The suggestion of Natori being in the line of fire still gets a reaction from Lapis at least. Did she think firing her would give her safety in NPC status? The plot practically sticks to her. There’s going to be a lot of casualties in any kind of suppression of an uprising.

IMO it wasn't just the did she bring a girl home that felt off. normally if a couple moves in together, you say you moved in together, not i got a roommate. Also, the ending panel of her sitting down all shy like they haven't been together for over a year now was also weird. Honestly i had to reread this a couple times just to figure out if it was really them. the shorter bangs made her look more like the other girl, her uncle's gf.

I just took that as Aya trying to hold on to being annoyed for the sake of being the responsible one and failing in the proximity of Mitsuki’s rizz attack. Fake sulking before she lets herself enjoy the surprise. Earlier she was physically contorting back in the kitchen trying to not give up too quickly while Mitsuki was shooting her puppy dog eyes from the couch. She’s weak to rizz and always has been. They are flirting.

She’s fully onboard with Mitsuki’s nonsense by the end. Having a cuddle on the couch in front of some dad rock. They may look older but they haven’t changed their dynamic.

Are door to door salesmen still a thing in Japan?

Is it that different than in the US? I still get a lot of unsolicited roof repair, fence repair, tree trimming, solar, window sellers, jesus sellers... "We were in the neighborhood and-" Only started having problems with my first house. Never with an apartment.

Looks like they do have some door pests in Japan too.
https://www.reddit.com/r/japanlife/comments/ltjbsv/how_to_say_no_to_door_to_door_electricity_company/

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I need to see the scene every morning when the prince wakes up first. So far we’ve only seen the protagonist waking up alone hours later.

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_role_of_the_femme_fatale_ch10#21

"I've only had Hanako for a day and a half, but if anything ever happened to her I would kill everyone in this room and then myself." - Nanase probably

Great start so far. There’s the mystery for where she’s been for a couple years on top of just the current app meet up oshi kiss. Please have staying power I need more idol series in my life.

Was NOT expecting that kiss

Girl went from melting into a puddle from a hug
To
Kabedon + kiss combo

Peak character development fr

Is told one time that her directness and honesty are good lovable qualities and uses those same qualities immediately in a lethal finishing move.

The administrator said she’s not the only one working undercover so it’s not all on her shoulders. It doesn’t seem like she knows the identities of the other hidden humans tho.

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/its_a_secret_shirotae_sama_ch01#17

The first several comment pages of any vampire series on here never disappoints.

GL live action has made some ground recently. I wouldn't have guessed this one would get picked up, but I do really like it. The most recent I'm aware of is Even Though We're Adults and s2 of AyaHiro so this one is definitely a different tone.

This is getting a live action?
"The late-night weekly series will premiere on the TV Osaka and TV Aichi channels on October 4...The series stars Nogizaka46 idol group members Renka Iwamoto (Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective), right in photo above, and Nao Tomisato (live-action Oshi no Ko )..."

https://x.com/sasa1/status/1962354418348900680

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-08-31/futari-escape-comedy-manga-gets-live-action-series-on-october-4/.228290

Rereading chapter 2 because I got the physical volume now... is how "Lapis" describes training a commoner what happened to herself as a child?

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_fed_up_office_lady_wants_to_serve_the_villainess_ch02#10

I also somehow forgot the original Lapis was likely psychic too.
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_fed_up_office_lady_wants_to_serve_the_villainess_ch01#20
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_fed_up_office_lady_wants_to_serve_the_villainess_ch04#16

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She did reiterate “book” later on in the Live so maybe it will be an English physical release should it happen in a year. I have been spamming the publishing surveys with a lot of success lately. Lol

She said on her IG live right now that there is a good chance it gets an English release in a year. But she was a bit hazy when asked if it would be a physical release. So maybe it will be on an app. It’s a ways off either way.

https://www.instagram.com/teleixihu_tracy

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And so... they were both tops.

It would be awkward if one can’t stay awake for any of it though. That would be worse than the first curse.

Also... I can't help but think that a family at the rank of dukes, who already have a daughter, adopting another from an orphanage, sounds a bit ominous. It could absolutely be an innocent act of kindness, but I don't really expect it.

It’s extra strange to pick a girl that looks so similar to a royal. But since it seems like public knowledge there was an adopted commoner sister it couldn’t have been a body double hire for security reasons or they would have hidden her unless needed. But here we are so…

Wakana's increasingly revealing "this is not mating or anything like that!" cautious pep talk. It basically feels like all of that, but their master insists it isn't so -

I also wouldn't take a brand new series as yuri hime just axing things left and right either. If anything, this is them flexing new financial power with how many licensed manga have been getting anime adaptations lately (and the runaway success Watanare's been for them and the publisher)

Watanare isn’t related to them. The manga is serialized through the comic arm of the LN publisher iirc.

To me they’re just doing what a lot do when trying to find the next hit in an increasingly shrinking physical media environment. Casting a wide net while toeing the Netflixication line. There’s only so many pages so the math can be brutal.

A new Sanrio Character Goods popup was announced for September.

https://www.kiddyland.co.jp/event/kinioto/

I’m a little annoyed the tariff changes in the US hit at the same time because I was going to not order any more hobby stuff until I see how that was applied. But the plush…

I hope this sudden development is not a sign of the manga being on the chopping block.

Well, the way I see it, they kinda introduced a second sort-of-villain while we still don't know the identity of the mysterious first one :P There's more new threads opening up than there are closing, doesn't seem like a sign of the series ending.

It was one of the few GLs to make it into the Next Manga award nomination list and the mangaka has been campaigning. It seems doubtful it was part of any cuts.

https://tsugimanga.jp/

I just remembered she did the same thing back in chapter 9. Got really bold with her asleep. Hmmm…

Does Riri just feel more in touch with her feelings and comfortable... if she's not being perceived? She does photoshoots so that would be a kind of reversal. Her parents are really touchy so it's not like she's never been exposed to that kind of relationship.

Aurora killed Lapis and is pretending to be Lapis? I don't follow how the comments got to that one.

Aurora could be living Lapis’ life, aka “taken” her life, but what happened to Lapis is probably driving the guilt and revenge vs her actually killed her by her own hand. You can feel you’re the cause of someone’s death without wanting that or understanding what was happening. She’s a teenager now so what happened was when she was even younger likely. Aurora’s room she retreated to is a time capsule of a child and probably the last time she was herself.

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There’s always the story left in the code/ditched/unused rare route that still exists but is either not playable in the game or only unlocked if you do something like go into the forbidden room etc. If anything it’s conventional in these stories for them to be surprised by a game element despite having played hundreds of hours. Natori was normally locked in on the hero character pov right? The goal of the game wasn’t saving the villain’s life so there if there was extra plot hiding in there her different choices this run could unlock it.

Sal was inspired by s2 to do another short mini chapter:

https://comic-action.com/episode/2550912965914166604