I hope for her own sake that Lin Luxi's mom can begin to accept her daughter's sexuality and independence.
She's clearly reeling from being confronted with the contradictions between her views of filial piety and family control vs. her daughter's new capability to resist them. Before, she was unwilling to reconcile her own prejudices with Lin Luxi's sexuality and had all the power to not do so. Now, she has the same prejudices, but has unexpectedly lost her power—she failed to force her will upon Lin Luxi, and will now have to answer to her (or at least negotiate) if she wants them to continue having a relationship.
It seems like the both want a relationship, and I can't imagine the mom will cope very well without Lin Luxi since she's structured her whole life up till now around her daughter. My childhood experiences with my mom were rocky to say the least and while my parents have all been very supportive of my queerness, I feel like I can relate to the situation a lot.
It's very reasonable to draw a line across which you don't feel obligated to consider someone else at the expense of yourself (socially, mentally, materially), but I think people can lose some nuance with antagonistic characters. Obviously stories can overplay this with "tragic villain backstories." There's always nuance—the nuance doesn't always matter. Here though, it's family, it's her mom that she still loves and cares about. Cutting all contact is an option, but it's a simple solution to a complex problem.
Is it worth Lin Luxi's effort to keep some contact in the hopes that her mom comes to accept her, however begrudgingly? I'm excited to find out as the series continues :]

Asako is so sweet. I remember when abiding by the rules was all I knew how to do too, girl. It can be a little isolating. For me, I wanted to change a lot and I did. Asako seems to truly believe that her professed ethos is what works best for her, but she also doesn't want that to make her seem condescending or unfamiliar. In going out with Nagi (and before that hiding a manga collection), she's implicitly chosen a more moderated stance, but the words have yet to catch up to her feelings. I think she'd be happy to live in the middle ground that most people end up in: following the rules is good, but it makes sense to bend or break the rules once in a while and the rules don't work for everyone.

Really cute, though you do need to overlook the fact that they probably started dating when Minato was still a minor.

Not in Japan, where age of consent is 16 since 2023 (used to be 13).

Age of consent =/= age of majority. When the former is lower than the latter, a minor can legally consent.
The age of majority in Japan was lowered from 20 to 18 a few years ago. Minato was a legal minor, Minato was able to legally consent. Which is also beside the point; I don't think the original commenter was considered with legality, only ethics.

Not sure people want to make this forum about issues of consent, grooming, and age-based power imbalances though. Because I can't resist, I'll leave my opinion at: I think making a manga about a real 20 yr old/30 yr old couple is weird.

just noticed Hikaru's cute hime cut. She's serving Heian realness

Bit of a jumbled ramble. Anyway, final thoughts is that Mao wasn't cheating but Hikaru is still valid for feeling hurt.

then try to live in a more open circles? like this is cheating for the majority of the world you know?

your also taking the idea that Mao didn’t say I love you in the kind the MC perceived as! how do you know that? and that gives your garbage excuse to say it was not cheating LMAO any one that starts with love confessions and DOES not tell others that they are not in a monogamy relationship takes advantage of how the world works, and that not many people WANNA be in a open relationship, this is manipulation like wtf? how are you excusing such behaivour?

Not classifying it as cheating doesn't necessarily endorse the behavior. Missteps, mistakes, miscommunications, and being inconsiderate are not exclusive to cheating.

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I like the different background shades to denote farther back and less farther back in time. I don't know if I've ever noticed a manga use more than "white for present, black for past," though I'm sure it's been done.

I really appreciate the boob anatomy, that's not a type that typically gets depicted!

wow... tongtong naturally hitting all the right buttons for lin luxi. If only all smut was this good LOL.
Time to see how lin luxi squeezes out an explanation under such conditions... it would even make sense for her to explain her needs in bed at this point. I expect that plot will take a little longer to wrap up though.
My next-chapter predictions:
1. Lin Luxi has some difficulty explaining her history in middle school, but gets out a sufficiently detailed answer for Tongtong to understand what's up between her and Baiyan.
2. Tongtong then gets frustrated with Lin Luxi about her avoiding the issue earlier making...
3. Lin Luxi only able to muster a very minimal explanation for her being flustered and horny before...
4. They finish where they left off.
Out if this, Tongtong is maybe still slightly concerned about Baiyan, but generally reassured and now mostly interested in what's the deal with her sub gf. But... Baiyan blackmails them about being lesbians and school drama distracts the couple from making much progress in the bedroom.

In a different, more "toxic yuri," series, this could lead to some infidelity from Lin Luxi, but that's not gonna happen here.

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I like how this one has the senpai that's eager to get closer be, like, semi-oblivious to how hard she's crushing. and then when her kouhai has her pinned she's overcome by blushing. It's pretty open to interpretation, but senpai seems kinda closeted here, that's my headcanon at least.

Good luck, babe!

Does this really need the age gap tag when it's only 6 years and it seems like they are both adults? There's no mention to indicate school age or anything which is usually what I associate with age gap.

Cute story although I feel like Tamaki shoulda made a move earlier instead of right before she left since she was interested too? 6 months of waiting is a long time especially since she knew about the crush for months lol.

Approaching deadlines are good motivators. Thinking back to when I asked out my first ex... On the night I had planned to ask them out, I waited until the last flight of stairs preceding our splitting before I inviting them to dinner.

This sucked tbh, really did not do the topic justice. just using it for a shallow plot element

speedrun the sex, which failed (and amazingly she didn't force Mion), so they speedran the breakup.

You can publish a lot, but idk if the magazine would've wanted to publish a graphic depiction of date rape.

Let's see what insights about Blondie this manga will give us. Curious, as someone who has at times been closer to Blondie than Glasses in my relationships...

Something's telling me this manga REALLY wants to be the most yuri yuri to ever have yuri'd. And I shall support that, because it IS my favourite yuri manga of all time.

Don't think 3 or 4 pairings we're currently on is that many, I think you can find some with more couples :P Maybe some yuri veteran could chip in, but "A kiss and a white lily" would be my shout, it has like a bazillion pairings that I don't even remember. Sometimes quantity has a quality of its own :P

And welcome!

I'd put up Virgin's Empire, there's a ton in that, though I'd have to count it out and compare with A Kiss and a White Lily

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I like that they're not simply a tsundere trope dynamic. They're cute! I'd love to see more of them

I more or less get what direction that conversation between Jin-Ran and the senpai went but I'm still so confused. How did it jump around so much like that and still stay on the same few pages?

Because drunk, but also because, until the end, senpai was trying to avoid the topic of Jin-Ran liking her. It's a scary situation, as she explained.

Another factor was the server coming with their drinks—an easy excuse to change the topic to something less personal. 10/10 chapter here imo.
They both talk around how they just had an exchange of feelings, Jin-Ran happy to play along with her senpai. Eventually it's Gujou who can't handle the "storm," the unspoken tension, and drops the game mid-sentence to say just that. Jin-Ran, further showing how she's genuinely happy to be with Gujou, responds by pointing back to the art discussion in her response. Jin-Ran is also metaphorically going out to sea, she's only accepted it sooner than Gujou.
An important display of this is how she didn't immediately answer Gujou's question she stalled a little. I'm pretty sure they both knew why Gujou was asking the question, and both knew what Jin-Ran would answer, but there's still nervousness. For Gujou, she's worried about not knowing what to do even if "the piece is right in front of [her]." Meanwhile, Jin-Ran is worried about reciprocation as evidenced by what she says at the art museum "I hope that you'll come to think the same too." The final line of the chapter is also phrased as a question, "are you ready/do you want to go out?" not "we should go out" or "please go out with me."
It was a little hard to decipher at first, but their entire scene at the museum is about love. Gujou's crush on Ibuki and the growing relationship between her and Jin-Ran. Ultimately, I think Jin-Ran is very right. There is no right way to love or fall in love; if you enjoy being with someone, isn't that good?

Some people may not enjoy the very subtextual nature of this manga, but I'm here for it.

But she's also aware of her feelings for Aya and the budding thing that's building up between them. Choosing to stay or go isn't a simple decision, but some part of it has to feel to her like choosing between her own happiness and her uncle's. He knows that, too, which is why he makes a point to tell her that he doesn't regret staying at all. So she doesn't know what to do, so she's doing what she does and stewing about it internally until she makes a decision.

This tbh. The subtext is very rich and up to interpretation in this chapter, but I think Koga's lack of assuaging points to her still trying to work things out. She doesn't want to say anything she doesn't mean, make promises she can't keep. All she can do is affirm her love and hold Aya's hand, trying to let her know that she cares.

I relate to Koga in the lack of explicit communication and the stewing more than I'd like.
But omg they're holding hands omg!!!

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I feel like I need to do a reread of this series, the infrequent releases have made my understanding of the plot hazy at best. All I know is these bitches gay and can enjoy a fine wine.

Please no one have annoying arguments about art btw

I like the portrayal of boredom here. I just got back home in the countryside myself after becoming used to a busier life in the city, and I'm feeling similar things. Only difference is that the school has more opportunity for socializing.

This is such a sad manga. I hate seeing Adachi fall into these toxic and obsessive patterns, and I love the author for that.
This dynamic of seemingly outwardly cold, but that being a misread of the person's internal monologue contrasted with a person frustratedly obsessed with the love they share to a degree that is unhealthy to both parties... It hits too close to home, and I'm glad it was written

This manga is so cute. Girls not wanting to admit they're in love can get a bit annoying since it's so overdone, but I like this one. While the reversal aspect isn't exactly new ground, I really like the execution of Ruka's unintentional infatuation with Suuna.

Myuu quietly acting to cheer Yumi up, and knowing it's best just to let her complain through it... if that ain't love then I've never been in love.

It's a shame risa doesn't have a chance from a storytelling perspective because she's so nice. She doesn't "deserve" Ayaka's love because of that, but she doesn't deserve a twisted universe where it's impossible for writing direction reasons (there'd at least be a glimmer of a chance if it weren't for the title...)

Maybe I just relate too much lol, and I know it's not gonna have a poly ending, oh so well.

...Also It's worth remembering that Lovecraft did start to come around on the racism issue before he died

Ehhh, from my understanding he stopped believing in genetic racial superiority, but only because he started believing that his favorite European cultures were superior to the other, inferior cultures. He adopted a more modern type of racism, he didn't stop being racist.

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