OKAY BE CALM! IT'S HAPPENING!!!

OK, after rereading the chapter, I think I have finally understood the song metaphor: Koga is admitting that she has begun to take Aya for granted and that she is no longer satisfied with that.

Yeah. And since she feels like she no longer understands her, she wants to hear her out so they can connect more deeply. Of course that would also require Aya to stop running away and be honest with her feelings.

OK, after rereading the chapter, I think I have finally understood the song metaphor: Koga is admitting that she has begun to take Aya for granted and that she is no longer satisfied with that.

Yep. In full agreement. That's why I said before that she found the PERFECT words to say.

but which song will it be set to?

Kiss from a rose. Specifically, Angela Aki's female voice version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aRjbOKCNxg

I… like this version

relatedly, I can't be the only non native speaker who spent the 90s and early 2000s hearing the lyrics of this song as

"Kiss from a rose
on a grave"

way more goth.

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Why does Mitsuki have the same haircut as me?

relatedly, I can't be the only non native speaker who spent the 90s and early 2000s hearing the lyrics of this song as

"Kiss from a rose
on a grave"

way more goth.

SAME!

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Door opening in 3... 2...

Vexing: A rare word to hear any more. Hopefully they'll smooch now; otherwise, I am going to play in traffic.

Noooooo come on, don't leave it there! Yo if these useless lesbian ass mfers don't kiss in the next chapter I swear I'm gonna lose it.

Alright, now lose it (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
Just lose it (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
Go crazy (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah)
Oh, baby (Ah-ah), oh, baby, baby (Ah-ah)

Well, it's Friday and it's my day
Just to party all the way 'til Sunday
Maybe 'til Monday, I don't know what day
Every day's just a holiday
Cruisin' on the freeway, feelin' kinda breezy
Let the top down and my hair blow
I don't know where I'm goin', all I know is
When I get there, someone's gonna touch my body

but which song will it be set to?

Kiss from a rose. Specifically, Angela Aki's female voice version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aRjbOKCNxg

I… like this version

relatedly, I can't be the only non native speaker who spent the 90s and early 2000s hearing the lyrics of this song as

"Kiss from a rose
on a grave"

way more goth.

You're not the only one!

All those Aerosmith CDs when they only have 2 songs

You bite your damned tongue.

Holy shit is it happening???

oh word?

Yo: https://x.com/SugoiLITE/status/1892108904479457753

Yo: https://x.com/SugoiLITE/status/1892108904479457753

Yeah, I just saw a similar post :)
https://x.com/MangaMoguraRE/status/1892112328470020445

At this point, I don't even need them to kiss for my sake, I need them to kiss for Narita and the girls. We act like we suffer but those 3 are truly in hell watching

Yo: https://x.com/SugoiLITE/status/1892108904479457753

Yeah, I just saw a similar post :)
https://x.com/MangaMoguraRE/status/1892112328470020445

i believe it when she announces it herself

but i think she's been building a countdown towards some kind of announcement:

i enjoy the lollies and hounds tooth pattern in those pics

It's the volume 3 countdown like she usually has done, but the anime announcement is printed right on the obi so it's widely known in Japan already with early sales already circulating. She may still use Day 0 on an announcement all the same though. I don't think she's ever been first to announcing with all the leaks. Maybe that Sanrio collaboration she was close.

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It's the volume 3 countdown like she usually has done,

volume 3 has been announced on December 24th.

It's the volume 3 countdown like she usually has done,

volume 3 has been announced on December 24th.

It also has the Spotify logo and records in each image. I assumed it was music related.

last edited at Feb 19, 2025 3:09PM

It's the volume 3 countdown like she usually has done,

volume 3 has been announced on December 24th.

For every volume she’s drawn a series of character images to literally count down to when the volume hit the store shelves in Japan. Numbers and all. She is hyping the actual drop. This isn’t her first time. The volume has the anime announcement printed right on it so she might also mention it, but she does these series for the volumes.

^^^
Countdown to the release, not the announcement. The anime announcement was supposed to be a surprise announced right on the cover of the third volume.

^^
There's a Spotify code on each image linking to a different song relating to those characters. You can check them in the comments for each of those pics on the author's twitter.

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I use neither Twitter or Spotify but if that list found its way over here…

Anna - These Boots are Made for Walkin' by Nancy Sinatra
Joe - Need You Tonight by INXS
Narita/Chizuru/Mao - Born to Be Wild (Single Version) by Steppenwolf
Aya - You Really Got Me by the Kinks
Mitsuki - Just Like Heaven by The Cure

Here's to being trapped in Sumiko's ongoing songfic another year.

I like that one for Mitsuki.