Messy, clumsy female characters are so lovable to me, I'm claiming Hiroko for myself <3

This has been such a fun manga so far! I think a lot of ppl here read fiction expecting like, role models? I guess? Perfect characters who behave very reasonably and act in straightforward ways and never miscommunicate or have any serious flaws. Those are good things to want in real life but this is literally a yuri manga written with the purpose to entertain.

My 2 cents:

1. "Ayaka doesn't love Hiroko, she just admires her." -- Super annoying that the way a woman is attracted to another is scrutinized even in fiction! Shut up! This is a yuri manga, the author even calls them lesbians. They experience lesbian desire. Ayaka wants to get into Hiroko's pants!

2. The most interesting thing Risa has done so far has been telling Hiroko off. Otherwise, she's very nondescript lol. Risa/Ayaka would be a little boring to me tbh.

3. Hiroko is obviously attracted to Ayaka and she feels jealous when the male manager pets her, idk why people are saying she's not. I think ppl are making her into this cruel, uncaring character because she's clueless and a womanizer (though she's obviously not seducing Ayaka.) When... in fact she's being responsible and caring by considering that there's a power dynamic at play (she's Ayaka's boss), that you don't sh!t where you eat, and that for various reasons she cannot give her what she needs right now. I'm so looking forward to her figuring out how to reconcile her lesbianism w her professional life and how to keep lasting relationships <3 and most of all, I'm looking forward to her getting together with Ayaka!

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What I found most curious about this series was how strongly it reflected the idea that girls having romantic feelings towards one anoher is normal in all girls' schools. It's interesting how none of the girls' feelings were seen as real love, even when it was explicitly mentioned that they had fallen in love. Things like Nanako thinking how she, too, would one day fall in love like Kaoru and Henmi, or Fukiko saying that Rei never got the chance to fall in love for real (though this might be an accurate statement...). It is clear that all these romantic feelings were treated as merely temporary and real love would be that towards a man.

I was thinking something along the same lines when Nanako first said that Mariko would probably end up marrying Takashi soon, but at least the last chapter of the manga shows that Nanako grew up because she loved St. Just and it makes me feel that her love is treated like it wasn't in vain, that it was an important thing that will remain with her forever. It sucks that the possibility of just living with a woman instead of marrying a man isn't ever discussed or contemplated, but I suppose it just reflects the social constraints of the times this was written.

How come Reimu was watching Shou scold Kogasa Very Intently but then the next frame shows her breaking into the room where Shou is holding Byakuren...? Oh well.

The last part too... Are you making stuff up, you awful bird?

Great, excellent, wonderful!

I hadn't realized that the bodysuit was part of the uniform. Dangerous clothing item...

Overbearing Suletta is so cute...