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anyone knows anywhere else to read the new chapters? it seems they're no longer uploading them to mangago :-(
the new chapter is available
anyone knows any romance manga/manwha/manhua that has a heavy focus on female friendships? i'm obsessed with they way skip to loeafer portrays the friendship between the main girls and i really wish to read something similar to that（TДT)
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literally one of the reason i love stl. mc's friendships are not instruments to her romance. it's a whole nother theme explored. i want more of this bc most of the slice of life shoujosei and even teen bl/gls are so romance-focused. i dont want impressionable v young readers to think a romantic relationship is the only relationship they should prioritise above all
exactly!!! i found it so refreshing that there's such a heavy focus to Mitsumi's desire to belong to Tokyo, and finding friendship in girls so different from her, all flawed and clumsy with their feelings, but with hopes and dreams and talents of their own. whenever the focus goes to them exploring being teenagers together and exploring the fears of growing older i miss being a teenager. such a great story, we need more romances that expand to friendship and growth for all characters
u articulated this so well im lwk baffled that the anxieties and angst of trying to find ur footing and belonging at that stage is not that explored in other school romance anime. i feel so nostalgic watching mitsumi and the girls huddle around in their sleepovers. mika's story was relatable asf they might as well use my name instead of hers
kimi no todoke and horimiya are the ones who focus a bit on friendships but they def fall short to stl :D
I KNOW RIGHT!!! like, there's so many romance stories based on being new to a whole world, and those anxietes and fears are so loosely recognized is sort of sad. i love mika, and i love that at the beggining of the story is very easy to dislike her, but she eventually finds her own value besides being pretty or recognized for whatever she does good, and starts to experience love and acceptance just because she's deserving of it. i feel like it's a very similar story to yano from kimi ni todoke, but mika has been developed as a character through the whole manga, unlike yano, who is still a very good character.
i also like busu ni hanataba wo and Tabata's quest for friends and love, but since it's a lot more comedic and lighthearted, it's not really comparable to stl. well, none of them are, sadly!
sorry for the yapping i just love stl so much..
i was reading this manwha before The Great Mangago Erasure, and i can't remember it's name. it was about two guys who were classmates in high school: mc was blonde and had a petty rivalry with ml, but in their last day of school ml actually confesses and asks mc to sleep with him, they do it and then ml dissapears. years later, they both meet again in a kindergarten or something like that, where the mc goes and picks up his niece everyday and the ml has a child. the mc decides to win him over again to take revenge or something, but slowly starts to fall again.
if anyone can help me find it i would really apreciate it!!!
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i just love how this portrays both yasaka and ujie. yasaka is complex and appearantly has a messed up family, by what has been shown in the manga. she's seeking attention where she knows she can get it without having to put too much effort in, just existing while being a teenage girl and not having to talk through her feelings, fears and dreams makes it easier for her to be appreciated, even if it's not true. obviously that's all she wants. i would also hate her in real life, like most of the comments say, but it's a fascinating portray of being a teenage girl who's so desperate for attention and affection, for whatever reason it may be.
on the other hand, ujie likes her only because of what he thinks he knows of her. he just sees her as this pretty, sort of kind adn warm presence that, in his mind, is only for his enjoyment. he wants to be needed and rewarded for his help. that's very similar to incel behaviour in real life, a man who just sees women for what they could be what he wants of them. but ujie is still a teenager, and he wants attention and affection himself, specially after spending most of his time alone (even if he's a little bit annoying). i love how the manga is not mean to him for thinking this way, but still states that he's clearly incorrect in his view.
and i just love how this all ties back to mitsumi and shima. both yasaka and shima seek attention and to be liked, and both for very similar reasons. but mitsumi doesn't know if thats just cruelty, because she understands that while it's their choice to behave like that, there's a reason to, even if the reason itself is not something she actually knows.
sorry i just love this manga so much it's like. the best romance manga out there.