Kono Koi, Ittan Mochikaerasete Itadakimasu! - Ch. 2

[MangaDex]

 

[UdenEmpati]

Yeah, the imbalance and its deeper implications are revealed--rather early on, though justifiably so, I think.

I do wonder if we'll see the Supremacist actually end up falling for real, rather than doing this to torment her Senpai as seems to be her MO--while MC finds the good parts of love over time (through all the manipulation and deceit).
Feels like that's the only real way to subvert their respective characters and have the narrative end on a happy note, because otherwise I have to imagine the Supremacist will just hurt MC, get caught, there's a big fallout, and MC's reservations are reinforced and she doesn't grow through the course of the plot.

I don't think this will be entirely lovey dovey and I expect a healthy dose of drama and more serious nuance to their relationship dynamic, but that's also me applying the tone of the author's previous work and assuming they're going for Happy Ending and not something else.

Intriguing start, though. Thanks for the TL, and I can't wait for more.

(also curious if this'll be a longer series than the last one, but I'm happy to just be along for the ride to find out.)

 

[Manko-sensei]

No, the yuri must not end ever!!! Change those plans Rina, you can toy with her as much as you want, but keep her at your side!

 

[BreadBunny]

yeah the complexities do add another dimension in the sense that Chiaki just isn't the "conceited woman full of pride who thinks she's in the right all the time" she's prideful yes, but like has mostly just been irritated in dealing with Mashiro. Looking back at chapter one it's kind of funny because when Oodeki came to gloat about getting married to Nishida it looks like Chiaki is having a verbal spar with her from the outside but seeing her thoughts she's genuinely just happy for Oodeki and sad that she'll be leaving the office.

So Mashiro thinks she's got her hooks in yet another one of thos haughty nose-turned up Ojou-sama types, but by all accounts Chiaki is just a very competent career woman who genuinely thinks best of everyone around her.

 

[gimme_yuri_plz]

Ugh, what a plot twist! So, it's toxic yuri, not wholesome.

In my innocent mind, I hope they fall in true love, and that the psychotic one doesn't mess things up and then ditch the senpai

 

[outinthegardener]

It's toxic af. Not sure I can enjoy this one. Even assuming there will be some character development that forces Mashiro to stop being manipulative. I think best scenario is that Mashiro falls in love for real and gets burned, then has to climb back up as a better person. I can't root for a toxic romance.

 

[Loner210]

Turned toxic real quick.

 

[susque16]

Wow super curious who will break who, thanks for doing this series and the fast turnaround! 💞

 

[GLFanatic]

Knowing there are people like Mashiro in real life is exactly what makes me so happy I've never fallen in love. I'm good enjoying romance through fiction, but keep it far away from me, thanks.

 

[KamikoAki]

Ugh, what a plot twist! So, it's toxic yuri, not wholesome.

In my innocent mind, I hope they fall in true love, and that the psychotic one doesn't mess things up and then ditch the senpai

My read was that they will, she seemed to react when she was told to take the cab with her. I think she just has some kinda bad history and wants revenge, but will learn that she’s not super self centred. Or atleast that’s my hope.

 

[TheBigMonk]

Thanks for the chapter!
Of course this story was going to be toxic yuri, should've known from the drunk sex they had in the first chapter.
Don't have sex with drunk people, it's common-sense non-con.

 

[UdenEmpati]

My read was that they will, she seemed to react when she was told to take the cab with her. I think she just has some kinda bad history and wants revenge, but will learn that she’s not super self centred. Or atleast that’s my hope.

I'd bet money that the story ends happy and this will be a healing/growth journey for the two of them.

The tone from the outset is rather light, comparably, even with Mashiro revealing that she's got some sort of sadistic streak to her. Just going off of Kuroiwa's interactions with everyone else in these first two chapters, the overall mood of the series would need a sharp turn for this to get super heavy and dramatic and end on an unhappy note with the two of them in a healthy (if "top/bottom dynamic") relationship.

As @BreadBunny indicated above, Mashiro pegs Kuroiwa as some stuck-up superior woman with a chip on her shoulder, and we see in chapter 1 that this is inaccurate and simply the kouhai's presumption. Kuroiwa, for her part, is wholly turned off on the concept of romance, but has also seemingly not given herself a proper chance to experience it--she's dated men before, sure, but she's never allowed herself the physical aspect, and cut things off every time before they reached that point.
But she's also career-focused and driven in a professional sense, and spends her time on that--but is, clearly, quite "innocent" otherwise. That right there is a shift from what Mashiro expected, as you indicated with her reaction to Kuroiwa offering the shared cab ride home.
It's not all gonna be happy and fluffy romcom, for sure - the simple presence of Mashiro's personality and presented reason for pursuing her senpai means that there's undercurrents of problematic behavior, and I suspect Kuroiwa will be hurt in some capacity by whatever is going to go down between them. But that in itself will be part of the journey for their characters independently and together, and I'd be surprised if part of the author's plan doesn't involve Mashiro herself growing and changing from this pattern of behavior that she's had, and coming to better understand herself, Kuroiwa, and find a happy & healthy relationship between them.

And I think you're right - most of the time, that sort of behavior isn't born in a vacuum, and I suspect that even if Mashiro doesn't have a one-sided history with her senpai, she'll have had something in her past that's turned her on this path. And her "growth arc" will involve revealing, addressing, and working through it, wtih Kuroiwa's help, toward getting past it and being able to have a stable & happy relationship.

The kicker will be the balancing of the heavy stuff with the lighter stuff, but I don't have any reason to believe the author can't do it based on what I know of their past work. And I dig the more mature feel to this adult yuri romance drama, too, so I'm excited to see where the plot takes them.

 

[lilsssss]

oh god its toxic

 

[Vantheus]

YES TOXIC YURI GIVE IT TO ME IN MY VEINS.

coughs >.>

 

[agolloh]

Interesting dynamic, can't wait to see her actually repent and fall in love instead of wanting to dispose her..

 

[dazedaze1111]

Yeah, of course a girl like Rina would have this kind of complex
Chapter 2 made the story generally felt better than chapter 1
The premise might be toxic, but I think it'll get wholesome later on (hopefully)

 

[KitsuKyouno]

The important is Chiaki been top, with her aspect will be silly otherwise
but the other girls is a player

 

[mylovenovels]

Yuri started out so wholesome, and then it just went completely toxic. Honestly, I’m kind of excited to see where this rollercoaster goes next.