Random comment, but I’m not sure if I hallucinated this or not. I swear I read an author’s note or comment that stated that early on that this series was not intended to be yuri. Or something to that effect.
Can anyone confirm or denied if that ever existed and if it did grab that page?
If it didn’t exist, well my b.

You didn't hallucinate. There was a huge discussion here at the time, but I can't really tell you exactly when that was and I don't have access to the original comment by the author. Regardless, I think the author probably just didn't like the use of the term "yuri" (to avoid association with specific genre expectations, maybe?), but she had always intended this to be a wlw work.

I have to admit too that the page about Ren didn't know what to choose to go for a bathroom is quite depressing..

Usually there will be a third toilet that allows for the disabled or unisex. It's in the middle.

I don't know about Japan, but this is definitely not usual where I am from, sadly.

I enjoyed the first two episodes of the anime and didn't mind the change in artstyle, but I couldn't even finish episode 3. The constant blackouts were incredibly annoying to me, I don't understand how no one seems to have found it unpleasant. I might take up the manga instead, or just skip ep3 idk

Everyone in this manga is so infuriating.

To avoid spoilers, maybe we could let users choose whether to see kissing tags. For example, a new setting could hide spoiler-heavy tags like "Kissing" by default unless the user manually toggles that option on.

I'm pretty sure something similar has been mentioned before in other discussions about tags. It'd be a cool option if it could be implemented, but I imagine it is more complicated than it sounds.

To me knowing the chapter where there will be a kiss is too spoilery

Agreed.

Plus, if someone is concerned about a complete lack of a kiss, they can probably check out the comments. I don't think I've ever come across a complete series with no kiss where it wasn't commented on by readers.

lol

Oneshots:

• 5 Seconds Before a Witch Falls in Love
• What Color is the Sea?
• Mako-chan and the Sea
• A Girl That Vomits Fish (this needs to occupy more people's thoughts)
• Laundry Cat

Series:

• Silver Gymnasium
• Dark Forest, White Road
• Otherside Picnic
• Pink Ribbon
• The Princess of Sylph
• Rock it, GIRL!!
• Living with My Brother's Wife. Alternatively: author Kuzushiro

^ Hana is finally realizing she's treating Sadako the exact same way she has been treated. Maybe the next few chapters they can actually approach each other earnestly, Hana all this time has had a wall up because Sadako was a witch.

Is that what she's realising? Or is she realising that she needs to let Yoshi go, because he's scared of her the same way she is scared of Sadako?

I'll be so pissed if the author pulls another black and white and pairs Hanako with a random character that appears in the middle of the series (yes, I understand that in the case of black and white that was the only good ending).

All that we've seen of the second volume seems disappointing to me compared to the first. The cast has become too big with too little time given to explore any of these characters, so they end up being merely plot devices; and the plot itself has become too fast-paced and convoluted. There's just no room to breathe and the short chapters really don't help. I was hoping things would slow down a bit now that they've gone back to the base, but instead we're introduced to yet another group that feels irrelevant to what initially gave this manga its unique charm.

Maybe if all these characters and ideas were introduced at a more reasonable pace they would have made the manga all the more fun to read, but with the way things are right now, it just ends up feeling like they're stealing precious time away from the actually interesting interactions of Sadako and Hanako.

The artstyle is super interesting. It reminds of some horror animated stories I have come across on random 3am doomscrolling sessions... which seems like it should be weird for a slice of life manga, but somehow works with this anxious protagonist.

It seems to me that people have always been especially annoying with spoilers for this series in particular —even when there are translation teams working on it— in a way I haven't seen as much in other series. What is it about Akebi that compels them so?

I enjoyed this manga overall; though I imagine it would be a lot more fun to see the different dialects in the original. However, I'm still not sold on the main pair. I appreciate that Kaede was shown to make an effort in the end, but it's not enough for me.

Why would Nanami fall for this woman? She's lazy, useless and a dead weight. She has Nanami covering practically all of their living expenses, while she squanders what little income she has on snacks and figurines and stupid stuff for herself. And I could excuse not contributing much financially when she's more or less unemployed, but she's not even doing anything to help around the house! In fact, she actively avoids it, with the excuse that "she's working" or that she's just so bad at housework and Nanami is so awesome she can do it for both of them. And we're supposed to see her doing the bare minimum—such as bringing in the laundry when it's raining or cooking for herself— as some incredible achievement. The fact that Nanami has to come back from work (I imagine quite late, considering that she works for a Japanese company that occasionally has their employees work overnight) every day to prepare the food and bath, while Kaede has been home the whole day makes my blood boil. And of course she also handles all the cleaning, laundry and shopping on her days off, because why wouldn't she.

The only good quality Kaede seems to have is her positivity and determination to achieve her dreams. But how in the world is that supposed to be enough? The only thing she actually does for Nanami is listen to her rant about work.

I'm not saying Kaede is a bad person; but she's not really even a good roommate, let alone partner. And we're supposed to believe that two other people also fell for her? While she's not even in-universe pretty, which I could at least see as a reason why she is apparently so popular. (Funnily enough, the other two pairs make a lot more sense to me, because I can see how she inspired them to pursue their passions. In contrast, they really do seem to have very little in common with Nanami). This just reinforces my impression that Kaede is the author's self-insert and this whole thing is their fantasy of having a gorgeous, capable girlfriend taking care of them.

TL;DR: Nanami deserves a lot better and Kaede reads as a self-insert fantasy.

Sidenote: I liked chubby Koyuki the best.

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Damn, I feel really bad for the teacher here. What an awful position to wind up trapped in.

Can't say I feel that bad for the teacher, because what the hell was she doing at school in the first place.

I love her.

What really got me was the sudden perspective change showing that they were in fact not alone in the classroom... :D

Yeah, that was great XD

I was confused about the ending because the new Kaguya body was acting like Kaguya rather than Yachiyo, which doesn't make sense to me.

The next chapter is the last one? That's definitely a bit abrupt, considering the whole school trip subplot. I can only imagine that the manga was discontinued, unless it was just poorly planned.

Incidentally, it's a bit surprising that out of Shio Usui's work, this series has black-bordered panels for flashbacks, like most manga do, rather than for night scenes like Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon and I Married My Female Friend do. I found the way she did that in those two series to be a nice stylistic deviation from other manga.

I don't remember if/how flashbacks were indicated in those series, but I do remember really disliking that stylistic deviation, as you put it. It kept confusing me every time.

I had a hard time following the fight scene for some reason.

Still love Sadako, though I'm confused as to why she reacted this way. Has there been some mention of her being called demon in the past? I can't recall.

These chapters feel so short :/

Probably because they are. The first volume 20+ pages in each chapter, while the second mostly has 16.

or just use this to make Ai feel guilt and anxiety so she won't leave?

100% this.

I hadn't realised Harutaka was 40, my guess was closer to 35. That explains why he looks older, which some people complained about before.

The doggo extra was cute.

Yeah, you do that.

I think the skirt is fine and completely within expectations for manga screentones. The dress though... This pattern was not a good choice. It is not at all properly scaled or adjusted to the character's body, which isn't anything new when it comes to screentones, but the square grid absolutely exaggerates the issue. Even setting all that aside, it's just kind of ugly in the first place; I can't really imagine a real dress with this pattern, unless the squares were very small.

I will be surprised if this does well enough not to get axed tbh. So far, the art seems to be the only good thing about this.

I hate this so much, she's so stupid. Looking forward to the continuation.

Wait, I've already read these two little extras. Where were they first released?