I reread this every now and then for a pick me up.

itou hachi's works are always gorgeous but they should probably have several federal agents monitoring them at all times

imagine rolling up to a date, and without warning, she decides to pour a bottle of red wine on you

I mean if she's hot enough

I kinda get MC for feeling like it’s not her business to pry but… she lived in your home basically for free (maybe I’m forgetting that she paid some rent or smthn?) aside from cooking and doing chores, she didn’t pay for anything. I feel like at that point, you’re entitled to know at least SOME of what happened.

Feel like grabbing her wrist isn’t the move tho… kinda just makes it awkward

she did insist on paying her half of the rent and utilities

from how we're seeing all the failed job interviews, it's likely that she's running out of money and doesn't want to be a freeloader.

the most homophobic force of them all

the economy

tfw your cool girlfriend is complicit in embezzlement.

** scratch head **
What's got to do with the manga? Did any of the characters do something about embezzlement?
Who is the cool girlfriend you're referring to in the manga o.o?

--Anyway--
The credit page that says something about 'nominative determinism'.
Unrelated to the chapter but, do you know anyone who pursues their profession based on their surnames or names given to them?

I was named after a physicist. So I suppose I did.

I hope this ends in a "we had romantic feelings as kids but we're different people now" because I would be mildly annoyed if mai-asumi really did become a canon ship after no contact all this time

Picture this.

I aspire to be this level of hater

are we gonna hand wave poor writing with the idea that this is just “ waky comedy”?

Yes

can't believe women get pregante, disgusting. giving birth should be left to men

Kurata after meeting Kira's brother "do not worry for my mother has beaten the comphet out of me a long time ago"

The funny part is Kurata completely missed the point, she just fell for a tricky woman instead of a tricky man.

Kira does seem to be developing a conscience and caring about Kurata, but man, Kira could absolutely ruin Kurata if she just kept going.

Well the obvious problem with this is, how is that any different from that ski trip, she was already determined to do the same thing :P I think that's the biggest problem with the whole manga in a nutshell, it's kinda repetitive and really likes to spin in circles doing more or less the same thing, like some kind of cartoon where villain always loses at the end of the episode and in the next one barely anything changed. I enjoyed a lot of it regardless but it could have been way better.

It has it's premise and stuck to it for dear fucking life. Nothing happens. Groundhog day. Doesn't exude a lot of confidence from the author. Of course it ends when they get together, if not they'd have to write a real romance without the starting premise and it seems they weren't prepared for that. It won't just be the last chapter they get together, it'll be the very last page too!

Time itself has been erased - the end of man has come, been forgotten, and had her executioners themselves obliterated. The stars burnt out into cold iron, but by cruel happenstance, an etching remains, frozen for unreadable eternity. A last work of art to outlast death itself.

And in the work of art, the confession still hasn't gotten through yuzu's artificially sense skull

Victory, with the power of... grooming?

This chapter so far is a really good source to instruct people what NOT to do in a relationship.

Takes notes "Do not suddenly shove your tongue down your classmate's throat. Consent is important."
Yes, I see. Very informative. :D

Shove someone else's tongue down their throat, got it.

Yeah, I think I agree with the OT3 not really being set up in this one... even though I'd really like to see it...

It's not impossible, but it'd definitively (positively) surprise me

the west has fallen

billions must settle for monogamy

The fact the author is talking about the two main love interests in their future is obviously a reliable sign this is gonna be a poly route surely theres definitely no other reasonable explanation for it :copium:

I pray for this after every chapter.

no poly, only angst!

Is my head in the gutter or does Ruka san looks lewd even when she isn't trying to do ecchi stuff.

When we see ruka through suuna's eyes, ruka is always a bit lewd.

When we see ruka through the eyes of ruka's friends, ruka is a mischievous chibi cat.

Cup vanishes here https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_skirt_sings_at_the_landing_ch25#19

We never see a clear shot of her feet after, so it's possible she simply finished and put it down.

The cup was still full while she was talking, so unless she chugged the whole thing between pages 18 and 19, I don't think that's possible. It would also imply that the left it for the pigeons, since she never picks it up to throw away (we see both of her hands at different panels in the scene where they part and she's not holding anything other than her phone in any of them).

Taking the above into consideration, I think we can conclude that the author can be a bit forgetful about the details lol (or at least they were in this particular chapter).

okay, glad i'm not the only one, thought i was going crazy there for a sec xD That just makes her comment about being envious of Kiki for having someone precious all the more confusing/intriguing. I really hope we get to see where this plot thread goes, i'm gonna lose sleep over it at this rate

Yeah, the whole situation does seem kind of weird and vague.
No more vague than the fate of that cup tho

I will simply assume that they ate the cup

Not sure I'm down with the tag "Pay for gay" here, as the transaction between them has nothing to do with a romantic or sexual relationship, and in fact explicitly abjures one.

I mean, come on, you know the genre tropes. It's going to get gay in here.

I cannot ascertain what’s going on through Miyagi’s head

I figure that Miyagi wants to see a genuine expression of emotion from Sendai rather than a polite smile, even if that emotion is disgust or annoyance. They both lack yet desire genuine emotional connection to others, so that's why they stick together in this dysfunctional relationship.

Ah, I don't get it.
Normally a girl as socially unhinged as that is either in her mid to late 20s or would not just kiss someone for no particular reason for fear of ostracization.

Anime and manga, am I right?

...is there something about the mid to late twenties in particular that cooks up cooked women?

Who did Lapis originally want to kill, anyways? Like do you really need a full blown genocide instead of a handful of pokey pokies?

As of now it's framed as "killing all the commoners", so technically genocide (ethnic groups/nation) is a misnomer. Classicide (social class) would be more accurate.

That said we don't know yet what exactly drove her to that point, only lil bits and pieces that could just as likely be clues or misdirections

Umm...You people do know that Lapis had a adopted sister that could see the future and died to the [ANTI-NOBLE] fraction right, it was shown and explain in the past chapters???? MC did not know about Lapis adopted older sister having future sight and only knew that Lapis' sister died (But not the reason for Lapis' sister's death)....I guess some people just forgot maybe? :)

It kind of fked up that the [ANTI-NOBLE(Which includes the lesser lower rank nobles meaning they are not Anti-noble to rich people helping them lol)] fraction tried to kill Lapis and her adopted sister died protecting her but eh...Lapis was from a pretty much super high ranking family...Meaning killing her father or her (Future heir) would be a big blow to any possible strong future support to the KING/Royalty and the the higher rank nobles...Lapis as a kid was a easier target was my guess why they aimed for her instead of trying to target the father.

I pretty sure her motivation is very clear from what we can see from her backstory....XD

['Revenge'] for her adopted sister and killing "Everyone" in the [Anti-noble] fraction...If she has to kill lots of innocent people to kill every single person that could have a hand or a tiny bit of responsibility for her little sister's death...There would be no hesitation lol.

From my point of view and understanding of her character, Lapis would feel a tiny bit bad for killing any innocent people in the [Anti-noble (Any misguided person wanting change for the poor innocent people of society)] or innocent bystander that isn't even part of [Anti-noble] but that is a sacrifice she is willing to take.

Sure the assassin that tried to killed Lapis is dead...But what about all the people involved and ordered the attempted assassination???

Like...Am I just crazy or am I seeing a different version of this series then everyone??? Lapis motive and goals seems pretty clear to me. Even her minor prejudice against commoners is understandable considering witnessing her sister's death at the hands of the so-called 'Commoners'....Or my understanding of Lapis character is 99.99% total wrong and she is just trolling and fooling everyone with her FAKE backstory about having a adopted commoner sister XD

[This chapter(17)]
This chapter (17) shows that Diana was willing to give up pursuing MC for love if Lapis shows she cares for the MC and that the MC is number 1 to Lapis but Lapis' hesitation made Diana frustrated since she was ready to give up on the romance (IF Lapis was serious about MC) and saw Lapis hesitating which shook Diana up since she was ready to give on the MC.

Lapis though knows [She had to let go of MC's hand]...She will never give up on her 'revenge' and how her revenge could put MC in danger just from association....The real question to me honestly is...is this going to up end as a poly 3-way ending or just between Lapis & MC ending...the other option is the [BAD END] which I don't even want to considered happening lol...

On the concept of the anti noble faction not counting because it has nobles-

The French revolution had a number of lesser noble supporters, and so did the Bolshevik revolution. Some of them even survived when the revolution radicalized and turned against many of its own founders and early supporters, as revolutions are wont to do.

So yes, people can, have, and will support revolutions likely to result in their own execution. They think they'll be exceptions, and sometimes that assumption is even true.

I see zero chance of a scenario where Lapis doesn't end up with Natori.

Lapis dies

Diana gets to console Natalie

That's the kind of ending that would potentially piss off everyone. Can't see that one happening.

I recall a certain non Yuri manga that more or less did this and it was extremely funny on a meta level

Not this one, though

It's one of those classic "I completely ghosted the person I like for a long period of time" manga stories

platonically fingering the homies