Those are some crazy genetics going from black and pink and getting blonde

In the previous chapter you could feel just how much comfort Haruyo brings to Kasumi, but in this chapter Haruyo shows such sensitivity to Kasumi that it caused me to melt. There are two actions in particular that stood out to me.
The first action is Haruyo bringing up she did read the letter. It is important Kasumi knows her feelings reached Haruyo no matter how embarrassed she is about them.
The second is Haruyo's first course of action is to go into Onee-sama mode (if I read the code switch in the scene correctly) to reassure Kasumi about their promises of the future. An why wouldn't she, she has always been very adept at comforting Kasumi. There's no doubt Karin and their memories together still weigh heavily on Kasumi's mind. But just like dream Haruyo, Haruyo assuages those worries, this time with a promise of now. Taking Kasumi hand in hand to walk together rather than let Kasumi's worries and anxieties cause her to watch Haruyo from behind.

Thanks to Blamey again for the translation and for the buying guide.

WANDAFURU!!

Starting with Volume 4, the series will be available exclusively in digital format.
Not ideal but at least they're not axing it.

Yeah, I heard it's because it isn't selling well...
I've already bought digital versions of all the volumes so I will be looking into purchasing physical volumes through a proxy service. I love this series, I love the art, and I love the complex nature of the emotions portrayed in the series. I'd hate for it to end prematurely.

I'm going to repost the link that Blamey uses for purchasing the digital version.
It's also available on the other big distributors: bookwalker, pixiv comics, etc.

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What I disagree is not the dislike for the ending but the idea that this anime didn’t commit, distancing itself from yuri at last minute. But Sayonara Lara fits what yuri is about, yeah the genre has branched, but that doesn’t change a big core of it, ambiguity, and that has always been a big reason why people like yuri, Time Kirara being the best aexample. I know people feel conflicted about the term “yuribait” but it’s real, series for shipping are created with that in mind, to give the idea of but never confirm anything, it sells (contrary to what a lot believe, I get the whole angle of “yuri doesn’t sell it’s unpopular” etc. but this is easily proven wrong by stuff like Dragon Maid, Madoka, Uma Musume, etc.) and a lot of yuri fans are not fans of commercial yuri but of secondary works.

But I also don’t like people being super sarcastic when someone ask for confirmation, some want it not because they can’t see (I really hate that everytime the response is “what more you need? do you want them to fuck or look at you and say We Are a Couple?”) but because they ask themselves why they can yearn, say they can’t live without each other but never say We are a Couple. I think is a valid question, one reason that everyone says is homophobia but another reason that most people don’t want to admit is that yuri fans like that more than-less than and that is why a lot of yuri is like that.
I don’t think Sayonara Lala is that different to other series of the same vein, I don’t think it didn’t commit, I just think is what a portion of yuri fans don’t want to see nowadays.

Ambiguity is not what Yuri is about, but rather it’s a consequence of oppression, censorship, and sometimes cowardice. The only thing this story commits to is the cowardice.

I disagree, I said it’s a big core of the genre not what every yuri in existence is about, even the novel Hanamonogatari is like that for example, and so was when yuri become a otaku genre, MariMite shaped a lot of modern yuri, Strawberry Panic, etc.
The idea that only censorship or oppresion shaped the ambiguity doesn’t make sense, not in the past (a pornographic Mom-Daughter movie was such a hit that gifted a lot of lesbian novels in japan) and not nowadays, if it was only censorship or oppression, original doujin works would be different from commercial yuri, but they have almost the exact same formula. Not saying other factors don’t influence this, but that people are denying a big part of yuri works with this when they deny ambiguity as a big part of yuri. There is a reason why Time Kirara is so popular. I may be wrong but if I remember correctly it sells better than YuriHime.
I am not saying all Yuri is like this or that this is what defines Yuri, but that ambiguity is present in the genre even nowadays precisely because (some)yuri fans like it
I don’t want to discuss this topic, because I know all the regular response to it, we don’t agree and that’s ok. You are free to see it as cowardice, I am not talking about Sayonara Lala but how the very definition of yuri is intimate relationships between girls, this can be everything (more than) and nothing (*less than). It can be friendship, platonic, romantic, sexual, etc.

Ambiguity has been part of lesbian (and gay) stories because of what has been allowed to be told in stories due to oppression, censorship, and sometimes cowardice. I'm not denying that it's part of the history of queer relationships around the world, more so rejecting the idea that it's a "core" part of it, I rather acknowledge the history and evolve from it. As we move past ambiguity in our strive for better representation. Yuri to me is Sapphic relationships and the many forms it comes in, it's more than merely friendship like you describe so yes we'll have to agree to disagree. I've also seen the regular responses to this whole thing from your side as well, so it what it is. Also yes I do see it as cowardice when Lara swerves away from intimacy to ultimately release a safer narrative that attempts to appeal to a wider audience, including the ones that might be scared of a few L words like Love and Lesbian lol

I do think there is an positive queer argument that includes why yuri work have ambiguity. Queer relationships break existing frameworks. By breaking the frameworks, the borders between categories are broken. And without the usual categories, things are by definition a bit ambiguous. Of course new categories can be rebuilt, but in the interim there is ambiguity. I think we still are in the interim period (towards an equitable society for all).

But this is slightly off topic so I will stop my comments on this topic here.

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I guess making the leader woman an exiled/ousted royal is supposed to mean she could ostensibly make a play for the throne, or something? It sorta feels like this is setting up Hesha & Jolene helping the women they've been residing with in overthrowing the kingdom with how horrific Diana is being portrayed, but I also feel like even that's reaching way off the rails to try and make sense of the pieces being placed down at the moment.

I hope Kelly runs into Adela (the pretty lady negotiating with Hesha and Jolene right now) and sees that she deserves more than dealing with Diana's bullshit. Hesha does see Kelly as a full person, but I'm sure those women in the village would also see Kelly as the good person she is.

darn, seriously enjoying these wordless short comics by Lyy (although cat = bitemark is at least plausible but dog = hickey is kinda silly)

I'm pretty sure they're both supposed to be dogs actually, it's just that Anon is more of a small pink yappy dog.
https://xcancel.com/Lyytoaoitori/status/1936021463020278260

I think that Anon might be a chihuahua in particular cause that's the semi-official animal casting for her (sorry the source doesn't have an English TL: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CFijqBHzZOM ).

So Hana and Lemon's magical transformation doesn't really change their hair color though it does change their eye color. I'd assume the transformation works similarly for Sou. However young magical girl Junna has a very different hair color than current day Junna. Assuming that Junna was the same type of magical girl as the rest of them, is Junna's hair now dyed?

Also omg the angst, be still my heart~

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Pretty~

2026 ShizNat<3!! and of the scene that still makes my head hurt. what in the homophobia does it mean by having Natsuki do that kiss and then be like 'I can't return the feelings you wanted from me.... I love you Shizuru'

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staring at the yuri~

beautiful~~

Shiznat from 2014! Still love them

cute~

TOP OF LILY!! Luluka should be so clingy considering her gf's propensity for danger

Thanks for the translation! These uploads almost always arrived during the afternoon in my timezone, so I'm glad I was able to experience the original afternoon sugar rush myself

I think I preferred having this happy end for Airi and everyone over a would have been bad end.
Minori still living her freak life gives me life. tho can't believe Mari would trauma dump like that /j

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The last couple of pages of Ch.18 are really striking, all the grief Aoyama has experienced... It made me tear up twice, once when I was originally reading and now again reading the lovely translation (thanks for the translation!). Aoyama's reflection and apology was really wonderful to see.

Regarding Yurika, I find her last name very curious. I was looking into the etymology of yuri(由理) and saw that the earliest place it was recorded was the Kojiki, one the oldest classical texts of Japan. Apparently 由理 was originally pronounced "sai". In the Kojiki, it states that the river got it's name "Sa(w)i" from the mountain lilies on the river's bank. So Yurika's last name Saikawa (犀川) sounds really similar to this other river mentioned in the Kojiki, Saigawa(佐韋河). A hell of a coincidence.

There are questions I still have about Yurika, like the reason she became a classical literature teacher. Was it because of her parents (given the classical origins of her name) or did her own connection to the classical texts become its own interest? What really was her reason for participating in Class S in the first place?
I imagine we will be seeing more of her if Kasumi and Haruyo talk to her about the letter, though I hope they won't have to spend much time with her. Someone please get Yurika away from schools...

The extras were super adorable and freaky, hoping for more~

"I sure am glad Chiaki's straight." honey, you've got a big storm coming

Loved the use of the blue soy sauce as a metaphor for them as a family. A bit non traditional, discounted by others, but when added to added to the right dish, "...ish gud". I also liked how Akane reframed it, reinstating both of their worths. Joined with An's ultimate desire and enjoyment of the blue soy sauce, the narrative so nicely tied up the metaphor I initially thought this was a oneshot. Happy this is continuing~ I'll be happy if Akane and Miwa's relationship continued to be more yuri or if it continues into a secret third thing, high-resolution yuri. (Akane was so sweet with how she helped Miwa with her necklace )

As someone who was taken care of by a single father for a time, I always hated the often vapid comments like "kids need both a mother and a father". Those were the few times I felt sympathy for the bastard (my father), a man with many failings and yet didn't even get useful advice and critique. (Not as if that man listened to reasonable comments, so the sympathy was most likely moot.)
Miwa's rebuke of Keiko was extremely cathartic, I'm glad she was able to protect An and that she stood up for herself as well. What a wonderful read to start off pride month.

Thanks for the translation! I can't wait to read the rest!

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What a merry bad ending~ Thank you for the scanlation and your thoughts!
Kuzushiro's horror and yanderes have to be my one my favorite things

I initially read Kagari more like a manifestation of Ageha's queerness. When Ageha was young, Kagari wasn't something that Ageha could see (though Kagari was probably still there, one could say like a moon on a rainy night). Nor is Kagari something others can explicitly see. However, when Ageha grew older she could acknowledge her queerness to some extent (by kissing, if only we could all be so lucky~). This made the scaries and the fear go away for a time, but also made the scaries even more frequent.
With this reading of the story, the central conflict is about inner acceptance. Kagari wants Ageha to completely accept her, even though she knows that she also causes Ageha to be ostracized to some extent. Kagari knows that is what will get rid of the scaries. But Ageha doesn't think that's realistic, because by accepting her queerness she becomes, well, queer. The idea of being queer is almost the scariest thing to her yet. However, page 35 is Ageha reaching that acceptance to some degree. It is the only page where Ageha and Kagari share the same eye color, seeming to be equals for a brief moment. In this case, the heterochromia is more like Ageha's quasi-acceptance, perhaps acceptance in some spaces and denial in others? Or denial till graduation? It's not mutual for now lol

Wait. Maybe it's a stretch but I wonder if the girl Sui likes is Reina's sister?

Sui did mention she was younger than Reina, being a college student and all, so maybe she goes to school with Reina's sister?
It would be wonderfully messed up if it was Reina's sister that Sui had a crush on, given she picked Reina on how close Reina looked like her crush. A resemblance that the person on page 8 vehemently denied. However, not sure how much credence those words have given that person also looks like an asshole who has a warped sense of reality given they're shitting on a kid who got an 87 on a test to do nothing but study.

Also is the person on page 8 one of Reina's parents or a relative perhaps? Cause they do seem older than Reina, but also they mention disliking some other mysterious "her" which is not Ai.
Reina seems to have had a shitty childhood for sure. Not great luck with looking like other people either tbh...

Adorable~

She really likes to say... "Love" huh...

Ikr. It's almost like she's in love with you or something... haha jk... unless..?

Kuzushiro's divine return to Yuri Hime!?
Thanks for the continued translations!

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Aoyama and Kasumi here reminds me a bit of A Streetcar Named Desire, mostly in the antagonistic framing between realism (yuri?) vs fantasy (Class S?). Where Aoyama does come off as the cruel and brutish Stanley, deriving a gross pleasure from trying to break what she sees as a fantasy relationship rather than her narrow box of what she's labeled as real romance. Though Aoyama is much more sympathetic than Stanley. I don't think Igurashi is going to go full Blanche with Kasumi, but I hope this encounter doesn't scar her too much. This stranger was very much not just a friend you haven't met.

I will never get enough of Igurashi's framing and shading work, which always does such a good job invoking the sense dread and terror I often feel for Kasumi in this rather dark world. It's a bleak ending to this chapter and I figure the next chapter will revolve around Aoyama's own S journey, but I am hoping that soon Haruyo can bring back the light in Kasumi's world.

Thank you for the continued translations! I was really looking forward to this one though I figured it would be a harder one to translate with Aoyama's speech style.

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Yuri injected right into my veins. Bless this author's NanoFate.