"The monster's remains were found spread across five counties."

Have you ever been so anxious about confessing your love that you became a demon lord? I wish I could accomplish that much through procrastination. A heck of a talent.

Also yeah, major enby vibes continue. (I've known enbies that consider themselves under the trans umbrella and enbies that don't want to be, so... Not saying trans, but any enbies that want to be included are absolutely welcome by me.)

I have only known An for two chapters, but I would kill to protect her. Poor depressed child, good thing she has a loving family to care for her.

Miwa and Akane may not be a couple, but they're working hard to be the best family. I love the dynamic of Akane being a grounding factor for Miwa's anxiety. And Miwa may jump into things without fully thinking them through, but good comes out of her willingness to act. Like how Akane clearly adores An as much as Miwa, even if she doesn't show it in the same way.(And how Miwa gave that much needed callout to her family's callous behavior in chapter 1.)

They're not the societal ideal of a perfect family, but they're perfect for each other. And that's a story that needs to be told.

Oof, that hurt. But that ending... Looking forward to chapter 2.

But for fuck's sake, if you wanna say "I think they're non-binary!" Or any of the other arguments used, you can do it without trying to shut down people who think they could be trans

^

"She must never know. She'll become too powerful."

Not really a fan of age gap, but I do love the possibility that Riri 1. Remembers her past life, 2. Is totally on board with this development and 3. Teasing Ooma for making her wait so long.

Also the whole 'lv100 adaptability', pronoun switching, on board with this new life and a bit of the apparent fixation on filling roles reads as possible gender fluid to me. (Not to paint gender fluid people with a broad brush. It's just that some of the gender fluid people I've known has described their experience as gravitating towards one role or another depending on situation.)

That wasn't the Demon Lord taking over a toddler's body. That was the Demon Lord's consciousness "coming back online" and recalling her past life as the Demon Lord, while still building memories as her present self.

Seconding this. It was "my brain wasn't developed enough to recall my past life", not "and that's when I possessed a kid." Every time I've encountered a work talking about a character's "sense of self emerged", it was in regards to recovering from amnesia or breaking out of mind control.

The power of love means a polycule is the ultimate weapon.

Kurada is either about to become (second) best girl or absolute worst. (My bet is on goth gal makeover. Which may not stick long term, but could be a fun one-off.)

I suspect "[character] is about to become (another) best girl" is going to be uttered a lot over future chapters.

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It would entirely undermine the premise of the manga, but I want this to be like that one Discworld book where everybody is secretly a woman and hiding it, thinking they're the only one.

Monstrous Regiment. Not Pratchett's best book, imo, but still quite a fun read. Love the 'flash sides', swear I've had a few myself when dealing with caffeine withdraw... (The migraines got so intense.)

Sakuya has good taste.

Also, Not yuri and/or Not yaoi?

Will the story be yaoi, het or even yuri? Taking bets now!

Obligatory: "Yes."

Not far off from how I met my wife. ♥

I have no idea what I just read, but it was very gender. I'm on board.

P.S. Femboys are best boys. Kitano is definitely giving trans vibes, though. If so, she's best girl, calling it now.
(Also placing my bet that there's more than one girl in the school. One or more just aren't out yet...)

I'm a transbian (albeit an ace one) and give this manga my personal seal of approval.

Now I'm going to close the tab, because this is shaping up to be another series I read but do not engage with other readers at all. Going to invoke the old wisdom: Haters gonna hate.

How to sink your career in one stupid step. Really, the jackass should feel relieved she didn't wind up at the bottom of the ocean. Why do I suspect she's going to go on to try scamming some rando on the street, only to find out they're yakuza?

Edit: Now that I think about it, temp reminds me of my mom. She was always spreading hateful rumors about her coworkers. "X slept with Y for a raise", "Z is always snorting coke", etc. With the benefit of hindsight, I think she was just desperate to add the slightest excitement to her mundane life, but was too lazy to get a hobby.

I had to reread just to make sure i had it down on who's who after the time skip haha

I really appreciate the artist giving one a beauty mark. Must've been a deliberate move to make it easier. (I actually missed the beauty mark at first and reread the first highschool bit as I went through to double check.)

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I hope to be proven wrong, but be honest: are you ready for the slog of a breakup arc? Week after week, 4 pages at a time?

I'm not. One fight is already getting dragged out for months... The trajectory seems obvious, there's not been a twist, yet it just keeps dragging out.

This is worse than upsetting. It's boring. Feels like there's nothing for me to think about or comment on, page after page after page. I want to engage with the work and... honestly, it's a struggle to finish typing this comment, that's how little interest I have left.

My only remaining curiosity is wondering if the mangaka has an editor demanding a padded page count.

Was really liking it, until Ren got way too aggressive out of the gate. Also, as someone that has been bullied a lot, I can't stand people that lie about it. Just completely kills her likability.

Which is a real shame. Akane's fun and I dig the general dynamic, but the specifics ruin it.

...Huh, so did they reproduce or are they capable of handling two bodies at the same time...?

My read is that slendy's got some kind of mind control parasite implanting ability (though that may have just been an extended tongue going into her mouth for... reasons?)... But I'm not sure my initial read is accurate, since there's no setup for a puppeteering ability (unless I forgot something) and if it's a parasite breaking her neck seems counterproductive.

Maybe it is reproduction and slendy's larval form needs a corpse to manipulate until it's fully developed / can shapeshift? Since as pointed out in an above comment, slendy didn't need Mister N's skin to turn into him.

Slendy's flashback form was pretty confused and suggestible when the creep found her... But also couldn't speak at first. So thinking about it, reproduction seems like a closer fit, but not a perfect one based on available information?

In either case, this just reaffirms that the only solution to slendy is the heavy flamer.

Transmasc representation! Wholesome communication! Cute yaoi! Not a one shot!

Today is a good day.

Unlife goals.

The power of yuri compels you!

Also friendly reminder that ouija boards were invented in like 1900 as a party game. Don't waste your time trying to contact lesbians with one, that's what the internet is for.

The panel with all the empty drawers over her torso is just... such an incredibly striking image. Excellent visual depiction of how depression feels.

It's even crueler than that. She's a robot but is given the idea of having cancer nonetheless, so she "has to" pay a large sum of money (large enough she gave up her life) for her imaginary cancer cure... one gonna wonder what kind of twisted personality the creator of her has.

Yeah. Cruelty has to be the point in the scenario. Either out of sadism or out of some kind of screwed up "misery builds character" BS, with the musing on her 'being alive'...

Edit: To be clear, I'm not calling the work bad. If the intent was to make the reader sad or upset over the tragedy, it succeeded excellently.

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Wow, that's just... pointless cruelty.

Also: Obligatory "fuck capitalism", if all work is done by robots but you still have to pay for medical treatment. Hm, maybe the cruelty was the point...