by chance, they end up living together.
Sensitive Nayu and free-spirited Karen.
Nayu's closed heart gradually opens up as she sees the contrasting lives of the two, and she begins to have special feelings for them.
However, it seems that Karen is hiding a secret from her past --!?

So let's unpack that last page:

She makes ¥220,000 ($1543 which is a pretty good starting salary for her position) a month.
Has a good house (two bedroom apartment)
Works for a "reasonably white" company (a Japanese corporation that actually follows national labor laws, usually, and doesn't treat their employees like plantation slaves).
I also think that these two had an off-page relationship, at least casual friendship, and these theatrical moments were just the younger woman's attempts to announce her willingness to advance their friendship to something more intimate.