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.

I kinda don't like this whole rebellion thing being caused by some random third party and not, y'know, an organic result of a genuine class conscious taking form.

don't look up what happened in russia from 1917 to 1922

Ofercrissakes, like the Russian revolution was the only example of class struggle in history. Here's a clue: Unless you're very very rich, nearly every good thing you have, you have because of successful class struggle. Less than a 12 hour day? Class struggle. The weekend? Class struggle. Wages good enough to let you afford whatever you're using to post stuff on the interwebs? Class struggle. The vote? Class struggle. Look up the history of trade unions, or the Chartist movement, sometime.
Of course a lot of the good stuff class struggle got us has been getting taken away lately . . . because of class warfare from the other direction.

I think they were referring to the "third party component" coming into play because a large part of the October Revolution actually happening was due to the Germany's assistance in getting Lenin (and a whole other bunch of other socialist revolutionaries) back into Russia earlier that year (of 1917) after his exile from Russia since the end of the 19th century. Germany doing this in an attempt to destabilise the already falling apart Romanov Dynasty (which it did) and have a new government sign to a more favourable peace treaty to end hostilities (which happens in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk). Details might be a little suspect as this was what I recalled from a unit from Mod History in high school and a couple extra supplementary details/checks with the good old google. Just an interesting tidbit of one of the biggest turning points for history in the 20th century.

Or this went completely over my head and they're just referring to the Bolsheviks as the third party and separate to the actual working classes/peasants, with them mostly instigating everything up to the end of the Russian Civil War since the above commenter mentioned the period of 1917 - 1922.

Besides history, it's interesting to see quite a few people saying they're dropping this due to the direction change from slice-of-life to a more politically driven/drama plot. Obviously people read what they want to read, but personally, even though I like slice-of-life a lot as a genre, many of those fall into stagnation and end up sort of melding with each other in my memory as I struggle to differentiate between them due to usage of common events. Of course, all genres have their tropes which they use but slice-of-life tends to be the most narrow in scope and hence repetitive. So for me, this change of direction is quite refreshing and has piqued my interest towards this series much more than before (even though I knew it would go into that direction at some point, although not this early honestly).

Hinako caught a double whammy this chapter. I don't remember is she has mentioned to Shiori the circumstances of her family's death but if so, definitely not the best idea to bring her to the ocean alongside happy families playing on the beach.

Wow, I saw this updated but didn't get to read it until now. Once I got to the last few pages, I felt a pit forming in my stomach as I realised what was going to happen to the both of them. I automatically assumed that Airi was still alive after Hinako stopped choking her and she was still breathing (although the breathing sfx was actually from Hinako) but that last scene cemented their deaths with each other. The kind of the ending that leaves your mouth wide open before you start contemplating about everything that has led up to this moment. That ending really did its job punching you in the gut as hard as possible

However, kind of sucks the threads with the other characters were not resolved (girl who was obsessed with other's dramas, the yandere eyeing her friend, both of which were set up in the previous chapter). Part of me thinks it ended like this as the author realised that this chapter would have to be the last chapter of the next volume release and probably felt they couldn't hold that new plotline for another whole volume while continuing and extending this one with Airi and Hinako, so possibly some short-sightedness on the author's part (with the amount of leading on the second last chapter did)? Just some musing about the abruptness of this ending.

Left me with a stupid open grin on my face. Great one shot to finish the night.

Now that was just saccharine, chef's kiss. Wonder if the author has made anything else similar to this cause they have something pretty good going on here.

edit: Ok, I've browsed the interwebs and have made some discoveries. Found a translated oneshot by the author called "Jigoku Sensei" and only thing I can say about it is that it is a bit on the opposite spectrum of tone compared to this one. It's on mangadex with a readable translation.
Also I found another oneshot by the name of "The Art Teacher and the High School Girl", which is a bit more in line with this oneshot. You can also find in on mangadex (under the author title of Patrache).
Finally, if you know how to read japanese, the author has a bunch of works on their pixiv page including yuri and BL from a cursory look over here, for those who are curious for more.

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Just an observation, is it just me or are there no dudes in this series/world? This chapter alongside that chapter when Baiser first fights against Loco and Leber with Loco's impromptu concert has no dudes in the background as with the crowd in this one, which are areas you would expect a mixture of people due to the sheer number but it appears not to be the case here. Of course it's not confirmed in the story and not very important, but it seems like this series might be a 404: Men Not Found one.