Am I really the only one that thinks the writing in this series is kind of bad? It's just contrived plot devices one after the other; first, the administrator system that was used to progress the characters' relationship, only to now be explained away with this timeline convergence. And I don't even think it would be this bad if they didn't decide to introduce this utterly silly "restorative-capacity" meter (here's a reason not to watch Steins:gate, I guess).

I don't really care that much because I never took this series all that seriously. I just found it surprising that nobody here seems to be sharing my urge to eyeroll in this chapter.

Nah, I’m not an awfully big fan of the last few chapter’s writing either. I just enjoy the arts, premise, and overall vibe enough to give it a pass for now. Plus, I liked how the earlier chapters were written, so I’m hoping that the writing will pick back up once we move past the exposition sequence and into the story proper.

Did MC's mom die too in the scuffle, or was it only her pedophile stepdad that died? I'm just wondering why she had to move, whether it's because her mom died or went to prison or something else.

I'm glad the story ended happily. It was a great binge read!

I’m pretty sure she died too. She had a wound on her stomach that made it seem like the bastard might have turned the knife on her at one point during the scuffle. After what went down, it’s likely that she would have made another appearance if she had only gone to prison.

I feel like I'm the only one who genuinely enjoys the writing. It's fucking good, delicious food to me. These girls are so messy and self-sabotaging, but they want each other so bad.

Oh no, I love the writing. I live for this sort of pining and self-sabotaging melodrama in stories.

This manga deserves the Idiot Couple tag I think.

I just can't fathom what's Wakaba's thought process.

Or maybe it's just bad writing.

Tbh, I'm struggling when translating this because it pains me to write such stupid lines.

Hang in there! This story is great, and we all appreciate your hard work in bringing it to us.

You know, I’ve felt like something has been off about this story for the past few chapters, and I think I finally figured I out what it is.

This is basically a sequel series at this point. Like, the demon invasion was basically the climax of the story, and the stuff with the parents was basically an epilogue. These past few chapters have been so jammed full of exposition (and admittedly clumsy exposition at that, especially when compared to earlier chapters) that they’ve felt less like the start of a new season or arc, and more like they should be the opening of a new series. Add in the new main setting and the fact that the villainess system has practically been written out of the work at this point and replaced with a brand new curse (at least, it certainly feels that way), and these recent chapter are basically the start of Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess! 2.

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My only problem with this setup is that minors cannot legally fulfill the "consensual" part of SSC. Not that this has ever stopped manga artists...

When it comes to manga like this, I find that the best thing to do is just pretend everyone is a couple years older. It just so happens that all high schools in manga are full of 18-20 year olds.

Yeah. Hundreds of years ago. The perpetrators, their victims, and several generations worth of their descendants have all come and gone in that time.

I'm sorry but you're wrong about that, the rape of natives affects the social configuration of countries who were colonized even today, because the descendants are the population of these countries.
The start of the Iberian colonization was: the colonizers raped native women for years, the descendants of the colonizers raped the native women too and so on. The descendants who "looked more white" were treated better than the ones who didn't (this still happens in the present, because people are result of miscegenation), but they were the people who formed countries which we know today.

The joke is insensitive because of it, many women were abused and couldn't defend themselves. These countries are a result of rape.

That is true. I did not mean to downplay the legacy of these acts. I was just trying to make the point that such a joke is not severe enough to warrant blacklisting the maker (nor do I find the other purported jokes to warrant such an act, even when considered together).

slightly insensitive

You know the Spaniards raped natives, right?

Yeah. Hundreds of years ago. The perpetrators, their victims, and several generations worth of their descendants have all come and gone in that time. Does that make what happened okay? No, of course not. But I would also argue that, at this point, someone making an off-color joke about that period is not an unforgivable affront, provided they aren’t also attempting to commit historical recidivism (which does not appear to be the case here).

God fucking dammit I hate this site's formatting

Anyway, to reiterate: this comes across as especially odious for the site because it was only yesterday that several people specifically requested to not post this artist's work here anymore, citing this as the reason. Perhaps this was something that slipped through the cracks, but it's still not a good look.

For one joke that was in poor taste? Really?

There were at least three times they made N-word pass jokes, but I can't find them right now and I don't wanna have to search through all thsir stuff.

And again, this was a real life traumatic event that affected a lot of people. I don't get why people are so defensive.

Yeah, it was tragic, shouldn’t have happened, and should be acknowledged. It was also centuries ago, which should put it into the territory where people can make jokes about it.

As for the defensiveness, well, I like most of Centurii’s work, and I liked seeing them here, since Twitter/X kinda sucks. And I don’t like that a handful of people are now pushing to keep those works off this site completely because they made a few jokes which can be considered, at worst, slightly insensitive cringe internet humor.

God fucking dammit I hate this site's formatting

Anyway, to reiterate: this comes across as especially odious for the site because it was only yesterday that several people specifically requested to not post this artist's work here anymore, citing this as the reason. Perhaps this was something that slipped through the cracks, but it's still not a good look.

For one joke that was in poor taste? Really?

American football lol

Say what you will, but Mitsuki is rocking that uniform.

That last scene feels weirdly dark for a reunion sex moment... but I liked the happy ending I guess.

Exactly what I thought. I really loved this, but the last scene portraied it so weirdly. Maybe it was just supposed to show her "dark" side. Since it was kinda a role reversal. Or it was a unfortunate artistic choice to portray nighttime.

Also, I wish there was a lesbian bar where I live -.-

She was just being sexy. They both revealed their hidden thoughts from High School and realized they were always down bad for each other. Meanwhile, she's unbuttoning her shirt--it worked as dirty talk. Nothing dark about that, I don't think.

I was thinking the same thing. Admittedly, the way the scene is drawn kinda undercuts the sexy vibe, but that’s just down to the artist being a bit inexperienced. The intent seemed pretty clear,

I’m so confused lol…

Isn’t Komaki’s goal getting Wakaba to hate her? Saying that she’s the cutest thing there, even as a hypothetical, goes against that…

Or just stop talking to her? I feel like I lost the plot entirely but I’m only gonna reread when the it’s all over lol

There’s a simple explanation for that, Komaki is intensely in love with Wakaba. She puts up a disaffected front to hide these feelings, but every so often, her armor breaks and she does something rash or tries to test the waters to see if Wakaba could love her back. That latter point is why she called Wakaba cute.

Also, bear in mind the Komaki doesn’t just want Wakaba to hate her. She wants to have a permanent place in Wakaba’s heart. She’s convinced Wakaba will never love her the most, so she’s settled on making her hate her the most. That’s why she keeps taking her firsts, and why she can’t simply just stop talking to her. That’d make it too easy for Wakaba to forget about her.

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All those Aerosmith CDs when they only have 2 songs

You bite your damned tongue.

Alright, I concede. They only have 3 songs.

Come Together
Dream On
Walk This Way (Run DMC ver)

All the classics!

You forgot Janie’s Got a Gun and Sweet Emotion.

Oh yeah, also, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

I've suddenly found myself wondering if it's at all possible that Kitano is actually gonna become Ena. It probably isn't for several reasons but I feel like I'm not gonna be able to get the thought out of my head for the next couple chapters.

I don’t think that’ll happen. They look a little similar, but their hairstyles are different (Ena has twin tails while Kitano has a ponytail) and their personalities don’t really match up. Plus, chapter 0 made it seem like Koharu was still the group’s least experienced member, so it wouldn’t make sense for Ena to have come into being after Koharu had already started her Cupid work.

Then again, anything’s possible.

I remember that the daughter (I forgot her name) was calling out Chloe’s name at some point after Mia left the room (I forgot what chapter that was in), so was that acknowledged at all? Was it just cause of the sensory sharing stuff? Also, I guess Sophia knows Mia is with her daughter now and apparently doesn’t care at all… anyway, that was a pretty unique and good series. Glad it ended the way it did.

Yeah… I’m thinking the author ran out of time, because there are a LOT of plot threads left completely unresolved and those last couple chapters were really rushing the plot along. That ending basically relegated Mia and the daughter to side characters, which is a shame.

That being said, the rest of the series was interesting, and the ending wasn’t awful. The pacing just needed work, and some of the side plots should have been taken out.

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Guess they switched to Smash.

I mean… I’ll read a bit more, but that opening did not do it for me.

I genuinely hate authors that think "you did these deeds, so there for you being a slave / sexually abused is justified".

While I am guessing this story is primarily an expression of the authors' fetishes, from the world-building perspective, I find it strange that a soldier would keep such petty grudges against another soldier, especially if they are both generals. Also, why memory-wipe a commanding general for losing a war? If they committed war crimes, sure, arrange a tribunal or hand her over to the winners directly; otherwise, just demote them. Surely, the state has more profitable jobs for a highly-educated, star-ranked veteran than prostitution?

It's like someone wanted to slap some military uniforms onto their BDSM-themed catgirl porn without knowing the first thing about warfare.

Agreed. The funniest part to me was that the entire rivalry felt less like a conflict between two high-ranking generals in the midst of a war and more like a spat between office ladies.

Also, I don’t care if the war’s over or not, what sort of Qisling-ass lapdog treats a former comrade like that in front of the other army’s leadership? Way to present a unified front in the face of defeat.

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how the hell did that somehow get turned around into Makino apologizing lmao. Absolutely unhinged behavior from Mashiro that anyone would obviously be upset walking in to and she didn't even try to explain.

No, she tried to explain, and Makino cut her off. Then Makino implied she couldn’t be trusted because she was a whore. That latter part was what Makino apologized for, as she realized she had stepped over the line and had hit at a sensitive subject to boot. Once things cool off, I imagine there will be apologies all around.

yeah, what beeaggro said. I don't think the dad is really concerned about getting an heir (and even if he was, there is the alternative of the Gareth (did I remember Evie's brother's name right?) having children too someday), and is merely using it as one of several excuses to remain an overprotective father. However long it might last. And I suspect "not that long" to be the answer, if the events of this chapter are any indication.

For my part, I found this to be a great chapter.

Garth is just a cousin, and likely has an inheritance of his own from his side of the family. But I do agree that he’s mostly just being overprotective. His first issue with the relationship was standard nobility concerns, and his second issue stemmed entirely from not wanting his daughter exposed to scorn. There might also be some unspoken concerns regarding Evie, and the curse, being so close to Yvonne. It didn’t seem like his words came from a place of malice, and it seemed like he was starting to come to terms with the idea by the end of the chapter. He’ll get past it soon enough, methinks.

As for adoption, that can be a bit tricky. As Narrow Escape elegantly put, lineal, biological descent tends to be a major concern for members of the nobility, as that is the main justification for holding onto their power. An adopted child, even one of another noble house, breaks that line. Not only would this be seen as inappropriate by other nobles, it’d also damage the legitimacy of both the adopted child, should they inherit, and their parents. For a family who is currently in exile, barely holding onto their claim to nobility as is, and likely beset by enemies who desire to see it wiped out entirely, adoption probably wouldn’t be a viable idea.

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So if there was any doubt in my mind that Matsuri has a thing for Wakaba, it's gone now. But I can't figure out what's up with her approach to Komaki.
Am I crazy or is Matsuri going beyond trying to help them repair their relationship and into the realm of playing the wingwoman? Especially with advice like telling Wakaba to have Komaki call her cute.

Same, I can’t tell if she’s legitimately trying to help Wakaba sort their feelings out, or is trying to pull some sort of reverse psychology shenanigans to destroy whatever feelings Wakaba has left for Komaki.

Question. Is green tea have any sort of symbolic meaning in Japan? Similar to how it got used to describe two-faced people in China during the 2010s. Maybe I’m overthinking things a bit, but the focus on each character’s preferred drink feels like it’s meant to be indicating something to the audience. More than what was actually said, at least.

I look forward to more of our cute modern Japanese engineer who was able to get all of these modern amenities working in the Middle Ages.

I would not have guessed this was yuri if it wasn't for the tag. I didn't see a hint of attraction between the two, even while they were bathing.

I'm only worried that if they started anything that they would be burned at the stake for being lesbians, or unmarried, or literate.

I’d honestly be more worried about the fact that the witch lady almost certainly isn’t Christian. You could get away with a lot in the Middle Ages depending on where you lived and who you’re local leaders were, but religious differences? That was the kind of thing that got your house burned down by an angry mob. Especially during the plague, when people were especially desperate to find a scapegoat to punish for their suffering.

Also, I’m still not sure where the idea that it was illegal for medieval women to be literate came from. Nuns and nobles were oftentimes literate, and as far as I know there were never any laws prohibiting the lowborn people of either sex from learning how to read, even if it was uncommon. I don’t think there were ever any laws about women being unmarried either (although they did have fewer rights than even their married counterparts). Lesbianism, on the other hand… yeah, that could be an issue, but hey, maybe the lord in this story is cool with that kind of thing.

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Oh that’s fucked.

I’ll take 5 volumes, please.

...but the sound is going to be terrible without any speaker boxes...

I agree, she's good with mix-and-matching her outfits. Sadly, the intersection of things I love and things I need for day-to-day function as an adult is slim.

There could be a speaker in the table or projector/light. It wouldn’t be surround sound, per se, but it could still work.

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_guy_she_was_interested_in_wasnt_a_guy_at_all_ch96#2
Aya is confused. It hurt itself in its confusion.

Also, maybe I’m off the mark here, but I wonder if the reason for Mitsuki’s sudden change has less to do with a sudden surge of self-confidence, and more to do with wanting to become the “guy” Aya was interested in.