Decided to give this a try. I don't really like Mashiro's type, but Chiaki is so hot it's totally worth it.Though I was reluctant to read this at first, the author's style really grew on me, particularly in Chiaki's case lol

Maybe it's because I get cold easily, but I don't really understand this. Wouldn't Mitsuki get cold after she gives up her jacket? It's not like she intentionally took it to offer later, since she hadn't realized Aya was doing it on purpose.

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My point is that for most non-himejin yuri is still just subtext and class S. The only explicit romance between girls they've seen is G Witch and CPK. We need more rep.

Way to tell KimiShinu to fuck off

KimiShinu is yuri in the first place though, and marketed as such. Op was talking about works that were not primarily geared towards yuri fans.

It's funny how much better she looked with the long hair, and I'm saying this as someone who typically loves short hair. I think the author was going for cool with this cut, but it ended up looking so goofy XD

i think it's because they didn't give her a short woman's cut, or even a tomboy cut, but just straight up a men's cut. as evidenced by the date from ch6 having almost the exact same pne

Nah, it's not because it's a men's cut, it's because it's an ugly men's cut lol.

Manio said on twitter that her drawing isn't good as it used to be. It really is :(

Okay, so I wasn't the only one who thought that this seemed very unpolished compared to kitakiwa. I actually wondered for a while if it was an older untranslated work lol

What I'm getting is that she was on break from manga for a while? I didn't know about it, but lack of practice would definitely explain the situation.

^ I think the spoiler tagging might be unnecessary considering the work this is being discussed on lol.

I was actually mostly—and extremely—pissed off about that one Luca scene and the line about "dating and breaking up countless times" (wtf???), but looking more into it (and trusting the ever reliable reddit lol), it seems that this was just a (terrible) translation issue..

That line is still ambiguous, which is a large part of the whole issue with this bad ending. I've seen many Japanese fans who also interpreted it as "we've been dating on and off for the last 6 months" from Luka. I can't blame them because Lara showed such emotion during that scene, even crying.

It sucks that the Luca scene apparently was that ambiguous even for Japanese viewers. Why would you even re-open that subject just to re-introduce that ambiguity, when Lara very clearly had realized in previous episodes (and even stated outloud for viewers to hear) that she doesn't love Luca this way. I can't think of a single reason for Lara to want to explore a romantic relationship with Luca in those six months; if she wasn't sure about romance in general, then Luca definitely wasn't the person for her to explore it with. The only explanation I can think of for this decision really does go back to japanese media avoiding to fully commit to a happy lesbian ending.

I'm back to hating this ending, and I think @AknownymousInput has already explained all the reasons why much better than I ever could.

I'm going to have a weird take about the entire show, and that is Lara being a mermaid didn't actually matter that much to the story at least outside of providing her father a reason to hate humans

I'll agree with this take. I was really hoping to have Mari confront Lara's dad in the finale (maybe even punch him, just to tie her whole boxing thing in) but in the end he (and all the rest of the mermaids besides Lisa) never even got to meet a single human; it kinda makes the whole xenophobia/racism angle fall flat for me.

I agree with the person you're replying to and the idea of Mari punching the dad. That would actually be a great way to give Mari a more active role in the human/mermaid conflict and to give some reason for the boxing plotline that was kind of completely forgotten on the latter half of the show.

Guess I'll move my post here, since there is a dedicated thread now.

I don't dislike the idea that now that Lara finally broke free of her duty, she can explore the world and find herself and better understand her wants without the future of her people hanging over her head. But there wasn't enough build up for this kind of ending. The whole episode seemed to be building towards a huge romantic moment (you know, like sacrificing yourself for your loved one) and the epilogue was kind of the complete opposite. It felt like it was written by a different person altogether, or like this ending was decided on an earlier draft of the story, but it no longer fit the story as it came to be. It isn't terrible to me, mostly just underwhelming. The implication is, of course, that they will meet again and that they will live together again in the future (which is okay, though I don't really understand why she would just leave by herself if she wants to be with Mari. They could certainly go travelling together if she wants to explore the world but whatever).

I was actually mostly—and extremely—pissed off about that one Luca scene and the line about "dating and breaking up countless times" (wtf???), but looking more into it (and trusting the ever reliable reddit lol), it seems that this was just a (terrible) translation issue.

Anyway, I really enjoyed this series even with the somewhat lackluster epilogue. Though, reading through the comments here actually pissed me off again about the epilogue lol. I can see some commenters' point about how this is an example of writers refusing to completely commit to a lesbian ending and to showing physical intimacy, though as I was watching it, what I was just thinking, this doesn't feel like how Lara would act in such a goodbye. I think the epilogue would be infinitely better if they had the two be closer: a temporary-goodbye kiss, or even a jug or holding hands, just to make the promise of living together again feel less distant. I am not surprised with the way they refused to show Lara's face up until the end; this is a storytelling device I've seen used a thousand times, though one I am not personally very fond of, and one I think was unsuited to this story. It made Lara feel even more cold and un-Lara.

I liked this chapter, but I can't help but think that it's a bit too comedic/light-hearted after all that build up.

^ It's actually been revealed. It was on ch22 where she talks to her mother.

This was so rushed and badly written that I truly expected that the whole dating-the-teacher thing would be some elaborate plan to get with Ayu (and I see I was not alone in this). Why was no one questioning the teacher dating a student? The way comphet was handled was so shallow—again, why was the focus on the teacher cheating and not on the teacher dating a student in the first place! Like we needed any more confirmation that the teacher was a creep, let's have her see the appeal of yet another high schooler and joke(?) about seeing high schoolers as potential love rivals

After all my frustration and mild discomfort reading the story, this "joke" by the author made it all worse.

Also, Ayu really did cry too much, it was annoying.

Decided to give this another try. The story is as uncomfortable as the first time.

It's funny how much better she looked with the long hair, and I'm saying this as someone who typically loves short hair. I think the author was going for cool with this cut, but it ended up looking so goofy XD

Very weak and cliché opening chapter. It could turn out to be cute, but so far it doesn't seem to have much going for it.

Actually not very cliche. One could certainly argue "weak" because really, nothing happens. But it's unconventional in the sense that almost every opening chapter, not just in yuri but in pretty much all genres, sets up some kind of conflict and/or some direction that the action will go. This just goes "Hi! So, we're having a pretty good life here." Even the initial hint of "Maybe I won't feel good enough for the girl I'm with because I'm ordinary and she's exceptional" gets instantly turned away. There's a certain amount of guts to coming in with completely unmixed fluff and zero implication of anything happening.

I actually have no memory of this one apart from a lap pillow (?), so I'll take your word for it. Forgettable might be closer to what I had in mind—which, evidently, it was.

I appreciate that the author didn't try to condense several volumes worth of story into the chapters they had left.

To me it seems like that's exactly what happened.

Very weak and cliché opening chapter. It could turn out to be cute, but so far it doesn't seem to have much going for it.

This novel was a slog to get through. I liked the concept, but the execution... It had some really good moments, but it should have been at least a hundred chapters shorter. I remember spending an hour ranting to my friends about it when I finally finished it lol.

How are y'all liking the anime? I'm having a hard time getting through even the first episode.

I had this experience with This Monster Wants to Eat Me. Couldn't really get into it, even though I eventually watched most of it (I think).

I have mostly enjoyed this one. I don't really like Mimi's voice, but it is what I expected, so I can accept it. The animation is better than a lot of yuri anime I've seen, though the budget limitations are obvious in several scenes.

Wow that series is a lot more ... unhealthy in its dynamic than I thought. I only read the first 2 chapters or so to get an idea of where it's going, and I thought it would just be a cutesy series with some angst here and there, but it seems that the core of the relationship is bound for angst and misunderstanding: someone desperate for love and someone who just seems so detached from other people. I guess the point is that they will both change in the course of the series, but man it seems like a slow burn.
Can anyone say what they love about this? (no intention of reading the LN)

Edit: Decided to read from the confession (chap 38) onwards. I was wrong to say that the series is angst, but the relationship is definitely not healthy either because man, Adachi is such a bundle of anxiety and possessiveness. Again I assume that the point is that they will both, over time, work through their issues (as Shimamura is doing it) but it's a bit over the top with Adachi, though I can see why some people would enjoy this overall.

While I do agree that we see a lot of progress on Shimamura's side, I actually don't think Adachi changes much throughout lol. This is probably why I much prefer Shimamura's chapters. While Adachi has some interesting moments (like the breakdown in chapter 30), her thoughts get kind of repetitive, because she basically just obsesses over Shimamura all the time. But I really enjoy how introspective this series is, it truly feels like you get into the characters head when you read it (even more so in the novels). What actually ruined my enjoyment of the novels waw the over-the-top exploration of what-if and AU scenarios, which thankfully seem to have been reduced in the manga(?).

This chapter is so creepy. I don't know what I'm meant to think of the fact that Sorawo's actions match each weird happening during Sorawo and Toriko's conversation back in chapter 1.

What a great chapter. Makes me want to get back to the novels (which I actually dropped at vol 10, I think, so somewhere around here lol). The classroom staring is so sweet and I like how Shimamura handled things with Adachi in regards to Tarumi. Shimamura chapters are such a treat.

I don't understand why people are so hung up on the suicide tag when Tsukushi has expressed suicidal thoughts throughout the whole story. It doesn't matter if Sakura tries to kill herself in the end, the tag still applies. Also I agree with the commenter that the thing about sakura leaves being poisonous is just a parallel to her being "poisonous".

RadiosAreObsolete posted:

@Nya-chan What's MMM?

I have no expectations for even a slightly satisfying conclusion. The disappointment I have in how this manga turned out after such a strong first volume is immense.

MMM are Margaret, Marina and Moon, the 3 influencers living in Salem. Figures you forgot about their collective name.

Oh right... That was a thing. Almost forgot they were supposedly influencers to begin with lol.

@Nya-chan What's MMM?

I have no expectations for even a slightly satisfying conclusion. The disappointment I have in how this manga turned out after such a strong first volume is immense.

Is this on hiatus? Or is the scanlation on pause, maybe?

Anyway, I came across this cool edit and thought I'd share in case anyone's interested:
https://youtu.be/w01no1Jq0JU?is=Sj_lNWyJ1t18Zt0A

[...] but I guess in the majority of the romance genre the main pairing is expected to be set up since the beggining.

You mean like in this manga? XD