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[From Good Girls Scan BL] "I didn’t think senpai would be like this!!!” By coincidence, the low-class gossamer-winged butterfly Tsubasa catches sight of the son of a distinguished tarantula family, Nagumo Sumiya. Saved by his words, Tsubasa holds admiration for him. From a single glance, he wants to meet him, and he enrolls in Sumiya’s school Seihoku Academy, where only the elite gather. However, hardships due to his low-class awaited him there. On top of that, Sumiyaーhis only hopeーtosses him aside, saying, “I hate gossamer-winged butterflies.” Tsubasa had believed that he would be acknowledged and becomes depressed. At that time, he becomes trapped in the web that Sumiya had laid, where he’s injected with an aphrodisiac venom and is held down…? An academy caste love story between an arrogant tarantula X a gossamer-winged butterfly with admirable reasons.

1 Volume (Complete) - Raw: 77mh.com / colist_195988.html > Note: ch. 4-6 "Gaku Ran" - Non-BL story that was not scanlated. I didn't like it anyway from the raw.

An essential in GL category! > The relationships and feelings mostly are platonic / ambiguous and there aren't any kiss scenes (apart from the situation of one of the characters, Satou Sei - Rosa Gigantea, who had been in an actual lesbian relationship before, as we see in the story), so it feels more like GL subtext. Notwithstanding, "Maria-sama ga Miteru", especially the original novel series, is regarded as one of the most prominent works of the GL panorama. And it's a must-read story indeed! [Baka-Updates] The setting is Lillian Academy, a private Catholic all-girls school where the student council is known as the Yamayurikai (Mountain Lily Council) and younger students are taken under the wing of older students through a system known as the "soeur system" ("soeur" is French for "sister"). The main character, Yumi, who is basically a nobody, suddenly finds herself interacting with the members of the Yamayurikai and their soeurs, most notably her crush, the talented, beautiful, and withdrawn Sachiko... mangaupdates.com / series.html?id=253 - 9 Volumes (Complete) // Dropped... > Last available here: vol. 5 ch. 35 (Valentine's Day part) Based on the long light-novel series "Maria-sama ga Miteru" - novelupdates.com / series / maria-sama-ga-miteru / The novel was adapted to Anime and Live-action Movie as well: gogoanime.nl / anime / maria-watches-over-us-nk7m gogoanime.nl / anime / maria-watches-over-us-printemps-ol75 gogoanime.nl / anime / maria-watches-over-us-3rd-pm7q gogoanime.nl / anime / maria-watches-over-us-season-4-mj78 veoh.com / watch / v120847655S3pWmkrN

Oneshot included in vol. 5 of "After 5 Wa Kiss No Ame" - Transfer students Misao and Eichi, the school's most popular idols, really seem to hate each other. However, the two are actually married and living together! But since moving to Japan, they decided to keep it a secret...so every morning when they arrive at school they show their dislike for each other... // 2 Stars, but it was too ridiculous. > It's obviously not to be taken seriously, but let's focus on a few things that didn't make sense and lacked explanation. First of all, they're transfer students who are said to be foreign citizens that didn't live in Japan before. So, where did they live? They have Japanese names, so are they really foreigners|mixed blood or did they simply live abroad? And what is the specific reason they moved to Japan, did they elope? And let's come to the fact that they're married...even if they decided to keep it a secret, why would they pretend to hate each other? But more than that, let's talk about the fact that the uke was already married once before with a woman (so was he straight|bisexual?) and he has a step-son, the son of that woman. The thing is the step-son has around the same age as the uke and goes to the same school, so had the uke's late wife twice his age? But more than the age gap issue, the fact is that the uke is currently a high schooler and it's already been three years since the woman died, so when did they get married? When he was around 14 or 15? It was a really weird and random story...

I must say that I was quite impressed by the contrast rendered by the combination of the delightful art style and coloring and the toxic story told through those very same peaceful soft traits. I liked it because it was like conveying the general saying about to not judge a book by its cover: it was interesting to see how, underneath that apparent calm, laid violent, vicious, obsessive thoughts, feelings and ill intentions which always quivered to be unleashed. Unfolding in such an environment impregnated with such negative vibes, it was not surprising that the story would present a tragic outcome... Upon the whole, it's a well-written story. The structure was good and those twisted emotions were well-portrayed. Needless to say, I liked the art. And I also liked the historical backdrop and the all-girls prestigious boarding school setting. Still, on a more intimate level, I cannot quite say that I liked the story. The plot was not my cup of tea and I couldn't feel any sympathy for the characters. They were all bad, starting from the adults and coming to the two girls. But I think a live-action movie of this story would be interesting to watch! > By the way, it's not yuri. [Note for myself] There's not even a proper lesbian relationship going on. It's all on one's girl part who is obsessed with the other girl, who in return hates her till the very end. Physically nothing happens either.

️Great story by Ikeda Riyoko that somehow is regrettably underrated and a bit forgotten as well, when in actuality it's a masterpiece! A coming-of-age gem! It's sad but beautiful. Deep and emotional. Especially for those who like classics and melodrama, this is a must-read! I like both manga and anime. Apart from some differences between them (with some added and|or expanded scenes, also rendered in a more melodramatic way, and especially differences regarding the final tragic events in the last chapters and the ending itself, which, on the contrary, were toned down a bit respect to the manga and the biggest difference would be Kaoru’s ending, which isn’t a tragic one in the anime), I think they are both great. About the anime, I have to say that I personally was particularly impressed by it. It's one of my favourites! It's really well-done and especially visually is well crafted: I loved all the details, all the different lights and colors, and framing. All the different background scenes like the beautiful ever-changing views of the sea and sunset, and the city's lights at night, the rainy scenes and all the general scholastic atmosphere! I loved every little detail and the music as well! Each episode was great. And it makes me feel so nostalgic, because there aren't anime like this anymore! I actually had already watched it long ago, but I didn't read the manga back then. So, now I'm so glad to have watched it again and to have finally read the manga as well! I totally recommend both anime and manga.️ > Note: It includes both lesbian and straight elements. And it includes heavy issues. Anime: gogoanime.nl / anime / dear-brother-147v

It was interesting to read. A very unique plot for a BL! The setting is a mysterious boarding school for gifted / talented young boys which seems to be specialized in medical / scientific studies and the protagonists are the president's new favourite student, Azuma, and the ex-favourite, Tatsumi. But apart from their hate-to-love relationship and the enigmatic figure of the president, the core of the story is about the president's unethical medical practice, how certain areas of medicine shouldn't be pursued / crossed. It's a fascinating topic which gives rise to questions, like the questions Azuma asked in front of the fish experiment...they're really food for thought! And also the whole reference to the story of the book Azuma had Tatsumi read to him to fall asleep was well-done, like Asuma's situation being kinda like that of the book and the principal being like the witch of that story! In the end, it was an intriguing reading and I'm glad for how it ended..."In the end, if it had a happy ending, wouldn't it be nice?"