It would also explain how/why Eda remained unaware that Magiri had died attempting to meet her again. Eda must have had the talent that allows people to communicate and 'sync' with the iron ball's conciousness at least enough to make first contact and be saved. If Magiri didn't have that same talent and/or had not synced with the clay in the time when it's nature was just being discovered, her conventional vessel being crushed in the atmosphere would have passed unnoticed by Iron Ball/Eda. It's a bit of tragic irony that Eda still mourns the idea that Magiri never came to look for her and must have moved on without her, while we the reader know that she couldn't move on and died trying to find her. If she had not flown off the handle, crashing her ship like Eda before her, and had instead investigated the properties of the clay first, she may have been able to find her lost love.

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And the way she talked about the previously crashed ships made it sound like she only bothered to save the decompas? Though it looked like she also wanted to confirm that Diode as a Twister meant no harm to Terra, so it's not clear if Eda hates Twisters or men.

I have a different read based on Eda's desription of Iron Ball and the living clay and her own and the decompa's relationship to them. She is 'synced' with iron ball's consciousness and, through the clay, so are the decompas. A decompa in trouble in atmosphere may be noticed by her otherwise slumbering consciousness, whereas a twister would not under normal circumstances. Don't forget that during the incident, Kanna also tried to sync her consciousness with the clay to shape the ship. It didn't go well for her, but it was probably that act of desperation that let her be perceived by Eda and Iron Ball and subsequently rescued. Other twisters were not likely to have attempted the same during their incidents. Eda was able to connect and communicate with Terra during the incident, while Kanna remained unconscious and Eda had to ask Terra about her, despite her seeming to have a deeper insight into Terra's mind and past without asking. "What did they teach you in school?" etc. Without that connection through Iron Ball's consciousness that the decompas have, yer average human is probably only perceived by them through the effects of their actions. A crashing ship with a dying pilot is invisible, while a decompa in emotional crisis is a screaming alarm beacon in the sea of clouds.

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Welp... that wtf tag sure was appropriate wunnit?

2 volume dump... is this one fully scanned up to date then? Cute one. I burned through those 12 chapters.

'kay, I read this. Imma at least try anything with a bisexual tag. My only exposure to the author has been dropping the anime adaptation of Netsuzou Trap after a couple of episodes. No clue what I'm in for.

Okay, Imma break down this trope. Hey, I need make-up advice, we're hitting it off, you wanna meet up so we can do make-up stuff? She's here... oh wait, that's a man in a dress. It's a freak. Run. Everything about the character is framed as hidden, obscured, threatening, and when the woman makes a quick excuse and tries to leave this 'man in a dress' immediately crosses a line, physically grabbing the woman and trying to keep her there. C'mon baby... The lesbian love interest gets to white night, threatening to call the police on a creepy stalker who assaulted a woman, and take her home to her apartment immediately after. You really need to careful on the internet. It's full of creepy wierdos like that freak. Thank goodness I was there to help. Who knows what could have happened. Happy ending.

Now imagine this creepy wierdo as they are framed in the manga, as a trans person, which is the most likely scenario for actual mannish looking person in womens clothing asking for make-up advice and help from a woman. They engage in good faith but don't disclose their identity right away. They meet up with an internet aquaintance that seems nice, and immediately on seeing them, the person freaks out and tries to make an excuse and get away fast. No wait, please... Okay freak! Wtf do you think yer doing touching her. Get tf out of here before I call the cops. Thank god, my white night came. Who knows what might have happened. You need to be careful. Freaks are everywhere and they want to hurt you. Not me tho... you can tust me. Nothing is framed as bad about this situation except for the cross dressing character who lied about their identity and assaulted the heroine.

You see why this as a bad trope right? It's always the same one. Trans women are predatory men in dresses that want to lull women and lesbians into a false sense of security so they can intrude into their gendered spaces, get close to them, and hurt them. Not just men, but also threatening perverts.

You can see how this same exact story could just be framed slightly differently and paint the gyaru as a predator, or the creepy predator as an innocent trans woman, but nope... the 'man in a dress' is a creepy stalker who assaults women... watch out for those freaks... oldest transphobic trope in the book. Sad.

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am i the only one who likes the new cut? i feel like it brings out her eyes

nah. absolutely a lesbian glow up.

Do we have here exactly half of an "idiot couple"? And hilariously, don't we have here an "useless straight" and a scaringly competent lesbian? It's as if the mangaka was making it on purpose to mess with common tags...

I see nothing wrong with this.

Does this really count as Bisexual tho?
Ayame doesn't show any interest in girls and Ema doesn't show any interest in men.

Ya that just sounds like a bisexual couple to me.

last edited at May 17, 2023 5:05AM

I want them to be happy. Never trust a gundam character in a mask

Haven't even read yet and this is excellent. 45 pages of Tara and Beverly. squee!

Adult Life, Drama, Het, Polyamory, Yuri,

Did I just find the bisexual tag combo?