"...You say that too often, Karin-chan."

Out of everything, this stuck out to me. This wasn't the first time Karin spoke of her own death so lightly - her first interaction with Kasumi had her saying that, but it's apparently common enough for Karin to say to warrant a comment from her cram school bestie. People often talk about the trivialization of suicide by people who are not really suicidal, completely ignoring that suicidal people often do talk about putting an end to their lives like it's as trivial as the weather.

Were there always warning signs? It's interesting that this chapter, about the suicide of Karin, came right after the chapter with Aoyama realizing Yurika's true colors behind her idealization - and I'm starting to feel that much of Karin's behavior, the earnest outgoing honor student, was a mask. I feel like the whole "failing to get to the school she wanted" was just the straw that broke the camel's back, not the reason in itself.

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"A girl learns to express herself by vividly imagining melodramatic yuri tragedies" is an interesting premise. And once you know it's all in her head, it kinda moves from sad to funny.

Honestly as someone who has a tendency to catastrophize, I don't really see the humor in this, sorry. Short hair girl is a mood FR FR

KANZE'S A ROBOT?!?

Okay, that's something I didn't expect in the slightest. I admit that the last page made me smile like hell, though, so that helps.

I mean, people from Japan love their puns as much as most people do, so there's a non-insignificant chance that "Neko" as slang for bottom also gets associated with cat imagery.

why the fuck are you indirectly accusing people of being drug addicts

jesus christ this thread is a shitzone

Considering how defensive people here are about drug use and proclaiming to be so much more knowledgable than Suzuki, is such an accusation really such a stretch?

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People kept hyperfocusing on the specifics of the drug being used when that wasn't the point, though. A lot of people just are kinda tired of the equal moral policing done by the "oh the author didn't research drugs therefore bad propaganda!!", which is tiring and comes off as batting in favor of drugs rather than actually engaging with the work's contents in good faith. Adachi the narrator probably doesn't even know what the drug is called and didn't seem interested in knowing more, so how would you convey that information in the story itself?

I don't like the story, but that's entirely due to personal reasons - me being a sentimental weenie that managed to connect with the characters way more than most people apparently had. Honestly, I don't think I can read an ongoing series or even a single-volume manga of this like some suggested, it'd just be a bit too much.

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That was depressing. Kinda wish I didn't read it when I'm emotionally compromised, but yeah.

Also, like, I get the frustration regarding not well-researched drug use, but it's pretty clear that Tsukushi was using drugs to cope with the troubles in her life - she's emotionally delicate and she's just not doing too hot in general. The drugs didn't make her suicidal or emotionally distressed (that came from outside factors), it just loosened her and Adachi's inhibitions to the point Adachi fucked up. The specifics of what drugs were used isn't the point, it's the circumstances in which it is used and what it does to a relationship.

The last bit was gratuitous and kinda unnecessary, though. Like. What was the point? Was it just tragedy for tragedy's sake?

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Virgin's Empire but they actually have sex. Kino.

Yea, I think it's less gay erasure and more Pokémon upholding a "no romance, no kissing" policy. The closest we got to full-on romance was that one kiss at the end of the Kalos anime and that one guy giving you Protect after your heart-to-heart with Shauna in X and Y.

^I mean from what I read that's really just the intended dynamic between them innit

Glad to see the Skaven-Necron diplomatic pact is going well!

Why is Big Bird Small Bird-sized?

Getting NTR'd by yourself must've been an oofer.

^Canonically she does have allat and more, the anime just nerfed her size.

Calli wants her soooooo bad.

So true bestie pegs you

...Wait, horses don't exist in Umamusume, right? Why is everyone so nonchalant about this?

Uncle Dad and her dog...

Also likes Adventure Time and yaoi

This blurb got me for some reason.

This isn't cucking or NTR, it's voyeurism! Know the difference!

Gomen, Yuuka.

You are all wrong, Mario swung by Pauline's house for some cake and, much like in 64, gets wholly disappointed.

It's really off-putting how everyone keeps insisting Otome must really care for Kazura because otherwise why would she stay close when by all accounts they really aren't. By all accounts Kazura is just purely being used for infinite favours and only favours.

Like they seemingly only meet up on Otome's direction and only so Kazura can hand over whatever new thing Otome wants from her. Like straight up stop telling Kazura that Otome must really like her somehow lmao

To be fair, Yuki (the guy) was also a victim of Otome's abuse. It's hard to recognize when you're being manipulated, even years after the fact, so it's really the blind leading the blind here.

That being said, fuck Otome with a rusty chainsaw. I hope the story ends with Yuki, Kinka, and Kazura deciding not to kill themselves and instead beat up Otome together, JJBA Part 5 style.

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There's literally no source provided here, and if there was truly something problematic about the two the vtuber drama community would already be in arms about it and yet there is absolutely nothing, so I'd advise you guys to take that accusation with a barrel of salt.

I like the implication that Tsukino is not human as well.