Where would yall recommend reading the novel

Here's the page to Angela's translations (Seira further up in the thread), which are very high quality and go up to 90 out of 300+ chapters so far. No official translation as of yet so this is the best you can get (unless you wanna read minimally edited MTL which butchers all sorts of stuff). Updates are relatively common of which you can notifications if you join the Angela's discord server (#notaplug, it's fun over here!) of which you can find on the Wordpress.

Yo is this part of the semi-official doujins of the likes of "The Magician who loved a Fake" and "Gensokyo of Humans"? Cause if that's the case I'll be getting those physical prints pronto when they do get published. Semi-official Remari is truly blessed.

There's something really enjoyable about series that are set in the late Meiji - Taisho era. Something about the aesthetic in the clothing and architecture where there's that clash between the traditional Japanese and contemporary Western styles coming together and coexisting before the country became more homogenous in its own style of Westernisation. Shoutout to such other series like Love Letter for the Marching Puppy and Goodbye, My Rose Garden (technically not Taisho as it's set in Britain, but same time period).

Overall, a series that had a very strong start, but one that definitely needed another volume or two to both further the main pair's relationship and give a little more substance to side characters like Suzu (besides her being very sad about not getting suitors). The ending was the most logical conclusion outside of other endings that would have fallen under the tragedy heading, but definitely needed just a bit more time to cook a bit in that the angst around the engagement should have stewed a bit longer to drive in the despair surrounding the situation, which might make the resolution a bit more deserved. (spoiler for Goodbye, My Rose Garden -> Which was also a problem I had with this series as well, where the engagement and ensuing marriage of the noblewoman character to another nobleman was brought on within the last 3 chapters and resolved with the noblewoman just exiting the wedding still in her wedding dress, declaring her undying love to her maid and ending it right there, consequences implied to not have occurred)

Lovely art and a nice expression of range from the author considering what they have written before lol.

I don't know if anyone else noticed but on page 24 it seems that Hoshizaki also has a bit of a sadistic(?) streak enjoying Makabe's expression of discomfort from both having her sore hand being kneaded and being ashamed of lashing out. So it seems that it goes both ways, just in slightly different manifestations.

Lol the age verification button. I know generally if you look like a person of age, most places in the world won't ask for your ID but in the cases they feel like they need to verify your age they would check your ID. So I was pretty surprised that all I needed to do in Japan was just tap a button at a conbini to totally "prove" you're of age. This is coming from someone who got ID'd while sitting outside of a liquor store in my home country waiting for my friends who were making purchases inside cause I still don't look like an adult even though I'm quite a few years past legal age.

More Nakayoshi is always appreciated.
Frenemies to lovers dynamic never gets old.

The character designs here are great. Marisa looks so badass in that cloak-like dress along with her comically large hat. Fusing Gensokyo with some late 19th/early 20th century technology makes it look something straight out of the Meiji/Taisho era (which I assume is the point). Besides the aesthetics, one gripe I have with these sort of whodunnits', is that you would never be able to figure out within reason what could be the causes, since the reasons created are so obscure and contrived. Still a fun doujin.

Also btw, dunno if anyone will see, but the lower left panel on page 3 seems to be a duplicate text bubble, unless Reimu is repeating back what Marisa said to her (which I would assume would have something like "huh" at the end of the phrase, to question what Marisa said).

Ayyy, we've finally gotten an admission from Kurumi and the first thing she does is procrastinate on the topic. Honestly pretty relatable in that aspect though. That "I love you" from her to Ruriko definitely dealt critical damage to her.

There was a yuri I recently read and there was a scene where one of the characters comments on how good an in-universe yuri series they were reading/watching was so tragic (of which it had a setup of relationship between a master and a maid that attempts to separate the social barrier between the two of them), of which this series is a reference to an actual irl yuri series (which I read in the discussion). It'll be nice if anyone knows what I'm talking about.

EDIT: Found it lol. It was Please Bully Me, Miss Villainess with the in-universe yuri being called "The Secret Garden" which is a reference to Goodbye, My Rose Garden. Probably should add that to my to-read list.

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I'm more a Kita-Bocchi sort of person but this does make a convincing argument for Nijika-Bocchi.

Ayyy, sneikkimies remembered the password for their dynasty account. Already read it before directly from their github but it's nice to see it up to date here.

LMFAO WHAT?!?

That last page is pure comedy.

They all needed to be prairie dogs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHjFxJVeCQs

This fits way too well. At this point, I don't know if I'm supposed to laugh or not with every possible bad cliche being pulled out of the bag for this arc.

Moreso for the original manga but does anyone get slightly irked at the fact that they keep calling Minami fat/plump when she's nowhere close to being that (well at the very least in the way she is visually depicted). I get Japan in general is a lot less overweight compared to basically the entire West, but she doesn't stick out visually in body size compared to the rest of the cast.

On the doujin itself, excellent logic by Sachi trying to scare off Minami from sex by coming on to her with sexual intent. Foolproof plan right there.

Just read the latest chapter with them talking about the instruments they would theoretically play in a band and this picture is pretty spot on (Yuri on bass, Mako on the keyboard). Is this artist prophetic?

Oh man how i love this manga! hope it gets an anime at some point!

If only a studio was brave enough to adapt something like this. But if they did... boy would that be a glorious day.

Ayyy, I feel vindicated with this anime announcement. Feels a bit bad that most of the discussion here has focused on the possible backlash the series will get when the anime gets around to being done (which I don't doubt would actually happen, but whatever. They can complain all they want). Now it is time to patiently wait for the studio to be revealed.

words of wisdom from chisato

Perfect way to end the volume. So casual about the confession, which I guess is very "Usui Shio"-like.

Will the two finally talk it out (well more so on Shiho's end) like normal people????? Find out another month later on the next episode (because this damn arc has been dragging out for way too long)!!!! It's funny how split down the middle the forum is on Shiho, you either hate her or you absolutely love her. I'm definitely on the train that prefers her to have minimal screentime although she's surprisingly not that unbearable when she is with Himari.

Perfect oneshot. Beautiful art, consistent theme and a touch of tasteful angst for the goated pairing that is Reimari.

The exposition was a bit heavy handed, kind of felt like it was trying to drill in the point of this mc's loneliness into my skull. I'm personally not getting much from the genki girl in terms of appeal, a bit of a lacklustre introduction for her as well. The colouring on the first page although is pretty dang nice and the art style is also similarly quite nice. Might stick around for a couple more to see if it gets better.

Ayyy, it's the author of Haru and Midori. Loved that series for its slight tinge of angst and very ethereal atmosphere, of the latter you feel a lot here. This oneshot goes pretty dang hard.

I predict I'm going to need a chart for this one.

Reminds me of the monster chart that I had on the side when I was reading Tsurezure children, which this is reminding me a lot of in terms of setup of multiple possible pairings. I guess we will be bouncing from couple to couple seeing the slow progress as each of them get closer and closer.

Yo, what's with that burn scar. I have a pretty big burn scar on my leg from like 2nd degree burns from when I was young and it's nowhere as dark as that. I mean the darkness could just indicate the increased pigmentation that occurs on the scar or it could be an indication of the severity of the burns (she was being burnt by car fuel). Looking more like some charcoal chicken there, (maybe that's appealing to Shiori?). Otherwise, very wholesome comment by Shiori in saying that she doesn't mind how she looks, but take it as you will it being in a romantic light or perhaps a voracious light.

Been recently getting into the Touhou fandom (kind of late to the party) so any recs for Touhou doujin/oneshot works? Doesn't necessarily have to be yuri and also preferably something that explores character interactions and more on the serious/intense side of things (I do like a bit of angst here and there).

An example being Passion for your sake, which I recently stumbled upon was a pretty fun and painful read (in a good way).

Why does this subtext series have better romantic tension and depth of relationship between the two leads compared to a whole lot of other actual yuri. Bit annoying knowing that this is the manga last volume and the manga just serves as an advertisement for the novel. Nice chapter anyways, and nice to have one after such a long break, seems like we'll get to see the volume release exclulsives in the coming weeks.