I kinda wanted to see them kiss ngl

Honestly I probably would've settled for that even. I feel like I was just served a nothingburger after nearly 2 volumes of teasing and buildup.

Kinda felt like this one was wrapped up a little too neatly. I would've liked it if they had at least one really messy sexual encounter before getting their feelings sorted.

I do feel bad for Ema, but she's really putting Takara into an awful situation here. At this point she has all but said "I want to leave this life behind and elope with you," but they both know that's something Ema has to do on her own and she just does not have the confidence to be true to herself, or true to Takara even. And maybe the only reason Ema hasn't taken a step forward yet is because she's afraid that Takara will just abandon her again the moment things get too real for her, just like when they were kids.

But, how is Takara supposed to prove that to her without becoming a homewrecker? Like sure, she could've let Ema kiss her and officially confirm it's mutual, but that doesn't necessarily mean that would give Ema the courage to leave Hario. They could be stuck having an affair for who knows how long and I doubt Takara could handle the guilt or keep up the charade of just being best friends, girl is awful at hiding her feelings.

I always sort of read it as one of those situations where the sister tried seducing the girlfriend to get her away from her brother because she didn't want him dating a skank. Except it backfired and she ended up being seduced herself and now they're stuck pretending this is still about the brother because the sister has too much pride and the gf enjoys goading her too much.

The real mistake was letting her students be so casual with her at the start of the year. Now she's stuck in a situation where she's going to be villainized no matter what she does, which will probably continue to snowball until her girlfriend breaks up with her and/or she's forced to transfer to a different school to start over. Or maybe she'll learn how to put her foot down and set better boundaries with her students. May or may not help at this point.

Okay I'm gonna need a POV swap where it's revealed the friend is the one secretly pulling the strings and she's just been pretending to be naive this whole time. Because who has that done to them in the theater and is just chill about it after the fact.

I was about to write this one off but the last 2 pages got me. I am always down for something dumb and trashy.

Shocked this doesn't have the idiot couple tag yet.

Well the obvious problem with this is, how is that any different from that ski trip, she was already determined to do the same thing :P I think that's the biggest problem with the whole manga in a nutshell, it's kinda repetitive and really likes to spin in circles doing more or less the same thing, like some kind of cartoon where villain always loses at the end of the episode and in the next one barely anything changed. I enjoyed a lot of it regardless but it could have been way better.

Yeah this is kinda why I lost interest and started skimming ~15 chapters ago. The problem with this kind of love story is that the only issue they had was their inability to communicate their feelings, so the minute they get together it's happily ever after. All of the side characters had their arcs wrapped up ages ago and didn't have anything to do in the story besides play wingmen. The author put all of their eggs in this one basket, but there's only so many times and so many ways you can have someone interrupt a confession or misunderstand something before it gets ridiculous and the audience runs out of patience. It really felt to me like the author accidentally wrote themselves in a corner because they didn't think far enough ahead, or were afraid adding in other elements would compromise the fluffy, light-hearted vibe it was going for.

Really good chapter. Drawing attention to the phone right before showing Niji try to gaslight Remu in particular was really great. I think that's the first time we haven't seen her fiddling with the phone? She definitely has this idealized image of Remu that she feels the need to preserve, but I wonder if her thing is scripting out Remu's life in her phone like she's a fictional character, and that's why she gets so upset whenever Remu does or says anything Niji doesn't anticipate. Also wonder if her obsession extends to rewriting events that don't go her way, to the point where the Remu in her phone is more real to her than Remu the person. Is she intentionally manipulating her to conform to this idealized Remu, or is she just plain delusional? I hope we get a Niji-centric chapter soon.

I also like how everyone's fetishistic hangups seem to revolve around obsession and possession. I assumed the title just referred to having weird fetishes, but maybe it's referring to the toxic possessive "love" that these characters have for each other? It makes the choice to have fetishes centered around malleable clay figurines all the more thematically resonant.

It doesn't seem like either of these idiots want to be the one who ends it, so I guess Nanase will eventually start cheating with Yuki to create the maximum amount of drama possible.

Primo fake dating scenario, I hope it keeps up the pace. Manatsu is adorable.

It's crazy how different the dynamic of their relationship is here to where it is now in the serialization. They have so little understanding or respect for each other starting out, you can tell sex and a lack of dating options were the only things really holding their relationship together. They've grown up so much... T_T Saeko especially, I forgot how crude and obnoxious she could be.

And while Nanase is possible the only redeemable person, she isn't making it clear to Yuni that she prioritizes her as a girlfriend. There is a lot of hesitation in her actions. She also doesn't have a clear view of what Yuni really wants in a lover due to little to no communication (again this is because she has a life outside of just thinking about Yuni). This is only hurting Yuni more and causing Yuni to think dramatically in a negative way

This isn't to say Nanase is a bad person. She will be a wonderful girlfriend for someone who doesnt live in fear of abandonment like Yuni does.

All my personal opinion though.

Yeah, while Nanase has done the least "wrong" so far in the story compared to Fuuko and Yuni, she was never a very good girlfriend to Yuni, or for Yuni, really. Volleyball is still her #1, and Yuni is her #2, or #3 even, which is what was causing all of their relationship problems to begin with. Like, even when Fuuko was actively cucking her right in front of her face she still wasn't even willing to say Yuni was more important than her club. Nanase quite literally just doesn't have enough room in her life to give Yuni the amount of attention she needs.

Although now I think we're starting to see her more toxic traits come out. I feel like she sees her relationship with Yuni as something that she has to 'win' or 'succeed' at. And she is shaping up to be a very sore loser who doesn't know when it's time to let go.

Ignoring the tagging situation from earlier, I do think this would've been received better if it hadn't escalated so quickly. It's a lot to cram into a oneshot and it's not made clear the MC is into it until the very end so I can see why people felt blindsided by the content. I kind of already associated exhibitionism & blackmail with humiliation since they tend to go together but maybe there should be a separate humiliation tag if people feel that strongly about it.

Did not expect people to get so upset over an exhibitionist sub fantasy considering all of the other stuff that's been uploaded here over the years.

Can't go wrong with a grumpy x sunshine pairing. Hope it stays relatively light-hearted.

At the current rate this is going, I think we've got at least 20 more chapters before they kiss and then we'll enter a new arc where one of them assumes that means they're dating and the other one thinks they're just besties who kiss.

Been a bit since the last post. Angela's Shuukura discord server is quite active and seems to be a source of motivation since she seems to be churning out chapters faster than ever.

Amawashi Pt 84: https://amawashigroup.wordpress.com/2024/10/04/part-84-the-things-miyagi-wont-tell-me-i/

Pt 85: https://amawashigroup.wordpress.com/2024/10/06/part-85-the-things-miyagi-wont-tell-me-ii/

Pt 86: https://amawashigroup.wordpress.com/2024/10/07/part-86-the-things-miyagi-wont-tell-me-iii/

We're entering the kinda angsty part of the story where Miyagi's focusing on how they'll be separated at graduation. She's pulling away by not letting Sendai kiss her and will continue trying to distance herself.
But at the same time these are some of the best chapters with how the gay chicken plays out. I can't remember how the "trade" at the end of part 86 goes down in the next chapter but I'm pretty sure it doesn't immediately get shutdown due to Miyagi's request being too much to handle.

What stands out to me with these chapters is how stark Sendai's internal attitude shift is after the culture festival. Before the separation, you can still see her actively denying how attached she is, trying to act unbothered when they talk about the future or not being able to spend time together. You can really tell the forced distance broke whatever resolve she had left because she immediately gets way more assertive and demanding in the music room, and her internal monologue afterwards is much more honest with regards to how she feels and what she wants from her relationship with Miyagi.

The best kind of angst is the stuff that hits too close to home. Good meal.

Feel like this is setting up for a fake lovers situation where she has to help someone else with their role in exchange.

Damn okay that happened faster than I thought it would. Lot of interesting directions this could go. The barely restrained slap from Hase sure is some dark foreshadowing though. I imagine Io will immediately cave and hook up with Misa again as soon as Misa is able to get them alone together and Io will get stuck in a loop trying to appease both of them until someone (likely Hase let's be real) does something extreme enough for her to make a hard choice and commit to one of them. I also expect them all to destroy their livelihoods in the process because how could they not with their careers and reputation on the line.

Hase is already doing something extreme. Io doesn't want this and doesn't seem interested in Hase whatsoever. Hase's on her way to assaulting her or worse in this very scene. This was a very uncomfortable move from her.

Right, I'm not trying to downplay sexual assault here. This stuff makes me uncomfortable too. I'm just saying I think Io will let Hase force herself on her out of fear. When I say "extreme enough" I mean physical battery on top of the sexual assault, or doing something that would create a public scandal and destroy the status quo. It's totally possible that this is what gets Io to run away for good or abandon her career to get away from her. I'm just expecting it to be drawn out a little bit given that this is just volume 2, but if everything needs to be wrapped up by volume 3 then it would make sense for the next chapter to be as far as it goes before Misa steps in to help Io escape.

Damn okay that happened faster than I thought it would. Lot of interesting directions this could go. The barely restrained slap from Hase sure is some dark foreshadowing though. I imagine Io will immediately cave and hook up with Misa again as soon as Misa is able to get them alone together and Io will get stuck in a loop trying to appease both of them until someone (likely Hase let's be real) does something extreme enough for her to make a hard choice and commit to one of them. I also expect them all to destroy their livelihoods in the process because how could they not with their careers and reputation on the line.

Chapter 7 is really cute. Koharu and Kanna are cuties. Wonder about that cupid dude and if Kanna will explain more about cupid world. Chiyo is so spicy lol

Also, this chapter somehow hints more about the possibility (theory)of Kanna being Koharu and Aki's cupid before the accident happened. Like how she was supposed to make Koharu consider Aki's feeling more and developing it into crush when Aki confessed to Koharu.

I'm also leaning towards the hypothesis that Kanna was directly or indirectly responsible for Koharu not knowing love/becoming a cupid. Even if she has other less conspicuous reasons for prioritizing Koharu's needs over her own, Kanna's sense of responsibility towards her is a bit excessive for someone who's not being motivated by guilt or some other ulterior motive.

Cool to see more LGBT stuff in the autobiographical sphere get translated.

I had a pretty similar social experience growing up with the gendered expectations stuff, although it never crossed over into body or gender dysphoria. Hard to make friends when boys want nothing to do with you because you're a girl, and you can't connect with other girls because you only like "boy things."