Haikei, Arishi Hi ni Saku Hanatachi e - Vol. 2 Ch. 8

[MangaDex]

 

[Beltaro]

It's such a great touch, Kasumi unconsciously reaching to pull the ribbon loose like ejecting from the roleplay.
Even so, they never drop their personas here. Haruyo immediately enters Onee-sama mode when she notices something is wrong with Kasumi. They're not waiting for the ribbons anymore.
If you want a hint on the "question", think between current goofy Paruyo and the very first letter.
I apologize for weaponizing TL notes. I need to walk my brain when it breaks.

 

[Andigo]

Awesome metro suki chart. I hadn't considered the daisuki v suki overlap in years. Much appreciated.

To be honest, sweet metacommentary on Class S is more precious to me than classic Class S itself. The most homoromantic girls are often saphics. When the Class S romanticism isn't held back by stigma or grim events... And saphics are paired...

Even hair stroking becomes mutually indecent, judging by how they both lost track of their expression.

 

[zairaner]

What this adorable creature and where was she hiding the previous chapters?

 

[EnFiveFour]

That was what doctor ordered!
Thank you for translating this series and for including the TL notes!

 

[onedumninja]

So this is what true perfection looks like

 

[PixelCrow12]

The best TL notes in the game?

 

[Roodypatooti]

God. I love them. I've been awake way too long and don't have the vocabulary rn but just. Fuck. They're so fucking cute and gay for each other. I can't.

 

[flowsthead]

When she says "it turns me on" on page 8, is that really that explicit? Cause that language doesn't feel like part of the roleplay.

 

[youdontknowwho]

I love this series so much. Haruyo and Kasumi are so adorable together.

When she says "it turns me on" on page 8, is that really that explicit? Cause that language doesn't feel like part of the roleplay.

"it turns on me", not "it turns me on." Though I like the way you think.

 

[flowsthead]

I love this series so much. Haruyo and Kasumi are so adorable together.

"it turns on me", not "it turns me on." Though I like the way you think.

Omg. I have the dirty mind!

 

[rkbrillantes]

Pg 1 alone makes this an awesomen chapter but reading pg 7 to 15 really reminds us that these 2 are children not exactly knowing that they're falling for each other or at least one is while the other one is deeply into her roleplays while also caring for the other.

I swear if something were to happen to these 2 I'll be deeply affected and it'll ruin my day. Lol

 

[WhereTheYuriAt]

Haruyo is sooooooooo cute (and Sumi-chan as well ofc). She's both an onee-sama and imouto, depending on the scene/moment and plays both roles perfectly to Sumi-chan.

I have no words. This is a contender for best yuri manga of all time.

 

[GooseBolt]

So so so gooooooooooood. The warm art, the middle schooler becoming a rock for our silly crybaby freshman. I do want to see Onee-san a bit more flustered tho

 

[zairaner]

The best TL notes in the game?

They are godly, but I still have to give "best" to the ones for ninja and assassin under one roof

 

[UdenEmpati]

I woke up and decided to read this way too early in the day and now I feel like I'm not going to get anything done with these two (and the TL notes/metro diagram) clogging up my brain.

The emotional seesaw of this chapter was something else - even within the same scene (two of them, even) there was a whiplash that really did feel like a bucket of ice water, which makes all that "cold" metaphor usage extremely apt. Though the first was much softer given Sumi-chan could turn to her Onee-sama for immediate confirmation and reassurance (shout out to Inner Macchi for pushing her to speak her mind), that second with the acquaintance from middle school almost made me think the chapter would spiral and end on a bad note.

Clearly I should know to have more faith, because their walk home was very much the insulating igloo in the blizzard.

I have a newfound appreciation for the complexity of quality translations of these stories, too - having to fight the multilayered ambiguity inherent in the Japanese language to find the best way to convey something as complex as their own multilayered relationship cannot be easy, but I think the effort has paid off here - because even with the far more sparse selection of words available for the English version, the poise, demeanor, and subtext alongside the illustrations do convey the meaning, to me.

Anyway, good chapter, best manga, fantastic TL, incredible notes page, would never want to ride that metro ever, but would follow this ship into eternity.

 

[Nuwanda1313]

what an incredible chapter, not only the characters and story are excellent, but the art is just on point

Also, I love reading your tl notes, you might be the best translator right now

 

[Taw]

She's actually three apples tall

 

[UdenEmpati]

She's actually three apples tall

I think I want to frame every single panel I've seen in this series and wallpaper my home in them.

 

[sebaasdf]

P16, the most beautiful smile i have ever seen