Haikei, Arishi Hi ni Saku Hanatachi e - Ch. 20.2
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Volume 4 is out digitally: you can buy it from Bookwalker or Kobo.
Like the raws.
There she is, the inventor of yuri.
I'm not entirely satisfied with what seems to be Yurika's final fate, but I suppose it's unrealistic to expect more. Aoyama wants to move on, there's no evidence to charge Yurika with, and it would be too much of a diversion for the manga to focus on it further. Yurika gets to live in paranoia like we get to live with knowing this garden isn't all roses. 'This is hell' may provoke disagreement; Yurika could have gotten off much worse. But it felt fittingly dramatic for 最悪; a selfish character lamenting their own karmic chargeback. Her old ribbon is tied as if to seal her fate while the windows resemble the bars of a jail. Even if not a literal one, Yurika is eternally trapped by the past while Aoyama is free to explore her future.
At last we reach the librarian. Funny how she and Aoyama were referenced in chapter 1, and some even suspected she was the one who'd written to Kasumi. Instead her involvement went much deeper.
Like the raws.
There she is, the inventor of yuri.
I'm not entirely satisfied with what seems to be Yurika's final fate, but I suppose it's unrealistic to expect more. Aoyama wants to move on, there's no evidence to charge Yurika with, and it would be too much of a diversion for the manga to focus on it further. Yurika gets to live in paranoia like we get to live with knowing this garden isn't all roses. 'This is hell' may provoke disagreement; Yurika could have gotten off much worse. But it felt fittingly dramatic for 最悪; a selfish character lamenting their own karmic chargeback. Her old ribbon is tied as if to seal her fate while the windows resemble the bars of a jail. Even if not a literal one, Yurika is eternally trapped by the past while Aoyama is free to explore her future.
At last we reach the librarian. Funny how she and Aoyama were referenced in chapter 1, and some even suspected she was the one who'd written to Kasumi. Instead her involvement went much deeper.
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Maybe she wouldn't be going through "hell" if she wasn't a rapist in the first place...
Didn't even apologize, just tried to get back into her victims pants again when confronted by her.
Suffer for your sins ya menace
It's cool the librarian was the OG all along. Finding things you're looking for that were right there all along is interesting.
Didn't even apologize, just tried to get back into her victims pants again when confronted by her.
Suffer for your sins ya menace
It's cool the librarian was the OG all along. Finding things you're looking for that were right there all along is interesting.
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I actually think "this is hell" is apt.
For Yurika, being caught could arguably lead to a worse fate, but in this way she's forever looking over her shoulder, caught in the paranoia of wondering when she'll ever be found out. That uncertainty would haunt her constantly, leading to a degree of sustained stress that being discovered wouldn't impart. A literal jail cell is one thing, but she'd at least have something concrete and realized about her life and situation. This is limbo, and she's required to keep up appearances the whole time she's half-expecting the other shoe to drop.
But I also think her tale can conclude there. She's a teacher, but her life is now built around the constant reminder of her past and the looming specter of it all being revealed. She's clearly not willing to repent or make right her wrongs, because otherwise she'd not be so afraid of being discovered. If she has no intention of moving herself forward, then there's no more story for her to impart.
Perhaps Aoyama will continue to enter the narrative from time to time; Sumi-chan has extended a ray of light and hope to her, giving her a handhold toward freedom from the chains that were holding her down. It's not guaranteed, but there is a future there if she starts working toward it, and I think cameos of Aoyama from time to time would be neat, if only seen in the background...and honestly, a shot of her in the hallway behind our protagonists, walking hand-in-hand with another girl, would be a very sweet moment of "oh, she might be okay". A fleeting reminder of the world moving around our Main Duo (and Side Duos), and that it can move in good ways, too.
Super excited about our Yuri Progenitor Librarian, though. I dunno how much focus will fall upon her, but it seems like it would make for a super interesting story, given the timeline differences (and time period differences) that could come into play to serve as contrasts to what the Main Duo are experiencing in the present.
Thanks for all you do on the TL front, as always.
For Yurika, being caught could arguably lead to a worse fate, but in this way she's forever looking over her shoulder, caught in the paranoia of wondering when she'll ever be found out. That uncertainty would haunt her constantly, leading to a degree of sustained stress that being discovered wouldn't impart. A literal jail cell is one thing, but she'd at least have something concrete and realized about her life and situation. This is limbo, and she's required to keep up appearances the whole time she's half-expecting the other shoe to drop.
But I also think her tale can conclude there. She's a teacher, but her life is now built around the constant reminder of her past and the looming specter of it all being revealed. She's clearly not willing to repent or make right her wrongs, because otherwise she'd not be so afraid of being discovered. If she has no intention of moving herself forward, then there's no more story for her to impart.
Perhaps Aoyama will continue to enter the narrative from time to time; Sumi-chan has extended a ray of light and hope to her, giving her a handhold toward freedom from the chains that were holding her down. It's not guaranteed, but there is a future there if she starts working toward it, and I think cameos of Aoyama from time to time would be neat, if only seen in the background...and honestly, a shot of her in the hallway behind our protagonists, walking hand-in-hand with another girl, would be a very sweet moment of "oh, she might be okay". A fleeting reminder of the world moving around our Main Duo (and Side Duos), and that it can move in good ways, too.
Super excited about our Yuri Progenitor Librarian, though. I dunno how much focus will fall upon her, but it seems like it would make for a super interesting story, given the timeline differences (and time period differences) that could come into play to serve as contrasts to what the Main Duo are experiencing in the present.
Thanks for all you do on the TL front, as always.
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Why did Yurika come back to the school to teach if it was such a problem for her? Maybe this is hell, but you walked down here of your own volition, lady.
I'd understand if Igarashi wants to shuffle Yurika off into the ether to avoid centering an abuser, but there are enough gaps in her story that my curiosity's still piqued.
If we're just moving on entirely that's fine too.
I'd understand if Igarashi wants to shuffle Yurika off into the ether to avoid centering an abuser, but there are enough gaps in her story that my curiosity's still piqued.
If we're just moving on entirely that's fine too.
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Was finally able to buy the raws to support this manga. The exchange rate is killer right now. All 4 digital volumes for $23 USD. If you've been on the fence, now is the time to do it.
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That fucker is feeling the pressure and will now live in terror that Ao tells her peers about what she's done. Good.
It's her! It's Miss John Yuri in the flesh!
It's her! It's Miss John Yuri in the flesh!
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Because she figured she still had Aoyama under her thumb so there was no risk. Which was true until just now. Her mistake was not being able to consider that Aoyama could grow beyond her.
Thank you for the reminder to buy volume 4, got my two copies!
Since the last line reads somewhat awkwardly, I assume it is also unclear wether she is really saying she was the first to put a letter into the book in the original japanese?
Since the last line reads somewhat awkwardly, I assume it is also unclear wether she is really saying she was the first to put a letter into the book in the original japanese?
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"I had my fun in the system."
She makes me want to throw up.
God and here I thought the teacher was incapable of guilt. At least her actions have tied her future in a soup of paranoia and guilt.
What's interesting is that beyond the librarian being the progenitor she was also the guardian of the letters and the tradition in a way she was the guardian angel of the class a world she helped create at the school shepherding it through any possible upheaval.
She makes me want to throw up. God and here I thought the teacher was incapable of guilt. At least her actions have tied her future in a soup of paranoia and guilt.
What's interesting is that beyond the librarian being the progenitor she was also the guardian of the letters and the tradition in a way she was the guardian angel of the class a world she helped create at the school shepherding it through any possible upheaval.
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The mystery of the letters has been compromised to a permanent end
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I am seething with just a few page of her appearance but its not like they can just ignore that predator... I sure hope she doesnt do any sabotage to them im scared she's gonna do something to expel them
Hopefully this next adult isnt one
Hopefully this next adult isnt one
The cover for Volume 4 is amazing! And thanks as always for the translation.
Good riddance for Yurika, to live with this fear and maybe stop being a predator. CHEH, as we say.
Who's surprised the original lesbian is a librarian? I'm not. :v
Good riddance for Yurika, to live with this fear and maybe stop being a predator. CHEH, as we say.
Who's surprised the original lesbian is a librarian? I'm not. :v
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is this gonna conclude soon?
