I really really like this manga. There's something about it that feels really unique. It feels like it's not playing into tropes clearly to tell you what direction it's going, it's too invested in what it's actually doing to try to signal that to you. It feels very earnest, and I think that contributes to the believability of it. Like what Soprano is doing is kind of dramatic and out there, but with how messy it is, it keeps breaking in different directions.

I think mirei's feelings are also really well-done. Like you can never fully tell if what she's feeling is actually fear, and the way she's stuck on and ruminates over her feelings without them being like. Positive, or particularly nice, but there's something that makes her trace that groove over and over... It feels very real. My own experience of realizing I was queer wasn't like. Oh I feel these undeniable feelings, and what does that mean, or just Knowing how it is. It was an experience of just getting stuck on stuff, and kind of tormented by it, and feeling a lot of complicated emotions. I think there's a way "straight girl realizing she's gay" typically goes in yuri manga, and something about the narrative in those stories has like a constant awareness that this is the kind of story it's telling. But this manga isn't doing that. It's taking Mirei in the moment she's in, and that's weird and messy and scary and complicated. It almost feels wrong at this point to say it's her realizing she has feelings for a girl, because even that is allowed to not feel like a foregone conclusion.

Usually I really dislike when yuri manga has another character cut into the action. But here, the pacing and sense of time makes it feel true to life. It's a story that's gradually unfolding over a stretch of time, and things happen in that time, and that's part of the whole process.

Something about the sketchy quality of the faces sometimes, and the way they sort of shift, but the killer shots really capture the feeling they shoot for, makes the art of it feel really good to read. I feel like it fits with the earnest messiness even as it's really effective at getting strong feelings across, without necessarily making them super easy to parse. It's a weird little manga and I love it.

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Omg gorgeous... the look in her eyes...

Marrying a celebrity before even dating them when u are light friends and have had a couple really great interactions and some good chemistry is genuinely a huge ask, I see why she turned her down.

I’ll reserve my final judgement, but this seems to have been foremost a concept story than a planned narrative story, which is really fun when the concept is this great, but it can make things a bit shaky when it comes to tying everything up with a neat bow.

This was a very erotic even though nothing happened bath that also felt very wholesome at the same time. These two are slowly making progress I'm actually shocked she asked for a naked hug that was very bold of her. Once they finally do have sex this girl is gonna be like an animal she can barely hold back time and time again.

100% the neck touch was CRAZY!!!

This is so peak

I never put together that ending up with Melt effectively makes Hakuno her mother-in-law

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Woah this was really sweet!

I also fucking love the title drop in the last chapter??? Like it doesn't 100% fit the story until RIGHT then. When it makes it clear this is exact application of the title was what it meant the whole time. It really strikes home what Ayame must be feeling, and how it's re-contextualized everything for her.

This was really incredibly good, I thought the pacing was really tight and the emotions were conveyed very strongly. It felt a bit like a volume-length oneshot, almost. It's really interesting to see people feel Ayame's turnaround was rushed, I thought the atmosphere of the story and the expressions she makes at different points set a really strong groundwork, where it felt like Ema's tearful face after the kiss punched her right in the gut and she knew EXACTLY what Ema had been expressing in all those other situations that she had ignored.

Sometimes moments like that bust right through your accustomed daily life and thought patterns, and it felt like once Ayame could actually recognize Ema had been in love with her all along, she had a really good head on her shoulders and knew what direction to go, and went through an emotionally realistic amount of trouble to figure her shit out. I love that by the end, she knows the shape of her own feelings, and where she wants to be in her life, even if she hasn't had the time to fully sort out her feelings. Sometimes life is like that, and the way they talked it out was so genuine. To me the hug at the end was more satisfying than if they had kissed. You solidly know where you need to be, and it's by this person's side.

It's really cool seeing a realistically emotionally intelligent character like Ayame who has very specific blind spots based on her own issues, and once they get beyond them realize they've fucked up and what they need to do to make it better. I love how much intentional effort she is to not hurt Ema or leave her stuck in that terrible uncertainty. She confessed in a public place, and told Ema she had turned down the guy that asked her out: she showed Ema she's facing it head-on, and her vulnerability and room to grow into her emotions are real but are not uncertainty. It needs to be very clear she's not doing this out of pity, and she's not going to force it and pretend to be at a place she's not yet. She's a good gal.

I really enjoyed this whole story, so tightly-written and well-executed.

last edited at Sep 25, 2026 1:58AM

I'm so fucking locked in

Im so fucking happy

this was really good, had the vibes of like a really excellent fic. but in comic form. Super impressive. Loved the dialogue and the complexity of feelings.

I like this manga for what it is but damn the writing is lazy.
Of course our lovely coward finally opens her face instead of hiding everything like an idiot and with the power of love her magic returns. Shame that everyone that ever read a single book in their live saw this coming 5 chapters away.

It sounds like the fundamental structure of storytelling is making someone upset

WAHHHHHH THIS WAS SO GOOD

I love that they actually got to say it...

1 million damage crit

im so completely hooked on this series lmao

OOOOH my god im SO EXCITED to see more updates for this!! I still thought about this (what I thought was a) one shot to this day! it's like christmas...

I need this manga serialized so badly it hurts

damn that's hot

wamiya...

Inject this into my veins dude GOD I love this kind of angst and edge sm. I love when the cutesy magical girl type is the one carrying really heavy feelings. And i LOVE when a character needs someone else’s smell to calm them down so they can sleep properly.

I think Edelgard's "My teacher" is my favorite name of personal affection in any media I've come across. It just captures so much weight and feeling, and it's so endearingly sweet from the kind of person Edelgard is.

Omfg hell yeah this is so up my alley

childhood friends crossing the line throuple formation yuri?

manna from heaven...

no source on this one?

Wondering how much of the “why start a new problem before resolving the old one” is criticism, and how much actually comes directly from the effectiveness of the work—that is, that Mitsuki’s artistic issues and the couple’s communication problems are so stressful that the thought of delaying the resolution is making people upset. This arc is painfully well done, I’ve actually taken a break from reading it as things come out because sitting in this level of discomfort with characters I’ve followed for years is just too stressful for me right now. It’s such a new face of a story that’s been fairly joyful and low-stakes so far, it really reflects the change in difficulties as we grow up, and the fact that such a different mode is so emotionally provocative really shows off the mangaka’s range.