I think I'd be down for the MC ending up with the other mangaka.

I didn't call her a groomer, her actions clearly aren't premeditated enough to be that predatory. I said it's groomer behavior, because it objectively is. It's literally a tactic groomers use.

Breathing air is also a tactic groomers use. I'm not sure we can cast that wide a net.

OK, so, wholesome in a way, but . . . seems like everyone involved (except maybe the original crush who got married) is wasting a lot of years of their life. And the girl is right--they DON'T know each other, like, at all. So they're waiting years for . . . vague images in their respective heads? I hope they at least called each other in the interim and got to know each other in some way.

When I started reading this I was thinking "Oh, romance with a cute ghost girl". Never expected it would get complex like freaking Bokura no Kiseki, which requires a wall full of notes connected with coloured strings and arrows, elaborate conspiracy-theory style, to parse what's going on.

Women are capable of being protective too. And the MC is far less proactive and forward than the typical shoujo male lead.

The typical shoujo male lead is not very proactive. Seriously, I've read quite a bit of shoujo, and the thing about it is that the MC is the girl, and so it generally has to be about her struggles to get with the boy. If he proactively courts her, there are no struggles, so. Not to say there aren't any proactive male leads in shoujo, but they aren't typical. I guess some people who don't actually read shoujo imagine that the male leads are these incredibly handsome and self-confident guys who sweep the girl off her feet, but it's actually rare.

As a Canadian, I quite appreciate that their Quidditch is Lacrosse-based.

like in nearly every other non-yuri romance series.

Yeah, that's the thing. Parity, like. Anyone remember that movie "Million Dollar Baby" about the girl boxer? It got tons of kudos and lots of people really liked it, but I was thinking "OK, so we have the female MC becoming good at her sport, fighting hard, winning the big fight . . . and then dying tragically of a random disease so her big (unrealistic) paycheck just ends up going to pay her medical bills cuz it's the USA. Nice tear-jerking story, but if it was a GUY sports story they'd win the big fight, get the girl and live happily ever after. So how come in the girl version she dies instead?"

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The webcomic El Goonish Shive had something vaguely similar.

Oh, hey, an EGS reader! Allo!

Her: "And someday, meet an actual alien!"

Me: Girl, you ARE an actual alien. I recognize my tribe when I see it.

I love to make good decisions based on sufficient information that will end well for me.

To be fair, "hawt" + "nice to me" can make some pretty compelling information points.

To bad this most normal and healthy romantic option for this kid is one she is completely not interested in. Wish she’d just go for the idol tbh lol

I don't think any relationship involving that kid could possibly be normal and healthy. Avoiding pseudo-incest by getting together with a future axe murderer is not a step up.

Damn this is sweet. I can feel stress easing.

There's Xingyuan wishing HER parents were like that.

Man. Usually when a series is axed, there's enough hasty resolution that some people say "Well, maybe it wasn't axed, maybe this is the way they intended to end it" etc. They leave a bit of room for doubt.

Not here. This has to be the sharpest, most suddenly and blatantly wielded axe I've seen.

Wow.

Hmmm . . . When some cheating jerky guy says "Really, it won't happen any more! I've changed, babe!" we tend not to buy it. I stopped reading this a couple of chapters in, thought I'd wait for the end and check the comments for how it went and . . . I have a feeling I will not buy this ending if I read it, so I'm gonna skip it.

I find the way this is developing weird. I mean, Violet seems to be in the process of becoming this somewhat sympathetic character, you can tell because her special knight can fight Frost to a standstill, which would absolutely not be happening if she was the bad guy, and because nowhere in the narrative does it really raise the possibility that her grievance is just a complete hoax, so presumably it isn't.

So, OK, but what about this price gouging keeping the whole damn town destitute? Are we ever going to hear about that again? I have this weird feeling like the mangaka introduced a character intending them to be one way and then lost control and let them talk until they were another way.

Not so great when the shoes on the other foot now is it miss missy?

Indeed. Here, I believe this was your petard?

Whooo! Ah, let me catch my breath . . . that was some good handholding.

I am surprised how many of the commenters noticed that reference. And dash it all, everyone beat me to it!

All in all, I'd say if you're going to assassinate somebody, don't start off with an attempt that might as well be a warning shot. I know, I know, she wants it to look like an accident, but come on.

Where I am, lately we've got some of those bugs, which we call stink bugs . . . but they're not from here, they're an invasive species. So when I see one I wrap it in kleenex and squish it. The surprising thing is they don't actually smell that bad--it's a bit pungent, but reminiscent of cut grass although not as nice as that sounds.

Lovely chapter. Always nice to see this.

So, seems like the long "platonic relationship" interregnum logjam has just been definitively broken.

Anyway they are adorable so they can flex all day as far as I'm concerned.

Tomato juice? Really?! Not that I care, just here for the silly gay hijinx, but come on.