It feels weird to me that yurihime is ony 20 years old. Sure there was yuri shimai before but to think that the modern form of the magazine, a juggernaut of the yuri genre, has only existed for 20 years is still really crazy.

To make it extra wild even if we include yuri shimai it's only a couple years older. Yuri as we know it is such a young genre of fiction that it just feels weird to think about.

That's not weird to me because... well because I'm old I guess, I looked into Yuri in my early 20's and was disappointed in what was on offer (which wasn't much to begin with).

what’s up? spill the tea, sis?

Art so pretty?! Gonna follow this one no doubt.

A date? Girl is getting ahead of herself it sounds like, but hey if they can bond more it'll get them closer to going on real dates

"Useless", you say?? Another hint at the theory that the one Shouko is in is actually Tenri?

what’s up? spill the tea, sis?

Literally a manga about spelling the tea haha :D

"Hey, what's up? Spill the tea, sis?"

MC truly has a way with words lol XD

10 out of 10 Rizz~!!!

Yeah i can see why she's frustrated with Tenri. God that was so awkward.

It doesn't matter tho cause now it's ~ Date Time ~!

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I'm really enjoying this. IMO it's not the tropes you use, it's how you use the tropes. Both MCs certainly fit into certain broad "types" that we see used . . . and for that matter into certain broad "types" that we see in real life . . . but they both have interesting and engaging personalities in their own way. In the case of the loner girl it's hard for an outsider to ACCESS that personality, but it's there. I loved the way she smacked her shoulder-self that was dissing her into a grease spot.

isn’t this just the yuri version of “super attractive perfect girl ends up with antisocial loner whose sole redeeming quality is that they are somehow the first person to ever show basic kindness to the girl”

Most antisocial loners I've known, of which I myself am a borderline example, have plenty of good qualities. I'm not sure "redeeming" is the word I'd use because I'm not clear that not being an extrovert is a bad thing. So this comment kind of annoys me . . . you got a problem with loners maybe you shouldn't be talking to people who read manga. Maybe go crash a party or something instead?

This particular antisocial loner seems to have some good qualities. She's smart, has good taste, seems fundamentally decent, has a sense of irony . . . more may come up, but that's pretty solid for a start.

Ahhh the "cue to stop talking" pole. I, too, have been hit by it many a time.

God I know to expect this from this artist, but god is the visual humour great. Page 11 with her being caught in the hurricane of her outburst is just perfect.

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I cannot read Yukari's dialogue in my mind without a mousey voice just barely above a whisper. And her diction is in a carefully paced, well enunciated manner, like she's narrating an audiobook.

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It feels weird to me that yurihime is ony 20 years old. Sure there was yuri shimai before but to think that the modern form of the magazine, a juggernaut of the yuri genre, has only existed for 20 years is still really crazy.

To make it extra wild even if we include yuri shimai it's only a couple years older. Yuri as we know it is such a young genre of fiction that it just feels weird to think about.

The modern concept of "yuri" as a genre is relatively young, but i consider class S and lesbian fiction in girls magazines more generally to be direct precursors to contemporary yuri, which might be why it feels so weird. Theres a rich history of japanese lesbian fiction going back a century, but yuri the genre and yurihime are so recent within that longer history.

At first I was afraid this would be another Useless Princesses, a manga I personally despise. But, MC here so far actually seems way more self assured despite her introversion. So it may avoid the things about that work I hate.

hell yeah the girls are bonding

im loving how these two are bonding so far im highly looking forward for more chapters!

"The person I like? Try looking at a mirror."

MC's like on second thought gimme the book, I actually need it more than you do

I definitely wouldn't have the capacity to be reading all this classic lit as a high schooler

https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/the_truth_is_i_want_to_enjoy_my_youth_too_ch03#3
....me too girl me too

Mushanokoji Saneatsu was an early 20th writer that was a member of an avant-garde literary movement known as "White Birch." He was heavily influenced by Leo Tolstoy, and unusually for his time, was a humanist (believing that Humans were capable of using their will to master their situation) that bucked the wider trend towards naturalism (believing that humanity was at the mercy of fate and their circumstances). The novel Friendship is semiautobiographical, and is about the complicated relationship between the protagonist and his best friend, after the former falls in love with the latter's sister. Its ironic that Yukari chose this novel for Shouko, since The author's philosophy about will overcoming circumstances probably applies more to Yukari herself.

Mushanokoji Saneatsu was an early 20th writer that was a member of an avant-garde literary movement known as "White Birch." He was heavily influenced by Leo Tolstoy, and unusually for his time, was a humanist (believing that Humans were capable of using their will to master their situation) that bucked the wider trend towards naturalism (believing that humanity was at the mercy of fate and their circumstances). The novel Friendship is semiautobiographical, and is about the complicated relationship between the protagonist and his best friend, after the former falls in love with the latter's sister. Its ironic that Yukari chose this novel for Shouko, since The author's philosophy about will overcoming circumstances probably applies more to Yukari herself.

I appreciate you sharing this, thank you

This is a really refreshing read, I really like both MCs and the humor is spot on for me.

Can I dare to hope this manga gets a long run time?

"I like how you just disassociate every now and then." is certainly a sentence. Was there some nuance lost in translation or is she showing signs of being an odd ball?

Then again, she apparently read The Brothers Karamazov while thinking she's a weak reader, so ... OK

Arcane posted:

Mushanokoji Saneatsu was an early 20th writer that was a member of an avant-garde literary movement known as "White Birch." He was heavily influenced by Leo Tolstoy, and unusually for his time, was a humanist (believing that Humans were capable of using their will to master their situation) that bucked the wider trend towards naturalism (believing that humanity was at the mercy of fate and their circumstances). The novel Friendship is semiautobiographical, and is about the complicated relationship between the protagonist and his best friend, after the former falls in love with the latter's sister. Its ironic that Yukari chose this novel for Shouko, since The author's philosophy about will overcoming circumstances probably applies more to Yukari herself.

That is some interesting context. Thank you for the information.