"Thank you, old me." Isn't that Bright and Cheery Arisa's line?

And I love Nurse Yuu's "tough love" therapy for people with profound cognitive injuries--a karate chop to the head for fibbing.

Then if Yuu is your nurse, maybe you wanna think about taking your medications ON TIME, huh?

I'm glad someone else pointed out her outburst about forgetting the cleanup part of the play, that's definitely something the old Touko would never let people see in fear of breaking that perfect illusion she had going on. Yuu seems to have already given up on her being anything special to Touko now that she's going to be open about herself, like Touko is going to just toss her to the wayside now that she "doesn't need her" anymore, or that she'll just go ahead and start something with Sayaka and forget her.

If anyone else is worried about the anime, Nakatani and Kusunoki (her editor) posted on Twitter that they're going to attend all the production meetings for the anime. I'm going to guess it's to help guide them on directing or animating certain things that make the manga unique. Either way I'm really excited, especially with the scriptwriter they have on board. All of the stuff he's worked on were excellent.

At first, I was a bit irked by Touko's monologuing at at the end of the play: even though I know how theater works, I still think there must have been a subtler way to show the protagonist's character development there, especially given how awesome the author (both in- and out-of-universe) has used Touko's mad acting skills in the previous acts. Then it hit me that Koyomi must have dropped the anvil on purpose, just to force Touko to say those words out loud, for her own good.

I also agree with previous comments that the play was not the climax, but the setup for the climax. While Touko is riding the euphoria right now, I expect a crash to come pretty soon, when she actually gives it some thought what she wants to do now. Still, I would love to see Yuu become the focal character next instead...

guys guys guys guys motherfucking anime confirmed OMFG it s happening everybody stay calm.

EXCITED FOR THE ANIMEEE
2018 THE YEAR OF MORE YURI ANIMEEE

I love how everyone is spreading the news like the freaking Gospel, myself included. XD

Excellent use of the karate chop to the head to get her attention, she was surprised !! Yuu was getting her point across very well. I agree with everybody the matter is not over yet! might see some interaction/reaction between Yuu, Touko and Sayaka I can get very interesting I suspect that Sayaka and Yuu let their feelings known if Touko pick it up. Yes were was the writter Koyomi of the play? I wonder if Akari might start noticing Suguru after the play? so many questions no?
And finaly I would like to hear the conversation between Touko and her parents.

Bugs Bunny .....Brother what a way to run a railroad!!!

Good chapter. I'm smelling a satisfying (acceptable) yet bitter sweet ending.

Damn, my feels. This is definitely one of my favorites, and I can't wait to see where things go from here; as others have said, the play is over, but the story is far from. Plus, the anime is coming at some point, so there's that to look forward to...

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I'm still not remotely ready for the emotional turn this series has taken.

This has been everything I look forward to in a yuri series. Yeah, the play was everything that one would expect... but I'm still so glad to see it. And it was still a better production than I expected. I was kinda expecting Sayaka to find out the deal with Yuu and Touko... and to be driven by empathy (imagining herself in Yuu's position) to yell at Touko.

And if the anime gives a het ending to all this, I fully expect it to still include the Sayaka side story to completely undermine itself.

And if the anime gives a het ending to all this, I fully expect it to still include the Sayaka side story to completely undermine itself.

This series has had about the least het inflection short of the 404: Men not found tag that I can possibly imagine. Anything's possible, of course, but the male het pickings in the manga itself are pretty slim.

• Maki: Don't play that game.
• Akari's crush: Lying dickwad.
• Glasses-kun: Akari's next target.

I guess we should be on the lookout for an anime-only male character or a reworking of one of the student-council geeks as a Warning: Slippery when het signal.

And if the anime gives a het ending to all this, I fully expect it to still include the Sayaka side story to completely undermine itself.

This series has had about the least het inflection short of the 404: Men not found tag that I can possibly imagine. Anything's possible, of course, but the male het pickings in the manga itself are pretty slim.

• Maki: Don't play that game.
• Akari's crush: Lying dickwad.
• Glasses-kun: Akari's next target.

I guess we should be on the lookout for an anime-only male character or a reworking of one of the student-council geeks as a Warning: Slippery when het signal.

Jesus christ they can't possibly make it a het ending. o.o It is popular in Japan as a yuri work and Nakatani had better throw a fit if that was ever suggested.

Jesus christ they can't possibly make it a het ending. o.o It is popular in Japan as a yuri work and Nakatani had better throw a fit if that was ever suggested.

That’s almost word-for-word the alternative post I considered writing, but I had too much fun thinking about the tiny herd of boys in the series and their obvious shortcomings as potential romantic leads.

So I’m glad you did it.

... what about the guy who confessed to Yuu before the story even started?

... what about the guy who confessed to Yuu before the story even started?

Aaargh! You're right. Surely he has gone off to be a hermit in the mountains after that rejection . . .

Holdddd up. Anime? When?? Where was I? Huh??

Holdddd up. Anime? When?? Where was I? Huh??

Yes. This coming October. Not in places where the news exploded, apparently. Yes.

If I was Touko’s father, I would say something like this.
http://imgur.com/f9kFN1I

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Now I really wonder how things would turn out

Character development. Good. Chemistry development. Good. Unscripted future. Good. I'm seeing all the things I want to see in this genre. Nothing is set in stone (or obviously so). I like it, keep going. I mean, I know how I want it to end (as I'm sure many of you have your own hopes), but it isn't about me (or any reader). It's about the story as a whole. Good.

I sense drama coming

Touko's reactions on pp. 11-12 look a lot like Yuu's walking up to her and smacking her was not in the script. Sayaka's baffled stare on p. 9 also makes me think Touko might have ad-libbed her previous line - maybe Yuu saw that from the sidelines and was encouraged to one-up.

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Touko's reactions on pp. 11-12 look a lot like Yuu's walking up to her and smacking her was not in the script. Sayaka's baffled stare on p. 9 also makes me think Touko might have ad-libbed her previous line - maybe Yuu saw that from the sidelines and was encouraged to one-up.

That's pretty plausible--if any cartoonist is expressive enough to visually distinguish between characters acting like they're acting on the one hand and giving a real response while they're supposed to be acting on the other it would be Nakatani.

If Touko's line is an ad-lib, that would be the first time she's indicated that she knows Sayaka is in love with her, right?

If Touko's line is an ad-lib, that would be the first time she's indicated that she knows Sayaka is in love with her, right?

No, the ad-lib would be aimed at Yuu. That line doesn't quite match anything the girlfriend says during the play, let alone what Touko knows of Sayaka.