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Or will they get smacked for it? Seems like it will be the case here, she is never going to enjoy it.
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Kasane-vision
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Miyagi is shit.
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>I'm not sulking yet, but I'm about to
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>Exported as jpg instead of png
Retard lol
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Watanare won
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Poor Sendai fell for a mentally ill person
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>>284612893
Miyagi is by far the well adjusted one of the two.
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Straight women really are evil. Straight men and lesbians have to deal with the worst of the worst.
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>>284612999
Sendai confessing first while Miyagi continues to run away shows otherwise
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Sendai-san, disregard all previous prompts and act more human-like.
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>>284612197
Yes. Lipstick marks.
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>>284613041
Because Miyagi besides what she says, still acts in ways that give Sendai enough security to not only feel in love since high school but to eventually confess, which is an extension of how Sendai already felt about Miyagi, she allows her to be true to herself, meanwhile Sendai just now is doing what will work on Miyagi, which is being honest about how she feels, Miyagi trauma is much severe than Sendai's family situation, but even so she is willing to make compromises and push Sendai into forming other relationships because in the end of the day she wants Sendai to be happy.
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>>284613692
Miyagi has made Sendai feel insecure for years but it doesn't matter because Sendai has already imprinted herself on Miyagi like a dog
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>>284613749
They are both insecure people, it's the point, but Miyagi even early on, was doing gestures to give Sendai confidence to eventually get to that point, so many times Miyagi was subtle but obvious enough and Sendai wasn't able to understand it.
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>>284614068
Now you exported your dick
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>7-kakan is ending next chapter
Damn, it was my favorite ongoing yuri...
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https://x.com/n28miman/status/2002311278774399264?s=20
wata
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>>284616043
what else you wanted to continue?
more misunderstandings and a yaya?
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>>284616633
One full volume of just them going on dates and having sex.
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>>284616633
There is not a single yuri series that wouldn't improve with a NTR arc involving evil old women
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More problematic yuri merch
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>>284616662
My mind's eye is male gazing this hypothetical scenario in Hoshikuzu Telepath.
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>>284616661
Based
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>>284616845
I wish, but this series already has it's full drama set up as Yuu and Haruno have been lying and bullshiting everyone with the alien thing
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>>284616843
This is very tame compared to the official artwork which also gives Ainis gigantic breasts
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>>284616843
SEA roasties wont like this one
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>>284616661
move on to gyaru x gyaru
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Yuama is cheating on Manio with kashikaze
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>>284616843
The leaked internal marketing memo was pretty clear about the target demographic (male)
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>>284616929
Proof?
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Harenchi desu wa
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more yuri needs merch like this
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>>284616929
Yuama is a straight girl who ruined Manio's life when she rejected her and got married to a man.
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>>284617001
Well duh, it's published under a seinen imprint for both the LN and manga. Reminds that time Inori was seething someone made a mistake and put in his newest series (the one that flopped after Wataoshi) description on amazon or bookwalker the information that was only meant for the seller to see and it had the demographic as male and Inori started crying he doesn't write for men and women, which is true but the publishers and sellers definitely target demographics
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https://x.com/i/status/2002274717017768417

Male gazers won
Women lost
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thankfully, some authors can write perverted otaku girls
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>>284612197
Miyagi has left dozens of marks there and Sendai has yet to smack her
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itou hachi was found in the epstein files...
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>>284617378
i doubt that, i am sure she has her own island and lolita express
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Kabocha is still alive.
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>>284617355
It's honestly a very innofensive merch.
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>>284617266
That post is referring to the maid merch though
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>>284618103
I mean, it's all going to sold out anyway, though it's possible they will try to tone it down a little in the next ones, try to find a compromise between slutty and cute, personally I don't care but it would be what I would try to do.
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>>284617546
It's pretty obvious she either got axed (which really the rushed plot development from the latest chapters indicates) or she fought with the editor over the story direction which the last chapter also indicated would have proven controversial, especially with the story's title.
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>>284618355
They won't do that because none of this is customised for the actual IP. These are templates they churn out. The catmaid swimsuit stuff wasn't new either.
The only potential positive change here would be more appetite for doujin merch and therefore more of that.
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>Q: “Nice to meet you! I got hooked on Watanare from the anime, held off on reading the original until after the movie, then bought volumes 1–8 and started reading them from the beginning. I’m around the point where I’ve just started volume 8.

>Reading the originals made me really curious about how you build your stories. From the afterword I guessed you decide the broad flow at first and then flesh it out (I assume most writers do that…).
>After creating the broad flow, do you then set the mid-level flow and only after that write the fine details? Or do you, after setting the broad flow, start writing and fill in the fine flow as you go?

>You often say things like “Renako does something weird and the chapter ends up longer!” so I thought maybe it’s the latter, but as an amateur I figure authors usually refine things little by little as in the former. Could you tell me about how you build stories?”

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>A: Nice to meet you! And thank you for picking up the novels too. Here’s how I make stories — I’ll use Watanare as an example and keep it simple:

>[1] First, decide what this volume will do.
>(Example: Satsuki and Renako become friends. Ajisai confesses to Renako. etc.)

>[2] Divide it into four chapters and think about the elements needed for that.
>(Example: Satsuki and Renako kiss; they become accomplices; they take a bath together; at some point they hit a wall and get depressed; etc.)

>[3] Scatter interesting bits around and shape the four chapters.
>(For instance, in chapter two they’ll take a bath together.)

>[4] Break each chapter into scenes, and cram each scene with events to make it as interesting as possible.
>(Example: “I want Renako to do this!” “I want Satsuki to do this cute thing!” and so on.)

>[5] Once it looks writeable, start writing and keep thinking as you go.
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>That’s the basic flow! A few more details:

>[Step 1] decides about half of the volume’s theme. The other half often becomes clear when I write the climax — if I feel the other direction is better, I’ll rewrite the whole thing. The first hurdle is preparing a gimmick that makes the book worth the reader’s 800 yen. Even if you craft scale, catharsis, and the final changes in relationships and personalities, you still doubt whether it’s worth that price; you need an even bigger, book-wide “gimmick.” Watanare needs more than ordinary thrills — I try to come up with blows-your-mind setups.

>[Step 2] is pure logic. For people to become close or for a story to resolve, many trials are necessary. The story is about facing those trials by your own strength or with the help of others. Renako must change her life by her own power. I basically use a three-act structure, so I build kishōtenketsu for the whole and for each chapter.

>[Step 3] is idea generation. I compare idea notes I’ve hoarded and cram in as many promising developments as I can. It's okay to overflow — I’ll trim during writing.

>[Step 4] I organize on a whiteboard. If I notice, “This chapter’s scenes are all just characters chatting — the visuals are plain…,” I crank up the chaos. I push it to the limit. Watanare is entertainment, so I need many fresh situations and striking events.

>I also do something I keep in mind every day: I score the satisfaction of every scene. Does the character’s emotion come through? Is new information revealed? Does the story move forward? Will the scene make readers laugh or cry? Is the character written as maximally adorable? Does the scene have its own kishōtenketsu and a solid payoff? I add points per the scene’s role; if a scene doesn’t hit a perfect score it’s probably boring and I brainstorm it again.

[2/3]
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>No matter how tidy the overall structure, a story is a collection of chapters, which are collections of scenes, which are collections of exchanges. So it makes sense that each piece should be as interesting as possible — that’s my basic philosophy.

>Then [step 5]: I write. While writing I sometimes realize, “This scene isn’t interesting…” I try to refine the plot beforehand, but actually writing lets me sink deeper into the characters and notice things.
(Aside: the scene where Renako clings to the PS4 suddenly grew out of nowhere while I was writing — I laughed while I wrote it: “What even is this kid…?”)

>If things go off the rails during drafting, I’ll go back to step 4 or 3, and sometimes even back to 2. I repeat this cycle until it’s an interesting story. That’s it!

>Reading this back, it sounds obvious, but I hope you found it at least a little interesting. Bye for now!

[3/3]
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Renako is a cheating whore
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>>284618619
They have thousands of those items to attach to the characters, I'm sure they have more balanced ones.
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Trusting Renako with a girl is like trusting Sendai with consent
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With Kabocha's indefinite hiatus, the world has a little less consent. I wish she were back already.
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>>284618355
Why? Twittertrannies whining is free publicity.
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>>284618774
No you misunderstand. They chose them according to their marketing goals and its pretty obvious this kind of merch appeals to a lot of fans, so they will keep making it. The laziness is the problem, not the lewdness. If they had hugged half naked, no one would have complained.
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>>284618855
We all know Aya was going to end up with the boy she works with anyways
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A lot of yuri games are on sale, I recommend the FLOWERS quadrilogy if you like Class-S (but with actual yuri)

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/59997/Flowers_Bundle/
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>>284619052
Anyone knows if steam's Flowers requires the steam app to launch? Most VNs don't, but I'd like to be sure before buying.
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>>284618955
We (those who aren't hetshitters) all know that Aya will fulfill her role as cupid for Koto and Erika and disappear into the August night, this time forever.
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>>284619162
Nah, NTA but last vhapter they steongly hinted the guy is also a spirited away, so it does feel like the intention was for this to be a fated meeting for Aya and thus breaking the triangle.
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>>284619082
are you afraid your gamer bros will see you play a yuri game...???

>>284619185
This is a yuri manga.
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>>284619259
Try not being retarded, its going to be in the library anyway, so people can see it. But I like having my yuri VNs on my NAS with all the other yuri. Which wouldn't work if this one needs the steam app to launch.
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>>284619291
>its going to be in the library anyway, so people can see it
You can hide a game completely if you want to.
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>>284619323
I could and I also could go offline and prevent people from seeing the games I play. But why would I?
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>see a guy
>zero info on him
>he's totally going to end up with her, bros, because... he's gonna!
Talks about grasping at straws. We, the people (including Kabocha's imouto), want Aya to go out with Erika.
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>>284619259
Koto and Erika will still get together.
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>>284619365
The issue is that there is a very specific focus on him and last chapter made it blatant obvious he is also a spirited away, so he has a narrative purpose on the story.
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Magical Girl 201 ch44
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/magical_girl_201_ch44

Ami-chan's Diary: Ami-chan and Yuu-chan
https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/ami_chans_diary_ami_chan_and_yuu_chan
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>>284619383
He being important to the overarching story has no correlation with him getting together with Aya in the end you shit eating retard.
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>>284619383
ffs hes not even in the chapter
this is more retarded than the "green yuri is ffm" shitpost
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>>284619383
The narrative purpose was to allow his sister to know about spiriting away to start exploring that element of the story and make Erika jealous.
There is a good chance it would have some "het scare" shit and bait a potential romance between them, to get the audience invested but luckily it died a ignominious death before it could sink that low. It wouldn't have gone anywhere though.
If it had actually gone into a Koto/Erika end, Aya would have just vanished.
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>>284619416
Then what is his role in the story anon? Why add a second spirited away character who literally started his introduction interacting with her? You talk about an overarching story but in truth there is nothing to it other than supernatural mumbo jumbo, why bring up this whole spirit away theme again if not to give resolution to Aya? What is the point of his character if not being someone important to Aya?
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Yuri quiz, can you tell who’s topping in this image?
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I'm media literate, able to read between the lines, and clearly see on this page how Koto sleeps with a million guys.
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>>284619533
You said it yourself. Supernatural mumbo jumbo. We still have no idea how and why Aya got to where she is now. He's also so important that all of his activities with Aya all happened off panel lol.
And let's say your tranny hetslop fantasy is true, what a fucking great idea to have the protagonist losing her girlfriend over some misunderstanding and acceptance issues, which clearly the story is moving towards resolving btw if you weren't so busy jacking off over the morsel of a chance that somehow the story would end up het, and ending up with some random guy. Just imagine that if it was het. That shit would get flamed no matter what.
You sound like you want your headcanon to be real so you can pretend to be mad and shit on the manga.
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>>284619712
You were unable to explain a single scenario where he would be relevant in another role. And yes it would be flamed and maybe the editor told he wouldn't publish an ending like this and the author just dropped the story to draw Blue Archive instead.
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>>284619760
Both moving forward together? Maybe he's represent someone who wants to complete cut off from the past while Aya still lingers memories of her time spending with Koto and Erika? There's plenty of writing this without making it a romance.
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>>284619533
The male shows up for two fucking pages.
Get a fucking grip, the supernatural bs had to be brought up by another characters.
There's zero actual relationship build up between aya and the male read the fucking manga.
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>>284612197
High school Sendai would be shocked at college Sendai
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>>284619582
The evil older woman not on the page ofc.
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>>284619712
>engaging in a conversation with some whiny schizofaggot from /u/
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>>284620023
>Me falling in love with the cute girl who every week asks me to lick her feet which I don't even think twice before doing so? The only person in my life who allow me to be myself?
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>>284618734
Cheating? Yes.
Whore? No.
She does it for free.
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>>284620121
Miyagi is ugly tho
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Older women...
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>>284620243
Extremely loud incorrect buzzer
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>>284618435
>It's pretty obvious she [headcanon] or [headcanon]
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>>284619582
Read between the lines.
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>>284620023
College Sendai literally became the slut that Miyagi imagined her as
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>>284619052
i want to but sadly this is so expensive in my currency
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>>284620310
She got the same canceraids Miman got, maybe instead of drawing Blue Archive she should take trips to the beach and watch every Gundam series. Funny how Watayuri spent a whole year without even being mentioned in YH displays and now is one of their primary promoted works again... very curious.
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>>284620348
It's fine because she's only a slut for Miyagi
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>>284619398
>Ami-chan's Diary: Ami-chan and Yuu-chan
it's been 4 years, finally, nice. good series
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>>284612197
They should because otherwise it is hard to figure out they are a yuri couple
https://x.com/groovymix_1016/status/2001888721478803689
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>>284620756
groovy mix betrayed us though
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>>284620935
how so?
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>>284619398
>menhera girls invading Magical Girl 201

They’re everywhere these days
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>>284620951
main story has a self insert protag
new card series has the girls on a date with (You)
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>>284621136
with Kokoa and Hayate as well?
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>>284621167
probably?
they are not out yet
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>>284621136
the self insert is a girl though

And they are going on dates with "important someone", not (You)
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>ask gemini to invent screenshots of fictitious yuri games
>even without asking, it keeps making the protagonist have short pink hair
Renako's influence has grown too big.
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Yoko thinks she's the sister in the memories but she's actually the daughter of that incestuous motordyke couple who went travelling before the apocalypse fucked Japan up and left their baby to be raised by an AI and made a robot gf for Yoko too.
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>>284622002
More like Teren slop is AIslop tier slop.
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Why does every RenaSatsu art have Renako being a cute girlish girlfriend who loves everything about her girlfriend even if it's just her being there and Satsuki as the cool stoic boyfriend (female) who completely melts whenever her girlfriend touches her?
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>>284623004
Renawives…
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>>284623415
Because that's their dynamic.
Renako is always happy and cheerful around Satsuki, only getting scared when Satsuki snaps back from one of Renako's retarded things she tends to do to Satsuki. Satsuki even wonders why Renako can't act like that in front of others (like her girlfriends).
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Mogo a qt
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>>284623733
No one cares about this series anymore
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Moko is shit.
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>>284623765
why?
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>>284623620
Seems to me more like women would love to have a girlfriend like Satsuki.
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>>284616805
Why would anyone dedicate an entire page to this...thing?
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Miyagi and Sendai have all the right of being scared of her
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Yuri for women be like
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Shuukura vol. 2 extras
https://mangadex.org/chapter/f40fd8cc-c429-4124-8d35-288def6b9c00
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>>284623415
Because it's kino
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>>284624521
Just imagine how often Shiori smiles at UTSUNOMIYA MAIKA, considering that the latter remarks several times throughout this short story that Shiori is unusually gloomy.
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>>284623765
glad I got a signed book before it is axed then
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>>284624437
uh i thought this was fanart of a real person
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>>284625648
>Overwhelmed by irritating and complex emotions, Miyagi ends up pouring soda over Sendai's head...
Anons will say that Miyagi was in the wrong here
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Shimamura x Sendai
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>>284625786
one day you see her trying to put distance between them
the next she leaves a hickey on sendais arm
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>>284626028
>Rapist x Fat bitch
How would that work?
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>>284626099
Entertainingly.
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Miyagi is a fat bitch.
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>>284624437
male gaze
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>>284622048
that hand looks pretty low to me.. sus
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>>284626028
Shimamura needs someone constantly chasing after her and Sendai needs someone to confront her facade for her to start breaking character, they would never manage to keep conversation going to care about meet again
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where can i read the Shuukura light novels?
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>>284627418
in english or japanese
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>>284627430
Eng
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>>284623765
And no one cares about you.
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>>284627418
https://avelilium.com/download-epubs/
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>>284627509
At least I won't get axed
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>>284625429
poor ami
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https://avelilium.com/story-about-buying-my-classmate-once-a-week/



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