The way Takamine explained how she's reading the book she gave her was practically a confession.

Yeeep, same thought here and I think Sakura sensed it too, leading to that fantastic expression on her face right next page.

(I see we also have the same taste in profile pics)

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Hoo boy, way to mess with the wrong woman. Always appreciate an awful person getting a good, swift kick out the airlock.

New chapter! Love the surrealistic silliness of this series. I support more nudibranches in manga.

Haha, they stuck the landing with that final page. Excellent execution!

Good work, looking forward to the extra.

Oh boy, girl's down BAD. Pretty sure this'll get downright spicy. Both girls are interesting so I'm looking forward to learning more about them. Very good first chapter.

Also, those boys should get kicked down the stairs.

Re laws, well she's not wrong, though I doubt the laws in this particular area are anywhere near the top of a hypothetical list of laws people think are wrong.

Hahahahaha, what a teasing fake-out!

Looking forward to the next chapter.

Aaand Nono drops the bomb on Aika

First reaction was oh, so that kind of person. But after thinking a bit I'm not feeling as sure. But one thing I feel sure about is, this is going to be a ride.

Can't remember when I first read this, but I keep returning to this one. Just something magnetic about it.

I'll read anything from Usui Shio and in this one I could almost literally feel the warmth radiating from the pages.

Holy fuck, this was both cute and relatable. And exactly what I needed today (work situation has been horrible)

This hurts.

It’s crazy how quick people are to label a woman as a villain for having a messy relationship. The possibility of a sort of psuedo beard type relationship with her husband is tantalizing, but seems unlikely. Ema was in love with Takara as a kid but got abandoned out of nowhere during a time when she was the only person who Ema could open up to, which left her alone and adrift while dealing with her shit mom.

Hario comes into the picture as someone who is kind to her and willing to support her, and he offers her a way away from her horrible mom and is able to “protect” her from her mom in some ways. They got married when they graduated college and then there was a decade or more until she reunited with Takara. Even if she’s a lesbian who never felt love for Hario, they still have a decade of marriage together and that whole time presumably he was her support to stand against her mom and have freedom.

Of course she’s still relying on him while also behaving ambiguously with Takara! She’s got basically no fucking support network outside of her husband, and now suddenly her childhood friend who she’s in love with too! Clearly she’s still not in a place where she can just say “I’m gonna change everything around me and leave behind the husband who cherishes me and who I’ve become dependant on for the last decade”. That’s not how any of this works.

And to put it in simple terms, none of this is her fault, she did the best she could in the situations she was forced into, and it just so happens that she’s gotten into a really difficult set of relationships because of it.

Just want to 1000% agree.

Just adding another 1000%

Well, the title is certainly both straightforward and accurate. I like it.

Well oof. That's about all I can say.

I feel like Homa-nee's story will not be pleasant to hear...

I have a feeling you're right.