Stannis posted:

Onibi is the spiritual master for mask, unconsciously mask has in these moments of reflection images of kaoru that appear. Sign that unconsciously kaoru and in her thoughts even if for the moment she rejects them. Make no mistake the flirtation between kaoru and mask is the direction that the story will take, mask venere onibi at the same time they are together for a long time contrary to the recent relationship between kaoru and mask.
Personally these segments kaoru-mask , onibi-nao, shizuka-mio are the most interesting because they have a trajectory much less classic than the other "couples".

Otherwise for onibi it is obvious that his evolution in terms of potential love is going to be in the direction of NAO ...

I couldn't agree more

Stannis posted:

Onibi is the spiritual master for mask, unconsciously mask has in these moments of reflection images of kaoru that appear. Sign that unconsciously kaoru and in her thoughts even if for the moment she rejects them. Make no mistake the flirtation between kaoru and mask is the direction that the story will take, mask venere onibi at the same time they are together for a long time contrary to the recent relationship between kaoru and mask.
Personally these segments kaoru-mask , onibi-nao, shizuka-mio are the most interesting because they have a trajectory much less classic than the other "couples".

Otherwise for onibi it is obvious that his evolution in terms of potential love is going to be in the direction of NAO ...

I couldn't agree more

Ship wars! Ship wars!

This one interaction officially made me board this ship. That was some prima flirting.

Also, Kaoru with ponytail is based

The odds are probably not in favor of this but I have a feeling the next chapter might be an Onibi x Nao chapter. I would like that anyway.

Also, is there a source for that Elisha x Honoka pic in the credits? I want to suggest that for the image upload tomorrow.

It's from the web version of this chapter.

The odds are probably not in favor of this but I have a feeling the next chapter might be an Onibi x Nao chapter. I would like that anyway.

Judging by his twitter the next is Ai and Chie and then Mio and Shizuka.

Stannis posted:

Onibi is the spiritual master for mask, unconsciously mask has in these moments of reflection images of kaoru that appear. Sign that unconsciously kaoru and in her thoughts even if for the moment she rejects them. Make no mistake the flirtation between kaoru and mask is the direction that the story will take, mask venere onibi at the same time they are together for a long time contrary to the recent relationship between kaoru and mask.
Personally these segments kaoru-mask , onibi-nao, shizuka-mio are the most interesting because they have a trajectory much less classic than the other "couples".

Otherwise for onibi it is obvious that his evolution in terms of potential love is going to be in the direction of NAO ...

I couldn't agree more

I also think that ONIBI and MASK have similar trajectories. ONIBI found inspiration again thanks to her meeting with NAO, limits her thanks as ever, and tells NAO to remain the same and especially not to change level of lust ^^
For MASK it's the same she was depressive and literally blocked, making a feeling of inferiority of inspiration towards ONIBI (without knowing that this one was also blocked and found the way of the improvisation thanks to NAO) and the KAORU's intervention changed everything, and gradually discovered that KAORU is not just a simple predator but has faculties, such as having psychic powers, that cats like her, that she speaks German....
In conclusion, both ONIBI and KAORU have relaunched themselves thanks to people outside the manga club and is not trivial, both are far from activities related to love, but it seems that this will change.

lmao Kaoru going full villain faces there
also oh god that aura of quiet, smug self-satisfaction Mayoi radiates until she gets Uno reversed
(p sure Freundin is the feminine of the word BTW; this should surprise noone because Kaoru)

Probably worth pointing out that Bou-chan is pretty much the only person outside family with whom she lets her usual "cool oneesama" act slip and gets this expressive. These two are totally getting off on these weird little duels.

Also, Kaoru with ponytail is based

#trufax

They're playing international 4D chess in the middle of the street.

Wait, this isn't NSFW at all!
*Reaches last page" oh... Fair enough.
Welp, merry Christmas.

Stannis posted:

Onibi is the spiritual master for mask, unconsciously mask has in these moments of reflection images of kaoru that appear. Sign that unconsciously kaoru and in her thoughts even if for the moment she rejects them. Make no mistake the flirtation between kaoru and mask is the direction that the story will take, mask venere onibi at the same time they are together for a long time contrary to the recent relationship between kaoru and mask.
Personally these segments kaoru-mask , onibi-nao, shizuka-mio are the most interesting because they have a trajectory much less classic than the other "couples".

Otherwise for onibi it is obvious that his evolution in terms of potential love is going to be in the direction of NAO ...

I couldn't agree more

Ship wars! Ship wars!

The nature of shipping is not giving a shit about canon. The two main male characters in a shounen manga may both have canon girlfriends, but fangirls will still ship them together and think it's far better this way. No such thing as war between canon and ship, they run on separate thoroughfares.
This is even truer for a manga like VE where the canon has been written in stone since forever. Kishi revealed the endgame couples a long time ago, we knew of most of them before they even formed. Just check his extra art, ie his Halloween pics: all you need to know is there.
To sum it up: 1) We already know who will end up with who. 2) Shippers still don't give a damn.

Finally Kaoru x Mask, yay!

Of all things, why did it have to be German...

Of all things, why did it have to be German...

Cool factor plus it makes everything sound like either a war movie, or hardcore porn

Such power play! A top pair, in multiple ways. While not my #1 pair, they’re definitely in my top 3 + their ability to top are off the charts, the other students got nothing (Yuu who?).

The nature of shipping is not giving a shit about canon. The two main male characters in a shounen manga may both have canon girlfriends, but fangirls will still ship them together and think it's far better this way. No such thing as war between canon and ship, they run on separate thoroughfares.
This is even truer for a manga like VE where the canon has been written in stone since forever. Kishi revealed the endgame couples a long time ago, we knew of most of them before they even formed. Just check his extra art, ie his Halloween pics: all you need to know is there.
To sum it up: 1) We already know who will end up with who. 2) Shippers still don't give a damn.

The constellation in the southwestern corner of the sky is totally a hotbed for shipping.

Mio/Shizuka/Kaoru/Mask/Onibi/Nao — Talk about potential, ohohoh.

The constellation in the southwestern corner of the sky is totally a hotbed for shipping.

Mio/Shizuka/Kaoru/Mask/Onibi/Nao — Talk about potential, ohohoh.

The Manga Research Club is pretty much the series nexus of sprawling and convoluted relationships. Probably doesn't hurt that - with the notable exception of Hibiki and Mio - everyone connected to it is a raging weirdo (all the artsy types, Nao), messed up in the head (Shizuka) or both (Kaoru)... :P

The constellation in the southwestern corner of the sky is totally a hotbed for shipping.

Ara?

Damn my German is rusty.

Of all things, why did it have to be German...

Cool factor plus it makes everything sound like either a war movie, or hardcore porn

I confirm that this is true, works for Kaoru anyway

I'm not sure why being incredibly obnoxious is apparently supposed to be hot.

I'm not sure why being incredibly obnoxious is apparently supposed to be hot.

That's *literally* different strokes for different folks!

Thats it, im on board! I love the interactions between these two, always trying to break down each others shields, loved that "gottem" move there, hats off to Kaoru for that one.

Kaoru was like "call an ambulance but not for me"

This was very interesting.
It was already great with Mayoi using the reverse card, then Kaoru reverse-reversed it back. Tale of no bottoms, Battle of two tops.

Gay

This was very interesting.
It was already great with Mayoi using the reverse card, then Kaoru reverse-reversed it back. Tale of no bottoms, Battle of two tops.

Is there any couple in the series with two bottoms?

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