nothing like a missing child to shake you out of your depressed lesbian funk

I call false advertisement, there was no invisible pink unicorn to see anywhere!

There was actually a pink unicorn on every single page, but you didn't see it because it was also invisible.

*surprised pikachu face*

Idk if this qualifies as cheating if it's girlfriend-sanctioned. more like open relationship at that point

I call false advertisement, there was no invisible pink unicorn to see anywhere!

Giftnova posted:

I really don't think the age thing is such a mystery? they already established Junna is a year older than Hana, why would they lie about that xD

And we already know that Junna used to be taller before Hana had her growth spurt too. Nothing we've seen contradicts any of that, i don' think?

yeah but they're only one year apart yet purple magical girl is gigantic compared to 6-7 year old hana

As Giftnova said, that's probably just the angle of the shot.

All in all, there's no reason to overthink this. Even Hana seems to believe Juna is the magical girl who saved her, which explains why she likes her so much.

I don't think it's just the framing just look at the size difference with their hands. Junna looks like her high school form while Hana looks much MUCH younger.

I really don't think she does. Compare HS Junna at the bottom here to magical girl Junna. her facial proportions and stuff look way different.

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Giftnova posted:

I really don't think the age thing is such a mystery? they already established Junna is a year older than Hana, why would they lie about that xD

And we already know that Junna used to be taller before Hana had her growth spurt too. Nothing we've seen contradicts any of that, i don' think?

yeah but they're only one year apart yet purple magical girl is gigantic compared to 6-7 year old hana

that could just be angle/perspective. we only see her face and her hand, it really doesn't give us much of an idea of her actual height.

incidentally, none of the shots showing Junna as a magical girl or evil general show her whole body and they all use pretty aggressive angles. seems intentional

I really don't think the age thing is such a mystery? they already established Junna is a year older than Hana, why would they lie about that xD

And we already know that Junna used to be taller before Hana had her growth spurt too. Nothing we've seen contradicts any of that, i don' think?

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Does being a magical girl age you up?

Junna is older then? Being a magical girl makes you no age?

I don't think there's any aging up happening. Her slanted eyes make her look older but Junna got the same, almost round, mochi-like face shape Hana has so it seems consistent.
And we already knew Junna is a year older , so her being an "older magical girl" qualifies. Might sound weird to say for just one year of difference but Japan is particular about seniority so it makes sense.

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i wasn't even born when the first chapter came out like wowz...... strawberry shake in 2026........

No way! How old are you?

I am guessing they're under 23, which is quite normal on the net. :-)

I feel ancient...

live reaction of me as my bones turn to dust in real time

So Shueisha recently started a new platform called Manga Million, with many previously (officially) untranslated series. I went through the list of English titles and despite the terrible tagging system found a few relevant series:

Erio & the Electric Doll by Shimazaki Mujirushi,
Flower & Asura by Takeda Ayano,
Invisible by Ogino Jun,
and Smiling at Yoarashi by Tsutsui Itsuki.

All chapters of all series are free to access "for now" which is all well and good but unfortunately it seems that despite telling AnimeNewsNetwork "that AI translation was not used for this project" there's actually a lot of AI garbage in there after all.

Several series, Smiling at Yuarashi among them, credit translation, lettering and editing to companies like EC Innovations or Flitto Japan Inc. that blatantly advertise themselves with their LLM and AI translations.
The other three I listed are all credited to a company called Blue Horizon which barely has any information out there but also seems to use MTPE for their translation work.

Disappointing to say the least.

So this got licensed by Seven Seas~

https://bsky.app/profile/sevenseasentertainment.com/post/3msefifyofv2y

Is Ri-Ri some sort of porn actress? That cover Mei-Chan saw was really putting them out there.

She's a gravure model. It leans into a playfully-provocative style of titillation, skimpy clothes and swimsuits rather than full-on nudity. Definitely nothing outright pornographic by default (though i'm sure the lines can blur in the realities of the industry)

I wonder if Mai knows Asumi's been sleeping around?

She definitely knows. the first time she heard about adult Asumi was her colleagues talking about how she's a new customer who's banging her way through the whole agency

they want each other so baaaad it makes them look stuupid

Many such cases

This reads a little like the third case of an Ace Attorney game xD

Another gem from the master. Also, how dare Kadokawa restrict their gloriousness >:[

So it's not just fashion, Hana's got some scars

Either that or Junna is very, shall we say, proactive in the bedroom

Her greed sickens me. /pos

I bet ruruna will fumble because of that

Slander. Ruruna-sama has never fumbled in her whole life.

Indeed, she is the perfect Queen of the Night. Also, if she ever did fumble, she would have only failed forward and upward.

Any potential fumbles that may or may not have occurred were all on purpose to make others lower their guards. A high level social powerplay, you understand.

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The pace and how they are open about it compared to mangaka's previous works is a literally the opposite, makes me question what they wanted to do at the time

An Aside Told to You had decent pacing too. I think it's simply that "How Do I Get Together With My Childhood Friend", unlike the other series, was all about the "will they, won't they".

Drawing out the conclusion is the point there and as soon as the confession happens, it's over. So it did what it set out to do.

interrupting her game after she's put a daisangen together

Throw this child out with the trash immediately.

the pain is so real

this is what t4t wlw dating is like

What does being trans have to do with it?

A lot of trans women are bottoms. At least, if you consider Twitter a reliable source, they are.

It's one of those things that has no actual data behind it but purely based off of anecdotal evidence seems to be true nonetheless xD us transbian tops do seems to be a rare(r) breed indeed

The thing that sticks out in my mind that I can't let go is the lack of earnest romance moments. They didn't even kiss. No confirmation from them or any other character that they're a couple. Yes, both of them said, "I love you," but neither of them ever say, "I'm in love with you." When you combine that with some of the incredibly gay goings-on (the smell and swimsuit chapters, for instance) it seems almost like the author was fully prepared to get into fetish territory while at the same time being afraid to fully commit to them being in a relationship. It just kind of fell at the finish line for me.

That feels like a pretty uncharitable interpretation of the "yuri-ness" of the manga. One could just as easily say that bc of everything you just mentioned making it so obvious they're together, that there was no reason to explicitly call it out. Just bc the characters don't look directly into the camera and spell out the self-evident doesn't mean it isn't a thing.

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Reminds me of another NSFW yuri manga about a "masochist" who wants to make a certain black haired girl into her ideal sadist however black haired girl is stupid and weak-willed so the "masochist" becomes the sadist instead. There's also a perverted nympho teacher that gets fired regularly. Very wtf read as well.

https://dynasty-scans.com/series/masochist_girl_and_dejected_mistress
This one, perhaps?

YEP

That one's been getting updates over on mDex too.