I don't know if this is the best place to talk about this, but I recently got around to reading the Sayaka novels. I didn't love Sayaka in the manga, so I was a bit sceptical about giving the novels a try, but it was absolutely worth it. Hitoma Iruma's introspective style really suited this work and managed to make Sayaka a much more interesting and sympathetic character to me.

I particularly liked the first part of the series. The third novel was also a delight and it was great to finally get a happy conclusion to Sayaka's story. I didn't like the second novel as much, mostly because Touko seemed too obvisouly imperfect, to the point where it made me question how no one else had noticed. Manaka and Midori were a fun pair, though. I loved all Sayaka-Yuu interactions; the author really captured their vibe, while also convincingly showing their friendly relationship past high school. Overall, a great reading experience.

Unrelated to the series itself, but I think that chapter 54 is mistagged as coming out, when it's just a confession. If anything, chapter 56 or 53 seem more fitting.

Finally got around to finishing this. Overall, it was within my expectations for a light/web novel. The writing was okay, though it seemed to get repetitive at times, reiterating events and recycling the same thoughts over and over. I wonder if that would work better when following the story as it was published, but for a binge read it became tiring. It felt as if the author couldn't trust the readers to understand what's going on.

I think my favourite part was seeing Haruki's gradual breakdown with the new boss. It was very in-character for her to be bottling up all the pressure and try to appear in control, while slowly crumbling inside. I can't say I liked Mizuno as much as a character, but she was fitting for Haruki, I suppose.

I agree with previous commenters that Youkouchi was a very flat and uninteresting villain. And the whole situation was resolved a bit too easily.

Terauchi was actually a much more offensive character than Youkouchi in my opinion. The way Haruki was still talking to him normally after he practically assaulted her was very strange. I don't understand why the author presented this situation so lightly. It could have been interesting to have Haruki pretend to be okay with talking to him, while feeling completely differently internally —fitting for her character and also an opportunity to later show that she decides to take action when Mizuno is involved. But even in Haruki's thoughts, she didn't seem to take it seriously enough.

Lastly, on the matter of Kiyo. I'm cis-gendered, so I'm not the most qualified to speak on this. That being said, the author's the characters' insistence to point out that "despite how it may appear, this is a man" was uncomfortable to me. At first I thought that it was a cross dressing man. However, how Kiyo described themself seemed more akin to genderfluid, which made the constant "HE'S ACTUALLY A MAN" repetition weird. They even mention how annoying it is that people always try to label them as man or woman, when that is what the characters have been doing this whole time. I think the author really fumbled the whole thing.

I think my main issue with his comic is that I'm not yet convinced of their love. I don't remember seeing any interactions between Kon and Ai that made me think "ah, I can see why she would love her".

^^ But she's invisible, so we should be seeing her underwear through her invisible legs.

I'm happy with the outfits and with Sorawo trying to hide how happy she is with the outfits.

I actually liked this a lot more than I expected. I even thought I'd give wattpad a try, but I didn't really like the formatting there, so I'm a bit conflicted now. I want to see the continuation, but I'd much rather do it in this format. I regard to the text size, it seems normal to me. Are people reading this on a phone perhaps? I could see how it would appear small in that case. I find phone screens too small for manga, so I always use a tablet or PC for Dynasty, anyway.

On a side note: Is this really yandere? I didn't get that impression so far and I'm not sure I'm interested in that kind of development...

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I understand why Toriko is sad, but I don't agree with her not even questioning why Sorawo is behaving like this, just getting upset and angry about it like she isn't getting the attention she thinks she is owed. If you are considerated about someone elses feelings, you would stop your advances when you notice it makes the other person uncomfortable. But instead she doesn't, she just gets angry about it. That is just wrong.

My biggest gripe with this whole thing is Toriko expects Sorawo to understand her feelings for her expect her to understand why she gets sad and angry, but again, she doesn't try to understand Sorawas, doesn't try to understand why she is getting uncomfortable, and is lying, or avoiding the whole thing.

I also understand that the readers do feel sad Sorawa, my issue isn't about that.

It's a bit ironic how you insist on Toriko getting "upset and angry" with Sorawo, when literally in this very chapter Sorawo realizes that she was sad and not angry, as she had mistakenly assumed previously.

@Blastaar: Don't know if you read the novel, but the manga is almost 1:1 to it. The novel is also exclusively from Sorawo's POV and it takes her just as long to come to terms with Toriko's feelings for her.

I honestly think that is one of the strongest point of this series. Sorawo is such a well-written narrator.

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Good for Joe; you can tell he's acclimatized well to life in the States, because he's holding his phone like all the dipshits here do.

What are you talking about? That's a normal way to hold it if you have speakerphone on.

I also believe that Yashiro is a weird addition to the story. But I recognize that this is mostly due to my own preferences, probably.

I also understand why some people can't seem to like Adachi. I do like her, but I admit that Shimamura is much more interesting to read about, even more so in the novels. Adachi seems to reach a plateau in her development after we get over the phone call breakdown. Shimamura is a much more compelling narrator, and I found myself almost always hoping to get her point of view when starting a chapter.

Ah the necklace is a tracker? Welp

Also I propose we dunk the shitty jealous stalker girl in the river...

Probably not the necklace? She already knew that Amano had forgotten it at another girl's place, so it wouldn't make sense to assume she's there just because the necklace is.

HOOOWWW IS THIS SUPPOSED TO END?
I can't imagine it ending in one chapter.

I've been loving this more and more as it progresses. How sad that it's ending soon.

Nagisa is so fun to watch, I'm glad she's a squeaky toy. The school is definitely just having fun with this.

I have a soft spot for micro bangs on character designs, but I don't love it on Aya. I think it might partly be because her hair resembles another character's I had come across on knzm's instagram, who has a completely different vibe to Aya. For Mitsuki, I can understand the disappointment, but I will never say no to a bob cut. It's just lovely.

As for the chapter itself, I agree that the "did she bring home a girl?" line didn't land very well. Even if it wasn't meant to be taken seriously, it didn't have a place in the story and it wasn't really funny as a joke. The whole chapter felt a bit awkwardly written, even by this manga's 4-page standards. Though it might seem that way because the latest chapters had more continuity compared to earlier ones. I imagine it/I will get back into rhythm in the next few releases.

I love Nagisa and her smug faces so much

that said, i'm not sure it's really hooked me. the dynamic is interesting, but i feel like it's lacking something...? maybe it's because, so far, mirei seems clearly uninterested. it'd be more fun if she started to fall, i think

(So lacking is indeed written with a, huh)

To me she doesn't seem completely uninterested, she seems to be completely in denial. She thinks Soprano is cute and this is totally the face of someone who secretly wants to cross a line.

There's no way AI could ever get such consistent anatomical weirdness lol

The story is okay... I guess. I've seen stories with a similar premise before and the execution here feels somewhat lacking. I will probably completely forget about if it doesn't upload frequently.

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I don't think I'm hung up on that, my initial reply was due to someone thinking she was trying tears of happiness, that felt off to me, then someone replied to me and so I expanded on my thoughts.

Also I'm also not disagreeing with them, I'm only saying I wish the story was expanded on further and in a clearer way. I didn't realize the bandages meant that she was being beaten when I read the story at first, and we're not shown any physical violence or mention of domestic abuse. There's a lot happening in a short amount of time in the story, with some haphazard pacing combined with the cat analogy and everything.

I just don't care for the story and I have a difficult time with the subject of mental illness due to own personal experiences. That's what I'm focused on. I don't want to discuss this further and am not comfortable doing so. I wish you well.

It seems I misunderstood your initial reply. I agree that the story should have expanded further on some things. I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable with my comment. I wish you well too.

If she's crying happy tears over her ex's death that feels extremely fucked up and gross to me. Especially combined with the mental illness factor. I think it was important that they broke up, though I also think this story feels excessive in it's spite towards the ex and dealing with a partner that has mental illness.

It's a bit cold, but if you pay attention you'll also see that when she's with her new girlfriend is the only time she doesn't have bruises on her face, so...

That’s a detail I wasn’t registering that way, due to her returning home with the bandage and mark, we don’t see her physically abused to my knowledge. So I was viewing the story as being about taking care of a mentally ill partner, that isn’t helping themself and is a lot of work to be with, where you have to look after yourself and even though you love them a break up is necessary. You might be right though, I wish the story was clearer about everything happening, one way or another the whole thing was depressing and I’m not a fan. The ending also felt weirdly paced and jarring to me.

Also for context I’ll say briefly I have dealt with tragedy and mental illness in combination in my life. Without getting too personal, that’s something that’s going to give me a certain lens when viewing anything, so the thought of her maybe crying tears of happiness when she heard her mentally ill partner died just made me feel sick.

I think I you might be too hang up on the "tears of happiness". Her face shows sadness and maybe some relief to me.

As for the bruises, I agree with the previous commenter. Considering what we've seen of their relationship, I think she was most likely physically abused by A'wu. Of course it's a story about taking care of a mentally ill partner, but both issues can coexist in their relationship. I just don't see any other possible explanation for her wounds (unless they were metaphorical to show her mental exhaustion, but I think this would've been clear without adding facial bruises).

Wait a minute, hold the phone . . . this kid is a keeper! Did you SEE that chocolate?! That is high-end professional quality stuff, and she made it BY HAND without, apparently, even having any particular experience, just with willpower?! That's insane.

Yeah, that was funny. I'm not convinced that an inexperienced in baking high-schooler could ever pull that off.

"Shadows grow longer"... I have a horrible feeling about the next chapter.

That just means "time is passing". Your shadow grows longer past noon and until sunset.

That's definitely not what's implied here. We've already seen that something is very wrong with the senpai's relationship and the last panel reads as quite ominous to me with the given context.

The bullying was so absurd it completely took me out of the story. Even setting aside the surreal idealisation of the president (which is such an overused trope in yuri that I've reached the point where I just skip any panels like the last one here), harassing someone to the point of threatening them with a cutter just because they forgot some flower arrangements? In what world would that ever happen?

I'm nearly positive this was wholly arranged by the vice-prez. Not the initial bullying, no, but the box cutter part? Absolutely.

That girl with the box cutter does say that the Vice Prez told her that the president trusted the girl being attacked to order the flowers and then she didn’t. I thought she said the Vice Prez also told her she messed up on purpose, but she might have been talking about just the first part. Though, at any rate, I agree that the Vice Prez definitely arranged that part.

As I understand it, the vice president only lied about who was responsible for the mistake (and indeed claimed that it was done on purpose). And then this girl decided to avenge the president because she was "disrespected". Even if vice prez was intentionally trying to stir up trouble, there is no indication that box cutter girl wasn't the one who decided to bring a box cutter. Anyway, regardless of who "arranged" the bullying, it's still ridiculous that anyone would go through with it.

The bullying was so absurd it completely took me out of the story. Even setting aside the surreal idealisation of the president (which is such an overused trope in yuri that I've reached the point where I just skip any panels like the last one here), harassing someone to the point of threatening them with a cutter just because they forgot some flower arrangements? In what world would that ever happen?

The relationship between the main pair was interesting, but the rest kind of ruined it for me. It would've been a lot more believable and enjoyable if they had removed or toned down some of these elements.

This manga feels kind of amateurish to me. Is this the artist's first work? The compositions and dialogue are flat and cliché and the somewhat awkward posing and anatomy really exacerbate these problems. The characters also have left no impression on me other than boring or even annoying. The ex-homeless girl just lazing around makes the situation feel exploitative to me (@Cogito, I get what you're saying but she could still help out with the dishes, come on). It might even make her an interesting character if the author took it a step further and revealed that she's been intentionally "seducing" the MC to take advantage of her, but I really doubt they'll go that route; which is a shame, because her just being oblivious and super-friendly is uninteresting.

The fact that this is a drama which seems to be taking itself rather seriously makes these issues stand out all the more. I don't think I would care half as much if this were a light-hearted comedic series.

I'm a bit confused, sorry. Is it available to read anywhere other than wattpad? (I can't see the chapters on NovelUpdates, is that what you meant by links not showing without logging in?)

No, it's not available to read anywhere other than wattpad at the moment. NovelUpdates only has external links and in this case, they would just link to the wattpad chapters.

I actually haven't checked if this got accepted to NovelUpdates yet since I try to not look at ratings at the things I translate until I'm finished. By links not showing, I mean it will show what the latest releases are but the chapters aren't clickable links unless you're logged in. Does NovelUpdates show 17 chapters under "It's Your Fault I've Been Ruined as an Elite"? If not, then I guess my requests to add new chapters there have been rejected.

Yes, I'm pretty sure it showed up to chapter 17 in NovelUpdates.

Thanks for clarifying. I was actually looking for an alternative because I was annoyed by the notice asking me to log in/download the app on wattpad lol. I might just make an account at some point.