@bitfarb: Yes, exactly like that.

After watching Neuro-sama’s livestreams for a while and having seen clips of her existential and philosophical discussions with Vedal, reading this feels even more unsettling.

“Time… make it stop!” - But time has already stopped in this series. I’m sure all the senpai and all the kouhai will have to repeat a year once spring arrives, so Yumimi will certainly get her wish.

The credits page got me. I thought it was part of the actual chapter.

^^ You’re forgetting which artist drew this. It’s definitely leading to bottom Hanako.

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That was a really nice hug. I feel like hugs are pretty rare in most romance manga, so I really appreciate the extra helping of hugs we’ve been getting in the recent chapters of this series.

I blame this one on KFP.

I appreciate how Eve’s tsundere scales seem to be biased towards the dere side.

Most other manga: The story must end once the main couple gets together because the shift in their relationship is hard to write.
This manga: We’re just getting started.

I really liked their flirty and private interactions in this chapter.

Today, I came back to this because it’s still listed as ongoing. It still looks very much complete when I read the last two volumes again, but this time, the children’s book mentioned in chapter 76 intrigued me more. The book turned out to be “The Rabbits’ Wedding” by Garth Williams. A translated version has been published in Japan and its cover page matches the book Kasumi is holding on the following page.

The terse summary on Amazon US has this to say:

Truly exquisite large pictures tell a sweet story of two little rabbits who lived ‘happily ever after’ in the friendly forest.

The summary on Amazon JP is more verbose:

A white rabbit and a black rabbit used to play together every day. However, the black rabbit sometimes looked sad and thoughtful. When the white rabbit asked him, the black rabbit replied, "I am making a wish. What the black rabbit was wishing for was to be able to be with the white rabbit forever. What did the white rabbit do when it found out? This is a story of two soft and gentle rabbits, often chosen as wedding gifts.

Kasumi and Sakurako reading a wedding-themed book that mentions living “happily ever after” and is (in Japan) often gifted at weddings is quit nice by itself already, but let’s continue.

The plot summary on Wikipedia has this to say:

The rabbits live in the forest, where they go on journeys. The black rabbit (male) feels conflicted; finally he reveals why he has been depressed and thoughtful, conveying to the white rabbit (female) that he wishes she will stay by his side forever. The white rabbit accepts the black rabbit's wish and love. A wedding is celebrated and the bunnies dance under the moonlight with the other creatures of the forest.

After Sakurako mentioned the book, Kasumi turns Sakurako’s ponytail into bunny ears and says “Found a black bunny”, to which Sakurako replies “Then I guess that means you’re the white bunny, Kasumi-chan.” If we adjust the Wikipedia summary accordingly, we get this:

The rabbits live in the forest, where they go on journeys. The black rabbit (Sakurako) feels conflicted; finally she reveals why she has been depressed and thoughtful, conveying to the white rabbit (Kasumi) that she wishes she will stay by her side forever. The white rabbit accepts the black rabbit's wish and love. A wedding is celebrated and the bunnies dance under the moonlight with the other creatures of the forest.

I’m amazed by how well this matches the latter part of A Room For Two. Sakurako’s growing insecurities culminated in her armor-piercing question at the end of volume 9 and I think volume 10 is all about showing us that Kasumi accepts. Considering that Yukiko not only namedropped the book but also showed the cover page, this seems a bit too much of a coincidence to not be intentional. In the answer to Q3 of the interview, she said she had to be more careful about the things she drew at the start of the series. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if she took some inspiration from the book when she started the series and it had been her goal all along to end it with the book as an analogy for Kasumi and Sakurako’s relationship, making it clear what kind of relationship the two would have in the end, even if she might not be able to show that explicitly.

The series was a bit too open-ended for my tastes, but with the knowledge about the referenced book, I feel reassured about Kasumi and Sakurako’s future. <3

As an additional bonus, the final panel of the final (regular) chapter showing the book and Kasumi and Sakurako talking about “seeing the future” and “funny details”, kind of makes it look like Yukiko really wants to tell us that the book is showing their future, but maybe I’m starting to read too much into it.

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Bugger me, Chapter 100 is right around the corner. Also, does Kei's getup meet school regulations? Given how strict Japanese Schools can be, I reckon Mitsuki's attire is pushing it. Even though she looks so boss.

I vaguely remember a manga from a while back where one of the characters wore the opposite gender’s school uniform by abusing the loophole that their school’s regulations only required the students to wear “the” school uniform, but didn’t specify if it had to be the boys’ or girls’ one.

A few years ago I read an article about some Japanese schools intentionally changing their regulations like that in order to become more accommodating for trans students. Some schools went even further by only requiring students’ school uniforms to consist of the approved items, so students were free to mix and match as they wanted. Apparently, the girls’ blouse and blazer with the boys’ pants became a popular combination for girls in winter, to the surprise of absolutely no-one.

Bullying the streamer with superchats, Hikawa Shou really knows how things work in the vtuber community.

Clipped here

Big “parents watching the kids play” energy.

I wonder if the ring is supposed to be a reference to the ring Fubuki actually got from Mio, which turned out to be the ultimate friend-zoning ring because of the type of stone it had embedded.

The initial premise might be based on this.

But it’s fuzzy tail, not fluffy tail…

Dangerous birthday gift

Bae: they were black.
IRyS: Oi

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Just once, I would like one of these "got drunk and confessed" stories would end with someone vomiting, pissing the bed, or both. (you know, for realism)

I thought Bright and Cheery Amnesia had you covered, but it was actually different from what I remembered.

Here’s your Kronii x Kronii with audio.

Clipped here.

Adding insult to injury: Kiara hates wireless earphones with passion.