Chapter update Hino in full gay panic mode

Oh my fucking GOD! UWAAAAAAH!!!

Please author pick up from that point and don't have it be the next day or whatever.

Sadly, your wish didn't get granted. However, HIno has definitely been shaken by these events, and Koguma is being a lot more assertive.

Still, I think we made progress. I mean, Koguma is unusually assertive and Hino absolutely knows what camp she's in now.
Also, I've rarely seen a plan to wriggle out of an intimate situation backfire so spectacularly.

Kogutop.

Next Koguma cradles Hino’s chin and calls her “kitten.”

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Ii Nioi

Kogutop.

Next Koguma cradles Hino’s chin and calls her “kitten.”

Hino might die of sweetness overload, though. I'm sure Koguma would be terribly worried and would have to take good care of... oh.

Hino felt really gay-panic-y throughout the chapter.

Hino has ascended.

Always appreciate Smell becoming a focus, even if it's just for a chapter or two. A lot of mangaka tend to disregard that aspect of human intimacy entirely, and it's nice to see it represented.

KoguMAD ( ͡°ω ͡°)

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Hino is terminally gay. It's fun, but I can't help but wonder if they'll ever move forward.

Thirst world problems.

Thirst world problems.

Thirst world problems require juicy solutions.

Page 11 correction: "... somewhat coarse material..."

Looks like Hino activated the service top in Koguma.

Thirst world problems.

Thirst world problems require juicy solutions.

OMG, you two really made me laugh.

(Maybe I should get back into the habit of screenshoting funny Dynasty comments)

Looks like Hino activated the service top in Koguma.

So that's what this whole series was!

Koguma's little note was so cute - the best domestic bliss kind of stuff. What a great few chapters we've had.

Koguma-san no Baka?

^She really doesn't realize what she's doing to Hino. There is a such thing as being too innocent.

Reversal

^She really doesn't realize what she's doing to Hino. There is a such thing as being too innocent.

I kinda think she may have moved beyond that and is now not only aware of how Hino thinks, but actually willing to engage in their game.
I so hope we get to experience this chapter from her perspective (it's happened before, after all) to see whether my wild guess is right.

^She really doesn't realize what she's doing to Hino. There is a such thing as being too innocent.

I kinda think she may have moved beyond that and is now not only aware of how Hino thinks, but actually willing to engage in their game.

I’m not so sure. They both seem to me to be in the classic “useless lesbian” position—hyper-aware of how they themselves feel, but hyper-densely unaware of how the other one feels.

Hino is pretty clear—she thinks Koguma only indulges her requests because she’s kind and diligent about getting Hino to class.

You’re right that Koguma’s inner thoughts are harder to parse out, but while we get very strong suggestions that Koguma would like to push things a little further (her little disappointments when Hino backs off or fails to read Koguma’s reaction correctly are nuanced and brilliantly done), we don’t really know how Koguma ultimately perceives Hino’s mixed messaging (it’s all a pranking game vs. real attraction and affection).

If the realization of mutual attraction does ever come, both possibilities—that Koguma suddenly has an epiphany about Hino’s real feelings, or that she’s known all along, better than Hino herself—would be equally plausible and consistent with what we’ve seen so far.

I’m not so sure. They both seem to me to be in the classic “useless lesbian” position—hyper-aware of how they themselves feel, but hyper-densely unaware of how the other one feels.

I'm not entire convinced of that. I agree insofar that Hino hasn't (hadn't?) quite figured out what's going on inside Koguma, but while Koguma still isn't always sure what Hino is up to right now, I believe she is at least somewhat aware that Hino isn't just horny, but also a little lovestruck. I'm not certain if Koguma is ready to actually give a name to what she herself feels yet.

Hino is pretty clear—she thinks Koguma only indulges her requests because she’s kind and diligent about getting Hino to class.

So far, so true, but *I would say that changed this chapter, so now she might just catch on - especially if she can remember anything from her feverish night.
(paragraph slightly rephrased to conform more with the chapter)

If the realization of mutual attraction does ever come, both possibilities—that Koguma suddenly has an epiphany about Hino’s real feelings, or that she’s known all along, better than Hino herself—would be equally plausible and consistent with what we’ve seen so far.

Here's hopin'.

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If the realization of mutual attraction does ever come, both possibilities—that Koguma suddenly has an epiphany about Hino’s real feelings, or that she’s known all along, better than Hino herself—would be equally plausible and consistent with what we’ve seen so far.

Here's hopin'.

They’ve both already had multiple “She’s so close—she’s so cute/pretty” moments. In Yuriworld that means that we just have to await the inexorable weathering processes of wind and water as they do their work over time. Geologic time, that is.

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