Damn, it's ending? That stinks; even though I really like this one it's hard to imagine that it'll get a satisfactory ending with no real time time set it up.

I've noticed this from other manga as well, but do japanese women have a choice in staying to work after they get married or are they discouraged? At the rate the world is getting in now, a single earner in a family household is not enough. Also, japan has a high divorce rate so this is crippling for the woman just in case.

The assumption is that someone getting married is also going to start having and raising kids, which is a reason for women to quit their full-time jobs. Whether those assumptions are true or not, it's the line of thinking that leads to women getting passed over for raises and promotions at these kinds of companies; "she's only going to be useful to us until she finds a man." This just adds another layer of pressure to Hiroko's work life...

While I did like the timeliness of the setting, I couldn't stop wondering why didn't they exchange phone numbers at some point in the first part of the story!

Yeah, it seems there's some pages repeated at the start of the chapter.

I'm glad we're gonna get a few chapters of them as a couple before it ends.

More likely scenario is Mai will tell/ask Tae about romance and then Tae will avoid Mai after realizing how her first love will never come to pass because of the age gap. Maybe throw in some guilt about keeping Mai from people her own age as well.... then Mai will chase after Tae!

I feel like Mai will give the boy a "let me think about it", go through a short arc of figuring out her feelings (possibly by asking Tae about love, giving us flustered Tae comedy), then turn him down when she realizes she loves Tae.

Little boy, youre a brave soul and it doesnt matter who shits on you, you were right on being honest

Brace yourself and prepare to take the hit

He'd better clench those teeth

What was only subtext last chapter is confirmed now, so it's time to see how much more Mashiro has to suffer before Makino can pick up on it. I don't feel like an actual suicide end is in the cards but with the tone changes we've already seen, I wouldn't take it off the table entirely...

While this kind of language is normally too much for me, I do appreciate seeing the black haired girl's face in the second to last page. She's probably just barely holding herself back from going down on her sub gf, so I do think that rather than actually-abusive, she's just playing along with her bottom's kinks.

This sure is a dangerous tag combination for the average Dynasty comment section, glad things are mostly civil here though.

I checked some JP sites and this doujin seems to have "crossdressing" and "shota" tags, unsure if the yuri tag is really right for this one.

Other sites don't really take gender identity into account and just categorise things with "what has what junk", which naturally doesn't fly with the Dynasty staff.

This happens because the Japanese government - and a lot of the people, as an extension - don't officially recognize gender reassignment until bottom surgery has happened. 3D AV with trans actresses is tagged with both "Transgender" and "Crossdressing", even if the actress is clearly transitioning with HRT and has breasts and stuff.

If Mai hasn't already stolen your heart, Ch26 Pg16 would do anyone in.

Bro....she's only at least eleven. Maybe twelve.

11 as of chapter 9.

Ch9 mentions a change in seasons and Ch8 was the summer camp event, so Mai's birthday is at the start of fall, quite a ways away from Christmas/New Year's. She'll be 11 for a while yet.

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Mai is simply unfair...!

Edit: Though I've heard least Tokyo as of last month now acknowledges gay couples with a...certificate of being a couple or something? Apologies I'm probably remembering the exact details wrong. Basically there's progress, but definitely a lot of work to be done still.

It's a thing that some specific municipalities are doing to afford same-sex couples some rights that normal married couples have, like hospital visitation rights or rules having to do with renting/mortgages. It's still not the same as nationally-recognized legal marriage though.

Yeah, that was a super cute page =w=b

I'm pretty sure I've said it before but I'll say it again; this super exaggerated artstyle is great for such a smutty story. Thanks for bringing us the last long chapter!

Stuff can be erotic without being "male gaze-y" :V

One of the things I love about this picture is that instead of focusing on Pomu, Selen is confidently (or smugly) looking at the camera/viewer instead.

Lotta Dynasty Readers in this chapter

In the tradition of Japanese media, the title is also a full synopsis of the doujin.

This happens a lot with isekai in particular because they're published online and have to compete with a million other cheaply-published series, so they end up trying to cram a synopsis into the title to catch people's eyes. It's just another thing to parody in this case.

Didn't really expect that people would wanna apply ACAB to other countries. These two are definitely Public Safety though, and unlike their closest American equivalents, they don't make traffic stops or investigate serious crimes, so I highly doubt we're going to get any actual action with lives on the line.

While there is more I could say about the differences between the Japanese police we see here and American beat cops, I don't think any of it is really relevant to the story. I'm gonna sit back and relax while enjoying cute yuri hijinks.

Susei used to use a voice changer?

No but she used to make her voice a little higher than natural, it's not a massive difference at least to me but noticeable when you go compare how she sounds directly.

To add on to that, the line in the panel is a direct reference to Suisei; she stopped using the higher-pitched "idol" voice after going to the doctor and learning that it was damaging her vocal cords. For someone who's as dedicated to singing as she is, using it any more would have been damaging.

I think after because Flare seems to be redoing her ponytail.

Hum, are tatoos and piercings that problematic? Would she be denied to enter the public bath?
Edit: *In japan. I mean its not even a full back tatoo and all that, just the sholders.

There are many deep-rooted cultural, political, legal and social reasons why tattoos are a complicated matter in Japan so yea, she could absolutely be denied from entering

tl;dr It's because Japan tends to associate tattoos with the yakuza. If you're a tattoo-wearer planning a trip to Japan, you should look into what places have more lax rules.

It's something that's gotten less stringent in recent years, especially in big cities, but most famous hot springs resorts are deep in the mountains.

Wait, Saori and Shizuku kissed? How can the author just drop that in and not show us what happened? Peak cruelty.

Probably cuz the side-stories and the main series translations are a bit out of sync with each other; I assume we'll see that moment when the main series translation is caught up a bit more?

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I really enjoyed this chapter's plot beats and ending, I just wish it had been a little longer so the pacing wasn't so rushed. I do appreciate that most stuff was addressed and resolved in the end: Shiina was able to kinda come to terms with her breakup with Ryouji, Takagai was able to make Shiina understand her worries, and we got a nice little epilogue showing them continuing their relationship. But each deserved more time than we got.

...But since Nanao basically didn't read and understand much on the site when the possibility of booking Asumi presented itself, I'm willing to bet she accidentally booked something mega hardcore.

The first chapter was kind of hard to follow but the second is much easier. Re-reading the first chapter after reading the 2nd helped a lot.

Why do they keep saying "heavy", is there something wrong with the earth's gravitational pull in this manga?

That design with the stylized heart is pretty explicitly romantic, even sexy. It shows up in a lot of R-18 art.

edit: For some maybe-safe-for-work examples, they feature prominently on the designs of Bremerton (Azur Lane), Totoki Airi (idolmaster: Cinderella Girls) and Houshou Marine (Hololive). All three are mature, sexy character types.

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Last page is pretty dangerous. Rina could be looking up Makino with her contact info, but she could also be writing to Maron's company to get her in trouble.