Yeah, I think this is a title best to re-read. Especially with the time travel arc.

I think the time travel arc might be best forgotten...

(sorry for the long post but there's just too many of them)

Thank you for the long post.

I kinda felt like the was nothing in the manga, but that could be my sleep deprived and stressed from work brain failing to see things

Same, on both counts.

[...] Sadako specializes in manipulating people's brains (mind controlling, memory wiping, perception alteration, invisibility)

It should be noted that the other two were also supposed to be invisible, so this ability is definitely not unique to Sadako.

I find @Pyoro's idea about Hanako being a witch-hunter descendant intriguing. She is already "hunting down" a witch and there would also be the irony of her having been called a witch all her life while being kind of the opposite. We still know too little about witches and how they are born, though, so it's hard to guess.

On another note, how is Sadako so cute (and scary)? I didn't expect it when starting this, since I don't find the author's style to be particularly cute, but her excited face is just sooo cute. And her little witchy teeth, gotta love those.

Yuu was not like that. She was mostly (but not always) serious with Touko, but she bantered with her friends like any other character. That’s my subjective, personal read, anyway.

That's how I remember her as well, but I've been looking for an excuse to re-read Bloom Into You lately lol

I don't know about Nadeshiko, but how is Yuu the "same type of person" as Akira (or Erika)? What exactly is this type supposed to be? I don't see the connection. If anything, Sayaka from Bloom Into You has way more in common with these characters than Yuu does.

Serious personality type, which makes you feel you can't even play a joke on them. It's just my preference.

Huh... Was Yuu really like that?
Time for a re-read I guess

I admit l don't like Erika at all, not even a little.

Yes, we know.

From the very beginning, she is not the type of person l will like. It's the same l don't like Yuu (Bloom Into You), Nadeshiko (Nanashi no Asterism), and Akira (An Easy Introduction to Love Triangles).

I don't know about Nadeshiko, but how is Yuu the "same type of person" as Akira (or Erika)? What exactly is this type supposed to be? I don't see the connection. If anything, Sayaka from Bloom Into You has way more in common with these characters than Yuu does.

Cup vanishes here https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_skirt_sings_at_the_landing_ch25#19

We never see a clear shot of her feet after, so it's possible she simply finished and put it down.

The cup was still full while she was talking, so unless she chugged the whole thing between pages 18 and 19, I don't think that's possible. It would also imply that the left it for the pigeons, since she never picks it up to throw away (we see both of her hands at different panels in the scene where they part and she's not holding anything other than her phone in any of them).

Taking the above into consideration, I think we can conclude that the author can be a bit forgetful about the details lol (or at least they were in this particular chapter).

okay, glad i'm not the only one, thought i was going crazy there for a sec xD That just makes her comment about being envious of Kiki for having someone precious all the more confusing/intriguing. I really hope we get to see where this plot thread goes, i'm gonna lose sleep over it at this rate

Yeah, the whole situation does seem kind of weird and vague.
No more vague than the fate of that cup tho

On second look he does seem to have a ring too? You can see it in some scenes. I'm just unsure of where they'll go with this then. I think I was thrown off because she never thinks of Youji much when wondering about her feelings for her partner.

squints Now i'm doubting myself xD like on this page. i thought the hand with the ring was Homare's, mostly bc in the top-right panel the arm that the ringed hand holds onto looks like it connects to the sweater Youji is wearing. But that's kind of an awkward pose tbh and on the previous page where Tsukiko had her arm over her shoulder as you'd expect, it looks like Homare isn't wearing a ring.

If it's hers, then it might just be inconsistent drawing and i'm back to my previous post. If it's his then that could either mean that he is a boyfriend, maybe hers or maybe not hers which would conflict with his feelings for Homare. Or he's nobody's boyfriend and just wears a ring in the wedding ring spot for the heck of it xD

They both have a ring on their ring finger. On the page you linked it's definitely Youji's hand securing Homare's arm wrapped around his shoulder, while Homare's ring is clearly visible here and here. The way Kiki casually asks him when he started liking her sister also seems to indicate that they are in a relationship; I doubt she would be so forward otherwise. I don't really remember what was mentioned about the sister in older chapters, but considering how we see both Kiki and Youji welcoming her back home after her dinner, I think it's safe to assume that she has been living together with him and they both came back to visit her family. Otherwise, I don't see any reason why Youji would be in the same house as Kiki at night.

What's interesting is that Homare is holding a cup in the beginning that kind of just vanishes at some point lol. So I think the author probably just forgot to draw the ring in some of the scenes. Easy to forget about a ring when you forget a whole cup, I would say.

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It would actually be hilarious if neither of them went to the prom after Narita went to all the trouble of organising it for them. Probably not where the story is heading though. A last minute change of mind seems the most likely route.

Aaah, finally took the anime announcement as motivation to re-read what's been uploaded to Dynasty. Definitely one of my favorites.
On to Mangadex for the rest, which I had previously never bothered to read.

Unfortunately not all chapters uploaded to mangadex are high quality. You can still follow the story, though, which is something. I definitely noticed a drop in my enjoyment of it, but I'm still quite invested in it.

Can't say I have high hopes for this... I admit I've only watched the first few episodes of Yuri Is My Job, but I remember the art being quite mediocre (which was partly why I dropped it), so I don't really trust the studio to do the manga justice. The manga has very beautiful art and a distinct tone, which the pv didn't seem to convey very well. I do hope that I'm proven wrong, though.

The characters don't act like real people.

Huh huh. You know, it's not the first time I read something similar. How it's not that hard to go and ask someone out, to figure out your feelings, to ignore the fear of rejection because it's worth it to take the risk.

That's really not what's going on here, though.

So, with the new madoka magica movie (hopefully) coming out soon, I decided to rewatch the whole series and read a few doujins. Any recommendations? I'm looking mostly for comedy/parody, preferably post rebellion, focused on the MadoHomu pairing or the whole gang together. However, if you have any favourites more on the angsty side, do share those as well. Thank you :)

Never goes wrong with Maitake2

You're so right! I had read and really enjoyed some of their work in the past but couldn't remember who the author was. Thank you very much!

And how come in all the time they've got to spend together, the kouhai never mentioned having a boyfriend? Like, not even once? Cmon.

That's honestly the least surprising thing about this whole situation. It seems that they barely spoke to each other; she probably never thought to mention him, because she didn't even think of him.

The fact that they got married because they were on the brink of breaking up is the stupidest decision I've ever read and was actually annoying to read. Such a pointless story. It would make more sense if we saw it the kohai regretting her life choices a few years down the line.

So, with the new madoka magica movie (hopefully) coming out soon, I decided to rewatch the whole series and read a few doujins. Any recommendations? I'm looking mostly for comedy/parody, preferably post rebellion, focused on the MadoHomu pairing or the whole gang together. However, if you have any favourites more on the angsty side, do share those as well. Thank you :)

It seems nobody here shares my disappointment in this development. It just feels like such a contrived way to move the plot forward. I'd rather this was resolved with a conversation or something, instead of an "event", shoe-horned into the story, this time literally only for the sake of developing the relationship of the mc's.

I'm almost sure the Venn diagram of people who dislike this story's main character and those who like Asumi-chan Is Interested In Lesbian Brothels isn't two separate circles, and that's fascinating.

I don't get the connection between the two.

Yuki's eyebrows are so cute~
I also loved Haru's flustered expressions.

I'm so ready for these absurdly long and overly specific titles to go out of fashion...

That being said, this seems somewhat interesting, I'll be following it for a while to see how it goes.

Is this Kuzushiro in her Kodama Naoko era?

I mean... It's Kuzushiro. She's had her fair share of toxic af yandere yuri even before Kodama Naoko pulled out N-TR

Fair enough. It's been a very long time since I read some of her work and I guess I kind of forgot it existed after reading —and absolutely loving— some of her newer series, such as Living With My Brother's Wife and The Moon on a Rainy Night.

Is this Kuzushiro in her Kodama Naoko era?

"In the original work, the depiction of Kumiko looking at Reina is quite sensual. But it's nothing special, and girls often look at their friends or people of the same sex in that way ..... or so the original author, Takeda-sensei, said."

Lol. Could it be that Takeda is so deep in the closet that she doesn't even realize the closet is there?

Now I'm going to go off on a tangent to share some thoughts on Hibike Euphonium, which I'm embarrassed to admit is one of my favourite anime.

I really enjoyed the music from the start and, yes, Kumiko and Reina's chemistry, but it completely won me over during the Asuka/sister arc. Hibike's depiction of loneliness really resonates with me. It feels odd that it has finally ended and I was not completely satisfied with the last season if I'm being honest (though part of it might be because of my difficulty in accepting it ended). I do think it needed more time to fully explore its themes than 13 episodes could provide. Plus, it was obvious that they had to cut down on the musical aspect during the last season in order to fit in as much of the story as they could, to the point that I could barely remember any part of the piece they performed by the end of it.

Regardless, I'm certain that this series will always hold a special place in my heart. Even though I can understand people's dislike, I can't even be mad at the queer-baiting it's been accused of, because it was what led me here: I still remember how my frustration at my sinking ship made me look up "anime where girls kiss" —landing me directly to Sakura Trick— kick-starting my journey into the world of yuri. Looking back on the situation, it's funny how I thought I was straight at the time lol.
...And how that persisted for years after I delved into lesbian media. The closet sure can be deep, huh.

So the sister was really just waiting there for that long doing fuck all huh.... What a cunt.

I got the impression that Suzu hadn't realised what was going on, considering how surprised she was to see Hana and how cluelessly she acted about the situation. I also don't think she believed that Lily would kill herself, since, in her mind, Lily she was the more fortunate one of the two. She thought that she just wanted to say goodbye to a place she wouldn't be able to visit again and she obviously expected her to be back soon. From her point of view there was no reason to be doing anything other than wait. So, while she might not a very good person, this situation is mostly a testament to how little the two understand each other, rather than Suzu's malicious character.

My guess is classic villain stuff. Swap in with the adjacent royalty and then guide that country to strike down the people in her home country whom she has a grudge against, all from a position of privilege and with beauty unmarred. But swapping into a magic-less body is the kind of twist she couldn't see coming. The girl's from nobility, and expected to do a fancy mystic rite, how could she possibly have no magic at all! And thus why she's gone listless when the story cut to her. Without magic I don't think she has any leverage over that cold eyed prince, nor can she bail. All she's got is the presumably still soulbound dragon. Which, wicked witch that she was, may have been forced into things in the first place, and if so is probably chafing now she's powerless.

Yeah, this does seem quite likely. I hadn't considered the possibility that she's looking for revenge (even though it seems like the most obvious route now that you brought it up). Considering how the cat was bound to the house against her will, I'd imagine the same to be true for the dragon as well. I'm still wondering about their similar appearances, though. Was it only added to accentuate the contrast between the two? I hope it turns out to be actually relevant to the plot in some way.