I am so glad that this didn't rehash that old fallacy of "nobody will ever love you if you don't love yourself". It's refreshing, really.

Well, now that's just ridiculous.

No but seriously, what does "starting with the form" mean?

I'm guessing it's about function vs form? Often times, if you don't understand the function of a (well designed) thing, you can start by exploring its form, and maybe learn some insights from that.

(I'm not sure dating is well designed enough to learn anything meaningful from it, tho)

Yeah, that's the intended meaning, although in this case I think "form and content" is a more appropriate concept (see this for reference). The "form of dating" would be the things you do, i.e. going out, holding hands, giving each other nicknames, et cetera. The "content of dating" is the feelings you have for each other.

Oh for fuck's sake

Wait, April as in 3/4 of a year from now? Why the hell would they sit on this for so long, that's like novel-length translation times. We might all be dead by then, who wants to wait all the way until April

Why does this sound familiar...?

Oh, right, the Switch 2.

So this has been licensed, under Viz's shojobeat imprint of all things. Yay for official english release

https://x.com/shojobeat/status/1796582651757048097

X is banned in my country. Can anyone tell me what it says?

https://officialshojobeat.tumblr.com/day/2024/05/31

Nothing much, just an announcement.

Thanks!!
Coming in April... I should write that down in a calendar.

I feel like this is such a random "ooooh I am actually bad" that it's actually pretty passé and lame.

Yeah this was trying too hard to be edgy imo

"you exist only for me to destroy" protect from bullies and fuck in the library.

So this has been licensed, under Viz's shojobeat imprint of all things. Yay for official english release

https://x.com/shojobeat/status/1796582651757048097

X is banned in my country. Can anyone tell me what it says?

Oooh, I really like this so far. It's like the moulin rouge movie, but gay and without the tuberculosis.

I love this story but I can't bring myself to read it again. That is a very conflicting feeling.

It might be best to wait till Asumi is over, and then skim the last 5-10 chapters.

I'm not overly invested in that particular series. I check it once in a blue moon to see how the plot is advancing. But I think you might be right about that.

I'd say the sex isn't filler so much as it's just not for you,

I just meant that it feels like filler (to me personally due to being ace), which is implied by context.

I don't think you can actually call a part of an original story "filler", can you? I mean, I usually see that term when an adaptation is deliberately deviating from the original series (e.g. in order to make time for the original series to catch up). But if there's a part of an original story that you don't like or feel is unnecessary, that's not filler, that's just a bit you don't like.

Since I think works like this, and works like Asumi, are both equally important even though they have opposite audiences. Getting more asexual and related LGBTQ media is important, just as LGBTQ media that embraces sex is also important. Having different forms of expression for different people and embracing all walks of life is valuable.

Never said anything different from that.

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Gods for people supporting lesbian comics some of y'all sure do hate asexuals...

All those people saying that "ace people being loved is unrealistic" can go fuck themselves, since they like it so much.

Page 17 stings. I've had relationships end because my partner wanted sex and I didn't. Not even that I told them no; even after considering doing it to make them happy, just my lack of interest was enough for them to break up with me.

This. It's either people think you don't love them or they break up because they're unsatisfied, even if you do have sex for their sake. At some point, you just kind of give up.

(Right now, either I date someone on the ace spectrum, or I'll just flat out not date anyone again. I don't have the patience to go through all that stuff with allo people again)

Agreed. I'm ace, but not aro. (The concept of me having sex with someone else is like watching paint dry. And while I've read porn - or at least, works with explicit sex scenes; I don't like anything that's nothing but sex - I invariably rush through or skip the sex scenes. First four pages and last four pages are usually "the interesting parts" to me.)

Well, isn't that me skipping through 90% of the stuff here because I want to know whether Asumi is going to find her childhood friend and the sex scenes are basically filler.

Nothing pisses me off faster than someone implying our relationship somehow doesn't count just because we aren't having sex.

So basically they're telling you that the only thing that matters for them in a relationship is sex. That's how little they value their partner.

...Didn't mean for this to turn into a blog post, but I'm feeling emotional and my fingers just wouldn't stop typing.

Please do talk. I'm feeling understood and that's not something I get everyday.

Dang. I completely forgot about narcolepsy. Also anemia.

Depression and brain lesions generally present with a range of other more prominent symptoms, so they're more easily recognizable, it doesn't apply to the situation in this story. It's probably anemia, I guess.

Also, good article, thanks.

I'm aware of a number of syndromes of chronic insomnia, but I never heard of one that causes chronic sleepiness (apart from, maybe, anti-histamine overuse). Any clues?

There is a lot poetry in page 15

I never thought a headshot at point-blank range could be adorable.

I swear, people are taking this plot a bit too seriously.

On the contrary. It's hard to take this particular plot seriously. And yet, somehow it's a fun story nevertheless.

This plot is some prime grade inane bullshit. How is it so fun to read?

Oh shit—“Her eyelashes are so long.” That’s it—game over. The Yuri Express is now barreling down the track, brakes gone and the throttle wide open.

I don't know what it is about Japanese lesbians and eyelashes, but this line shows up in every story at some point.

Props to Miku for being able to plot that equation in moments without a calculator. That was insane.

What's with this ridiculously cute story? I signed up for "funny and borderline s&m", then halfway through that I was sucker punched by an overwhelming and addictive amount of fluff. Is this what drugs do to you?

Kinda feels like the author ran out of plots to develop on so they threw in the random underclassmen to get some milage out of

Author has bills to pay, after all

I don't really get what happened in the second half, did she confess? Hypnotize her? What spell is she talking about?

Yeah, she cast a spell to make Kana-chan fall in love with her. It’s not a spoiler to tell you but it’s also explained later on, so you don’t have to understand at this point; I think it’s intentionally confusing.

Oooh that's fucked up. Give me more, please.

It is definitely fucked up. I don't think I'm interested any more.

To each their own, as they say.

I, for one, live for the fluff, but die for the fucked up drama.

Definitely not. It's at chapter 50 and weekly.

Thanks!

I believe the feeling comes from being so used to main couples that need 150 chapters for a first confession, that tangible progress feels rushed. Like, 50 chapters minimum? I doubt the title will remain true for much longer.

Nah. It's more like, it was progressing rather slowly up until chapter 19, and then a whole bunch of stuff happens in chapter 20. The pacing feels wrong.

Is it just me or did they just cram a whole lot of story in just a few pages? Did this get axed?