Kounai Ren'ai - Vol. 2 Ch. 11

[MangaDex]

 

[UdenEmpati]

Kaede couldn't help.
Maybe her Ex-not-Ex can.
But what a time to step in at the right moment.



Thanks for continuing this.

 

[Loner210]

The yuri part of this series is just so... 😞

 

[SrNevik]

So they separated for a while in High School then found each other again later in life. I'm eager to continue learning more about our main couple's past and how they ended up together. One GF wasn't enough so let's see how another is able to provide some advice here. That was nearly a tragedy.

 

[King_julien]

Thank you for the translation!

 

[cB557]

So far I've had a pretty hard time telling what's going on in Miyamoto's head, and how she views her relationship with Shimizu. Should be interesting to hear what she has to say next chapter.

 

[onedumninja]

Relatable T_T

Not the bullying glasses girl part but the other part...

 

[thewomanliest]

The yuri part of this series is just so... 😞

literally, WHERE is it 😭

it's GL but the straight side couple has more development than the lesbian main couple. i mean i do like the sideplot don't get me wrong but i was hoping kuritani and nozaki would end up together... not kuritani with HER EX 🫠

 

[Loner210]

literally, WHERE is it 😭

it's GL but the straight side couple has more development than the lesbian main couple. i mean i do like the sideplot don't get me wrong but i was hoping kuritani and nozaki would end up together... not kuritani with HER EX 🫠

Yeah, most of author's past works are yuri, but so far this one read like a false advertising lol. You got details about main character's love life (who doesn't even appear much) in like 2 chapters at best...

 

[SrNevik]

literally, WHERE is it 😭

it's GL but the straight side couple has more development than the lesbian main couple. i mean i do like the sideplot don't get me wrong but i was hoping kuritani and nozaki would end up together... not kuritani with HER EX 🫠

The series synopsis is clear about what it is, and each volume is a different case featuring various relationship types. The first case was with a gay girl and our lesbian MCs. That was the first volume, so unless you skipped that, it was and is still there.

 

[SkyVentus]

literally, WHERE is it 😭

it's GL but the straight side couple has more development than the lesbian main couple. i mean i do like the sideplot don't get me wrong but i was hoping kuritani and nozaki would end up together... not kuritani with HER EX 🫠

Somebody already said it before, this is essentially a relationship detective/advisor story with the main couple using their own experience to sort of help youngsters sort things out, the GL part comes from the fact that there is GL with the main couple and potential new GL within the youngsters (we already got a lesbian teenager before this subplot)

Be patient or stop reading for your own good

 

[UdenEmpati]

Somebody already said it before, this is essentially a relationship detective/advisor story with the main couple using their own experience to sort of help youngsters sort things out, the GL part comes from the fact that there is GL with the main couple and potential new GL within the youngsters (we already got a lesbian teenager before this subplot)

Be patient or stop reading for your own good

The series synopsis is clear about what it is, and each volume is a different case featuring various relationship types. The first case was with a gay girl and our MCs. That was the first volume, so unless you skipped that, it was and is still there.

it's also like...a yuri story can have non-yuri couples in it, right? This isn't a 404: Men Not Found setting, so OnlyGay isn't some requirement on the part of the author.

Plus, it's 11 chapters in, and we're in the middle of an ongoing arc where the "main [yuri] couple" is now actively involved. There was nothing expressed about this only being about one couple in the first place, so.

Yuri titles can go beyond just "these girls are gay". Let the actual plot play out, y'know?

 

[thewomanliest]

The series synopsis is clear about what it is, and each volume is a different case featuring various relationship types. The first case was with a gay girl and our lesbian MCs. That was the first volume, so unless you skipped that, it was and is still there.

Somebody already said it before, this is essentially a relationship detective/advisor story with the main couple using their own experience to sort of help youngsters sort things out, the GL part comes from the fact that there is GL with the main couple and potential new GL within the youngsters (we already got a lesbian teenager before this subplot)

Be patient or stop reading for your own good

i think my original comment came off more serious than i meant. it was honestly just me exaggerating for the sake of a joke, not trying to give any deep criticism.

i get your points, and i do enjoy the story, but there isn’t actually much GL in what we’ve seen so far. the “girl crushing on her teacher” subplot doesn’t count; it’s a minor projecting on an adult, and calling that GL is stretching the label past recognition. also, a single lesbian side character doesn’t magically shift the genre (not saying we don’t have other lesbian characters in this case, but her being lesbian doesn’t actually indicate the story is GL at all, the main relationship does). sure, she confessed, but there was no actual romance between them. and there shouldn't've been.

the student’s feelings were real to her, sure, but the situation itself was never something the narrative should’ve treated as a legitimate romantic thread. it’s not queer storytelling; it’s a teenager misreading her emotions and an adult mishandling the moment with a frankly baffling lack of boundaries. that is one of my actual gripes with the story, but other than that i do enjoy the plot and i find the complexity of the relationships compelling.

setting that aside, the MCs themselves, the actual GL aspect, feel pretty sidelined. we only get snippets of their relationship. i do acknowledge that it's setting up to show more of them, it was more like just a lighthearted jab rather than a serious complaint.

also, i disagree, i honestly don't believe the synopsis is very clear at all about what it is? it's a one-liner about the school being "full of relationships." okay, yeah, awesome, but what's that supposed to mean? i came into the manga with a very vague idea of what to expect. i did assume it was going to depict multiple relationships, but i didn't know to what extent. there's so many other ways it could've gone just based on the synopsis, like:

• a GL-centered story where the MCs are the focus, and we just occasionally peek into other characters’ relationships as side flavor.
• more of an ensemble cast thing, where multiple romances develop at once but the main couple still gets steady development.
• a slice-of-life drama where “relationships” includes friendships, rivalries, family issues— not necessarily romance every volume.
• a mystery-style series about uncovering different “secrets” each chapter, with the MCs’ relationship as the steady through-line.
• an anthology where each volume explores a totally different type of relationship (friends, exes, crushes, messy dynamics) but the MCs remain emotionally central.

i like the story, and i’m not saying the format is bad. it just means the GL element feels a bit sidelined compared to what the premise seemed to imply. i’m sure we’ll get more of the MCs later, and i’m not losing sleep over it.. it was more of a light complaint than some serious indictment. but i don’t think it’s wild to say the marketing is vague enough that people could’ve reasonably expected something a little more MC-focused than what we’ve gotten so far.

i mean i really don't have that big of a problem with that specific aspect of the story. it's a little frustrating, sure, but like i mentioned earlier, it was more of an aside than an actual complaint. not anything that's serious enough to make me drop the series or anything dramatic.

i think my joke snowballed a bit lol 😭 didn’t mean to turn this into an essay-thread

 

[SrNevik]

So far I've had a pretty hard time telling what's going on in Miyamoto's head, and how she views her relationship with Shimizu. Should be interesting to hear what she has to say next chapter.

Yeah I'm most excited for that, not because I find her hard to understand but because I'm eager to watch her give advice to a student. The slow peeling back of our main couple's past is also super interesting. I love the mirroring of their past situation with this new love case.

 

[EchoGirl]

even if they're close enough for advice, still kinda rude to call your a sensei '-chan', honestly she kinda deserves to be miserable until she apologizes to everyone.

why are the school rooftops never locked in this story lol

 

[SkyVentus]

i get your points, and i do enjoy the story, but there isn’t actually much GL in what we’ve seen so far. the “girl crushing on her teacher” subplot doesn’t count; it’s a minor projecting on an adult, and calling that GL is stretching the label past recognition. also, a single lesbian side character doesn’t magically shift the genre (not saying we don’t have other lesbian characters in this case, but her being lesbian doesn’t actually indicate the story is GL at all, the main relationship does). sure, she confessed, but there was no actual romance between them. and there shouldn't've been.

I didnt mention the student crushing on the teacher as the GL content but rather said that we can potentially get more GL within the youngsters (we already know one of the girls is gay), those are very different things

 

[Goodbyefrankenstein]

NOT THE CONDOM LOL

Also, I know people are wanting more yuri and I get it. But I also truly appreciate manga like these where it's not a focus (but still present) on the mc's part. It just feels like normalizing being gay to me and not a defining aspect to what makes a good yuri manga. There are plenty of other yuri where the focus is just solely on the wlw romance I can read if I wanted otherwise. Plus, mc relies on her experiences with her gf/ex history when trying to relate to her students' love issues so it's still a strong yuri label.

This manga reminds me of one of the current faves of mine, We Shall Now Begin Ethics, and im enjoying learning more about the mc through her own dealing with the students.

 

[TGLurker]

Now to see how Nami can help. Kaede wasn't wrong when she said, 'it takes time'. Healing rarely comes quickly. It just wasn't the right time to say it. Still, it will be interesting to see how Nami goes about this. The Name-Kaede past relationship pain is not a completely comparable experience as Kaede herself noted to herself.

 

[rotationplus]

The yuri part of this series is just so... 😞

it seems to be a manga with lesbian protagonist, and not a yuri manga

 

[thewomanliest]

I didnt mention the student crushing on the teacher as the GL content but rather said that we can potentially get more GL within the youngsters (we already know one of the girls is gay), those are very different things

yeah, sorry about that— that's my bad! i got what you were putting down there, i had no intention of implying that you did think that. i kind of just veered off into a broader point about how the GL elements have been handled so far.