6/14 Update: Added Chapter 10 & Valentines Day Extra.
With Ch. 10, the main story is complete, but there is 1 more extra chapter that's 18 pages long that I am currently editing.
That will be the next and final update added to the gallery unless I can find any more extra art.

Extra Chapter Raw: https://e-hentai.org/s/61d6c23732/553194-29

Translator
Ero

Proofreader
Mariannana

Commissioned and Edited by
Donrandom

To Reach Translator
https://erotranslations.wordpress.com/
https://forums.e-hentai.org/index.php?showtopic=236543

To Reach Proofreader
https://e-hentai.org/uploader/Mariannana

Raws: https://e-hentai.org/g/177964/cc25675a95/
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Note:
Better Girls is 1 of Ryoh-Zoh's 1st works and was released online back in 2007-2008 on his old, now deleted website: cragra.h.fc2.com (cragra is short for crack graphic).
The setting of the story is set in the same school as some of his other series: "Love to Like," "Love to Like EZR," "GKGT," and "Hinamix."
And the character "Ai," who was a side character in the series "Love to Like," is one of the main characters here.

The extra images included were also posted on cragra at one point, but since the website got taken down, and he deleted the images about a month after posting them, some are impossible to find.
The only ones I could find were posted on Sayo Aisaka's image set gallery and on the author's twitter.

I also learned some interesting things about this series and the author while going through his twitter.
-This series was what got him noticed as an artist and pushed his career forward.
-He was offered by 3-4 different publishers to turn this series into a serialized book, but he turned them down because he didn't want to charge people money for something that was originally released for free.
-The character "Momo" wasn't very popular because people found her "annoying."

For anyone confused about the hair color conversation in chapter 4, and who "Anne" and "Heidi" are. Haiji is referencing 2 1970's anime: "Heidi, Girl of the Alps" and "Anne of Green Gables." They're both directed by the same person. He wanted to embrace the name "Heidi" by getting her hairstyle, but mixed the 2 characters up and got "Anne's" hair color instead.

Does it end at chapter 2?

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@Tsarius1
There's 10 chapters total.

Base +6, Leonidas23 +8, The Magi +19

Thank you for the translation of this little gem! Comedies are usually hit or miss for me, but I found the humor of this series particularly enjoyable. And the author's work ethics definitely deserve a praise!

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Are you going to translate all 10 of them? That was really cool.

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@idkyimhere
Yeah, I commissioned Ero to translate all 10 chapters + the extra chapter which uses the Better Girls characters to promote Love to Like.

https://e-hentai.org/s/61d6c23732/553194-29

Last edited on 08 March 2023, 01:10.

Base +6, Andrew(RocKy) +8, Azul7 +6, endbringer24 +12, pesc +8, Leonidas23 +8

Oh wow,never expected a Heidi reference to pop up in a hentai work...thats surreal.
Guess that intro pantsu shot served its purpose. :P

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Wow, this turned out to be better than I thought. It's like a really decent romcom/drama manga with sex. The humor feels natural and is somehow better than 90% of what manga today attempts to do as comedy. Did not expect Ryoh-Zoh to have written something like this.

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Since there’s so many references in this, I made a list of them for anyone curious.
Some are pretty obvious, but some others I have no clue, so if anyone wants to help out with the ones I didn’t get.

Chapter 1
Page 8: The rooster is the logo for an incense brand called "Cocksec Mosquito Coils."
Page 13: Mario. (Any time he pops a boner, Mario or the mushroom shows up.)
Page 18: I'm pretty sure this is a reference to Sandra Bullock's character from the movie "Love Potion No. 9."
Page 27: A scene from "Heidi, Girl of the Alps."

Chapter 2
Page 40: It's a visual novel, but I'm not sure which one. It would probably be a popular one from 2007 or before.
Page 45: "Death Note" the manga.
Page 47: The Necronomicon from either H.P. Lovecraft, or more likely the movie "Army of Darkness," given how much the author references movies and anime.
Page 49: Peter and Clara are characters from "Heidi, Girl of the Alps."
Page 50: Idk if the Hedgehog movie is an actual movie.
Page 60: Gundam Helmet.

Chapter 3
Page 70: Gundam Opening.
Page 74: Gundam.
Page 79: A God Warrior from the movie "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind."
Page 80: Darth Vader.
Page 86-87: Back to the Future.
Page 88: "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong.

Chapter 4
Page 101: Behind Momo is Doraemon. Ai's dragon looks like Shenron from Dragon Ball. Idk if Haiji's parrot is a reference to anything.
Page 109: Alphonse from Fullmetal Alchemist.
Page 116-118: Heidi from "Heidi, Girl of the Alps" and Anne from "Anne of Green Gables."
Page 121: Joe Yabuki from "Ashita no Joe."

Chapter 5
Page 124: Idk the reference in the bottom left.
Page 125: Metallica shirt.
Page 126: Lupin the Third.
Page 130: "Seppun" or "接吻" is a song by Original Love from 1995.
Page 150: Tsubasa from the manga/anime "Captain Tsubasa."

Chapter 6:
Page 160: Tohka's whole outfit changes for the Dad joke, but idk if it's supposed to be a reference to any particular Dad or just a stereotypical Dad look.

Chapter 7
Page 190: Idk what the face Haiji makes is a reference to.
Page 196: Gamera from Godzilla?
Page 198: Haiji turns into an Evangelion reference. Ai's shirt is a playstation logo parody.
Page 203: My Neighbor Totoro faces.

Chapter 8
Page 223: Another scene of Clara and Heidi.
Page 224: Gundam.

Chapter 9
Page 248: Syurina sees Kokono from Ryoh-Zoh's 1st series on Crack Graphic, "Kokono's Sweet Spot." (This series was never uploaded anywhere and is kind of lost to time.)
Page 252: Space Invaders Shirt.
Page 278: Willy Hartman is a popular Japanese Motorcyclist from 2007. Look up "もうウィリーさ" to see videos of him.
Page 281: The Brad Pitt reference is because Eikura looks similar to his character from the movie "Fight Club."
The other 2 are pretty obvious, but they're: "Fist of the North Star" & "Dragon Ball."
Page 282: I'm not sure what Haiji's face is referencing.

Chapter 10
Page 290: I'm not sure who that is in the 2nd panel.
Page 304: Gundam.
Page 308: In the bottom right is Kokono & Futaba from "Kokono's Sweet Spot." (Again, never uploaded anywhere.)
Page 335: Tohka got Peeta's (Peter's) hair style from "Heidi Girl of the Alps." Peeta was Heidi's love interest, so this is basically Tohka's real love confession to Haiji (unless you count Ch. 9's), which is why they're both blushing.
Page 344: Syurina's dialogue is the closest thing to a title drop with her talking about "Better."

Last edited on 14 June 2023, 18:03.

Base +7, Ringaround +6, MrDreamy +6, ad4tgh45tr3ef3g +3, zpron +6

This is really great but man the sister is annoying.

Base +6, Hardcorey +7, Lilisionnach -5, Jill_Metokaminari +6, Nelath +6, xxxsonic +6, Laufeia +6

Damn, this is actually great stuff. Almost makes me wish for a normal story, this author has a great sense of humour.

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好有年代感的画风，另外，这梗也太密集了吧

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@donrandom

For pg 60, 70, 74, 224- it's all Gundam.
Actually kinda wild that you got everything *except* that.

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@Snittzi

That's what I thought, but I wasn't sure. I never really was a fan of mecha stuff, so that's why I didn't recognize it.
But thanks for helping out with that.

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Oh, for crying out loud! Is the rape brigade really necessary? And the "we'll satisfy you in her stead" is even worse... Rape as a plot device in a lighthearted comedy is jarring as all hell.

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Damn dude, pussy so good he turned into a SnK Titan.

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