I'm probably going to get hated for this, but...

As much as I appreciate Mitsuki's character growth to becoming assertive and confident (and as much as Aya clearly appreciated that little move as well), Mitsuki is still showing facets of jealousy, control, and lack of trust. In real life, these things are huge red flags.

If someone had come up to Mitsuki and asked her about Western music, she would have gone into full "geek mode" and chatted them up non-stop; if said person had done that under the pretense of flirting with her, Mitsuki would not have noticed; she would have been ass-deep in gushing about Eric Clapton and George Harrison 0.38 seconds upon hearing the song playing on his phone. So, for her assume Aya couldn't deal with this shows a rather meaningful lack of trust, and maybe even a bit of projection.

And, considering the meaning of the song... Patti Boyd made her choice, and George Harrison respected it. Mitsuki would know that.

So yeah... I love this comic, I've loved it since the moment I first laid eyes on it, but I can't say I like this particular entry, and I hope it isn't the start of a dark path for Mitsuki.

Not sure I agree with that. If you ask me, rather than Mistuki not trusting Aya, it read more like "is he really trying to hit on her? Oh right, that reminds me, we haven't actually addressed if we were dating or not. Might as well ask." And then she did just that and asked at that moment because what teenager has never had any impulsive acts.

If you notice, not once did Mitsuki tell Aya or the other guy not to talk. All she did was ask and left them to it thinking she could get back to her conversation with the former bully. She probably wasn't even thinking (at least not fully) about how that question would affect the other guy and Aya's music discussion.

Mitsuki growing her hair out really makes it feel like a good bit of time has passed. Or it it just a new hair cut? Either way her new look really makes her switching from quiet classmate to ikemen mode go even harder.

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Just read it. I put it off because, well it's Naoko Kodama. Kodama has done wholesome before, but there's something about this one that is so deliberately anti her usual cynicism. This sort of meta status, almost poking fun at her own tropes. It's good stuff.

Yeah! I had to double check the author after reading it. Like, these are decent people, with a wholesome ending, is it really possible that Kodama Naoko wrote this?

Well, I have a copy of I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up with me, and in the afterword of that one, she says something along the lines of "I spent three years in Dark Kodama mode writing Netsuzou Trap, so it's been a while since I did something as Light Kodama". She also said she plans to keep writing in both modes, but maybe she still hasn't changed back into Dark Kodama. Maybe because those lighter works have been shorter?

That explains a lot.

Though, I can't say that I'm still not torn between "I'm so happy that she did wholesome stuff this time too" and "Where did the messy drama that Kodama Naoko fed and thrived off of go!?!?!?"

And me fully expecting this one to go the messy drama route didn't help lol

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^^ I can't blame you. Ryo looked so much like Ao-kyun here that I got confused as to why someone made a fan art of Kita with Ao.

UwU

From the thumbnail, I thought she was wiping her mouth with a tissue or something

It still surprises me that in only 6 days, they already went all the way. I'm only hoping that they don't end up as useless lesbians after all that

did anyone else go "noooo" when they kissed after licking her ass

Glad it wasn’t just me lmao

I honestly didn't even register that Kita knocked on the backdoor. My general aversion to it must have autocorrected the whole part out of my head

I dead height difference for hugs but I guess she'll have to make sure she can carry her when they kiss. Stronk arms are always good to have

So...https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/uniform_and_parasol#17

Should I take that as our MC was flustered just thinking back on how she ate the peaches or were these "peaches" symbolism for something else?

I think at least subconsciously she wants to be "eaten" like those peaches. Where else can the mom apply her soft lips? Where said application will generate fluid that wets her lips and drips down? Makes one wonder

Also could consider the angle she was "watching" from. The mother is looking up at her as she eats the peach (when I put it that way the symbolism seems pretty blunt).

Peaches in CN slang mean the exact same thing for us. So far, all the Chinese light novels and manhua I've read go ham on the peach euphemism WAY more than we do partly because of the scensorship rules they have over at CN. At this point, they're pretty much being blatant about desires minus outright saying it.

Holy moly how many times did she enjoy herself that day oi. A little tad disappointed that none of them turned to each other while waiting their turn...

My guess is, it's just on this specific occasion that they only focused on Miyako considering that they just got with her. It's not like the others didn't get frisky with each other on the other times they had group sessions.

And here I was expecting her to say "we'll fuck in the bath"

^ There's a whole series that's still ongoing and these two are almost at it again

The more things I see about the new 50 series, the more I think the 40 series ones are a better steal

The difference a decade made is palpable

I haven't seen this pairing in a while

Idol Vtuber Hoshimachi Suisei is admired by nico?? Goated

To be admired by Nico

Gen 1 Love Live pre-dates Suisei by a few years so it's kind of funny to see the generational crossover.

And then there's the fact that Suisei is a Love Live fan herself (even if she doesn't shout it out to the world, it's not hard to spot a fellow Guilty Kiss fan especially when she's covered their songs in karaoke and in some of her concerts a good few times).
It really adds layers to it

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^ SW no doubt. She's the one who bottomed up

She doesn't need seduce her, just bed her

Ruka? Bed Suuna?? As in top Suuna??? That's a tall order you're asking a bottom (who is showing signs of being an M) to pull.

I've always found a bit odd and kinda funny every time Traveler gets mistaken for a minor when they're canonically a over a few thousand years old.

Please tell me I'm not the only one who read that title as "Mochi Au Lait Paradise"..

Magic power can be transferred through simple physical contact, but it flows much better across mucous membranes.

Their first night together is going to be quite the light show then.

I guess it goes without saying that they have a bright future together.

Tachi the Neko

Okay guys. What "dere" type is that? Where they're trying to be aloof and then they get all flustered by their partner? Cause I'm reading a fanfic for MLP witht the same reactions as MC and Miss in Denial over there. Okay, the fanfic is for Equestria girls. Adagio and Fluttershy. I mean listen it kinda low-key works. So what the heck Dere type is it? XD "I'm cool, I'm cool" then they blush like mad. XD

My best guess is Kuudere (Cool+dere) where the person is normally one of those calm and cool types but either get flustered or turn deredere when their love interest is involved. One thing they never do tho is call themselves "cool". Self-proclaiming that you're an x-dere is one of the biggest disqualifiers that I am aware of (derederes get a pass for doing that)

damn kase's a lightweight

Well, by real people standards, sure. But it's well established that manga characters, being two dimensional, can take very little booze . . . some are capable of going down from a single boozy chocolate; there's even recorded cases of drunk literally from the smell of booze.

I was honestly surprised when I found out that there are people whose alcohol tolerance is just as bad or worse than anime/manga lightweights. I've heard a story of someone I know getting hammered over taking a sip off of wine that only had 0.05% alcohol content. She was apparently giggling through the whole ride home. And then there's this cousin of mine who took a sip off of lite beer and... well, he went red in the face and threw up soon after that.