FYI the monster is based on a real Japanese phenomenon named Butsukari Otoko. From wikipedia:
"...is a Japanese term that refers to a person who deliberately collides with passersby in crowded public places, such as train stations."
It's 2026, we have AIs that can take in tens of pages of manga so they can get context in pronouns used and which character is saying which line but somehow we're still getting these kind of utterly embarrassingly horrible TLs...
I genuinely think this is the only villainess manga with an antagonist heroine where the heroine is actually well developed and properly written as a character. Every other series is just a rehashed boring "heroine is bad just cause".
Gen AI tech has made great strides in full body real time deepfakes and AR glasses tech are also advancing steadily. Hopefully this kind of glasses will actually exist in 5-10 years.
If anyone is curious how good are we in this space check out one of these models: SCAIL, Vace, WAN-animate...
I was like "Hey, the way the artist draw the housewife seems familiar" and I look at the credits and its JAZZ sensei, the one guy that always draws BA sensei moments before he's wrung dry by his students lol
Should I read this? I have the VN in my steam wishlist and I've heard its hailed as one of the best VN in recent years but its not translated in English. What a dilemma.
Am I missing something? This group has not translated a single chapter for 5 months since chapter 53 even before the mangadex takedown while the official translation is already at chapter 58 by April iirc... and raws is all the way at chapter 67. Even if the DMCA never came I doubt the...
For posterity as of May 17, 2025:
Yen Press is officially translating this series.
The latest English volume was Vol 6 released at Nov 2024, this vol contains chp 25-30.
JP latest is vol 7 which have chp 31-35.
The latest raws are at chapter 38 as of 26 Apr 2025.
Yen Press has not announced...
Off the top of my head, Otaku ni Otoku na Gal-gurashi was printing in Monthly Shōnen Ace and that's owned by Kadokawa. I'm sure there's more in the list.