omg i had to reread https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/virgins_empire_ch89

love it from haruka's pov

Oh, so that's what this was, thanks for saying it, I was confused. I was certain this was earlier in the timeline with how distant Haruka was acting and how she didn't have Kanae's contact info but the manga never pointed the flashback out. That was a five year old chapter, it would have been nice if they opened this one with a "*this is a flashback to Ch. 89" for those of us how don't remember the details every single chapter...

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"The places with the highest number of receptors are..."

I was lowkey expecting her to actually say the clitoris lol

Awkward lovestruck monologue and sleepy headpats? Another glorious chapter for the bestest girls.

Aaand Nao just bombed it afterwards into awkwardness

you guys haven't read the ononana arc upwards of 5 times?? (/s) This chapter SHOCKED me when the raws came out the other day. Haruka's advice in 222 being "mess up on purpose" seemed a little incongruous, so I wondered if maybe she secretly did have an umbrella in 89... I NEVER expected it to be CONFIRMED ON-SCREEN IN A FLASHBACK.

Haruka pining from the start is still definitely a retcon imo-- they were clearly originally written as strangers who became friends and then more-than-friends. but I don't mind because it's sweet and it actually ties in better with their 2021 prequel chapter; 298 suggests the possibility that Haruka caught feelings way back then while Onoda forgot their first meeting