That's a nice thing to stumble across. Like this so far, gonna love it going forward if it keeps the tone. The "power games" and dynamic between the two shit-eaters is fantastic, and their warming up to one another is just as great.

This one's good for the soul. Bless.

Lol Hatori thinks Hinata got no shot at romance.

Yeah, that was absolute murder lol.

In any case, yesssssss. This is the first explicit step into romance territory. Let's fucking go! Also, please do be greedy, otherwise the thick brick wall with which you've fallen in love will not get it.

Yo, I genuinely didn't read a death flag this early. Like, a couple of chapters, sure, the girl wasn't gonna hold up, but the end of the pilot? Whew, boy. Also, like, genuinely expected between these two that it'd be consensual and all, but that's besides the point. But I like the overall flavour of the thing as presented in the chapter. There's a lot of sugar, but in the blend are also a lot of other spices waiting for their highlight on the palate. Lotsa spice, that's a definite.

Now I don't necessarily deem her dead dead, but I'm open to being surprised further. I wonder how this implicates the other one. I hope she's remorseful, and it was a libido/hunger-driven frenzy type thing rather than a cold and calculated deed. I wouldn't mind a third-party thing, and that she's innocent, that might be too convoluted too early.

Either way, I was already sold when I saw vampire yuri, there was no need to invest anything further lol.

And sort of as an aside, vampires are inherently very intimate and sexual by nature, vampire girls are... I guess at this point, by influence and coding are inherently gayer than most, but up to the final pages of the chapter, shit was almost surprisingly homoerotic... uh... lesboerotic? sapphoerotic? You know what I mean. Part of me feels like this is just Yukiko's style, considering their works and all, but more practically, I'm inclined to assume it was drummed up to "divert" from the big bang of the ending, and whether one fell for it, like I have, or didn't, I appreciate it. Y'know, actual writing.

This isn't some gladiatorial crowning type shit where the "loser" fucking dies and all their possessions are conceded to the winner.

For an arrogant person just imagine losing a bet they consider "will absolutely win" and being mocked as "less insightful" (even if that might not happen) is enough to drive them insane.

I mean, sure, that's absolutely correct, but narratively there's no reason for any of that lol. No reason to bet to begin with, no reason to worry about losing one's station. I guess Luliam did get some flak here and there, from the knights mainly, but I guess, considering she was actively dangerous, I also don't necessarily blame them. Meh, I'm thinking too hard over this nonsense. Just wish it didn't go with this particular story beat, is all.

What the fuck is that dumbass even talking about? This isn't some gladiatorial crowning type shit where the "loser" fucking dies and all their possessions are conceded to the winner. Like, I understand the angle, we've seen that a million times in such stories, they're backing up the "wrong" party and must unhingedly go out of their way to make sure theirs is the one that comes out on top, but there was never established a "wrong" party in this story. She's utilitarian, but Eldora has been, at worst, rude or insensitive. I guess one could be worse for one and the other could be for another. Either case, sure, folks have died for less, but c'mon, dude. Those aren't the stakes.

As a bit of a side note, I wanted to mention this but I don't remember doing so (and checking post by post will be ass), but I like that Tsubasa's a good lass. I expected her to be the wretched spawn of satan, but as a pleasant surprise, she' far from that.

Yo, I read it immediately after waking up and initially got the bad juju. Read it in a kind of "wait, if only now you know what liking is, what the fuck am I to you?" way. Phew.

Cuteness overload aside, I'm bizarrely proud of Takamine. Like, she's constantly growing and developing and changing and resolving not to be left behind and not to waste her chances. The writing around her has been incredible, I feel. But now back to the main topic on hand, let's fucking go baby a holiday date! ... a holidate? Is that a term? It fucking is now.

As an aside, on a more serious and sombre note, Takamine's inner monologue in this chapter has a genuine real-life impact on me, and I appreciate it. It's a bizarre place and context to find solace from, but in a weird way, it makes me feel like I've made a good choice with the media I'm consuming.

Funnily enough, since they lost their livelihood and things can't really get much worse than this, and Io has an exhibitionism fetish and they do enjoy this kinky play all the time, they could just turn the tables, take advantage of the media circus and record or stream all their sex live for money - they regain a source of income to survive, Misa doesn't have to hide her sexuality and pander to men and it's not too big career shift, Io gets even more turned on at the prospect of possibly millions of online strangers watching. Kill two (or more) birds with one stone.

Oh dude if this is the start of the OnlyFans arc I'll be laughing for the next three lifetimes nonstop.

This is probably not intended to be, but I'm choosing for a bit to believe the chapter is a meta comment by the author that exclaims in no uncertain terms, "This is a slow burn, motherfuckers!" and the thought amuses me very much.

More seriously, I appreciate the burning curiosity and genuine care the relationship between the two evokes in their surroundings. I've been in Hirose's shoes plenty of times, particularly regarding the idea that sometimes, when something still lingers in your head, it's tough to let it go. I've been burned by that, whew, a hell of a lot, so I like that she's got somewhere more, for lack of a better term, productive to vent towards. Speaking of a slow burn, Hatori's shell, I feel, is cracking as well, slowly, but almost definitely. It'll be interesting to see how her dynamic with her surroundings, with Hirose in particular, develops going forward. Lastly, I'd like to comment that this chapter was just really interesting to read. It gave a lot of breathing room to the supporting cast while also helping to breathe into the main draw of the series, which I find pretty impressive as well. Big fan overall.

"She's a non-industry friend. She helped me when I was ill. In what world does this seem romantic to you sick fucks?" I mean, I know that even in a real-world setting, this would be too idealistic, but I'd still hammer on with that.

Meh. Either case, milkies!

A few points in order of personal importance:

Despite how quickly she turned from heel to face being a bit of a whiplash, big fan of how open she is about it and especially her decision to open up to her friend.

Big fan of the friend's response and supportiveness, even bigger fan of her actual best friend responses™. That "eat shit and die" was bond-stronger-than-steel type response.

That said, something got into my head that Yui is also a potential love rival in disguise and I'm having trouble shaking off that angle lol.

That final panel was top-tier friends banter, but also Kaidou is ruthless. Can't really think of anything other than "eat shit and die" to respond to that lol.

With how many times they said "it's mutual" I'm worried that shit's gonna happen. I have trust issues. Though I don't expect things to go too badly either way.

I love power scaling where the more sexual things get the stronger nana’s magic is. They’re gonna be fucking in the demon lord’s castle eventually at this rate

Ah, the High School DxD treatment. Honestly, I'd probably vibe with a Yuri DxD, especially without Issei's cringe.

Seriously, though, the princess has been having horny creeping up on her for a while so I was expecting and hoping stuff like this would start happening, I really want to know how far they're gonna go. The girl was locked in, too, biting and shit.

Sigh... I'll start by saying that I had a random ass black out while I wrote my initial comment. When the thing came back up, the comment was still there, and I was a happy boy. Then I hit submit, the site prompted me to log in, and it sent me to a blank page with no comment to be found. I am no longer a happy boy.

In any case, so I know we're joking about Takamine's wing-crew, but the girl has grown as well. Both key initiatives in the chapter were hers, she just needed the opportunity and timing, then the god-tier support was there to round things up. She's got what it takes, but also has her own rhythm and approach to things, is all. I did wish she could response to Sakura's look, but it is what it is.

I love how subtle and casual the buildup to the revelation that Takamine did write about Sakura was, but also, the fact we're not shown explicitly what she wrote is absolutely maddening. In a good way. Like, this contrasts/juxtaposes the satisfaction from concretely knowing Takamine did write about Sakura, and creates a yearning, a sense of mystery — to put crassly, I'm being blueballed here, I'm dying to know what she wrote. If that makes any sense, it's like "imply, don't tell" rather than "show, don't tell", from a writing perspective, I love that. As a reader, I want to kick a newborn. And then the immediate transition into Takamine's "vengeance" reading what Sakura wrote was hilarious.

I'll take a step back and gush again about how casual and grounded the whole interaction was. It was clearly a very intimate moment, but there were no bells and whistles, no blaring sirens, no upsetting interruptions. Just their two voices. It's so serene and soothing, sweet, and touching. It's also simply fresh. It's always like that tang of zesty lemon in a flavorful cake. And, I mean, this is pretty much a key component of the series, has been from the start, and I'd say of Kon themselves as an author in general, but I'm a huge fan of this particular thing.

With all the above said, I'll also echo a sentiment from the comments: there's a genuine chance if and when these two get together, that I'll actually melt. Please marry already.

In all honesty, I do not care for omegaverse stories. I do not knock on those who do, but something about many of the key aspects of them (or at least how I perceived them) turns me off. With that said, the key conflict posed in this story is too fucking juicy to withhold from this one, and I'll probably follow it for a while.

With the above said, if anyone may, I need a bit of an explainer on the omegaverse. I was under the impression that the setting was, like, meant to include futa as a default. That was what I gathered the alpha/beta distinctions were for before. Is the omega distinction a new thing? Is there a general purpose to the distinction, or rather is it like a trope that associates with it traits that I am to expect from a character described as an alpha/beta/ometa/etc? I'm assuming each story has nuances, but what is marking on a general level?

The first panel they interacted I was practically contractually obligated to ship Hinata and Hoshino and I'm glad I am not the only one.

I like how Hinata saw parallels between Hoshino and Takamine, and I love how much she cares for them all. Especially for one who looks to be so flimsily attached to the ground, showing that she's actually very present and attentive despite her "stereotypical" airheadedness is something I very much appreciate. She's such a good egg, too, it's hard to dislike her. I will call her out for absolutely selling Hoshino out, in the best way possible, with the art thing, though.

I don't think I remember seeing a cast of side characters as whole (or fleshed out?) and involved in the story as this one in recent times. Genuinely a huge fan of that, with how organically they're incorporated into the overall tapestry, and especially how, for lack of a better term, normal they are, or perhaps well proportioned would describe it better.

Also Hoshino going "I... think I get it now...?" is just utterly amusing to me. Took her like 4 pages to catch up. Love this sort of stuff.

I was originally going to try and transcribe the violently incoherent Taz the Tasmanian Devil-esque noises I made at the buzzer but I may not have enough space. Absolute crime of an interruption there, but also genuinely impressed by the commitment to the edging by the author. Like, I'm not even mad.

More importantly, ayyyy they finally met and kinda set things straight! Or not straight! Whatever, you get it! Truthfully, it is a bit anticlimactic that all that was done just to apologize, but you gotta start from somewhere and that isn't that bad a start, exchanging contact info and stuff.

Also this does signify that the series goes on for a while longer which in itself is great. No clue where it's going now but I'm looking forward to whatever comes next.

I'm curious on how the plot will develop from now... I fully expect Nanao to end up doing it with Mai before Asumi does...

Especially if this is what comes next. Please! It'll be the funniest thing. Even more so if, for instance, Nanao sees the old photo and recognizes Asumi and they bond over her.

The entire sequence at the start was very amusing. Like, pretty certain they could've roped Takamine into assassinating the prime minister with the vibe they had. She's also part of the club in all but name, really, and her quiet resignation to the fact is very amusing as well.

So, you know when something is so goddamn cute and precious that you turn into Smeagol? Page 15 gave me that shit, so I lingered on it, giggling like a madman meets teenage girl (madteenagegirl?) for a good few minutes — did you see how adorable Sakura was? — before moving on, and when I was hit with the parallel/reversal on page 21 I'm full hog Smeagol right now. But also I absolutely adore that from a writing perspective. But also this is so fucking cute, dude. Man, this shit feels good; needed it, too, had a bummer of a day.

Takamine’s going to write about this cute Sakura she met.

I was thinking to myself that she was this close to figuring it out if only she substituted the word cat with a crasser colloquial synonym. More seriously, I do unironically believe she'll write about her recent experiences and inspirations and Sakura's role in all that, at least that's what I hope.

Firstly, yes. Secondly, yes! Thirdly, YES! Motherfucking Hot For Teacher all the way! Go! Big! Do not go home!

Also genuinely don't know what this means for the rest of the series; I don't think this is the endgame, but for the time being, I do not fucking care. Go big!

You just know with how Hiro does thing that their kiss is gonna be in full color and the lighting will be fucking immaculate

I’m expecting something like this: https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/akebi_chans_sailor_uniform_ch43#32

Likewise, gonna be out of this world in either case.

In any case that was such a cute goddamn chapter, but Komichi getting outgayed at the end and just sitting there, "suffering" the consequences of her own actions was a ten outta ten, chef's kiss moment. Ahhhh! Need more!

The callback to Sakura's little daydream in one of the earlier chapters! I adore that! Staying at home to read this means I'll be late for work but this is 200% worth it, genuinely the best way to start the day.

This little chain of 3-4 comments brought a genuine 5-AM neighbor-waking fit of laughter to this one. I appreciate you all very much.

Maybe it will even turn into a shonen hero moment where Asumi is helped by all the friends she made along the way! And by that I mean, uses every single thing she learned on Mai at once.

This is the funniest thing I've ever read I need this. Ena and Sayaka as force ghosts hovering behind her guiding her fingers while she mindbreaks Mai with the secret techniques collected from 100 different professional sex workers

And this specifically, just the image has me in stitches.

In any case, let's fucking go? Honestly not counting on it, but still, let's fucking go! Though senpai still getting nothing is pure torture at this point.

Noooo, there could've been so much more debauchery and nonsense! Like others, I assume the author was told to wrap things up for one reason or another. A shame, since sex factor aside, it was a genuinely entertaining story with a neat idea or two that definitely could've gone places. Many of those were bedrooms, but still places. Still, definitely was a fun read, and also really hot, and I got my Maid x Mistress pairing. Though as one other commenter mentions, I'm surprised, and in all honesty, a tad bit miffed, there wasn't a full-blown foursome.

I adore every single little thing about this chapter and these developments. I don't even know how to approach everything I'd like to touch on but here goes.

Firstly, this is more of a joke than anything else, but the dashing prince hit Mini Hinata hard, and I'm very amused by that.

Some time ago I commented that I was hoping Sakura would get involved in the play, and while that itself didn't happen, I'm absolutely loving the idea of the collaboration between the clubs. For one, Takamine just pretty much helped bring Sakura's club to life with that, as well as give her (all the more) reason and justification to hang out with herself and the other friends she made over there. Then there's the implication that Sakura and Takamine will work together since I doubt that the theater club will release its clutches from her, and with Sakura being more present, Takamine herself will voluntarily be more present as well. The idea of Sakura writing for/about Takamine was something I was drooling for from the moment it became a possible option, so please and fucking thank you! But more than anything, and I'll slide it into the next section:

In my eyes, the crux of the chapter and of the play, and you could also say of this arc, is (in) the sentence "You were the one who made this world, just for me," and Takamine did just that. She made an entire world, both figuratively one of possibilities and opportunities and literally of welcoming friends and loved ones, all for her. And all because of her, as well. The sentence and idea behind it go both ways, since the world Takamine is seeing right now, one that was entirely foreign and alien to her, was made thanks to and with the help of Sakura and her presence in her life. It was incredibly sweet how in this chapter she realized and admitted that what she was feeling was excitement from the idea her friends, and Sakura in particular, would be there to watch her, and that is directly thanks to Sakura.

I don't know where this development leads and what the idea behind it is, but I absolutely love it. I believe there's so much room for it to develop and so many paths for it to take, and it's also just a perfect backdrop for the main focus of the story which is the developing relationship between Takamine and Sakura. It also just generally screams hey this series is gonna run for a while longer which just in and of itself is a good thing.

I also like how the story slid into revealing Takamine's surprise. It struck me really odd on page 14 that Mikemori and Sakura would be introduced to one another because, like, why? But as pages roll and the full picture is assembled it came as a surprise not only to Sakura but to myself as the (very) invested reader as well, which for whatever reason just made me feel super fucking happy and excited.

It also gave us the bottom panel of page 21. In a series that, for lack of a better way to put it, is known for how warm and affectionate and wholesome it is, this is, probably by far, the most affectionate, warmest expression in the series so far, and it is absolutely gorgeous. Especially with the given context. My eloquence is failing me at this point, but there are like 'girl in love' expressions and then there's this, which is all that and more, the sort of expression that says 'you are my everything', and I just love it so, so much.

And lastly, poor Takamine, the lass cannot get a second alone with Sakura. But I also love how this is contrasted by how both of their lives are visibly fuller and more fulfilling with all those "distractions" and "disturbances".

So yeah, no clue where this leads, what the endgame is, or why, but with a ride this enjoyable and competently executed, I don't really even care. Just give me more. More. Sugar.

Goodness fucking gracious lord almighty. Yeah, I think she can still make it work. Goddamn, the artwork is stunning.

Also I have just now read chapter 80. On the one hand, I'm glad I wasn't in the waiting pit for as long as those who have read it as it came out, on the other, I am in it now and I do not like it. Also it feels like Erika flipped a fucking switch there and I loved it. For lack of a better term there was some intense domme/temptress energy that I very much approve of.

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