In the original, "Moon" (or Tae-wol), conspicuously uses boyish language. But it's mainly "boku", which is what a young boy, or a butch, would use. Marina never referred to Moon as a "him", but just as "aitsu", "soitsu" which are non-gendered addresses. Whether Moon is actually a boy is up in the air.

Also, considering previous chapter's hint, all the names start with M: Marina, Moon, Margaret, Mone.

If Moon weren't intended as a boy what would be the point of Sadako's final comment of the chapter?

Sadako also thinks it's a boy.

Anyway, I'm 99.9% sure "Moon" is a woman, because the mother witch in chapter 6 said they had four 家出娘 which means four runaway GIRLS (and I translated it clearly), which she drew magically, and the top right one is obviously Moon.

In the original, "Moon" (or Tae-wol), conspicuously uses boyish language. But it's mainly "boku", which is what a young boy, or a butch, would use. Marina never referred to Moon as a "him", but just as "aitsu", "soitsu" which are non-gendered addresses. Whether Moon is actually a boy is up in the air.

Also, considering previous chapter's hint, all the names start with M: Marina, Moon, Margaret, Mone.

Ah .The famous Kinoko no yama vs Takenoko no sato controversy.

"Pale blue-green color saudade" is a mouthful. Wouldn't "Turquoise-colored saudade" work better?

This is how the author (or editor) subtitled it in English.

You should apply and show them how it's done.

This manga deserves the Idiot Couple tag I think.

I just can't fathom what's Wakaba's thought process.

Or maybe it's just bad writing.

Tbh, I'm struggling when translating this because it pains me to write such stupid lines.

The characters profiles state that they were 17 at the start of the story;

And it's explicitly said that they're now 3rd years in chapter 41.

People have goldfish memory or what?

As I said on Discord, "Kirin" (or Qilin) is the same editor at Yuri Hime as the one in charge right now of "My Girlfriend is not here today".

Make of that what you want.

it looks to me like Mitsuki is picking at her hangnails until she draws blood in the last page. As somebody who has the same nervous tick and constantly has to put up with small but painful wounds on fingers, I can relate.

Whether this as any connection or symbolism to her relationship with Aya, I couldn't tell.

What are you on? It's Aya on the last page.

My only series that got hit at the moment is the "sadistic childhood friend" one.

I'll keep on posting it here anyway.

It's a pity the English version hasn't caught up yet, I'd love to see a discussion about it here (especially about the ending lol)
The discussion boards for this work are honestly some of the most interesting things out there

I doubt people will enjoy the ending, that's why it's low priority for me

Your doubt is absolutely valid. Based on the few comments I've seen in other language communities, it seems like most readers honestly have no idea what the hell just happened.
Perhaps the interview the author gave after the finale holds a small clue. But of course, it's unlikely to alter how the ending feels to most readers.

It's really hard to find discussions about this work online—only the English forums have consistently had a lot of responses. So thank you for providing the English version, regardless. :D

I read the interview and it seems it was planned (or even hinted at from the beginning?) that it wouldn't end well. Haijima and Shiki are fucked up, Tachibana was caught in their web of bitterness and that's it.

It's a pity the English version hasn't caught up yet, I'd love to see a discussion about it here (especially about the ending lol)
The discussion boards for this work are honestly some of the most interesting things out there

I doubt people will enjoy the ending, that's why it's low priority for me

Acktually!

The sentence can also be interpreted as "you seem to have free time koga-san" in a jumbled kind of way. 手すき means "to not be busy", but can also be read as "hand love".

So I think Aya wanted to say that Mitsuki seemed have a lot of free time if she was trying out a new pick instead of studying and fumbled it in her half-asleep state. And Mitsuki read it as "I might love your hands".

It's kinda lost in translation.

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I don't care. I'll keep on translating it.

It's been fixed.

Temporary Conclusion?

The term used on the last page is ひと段落 which means "reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage)"

So I guess she may reuse the characters if she feels so inclined in the future.

This manga has been stalled to volume 1 for one year and a half (so I took my time), but the author on her Tiktok wrote that volume 2 should come out this summer.

Wait and see...

Mitsuki's reaction is one of relief.

Like, she wasn't sure Aya really had that kind of feeling for her, but the kiss and the explicit consent to the kisses validated what she thought. Hence, the "I knew it".

やっぱり in Japanese is something said when you get confirmation of something. So it's usually translated as "I knew it", "As expected", "Sure enough" etc.

In my opinion, since she's calling her "Taki", which is familiar but not intimate, it means it's a senpai or some girl Fuuko met in a lesbian bar when she wanted to confirm her sexuality after she was "abandoned" by her childhood crush.

Oh my god the extremely excessive interpretation of the text in this forum is awesome. I don't know that it's wise to spend that energy on this manga in particular but it's hilarious. Thank you for contributing to the world

Also didn't Nanase's sash say "king of Japan"? I guess it could mean today's star in a cultural way. I've never been a Japanese high schooler who won a track meet.

It's written 本日の主役

Today's Star/MVP/Main Character

I don't know how you can come up with "King of Japan"...

The concept of a 16yo girl falling for a 38yo scruffy old man is iffy in my book. I'll pass on this one.

In the end, I bought the volume, it's 5 chapters and it ends the same as here.

So I guess they forgot to put the "To be continued" at the end for some reason.

I renamed it to 5.

There's nothing much as bonus, just a few illustrations and a 4 panels comic inside the cover, so I don't think I'll bother.

Sorry to be That Bitch a month after its release but chapter 31, page 11 typos "just desserts" in the third panel.

I don't understand what you mean. The correct spelling is "just deserts" and it's been correct from the start.

yeah, this genre of almost-sex that never quite crosses that line is frustrating to me, it seems pointless. they even have uncensored breasts so what's stopping them? it would've made this a much more worthwhile read

The uncensored breasts were added in the volumes. They were censored in the magazine.

I'd like to remind people that it was published in "Dengeki Daioh G", which is a physical magazine sold in stores in Japan (with digital editions).

It's NOT a hentai magazine. It's for, let's say, "young adults" and while it can publish "sexy" series, it can't cross the line of porn, or it would have to be sold in the +18 section of the stores, which would limit its reach.

Also, as a physical magazine, the number of series in each issue is limited. It's 500+ pages, but not infinite. This kind of magazine gets feedback about popular series in the form of polls and the sales of the volumes. Unpopular stuff gets axed.

In the case of this one, it was wrapped up after vol 1 came out in Japan, which makes me think that sales (and maybe polls) were poor (or not enough) and new series with more potential were knocking on the door. It's the cutthroat law of the manga jungle, sorry.

Don't blame the author, because I'm sure they had more in store in case it took off, with the sister and Korn for example, but their editor probably told them to cut it short.

Maybe blame the Japanese readers that didn't find this series interesting.

To note, while it's tagged yuri on comic walker and the author was an assistant on "The Summer You Were There" and "Lonely Girl", don't expect explicit romance, at least not for a good while.

It's a very introspective and delicate manga. Not "in your face" romance.

Chapter 5 doesn't seem to be finished (there's no "to be continued" here), but since part three comes out next month, I thought I'd still release the first two parts so that people don't wait too long.