I want a girlfriend... to punish me like this. ^_^

The French kind of compensation obviously.

I want a girlfriend... to punish me like this. ^_^

Better then being punched for forgetting to take out the trash.QQ

Signs all over the Thai airports...Banned hazardous items: guns, knives, corrosive chemicals, explosives, and ... durian. Makes me wonder a little about their tastes.

Lol, I totally understand that. Durians taste awfull :P

Help, my little gay heart can't handle the last few panels.

Has the story run out of steam? Or are the last few updates just side things before the main story returns?

Has the story run out of steam? Or are the last few updates just side things before the main story returns?

I am hoping they are side stories, though even then, I am starting to be a little disappointed. Sure, these are all cute, but after the whole first-kiss-is-a-big-deal-after-all-this-time-plus-fangirl-drama angle has been systematically built up for several chapters, to be followed by a series of unconnected little episodes is starting to grate on my nerves, to be honest. Especially episodes such as this, if you are not going to continue the main story with the two leads, at least give me more stuff on the side characters, they also interest me. And if you are going to give me the main couple, then give me the main storyline from where we left of, not a random snippet from who knows how far into their future.

Nothing against these little scenes per se, they are cute, but I probably would have appreciated them better at some later date, after the current big theme got a little more spotlight.

So, it turned into a Slice Of Life, instead of building romance between the two.

We already knew they end up together, but come-on, what's important is not the destination, it's the journey.

Has the story run out of steam? Or are the last few updates just side things before the main story returns?

I am hoping they are side stories, though even then, I am starting to be a little disappointed. Sure, these are all cute, but after the whole first-kiss-is-a-big-deal-after-all-this-time-plus-fangirl-drama angle has been systematically built up for several chapters, to be followed by a series of unconnected little episodes is starting to grate on my nerves, to be honest. Especially episodes such as this, if you are not going to continue the main story with the two leads, at least give me more stuff on the side characters, they also interest me. And if you are going to give me the main couple, then give me the main storyline from where we left of, not a random snippet from who knows how far into their future.

Nothing against these little scenes per se, they are cute, but I probably would have appreciated them better at some later date, after the current big theme got a little more spotlight.

Well I'll take these vignettes over another 100 year basketball game, but I'm starting to worry that the author doesn't have a plan moving forward after the kiss. Even before then, the plot seemed kind of like it was written on the spot from chapter to chapter. Now we're right in the middle of the story, and it seems like it has nowhere to go.

Eh, the author has been going through drama with the publisher of the book version of their comic being censored by the government, so maybe this is their way of coping? I am also eager to return to the plot, but it's not like this is the first time the series ever had out-of-sequence intermissions.

In any event, QIU TONG THAT IS NOT HOW POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT WORKS.

Lol, I totally understand that. Durians taste awfull :P

Hmm it's delicious
Btw. I want the main story :3

Cute but we need more of the main story.

The main story is a foregone conclusion at this point, give me more Tattletale's weird life. Mo Xiaonan is just a spanner in the works from nowhere.

I love this couple-y slice of life stuff.

坛九:

我真的很喜欢 “SQ从你的名字开始”，我想以某种方式以书的形式获得它。

Eh, the author has been going through drama with the publisher of the book version of their comic being censored by the government, so maybe this is their way of coping? I am also eager to return to the plot, but it's not like this is the first time the series ever had out-of-sequence intermissions.

Was gonna mention this as well. They probably have a lot on their plate right now in terms of mental stress and actual solution searching around the fact that they can't share what they want to in the physical. So I feel like this is the alternative to not getting anything at all while the author sorts things out personally and with the publishing.

So, it turned into a Slice Of Life, instead of building romance between the two.

We already knew they end up together, but come-on, what's important is not the destination, it's the journey.

I could really do with more stories that focused a bit more on the destination. I'm kind of tired of the old "and then they got together the end." It's one of the reasons I really like Kase-san.

These are cute and all but come on, did this story really need this much filler?

These are cute and all but come on, did this story really need this much filler?

u mean did “their” story

yall know if the antigay govt has to do with the slow updates

Eh, the author has been going through drama with the publisher of the book version of their comic being censored by the government, so maybe this is their way of coping? I am also eager to return to the plot, but it's not like this is the first time the series ever had out-of-sequence intermissions.

Was gonna mention this as well. They probably have a lot on their plate right now in terms of mental stress and actual solution searching around the fact that they can't share what they want to in the physical. So I feel like this is the alternative to not getting anything at all while the author sorts things out personally and with the publishing.

I'm just hoping it doesn't signify that they have basically been forced to knuckle under and getting deeper into things is now banned.

I'm just hoping it doesn't signify that they have basically been forced to knuckle under and getting deeper into things is now banned.

I doubt it, because it was the paper edition that ran into censorship problems. The webcomic itself already had the confession, the kiss, and the whole low-key romance in between, without any problems. It is actually that confession scene which is causing the current difficulties, and that was ages ago in the web issue of the story.

That being said, I would almost prefer at this point the author just stops releasing these little snippets, because every time I see them, my main reaction is disappointment over it not being a continuation of the main story and that titbit of drama which accompanied it. Which is a shame, because these are still cute, and were they released later, I would have thoroughly enjoyed them. As is, what would otherwise have me go "waah, cute", is now causing a reaction more along the lines of "and now, the main couple walks over a puddle, great".

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To be honest, I find it rather shameful that you'd ask a writer to quit everything because of what you'd personally prefer to have. What she is releasing is still of good quality and if it helps her cope then continuing or not continuing with what she can release is at her discretion and her's alone.

Firstly, I did not mean it in the sense of quitting, rather, she continues to draw, but just holds on releasing it. These releases are also going at an absurdly fast pace, considering how long it previously took to get a new update. Secondly, learn to read. I was expressing a personal opinion (evident in the phrase "I would almost prefer", but I guess these days one has to actually use the phrase in my personal opinion in bold text for the message to get across), and I explained why I am personally not a fan of this current pace. At no point was I saying anything about what is or is not at author's discretion.

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If we look at her entire work, Tan Jiu has quickly gone through every dramatic development aside from the basketball game, so to end Mo's arc as she did and now getting these vignettes isn't exactly out of the ordinary -- the sweet potato chapter and now this appear to be continuations directly after Mo stopped Sun Jing.

Except, she did not end the fangirl's arc. Not yet, the last scene is missing. It is not in the style of this story to have the fangirl confess (and even that was not actually shown), provide a short backstory on how she developed feelings for SJ, then just drop it there, SJ skips the meeting with QT, shows up another day, no questions asked (from us as readers).

She also did not return to the main story. They kissed, QT was quite reflective of that, and then... nothing, they behave the same as usual (in the sweet potato scene, as for this latest update, there is no way to tell how much time passed between the kiss scene and now, this is just a little snippet that could have happened months after they resolved everything).

Also, the story did not previously do what is doing now. The first kiss + the new (however short) drama was consistently built and hyped over a course of several consecutive releases, but the story has for the last 7 chapters been downright adamant at not going back to any of this. From a pacing standpoint, this sucks, and considering it coincided with the whole censorship issue, it really might be down to the author not being in the mood to tackle it.

So, Tan Jiu could have just taken an extended break from the main events to recharge and to think about how to continue.

Exactly, and if she really did that, it would have been better, in my opinion, to take a break from new releases and just think things through. This will sound callous (or shameful, if that feels better for you), but I am not invested in this story because of the author, or what she is facing in China (as appalling as the situation is there). I am invested in the story itself, and when pacing starts to go all over the place, as it is now, I am not really interested in exactly what real life circumstances in author's life led to this. However deplorable the censorship issue is, it will not suddenly make me think "nah, pacing is completely fine, the author is just going through some rough patches in real life".

Many people were displeased with the fangirl getting in the way of the post-kiss aftermath. Now, we are getting neither the aforementioned aftermath, nor are we getting the fangirl arc conclusion (which is something I got invested into as well). Personally, I find this to be lacking. Not heavily, since the updates themselves are still cute, but my overall enjoyment of these episodes has been lower than it would have been had they been released later.

So, news: 158 is actually main plot but a preview to 159. If you cant wait: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1948193572176848&id=1539451309717745 English subs below the pics.
It is still "sorta" main plot BUT it gives some hope that we will get a resolution