Somehow can't help but be reminded of many of the Marisa x Alice stories. While many of them are really quite beautiful, some of the best still tear your heart out, as the difference in aging leads to a very melancholy end...

Clearly Kairi should become a youkai magician.

Looks interesting. No idea if I'm reading too much into the first chapter, but it reminds me a lot of the manhwa Suicide Boy, which is also about investigating different methods of suicide.

They figure out the confession, and then someone's getting arrested. It's always something in this school.

Wait, is her name Qiu Chu or Qing Chu? Page 17 shows two different names.

I mean, they did almost get married like 10 days ago

Also I can't believe the mom died at the end of the chapter, RIP

Don't be silly, Tongtong's mom is going to dashingly save her from falling and we'll start the mom yuri arc.

G.K.: The fatal flaw of hard sci-fi is that it's not interesting to anyone except for fans of science fiction. Its main course are scientific explanations, and even though there are many different stories, in the end they always give way to walls of scientific text. But readers, except for sci-fi fans, barely feel any catharsis from that. Let's be honest, what's so interesting about having to read a longass explanatory infodump? That's why the sad reality is that hard sci-fi won't spread beyond the sci-fi fanbase. However if you make that hard yuri sci-fi, the scientific explanation segment becomes a scene of women having a conversation with each other. In other words, a yuri scene, something that all of you love.

Or well, not hard sci-fi this time. But I immediately thought of this reading this chapter.

Happy birthday, Madoka!

I felt like we were hitting a lull, and then along comes comes chapter 80. This series keeps hitting those moments of tension like nothing else can. The gay chicken continues onwards.

I love that Sendai doesn't actually like the necklace that much lol. It wouldn't feel right for their relationship if she picked up the pendant and everything was perfect.

Everyday Lily fits the bill here. It’s a romance between two lesbians, one of whom has been actively dating women for years, and the other of which has been in the closet since high school and is obsessed with yuri manga to cope.

You know, isn't it funny that Miyagi has more close friends than Sendai? It depends on how you count 'close friend' of course, but I think you need some level of emotional intimacy for it to count.

So, I'm caught up on the Amawashi translation, but question for the MTL readers- have they started calling each other by their given name yet?

Nmi does it again.

Lesbian prostitute training arc is such an inspired concept

Mizuki reminds me a lot of Haruki from Warikitta Kankei Desukara. Ambiguously masc girl who realizes her feelings for her childhood friend and alternates between sabotaging and supporting her other relationships. This story is a bit less intense, though.

Oh man, that really sucks. Hopefully it still sticks the landing, this is good enough that I reread all the previous chapters every time a new chapter was translated.

This is cute, but I have no idea what that "F..." at the end means.

Really glad there’s something of these two. Fantastic pairing.

It's really tiring how unwilling people are to engage with this story on its own terms. Arisa literally spells out the point for us in the narration on the last page! She's not stuck on it anymore, this extra is about her accepting her friendship with Fuwako as it is instead of being hung up on her romantically forever!

"That's all it was. But even this love had its value."

That's how it goes sometimes. Don't tell me you guys have never had straight friends you've crushed on :p

I don't enjoy reading about truly one-sided love very much (I got enough of that in high school), but the hurt feels good sometimes. And it's Usui Shio, I've never read anything from her that was bad.

This is so cute! What a way to find out your best friend was in love with you.

As an aside, I appreciate that Takemiya Jin really likes writing follow-ups to her one-shots. It makes the stories feel more concrete when we get another look at the couples.

Okay with that last bet it’s starting to feel like God himself wants Wakaba to keep losing these bets lol

This is one of those one-shots that would be more effective as a series, but it’s still really good regardless. I enjoyed the reflection on ‘normality’ a lot.

I really liked that twist lol. Cute and to the point.