I'm okay with love triangles unless they're like... SUPER ambiguous. Like... the type where the cover of the manga for all volumes is 3 characters (not 2 like this one), and the protagonist waffles back and forth between the two so frequently you think a poly ending is actually possible (but it still almost never is). Lots of good examples of this but they're almost all manhwa (well, South Korean webtoons).

Even then I can read it and enjoy it, but I have to read the ending first, and then go back and read the series. Reading the ending lets me brace myself emotionally for the correct route, so I'm not going to end up super pissed or angsty about not getting the ending "I wanted" because of a natural reading order.

Anyway, this manga is not that. The relationship was very clearly signposted in about 20 different ways, so while it sucks to be Jun, she'll grow up and find somebody else (probably somebody better, since that seems to be a pretty low bar).

You and I are on the same wavelength, checking the endings and all.

Very rarely is there a real love triangle. This series is more of the same. It's almost always 1 unrequited crush and an actual, developing couple (with the promotional material making it even more obvious). I don't call those love triangles, the dynamics are nowhere near the same.

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Please accept Nadeshiko's offer, Jun deserves that at least.

Small typo on page 37 panel 3:
Do you have having me -> Do you hate having me

Bla bla bla about romance, she should go poly, even the author continue drawn 3P because she is not convinced

Good, that's the Jun situation solved.

Bla bla bla about romance, she should go poly, even the author continue drawn 3P because she is not convinced

Go poly? I don't think she even wants a cracker. Man, seems like there's a LOT of people into parrot play lately . . .

Akane herself admits that she's extremely inexperienced when it comes to love and that it's all a bit overwhelming for her as it is. Starting with the poly route would really be going from 0 to 100 for someone like that.

Seems like a proper conclusive way to wrap up feelings with a conversation, though it still ends on a wild fantasy with all 3 of them lol

this was the expected outcome, why make it all dramatic?

Predictable and boring outcome.

Porn-addicted

Nice to see the anti-poly posters are being as petty and awful as ever. Very funny to accuse people of being porn addicted while commenting on how the plot of the porn manga should go.

Crackpot theory: Nadeshiko's some sort of full-conversion cyborg a la the Major. But maybe I'm reading too much into the funny porn manga.

Is it me, or do a lot of these yuri manga series always use the love triangle trope. I find it annoying that this trope is constantly used as a tool to entice conflict in these stories. It's overused and a waste of time, considering we already know who the MC would get with in the end. Why not change it up a bit and let them all have their happy ending? Or, better yet, not use the trope.

I feel bad for Jun, even if she seems to be okay with it.

Is it me, or do a lot of these yuri manga series always use the love triangle trope. I find it annoying that this trope is constantly used as a tool to entice conflict in these stories. It's overused and a waste of time, considering we already know who the MC would get with in the end. Why not change it up a bit and let them all have their happy ending? Or, better yet, not use the trope.

I feel bad for Jun, even if she seems to be okay with it.

its unfortunately a problem with the romance genre as a whole.

Is it me, or do a lot of these yuri manga series always use the love triangle trope. I find it annoying that this trope is constantly used as a tool to entice conflict in these stories. It's overused and a waste of time, considering we already know who the MC would get with in the end. Why not change it up a bit and let them all have their happy ending? Or, better yet, not use the trope.

I feel bad for Jun, even if she seems to be okay with it.

its unfortunately a problem with the romance genre as a whole.

I feel like I haven't experienced the same things from most Korean (and Chinese) series I've read. In my experience, they tend to have other dramatic elements pushing the narrative; and even if a triangle is involved at some point, there's variety in how it's handled. For me, it's not just having a fake love triangle that can be an issue, it's that in a good amount of the manga the fake love triangle is played exactly the same way nearly every time, from start to finish.

last edited at May 22, 2024 7:22AM

I like how Jun is always down to go along with Nadeshiko's lewd suggestions. They would probably get along pretty well if they weren't "rivals"

Is it me, or do a lot of these yuri manga series always use the love triangle trope. I find it annoying that this trope is constantly used as a tool to entice conflict in these stories. It's overused and a waste of time, considering we already know who the MC would get with in the end. Why not change it up a bit and let them all have their happy ending? Or, better yet, not use the trope.

I feel bad for Jun, even if she seems to be okay with it.

its unfortunately a problem with the romance genre as a whole.

I feel like I haven't experienced the same things from most Korean (and Chinese) series I've read. In my experience, they tend to have other dramatic elements pushing the narrative; and even if a triangle is involved at some point, there's variety in how it's handled. For me, it's not just having a fake love triangle that can be an issue, it's that in a good amount of the manga the fake love triangle is played exactly the same way nearly every time, from start to finish.

I feel like there's at least a good amount of Western romance media, of all sexual orientations, that likes to introduce a 3rd person and play the love triangle element similarly for some extra drama.

It usually feels pretty harmless to me, though it can drag a bit sometimes.

last edited at May 24, 2024 3:18PM

I like how Jun is always down to go along with Nadeshiko's lewd suggestions. They would probably get along pretty well if they weren't "rivals"

Honestly this is why I think a poly end isn't at least consistent with the characterizations; Jun is interested and Nadeshiko is very happy to bring more people (Jun) in for fun.

gg