loved the little callback to Airi and Michiru’s first chapter!! <3

Random fact: there's no Virgins' Empire anime (unfortunately), but there's a "voice comic" (whatever that is)

The cast is as follows:
Hibiki Aoi as Miyoshi
Chika Anzai (Reina from Hibike Euphonium and Chisato from Lycoris Recoil) as Ayano
Satomi Satou (Ritsu from K-On and Wendy from Fairy Tail) as Chie
Mariya Ise (Killua from 2014 HxH and Urara/Cure Lemonade from Precure) as Ai
Reina Ueda (Umi from Idolmaster ML, Ganyu from Genshin and Suzuya from Asteroid in Love) as Honoka
And Sumire Uesaka (Anastasia from Idolmaster and Nagatoro from Nagatoro) as Elisha

Miyoshi's VA is the only one who hasn't had any major-ish role yet.

Edit: also, I thought Nao x Onibi would become one of the pairings, but if you don't count those themed image sets the author does sometimes, they never interacted again after the Maebari incident.

Edit 2: Talking about Nao, shouldn't Nao x Hibiki be a tag?

woah, do you have a source for this? i’d love to check it out!

The only couple in this series I dislike is Mariri x Mayuyu, they're just way too childish and simple to keep my attention. There's no texture there.

i feel this way about hibiki and midori. ive never found a reason to enjoy any of their chapters

any updates from kishi? i’m getting kinda nervous.

Really enjoyed Eli/Honaka's past chapter just because it didn't revise the past like it did for Haruka/Kanae.

totally agree with you there, this is also probably my favorite of the past chapters so far

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HarukaxKanae, onthe other hand... They are shown has having interacted before, in a way that should have sticked with Kanae, How is it that she didn't remember Haruka as "oh, is it that girl from the vending machine ? We even ended up in the same class ?"

Note that this isn't the actual entrance exam, but a practice test held in eight grade. Haruka and Kanae weren't necessarily in the same class during their first year of high school, so there may have been two years between this and their next interaction. Seems like a long enough time to forget the face of a person you talked with casually for a few minutes.

still, i think it feels a a tad bit detrimental to their established relationship.

hm…i’m not sure how i feel about these have-actually-met-before-but-didn’t-know-it-yet stories for aichie and kanae/onoda…obviously they’re very cute stories and a nice glimpse into each character, but it feels sort of phoned in after chapter 0, where we get to see them meet for the first time, only to have THESE specials be all “well this is their ACTUAL first meeting.” no hate, love kishi. just my thoughts!!

hm…i’m not sure how i feel about these have-actually-met-before-but-didn’t-know-it-yet stories for aichie and kanae/onoda…obviously they’re very cute stories and a nice glimpse into each character, but it feels sort of phoned in after chapter 0, where we get to see them meet for the first time, only to have THESE specials be all “well this is their ACTUAL first meeting.” no hate, love kishi. just my thoughts!!

Airi and Michiru T^T They're so cute. In the beginning, it seems obvious that Michiru liked Airi but now it feels one-sided for Airi (Atleast for now, smh slow burn). I can't tell if they're a couple yet or not ∑d(°∀°d)

right??! i miss earlier michiru characterization, now i feel like her actions/reactions with airi are totally inconsistent … won’t stop me from loving her, though <3