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RETURN OF THE KING
This is getting really good

TT__TT definitely one of my all time favorite Manga

Very heartbreaking the way these two are being treated

Welp. Azuki made some big strides. But now Remu is being blackmailed. Niji might even give her scripts to work off of, the looney.

I'm so happy and proud for Azuki right now. She really does feel like she's healing and growing while everyone around her is having like the worst time. I'm kind of annoyed at Meguru for doing that to Azuki and not even being sure if she wanted it. But for the drama of the story i love it. I want to see her more frustrated and hopefully come to a definite realization whatever that is.

But for Remu I'm absolutely terrified. Niji is gonna ask for some scary stuff i feel it in my bones. I hope the adults can save Remu from her terrible scary friend soon.

Fascinating. We already have one pair finding out how their fetish is not what it seems like before.
I wonder what will become of the other “real life fanfiction” fetish pair now.
My personal guess is that she will find out that even if she can blackmail her, it will never be as perfect as her imagined fanfiction (or something from I Love Amy will happen and she may decide to let her go because it somehow feels better) and makes her frustrated, and in turn requires her crush to help her.

But, the biggest challenge I see for this story is how it will end. Of course it makes sense for the two protagonists at the beginning of the tale to get together, but their relationship isn’t exactly pure as it is. Not to mention it means the other two girls need to have their own endings separately. I still wish for them to have a relationship at the end but there’s no reason to at the moment…

And now that all their cards are on the table, I think this is when everything goes downwards. Needless to say, I am highly anticipating how will this particular event end.

Bravo for everything.

Meguru forcing Azuki to deny herself in front of her is vile. Making your "love" of somebody conditional to them forcing themselves to act against their nature so their love is "correct" is, simply put, grooming.

What gets me the most anxious is that I don't see any pairing here (Remu/Niji, Azuki/Remu and Azuki/Meguru) being able to resolve happily. The first because Niji just has a crush on some non-factual, imaginary version of Remu, the second because of family dynamics: Meguru would certainly disapprove of Azuki getting with Remu (and dating the sister of the ex that traumatized you is just asking for trouble). The final one, as mentioned above, is just lopsidedly manipulative.

It's also interesting how Meguru and Niji are both also trying to mould a lover by their desires, but instead of clay, they're using people.

Meguru forcing azuki to do that isn't the best, but I think Meguru being confused about what she wants is understandable and I feel bad for both of them. Meguru reads very strongly to me as asexual, and possibly homoromantic as well, combined with some sexual trauma from stumbling across her dad cheating on her mom.

Her contradictory expressed desires are from her being confused by what society tells her she is suppose to want from a relationship, and what she internally, actually wants from one. It seems she doesn't have anyone close enough to talk to these feelings about, so she hasn't had tho opportunity to figure out she's asexual, and it's very possible she doesn't even know that asexuality is a thing at all.

I hope that her reconnecting with Azuki will giver her someone to talk to and figure out her feelings with, but considering what this manga is, its more likely their relationship will develop in a more toxic direction, with Azuki denying herself and Meguru continuing to express contradictory desires because she doesn't have a framework to understand what it is she wants from the relationship ( a romantic but non-sexual one.)

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I interpreted Meguru's situation as more of a conflict between her actually having sexual urges (being irritated that Azuki ended up not touching her) and her trauma leading to her to believe that those urges are a dirty, shameful thing and therefore struggling to believe they could be something she has herself. I think she does want a physical relationship, she's just had her view of them warped by the bad example she witnessed in the past.

(I'm not opposed to the idea of her being asexual, I'd just be a bit surprised)

Its just so peak

Everyone has their own problems.

And what Meguru thinks she wants might not be what she truly wants inside.

Up until now, I could still somewhat sympathise with Niji. But with this blackmail plot, she's actively villainous—and not in a fun way.

Please don't bully her (like this), miss villainess! :p

But seriously, yeah. It's sad, but it naturally follows from previous characterization. Niji feels powerless in her private life, and after things with Remu went wildly out of bounds from her perspective she was granted a lever to force compliance. She ain't going to relinquish it without making things worse for everybody, I think.

Up until now, I could still somewhat sympathise with Niji. But with this blackmail plot, she's actively villainous—and not in a fun way.

If we consider from Niji's perspective, we can realize she still likely cares about (her idealized) version of Remu. She knows almost nothing about Azuki and believes Azuki is taking advantage of Remu by grooming her to act differently. From what she's seen, Azuki looks very bad, so she wants to save Remu. In fact Azuki, has made morally questionable choices by getting involved with a student this way.

The very obvious info to readers is that Azuki is not particularly taking advantage of Remu and that Niji is the one holding Remu hostage in order to force her to act like a different person. Niji may feel very bad once she realizes this, but for now we need her to make more bad choices.

On mangadex, I joked that we needed Remu to become more traumatized to catch up to the older characters. Niji is helping us out.

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Up until now, I could still somewhat sympathise with Niji. But with this blackmail plot, she's actively villainous—and not in a fun way.

If we consider from Niji's perspective, we can realize she still likely cares about (her idealized) version of Remu. She knows almost nothing about Azuki and believes Azuki is taking advantage of Remu by grooming her to act differently. From what she's seen, Azuki looks very bad, so she wants to save Remu. In fact Azuki, has made morally questionable choices by getting involved with a student this way.

The very obvious info to readers is that Azuki is not particularly taking advantage of Remu and that Niji is the one holding Remu hostage in order to force her to act like a different person. Niji may feel very bad once she realizes this, but for now we need her to make more bad choices.

On mangadex, I joked that we needed Remu to become more traumatized to catch up to the older characters. Niji is helping us out.

I don't really see this interpretation. Just from the way she acts and talks it doesn't feel like Niji wants to save or protect Remu. She is presented as way more concerned about her own self and how her own misaligned fantasies have been disrupted.

"What about me?" "Was it fun lying to your friends?" etc. - This does not at all read as somebody acting out of worry and genuine concern, but somebody acting out of spite and with a false sense of ownership over another person. It's not about Remu's wellbeing - it's all just about Niji, and what she wants or thinks she deserves.

"What about me?" "Was it fun lying to your friends?" etc. - This does not at all read as somebody acting out of worry and genuine concern, but somebody acting out of spite and with a false sense of ownership over another person. It's not about Remu's wellbeing - it's all just about Niji, and what she wants or thinks she deserves.

Agreed, Niji's concerns about Remu all seem to be related to her fantasies, she doesn't care about the person, she cares about the character inside her head that Remu should be. And while I think there's some sympathy to be had for Niji, I won't excuse her blackmailing Remu.

On a happier (? note, I'm really proud about Azuki and how she has managed to overcome her trauma a bit. Also, Meguru feeling frustrated despite Azuki behaving exactly how she wanted her to be is hilarious.