First of all, this is not a new chapter and I'm terribly sorry for that. I apologize for making you excited over something you won't be reading right now. But do not worry, I'm NOT here to tell you that I'm abandoning this story, hell no. I'm determined like never before to complete this story. This is actually an update of sorts on my progress.

First of all, I haven't been able to even begin writing this chapter until, maybe, a week before. Writer's block or something else, I just wasn't able to come up with an outline of this chapter. I've been changing characters I wanted to introduce, environment and so on and so forth. Gladly, everything is looking solid on my end and I am in the process of actively writing a new chapter. *COUGH*andplayingwarframe*COUGH*

I can't tell you when I'll be done, but you've probably already realized I'm slow as fuck.

So, insted of a chapter, I thought about answering a few questions you've asked while I'm at it.

6S6D6: Dude, I don't know what exactly did you mean by "slow", but you hit the spot either way. Aside from my update schedule, I have no idea about pacing. At the same time, I don't want to neither rush things, nor to drag them out. So I've decided to trust my gut on this one.

Sexy stuff is coming, considering the universe I'm working with here, but it won't be as abundant as in the manga. You could say that I'm dissapointed in it, even. I think it started around chapter 58, (A POSSIBLE SPOLIER!) when Rachnee was interviewing potential hosts.

Exucuse me, Okayado-sensei, but don't you think that selecting hosts based on their fetishes is a bit retarted?! It's even Rachnee, of all liminals, who's doing it. I understand that it's an ecchi manga, but for fuck's sake, some real-world common sense is needed even here. She's, essentially, allowing fetish-driven, potential sexual assaulters into the Exchange Program! This makes me angry to no end!

So yeah, less "plot" and more... uh... plot. *COUGH* ialsomayormaynotprefersmallchests*COUGH*

Lastly, I'm considering adding a slime monster here, and also something Doppel-like. In case of the former, I especially want to write a character that is similar to Doppel in some way, and, if I get to it and execute it right, it'll be pretty cool. But don't get your hopes up too high. Just in case.

Seriously.

Don't.

Ginseng Kalbern: Define "political". If the influence of socio-economic situation in current Russia on liminals is considered "political", then, well, you know how you'll feel. I'm absolutely not an expert in all of this stuff, but the lack of such conflict in the source manga is something I also don't like. And this topic just seems interesting to tackle for me, to be honest. Not promising anything, as I've said before - just something I'm considering. But, at least, there'll be jabs at our incompetent government. I just hope FSB won't arrest me for it...

And you are not the only one who doesn't like dense protagonist. I mean, actual romantic conflict is much more interesting than constant teasing and boob-grabbing.

RP: Woo-hoo, this is gonna be a lengthy answer.

First of all, what did you expect? Japanese honorifics? Of course Asya calling her host the way she does is a Russian custom. It's just the basic way of formal address here.

Also, a correction: MC's full name would be "Dobrov Alexandr Bulatovich". One part too many, don't you think? Well, that's because we have patronimics here, which are basically middle names, except they are actually important. In Alexandr's case, his patronimic would be "Bulatovich", derived from the name "Bulat". Like I said before, addressing a person by their name and patronimic is a basic formality in Russia.

How to determine a patronimic? Easy. First, male patronimics always end with "ovich" and "yevich", and feminine - with "ovna" and "yevna". If you see an author claiming that his Russian character has a surname with one of these endings, he's either doesn't know a single thing about slavic naming conventions, or the character just isn't of Russian descent. Also, no Eastern European surnames end like feminine patronimics as far as I know.

Second way to discern a patronimic is by looking at the full, three-part name of a person. Patronimic ALWAYS stands IMMEDIATELY after the given name, regardless of the naming order. Once again, in our MC's case, his full name would be either "Dobrov Alexandr Bulatovich" or "Alexandr Bulatovich Dobrov". With no other combinations!

In coclusion, I would like to say that Asya talks the way she does out of cultural circumstances and not because "you just love hearing the name you created for yourself in the story". That's simply not true.

Also, I'm sorry if my response to this comment turned out a bit... unpleasant, I really am. I meant no offense. I also hope that this information will help any writers who happen to read it.

And to the rest of my readers - if you are enjoying my work so far, than this is just prekrasno. A quick question, though: would you like me to use actual Russian language? I mean, in the circumstances of an officially regulated situation I will be using Russian language anyway. I'm talking about day-to-day speech. It'll make it look a bit out of place, but, hey, at least you'll see other phrases besides 'cyka blyat'.

So, again, sorry for not uploading an actual chapter of any kind, but I really wanted to give you guys an update. You may leave your comment here, but beware - I will delete this chapter when I'm done with the real one.