The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All - Ch. 76 - Me and “Him”

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Look at the bright side, Mitsuki, at least she knows you are both personas. Unlike a certain forty-five-year-old salary man who smokes behind a supermarket and his "two" cashier friends. :glee:
That...quite special... Tell me more 🧐
 
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now, why is this complication reminding me of jem and the holograms (iykyk) (fuck the character Rio - he's an hypocritical asshole.)
 
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Mitsuki is so goddamn handsome when shes in a more grungy/casual outfit compared to her @ school... Arai Sumiko understands how to design queer women sooooooo damn well
 
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“But I’m… just me,” is ripe for a callback. I hope we get something as on the nose as, “But you’re… just you.”

This chapter shows how the short length of this manga is used for impact. Several commenters have mentioned how authentic this feels. A lot of school life, mine at least, felt like short, violent stretches of emotion spaced out by hours sitting around wondering how someone feels, or what they think, or what they’re doing. Instead of four pages of teenage drama and sixteen pages of thinking about it, we get actual time.

Mitsuki’s self image issues feel very old school to me, too. She grew into a fascinating and charming person, but hasn’t had social encouragement from her peers to that effect. She’s sure she’s a goober, so if anyone sees her as desirable or interesting it must be those other people assessing her incorrectly. Tale as old as time, the only twist being the gender issues… which are also a tale as old as time, actually.

Mitsuki isn’t jealous, she thinks Aya likes a version of her that isn’t real, which means she’s worried Aya’s feelings aren’t real. We and Aya know Onii-san, the focused quiet person who works at the record shop, is real and just a part of Mitsuki. “But you’re… just you.”
 
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One girl being jealous of herself. Other two girls kissing and then not talking again. Whats wrong with yuri manga this days? Whats wrong with authors?

I'm shocked you found one where the two girls kissed at all and it wasn't just another f'n "we're just besties" fakeout. I totally feel your pain.

1. The yuri that could be good are all oneshots.
Or they end in three chapters, or get dropped by the publisher/author.

2. Girls Love vs Yuri vs Hentai = Pain
There's zero delineation by hosting sites between girls love (besties) and yuri (romantic). The lumping of a pure love (yuri) with graphic pornography also adds to the problem. In yuri, sex neither has to be portrayed nor has to be done in a graphic way (it's an act of the deepest love, not whatever cheap pornos think it is). You could end with the two girl's discarded clothes hanging on the same chair and not even have to show them naked. People aren't so dumb they can't figure that out (and if they can't... They're probably too young for the subject matter). Hentai is about as far from the purity of a white lilly as you can get.

Bottom line, this does nothing but make proper yuri unbearably difficult to find.

3. The incessant need to put ACTUAL villains
Sooo many throw the drama tag on them add people who would go to prison for their conduct: attempted murder, arson, etc, into the wholesome fluffiness that is Yuri. Self discovery, society, family, romance in general, etc offers more than enough conflict for a romance. It doesn't have to be John Wick.

4. They end at the confession.
Seriously, why do so many of them end right when the actual dating would start? WTH?!
 
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nah to me it makes total sense.

I remember a few times where oosawa where like ‘you should be more like your ’cool self’’ at school’ which is kinda sad cause you can tell she’s totally into the ‘rock star’ koga but seems whatever toward the awkward side of Koga which is still a part of her
I’m so glad the author didnt brush it off
 
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Look at the bright side, Mitsuki, at least she knows you are both personas. Unlike a certain forty-five-year-old salary man who smokes behind a supermarket and his "two" cashier friends. :glee:
Thats funny 😂source?
 

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