I don't find someone dropping off the grid for a day or two all that unusual. There have been instances where I've gone weeks or a couple of months without calling or texting people. Not that there was anything wrong, just that I had nothing to say. I'll admit I'm not normal and I can't recall anyone ever accusing me of being normal either, so take it as you will.

There is nothing wrong with just not contacting friends all that much, or not starting at the screen all day when you're sick. There is nothing wrong with any of that if there isn't someone expecting you.

But you should at least message your s/o "hey, I'm sick" at some point during the day. I don't say they should have a conversation, but a status heads-up is something you would expect in a relationship. If it's a one-time thing because you were so dead that you somehow did not wake up for 28 hours straight, then sure. But the nonchalance with which she came back in, after seeing the whole day of one-sided messages on her phone, feels a little disturbing to me.

That's why I think that there is something wrong - in a completely opposite direction to Hime, with Yoru. I'm getting flashbacks to "Koi no Zetsubou Koushin Kyoku", with how dissociated she seems.

I don't think that being anxious after more than 24 hours of no contact is being needy. It felt like a fairly normal reaction to me. I'm actually surprised that she wasn't banging at her g/f doors after about 12 hours of no contact. No normal person just goes off the grid for that long with no prior notice of some kind. If anyone's weird here, it's Yoru.

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Degeneracy is in the genes...

It's better for little sis to not figure it out, or she may try to get together with MC with the intention of being stolen, followed by big sis trying to steal her little sis's girlfriend instead... Yeah, that's probably where this is going.

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Also what the hell Aya, how can you be a fan of all those western artists yet not understand English well enough to figure out the lyrics to Mitsuki's song were wedding wovs?

I'm sure there are more than enough K-pop stans in the West who barely know a few words in Korean, if at all.

I think calling it sadistic is going too far, but I still agree that resolving your own former love as the very first job is rather mean-spirited. Especially since for Koharu it just happened. She should be given some time to move up to resolving it, as a way of moving on from her previous life, like a final task before moving from trainee to squad member after a period of training.

And I don't hold my breath for them reuniting. If I've learned anything from manga/novels, it is that when gods tell you it will be "a bit of work", you are in for at least a few decades of service. I think she will be lucky if anyone who knows her is still alive by the time she gains enough karma to go back.

It's not in 28, so no new chapter.

It's a weird feeling - I can't say I like it, yet I feel like I really need to see this train wreck until the end. Thus I would be really disappointed if it got abandoned or axed. At the moment, it feels like watching one of those videos that cuts off a frame before someone falls on their face.

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After seeing the first page, I thought "Oh, will it be Girl's Abyss?". But I guess not.
Well, I'm on board.

There's something about a character being so brazenly sleazy, rather than secretly sleazy, that just causes it to wrap back around to being weirdly charming to me.

I don't dislike her all that much - as you've said, she is what's on the tin.

Who I dislike more is Rei - she has negative self-respect and self-awareness levels. I really can't feel anything other than slight disdain for her, when she is being metaphorically spat on, and still acting happy about it...

edit: I was also looking for raws, but unfortunately the only site in my bookmarks that has it only has chapter 1 :(

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Phew... this chapter is relatively normal... as normal as prostitution can be I suppose...

Not sure where this will go, but for now I feel like tags do not represent the work all that much. When I see comedy, I expect a lighthearted tone and jokes, not psychological manipulation, angst, etc. Even if there is, one might say, visual comedy due to the art style.

I'll still read it, but it definitely requires a different mood than just a comedy romance.

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Yuu drives a Mazda RX-7, nice.

Considering the "Vroom" onomatopoeia, I think it's implied that the car dropped her off before driving away.

"IF YOUR GIRLFRIEND ASKS IF YOU WOULD STILL LOVE HER IF SHE WAS A WORM, JUST SAY YES. SHE WILL NEVER BE A WORM. YOU WILL NEVER ACTUALLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE GIRLFRIEND WHO THINKS YOU WOULDN'T LOVE HER IF SHE WAS A WORM AND SHE IS MAD"

Be AC repair guy in a tropical country.
Heat wave.
Come in to fix people's AC.
Gets standing ovation.
Feels good, man.

Wow, they imported a bonafide Korean pornhwa protagonist. "I love her so much, but I must sleep with many other girls so she is not tired of me. And so that I have a lot of experience when we do it."

Yay, it's back. Let's go.

There are no child clothes in her size, well THERE MIGHT BE but they're designed to have the opposite effect.

I think that there is still a wide gap between a child's taste and a well-dressed adult's taste. For one, the whole outfit feels way too complex (and style over functionality) for something a child would want to wear. I know it's intentional, but I still think that there should be some immersion-breaking event to emphasize that she's 10.

Come on... at this point there is no way anyone can see her as an elementary schooler... She looks and acts like she's 20. She even dresses like an adult. And her actions go beyond flirting, she is basically toying with poor Onee-san's heart. There wasn't a single scene in this whole chapter that would say "oh yeah, she's a kid". If anything, it's the opposite. I think even the author forgets that she is supposed to be a kid at times.

It's a really wild ride between "it's happening" and "it mustn't happen".

Way to go to show Kyouko that your promises of love are solid. The first thing you do is break all the promises you made about coming home and not getting drunk. Now you clearly pick sides instead of, at least, staying neutral. And then you let yourself get kissed with no resistance. It's like all Kyouko's insecurities are being validated.

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Oh absolutely, they're all some garbage tier "friends" here. I think the lions share of the blame is still on the roommate, Kase, and the senpai. Honestly I can't remember the last time I've been this mad at a manga chapter. I literally made an account on this site finally because I needed to vent my frustrations haha.

IMHO the person who comes off as the biggest pos, by far, is Senpai.

Kase is weak, which we all know, and she is in a position where she doesn't really want to reveal her relationship in public to solve it - which is fair.

The roommate is just being jealous and a bit hurt, because she thinks that Kase is just abruptly moving out, with no extenuating circumstances.

Dorm mates aren't really thinking, they are just jumping on the bandwagon, for some entertainment, not meaning any harm.

But Senpai. She is not weak, she is in a position of relative authority in a group, and she knows Kase's situation. And yet she is still being a complete pos and instead of helping Kase to dodge the bullet when she sees her in trouble, she holds her down even tighter so she can't even try to dodge it.

edit: Man, I still hate everyone in this chapter, except poor Yamada

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OR Kase will realise she's not ready for an adult relationship that involves moving in together because she still has that 'high school teenager mentality', she has her 'grown up moments' but they are far and few between. Yamada's going to feel uncomfortable with Kase's recklessness and they'll go on a break to work on themselves. Yamada's come too far in her relationship to be messed around with and if some college room mate's dissatisfaction with her moving out to be with someone else causes Kase to put a hold on her/their plans (something they've been planning since before graduating), over text, then her/their priorities need to be (re)examined. That should be Kase's story arc.

I don't see this series ever doing something this angsty. We just recently finished the "Kase was a bit jealous, so she assaulted a celebrity" arc, which turned a possibly life-altering event for both of them (if said celebrity was at least a little petty) into a minor punchline. And now we have another, even more personal, completely self-inflicted, relationship-ending f*ckup from Kase. No lessons were learned. Unless the author is building up to Yamada finally blowing her lid, I don't expect anyone to do anything drastic. Which is unfortunate - I wanna see an angry, indignant Yamada.

Kase is being such a pushover, that I honestly just want to punch her in the face to wake her up... And senpai is even supporting this sh*tshow, even though she knows that it will put a strain on her relationship (at least I think senpai knows about her situation, can't recall how much she figured out when she was visiting their high school).

I honestly hope that the next chapter will be Yamada storming that dorm and giving everyone a reality check and putting them in their place. I know it won't because Yamada is too much of a goody two shoes and letting Kase off for all her antics, but I really want her to put her foot down this time. This is just too much. I'm pretty chill and I would still probably make it an ultimatum moment, out of sheer indignation.

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The most annoying thing for me is that the whole drama is 100% in Shiho's head. She never managed to interact with Aki in a romantic manner, and neither Aki did with Yori, yet she already created the whole narrative on her own and now she is "ending it" on her own too.

Aki is just living her life, moving on from her own heartbreak, not being toxic to anyone, and Shiho is in the corner, being all moody, overdramatic, trying to... I don't know... stick it to Aki? Or Yori? Meanwhile, Yori is also completely unaware...

I have to agree with the statement that she wandered in from a different manga. She feels like an overdramatic emo kid surrounded by a bunch of peppy cheerleaders.

At first I thought "what a weirdo", but then I remembered that now "Kaguhara's Fetish Notebook" exist, and realized that the world has changed.

I find this a very interesting, but rarely touched upon point in age gap stories. She is probably jumping the gun due to insecurities magnified by the earlier situation, but I also don't think she has a leeway to spend more than a couple of months on figuring out if it works for her on a fundamental level.

I’ve gotten pretty drunk before, but never enough to not remember what happened. Do people forget that much? I assume that they do given the general acceptance of that kind of story beat

It happens, but usually not as dramatic. Last time I've lost most of the evening was back in my early 20s - I only remember like 30 seconds between 6pm and morning. Usually someone else pouring you drinks in a consistent, but not fast enough to knock you out, pace is needed :)

I occasionally lose track of a few hours every few years, but I think I just fall asleep most of those times.