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Chasing Spica Vol. 1
In this yuri/Girls' Love drama, a flashy but studious high schooler discovers that her rival, a strict disciplinary committee member, may also be more than meets the eye.
Nekozuka Serina is a serious third-year high school student who’s studying hard to qualify for a scholarship. Her cute and stylish looks, however, don’t exactly meet the school dress code—which Tachibana Reiko, a member of the disciplinary committee, is always on her case about. Plus, no matter how much Serina tries, Reiko always bests her in grades and athletics. One day, however, Serina spots Reiko meeting with an unknown woman after school…and going to a love hotel! What will happen between Serina and Reiko now that they share a secret?
Nekozuka Serina is a serious third-year high school student who’s studying hard to qualify for a scholarship. Her cute and stylish looks, however, don’t exactly meet the school dress code—which Tachibana Reiko, a member of the disciplinary committee, is always on her case about. Plus, no matter how much Serina tries, Reiko always bests her in grades and athletics. One day, however, Serina spots Reiko meeting with an unknown woman after school…and going to a love hotel! What will happen between Serina and Reiko now that they share a secret?
172 pages, Paperback
Published June 18, 2024
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June 18, 2024
Serina is constantly butting heads with the school’s public morals officer, Reiko, who is always harping on about her look. They’re also rivals for the top spot in class, but when Serina catches Reiko heading to a love hotel with a woman, Serina’s got a new way to claw her way to success.
You’d be forgiven for looking at this story, a yuri about a flashy girl pushing back against the school’s female morals officer, and think you were reading off-brand Citrus. Thankfully, there’s a little more here to recommend this story than mere familiarity.
Honestly, the description makes this sound a lot more tawdry than it actually is. Reiko and Serina are both very, very wounded people and the notion that they might find what they need in one another makes for a pretty appealing ‘enemies to lovers’ scenario.
Reiko has a real stick up her butt, plus she pushes her expectations on to others. We see later that this has ruined her relationships in the past and there are hints that she’s being crushed under her own set of expectations, which makes me think the love hotel escapade is a coping mechanism.
Meanwhile, Serina’s family is struggling with money, her parents are loving but never around, and her only hope of university is to get a scholarship. Especially with her younger sister angling for a prestigious high school. Small wonder she becomes so desperate as to consider resorting to blackmail against a girl she already despises.
It’s a decent stew. The storytelling is choppy as all hell, there is a real lack of flow at times, and the writing’s not great, but it gets its points across and if the story’s symbolism is a little on the nose (when they dig into the title you’ll know exactly where it’s heading, mark my words), well, better the obvious than nothing at all.
There’s definitely a little trauma drama towards the end and all the side characters are absolutely dull. Our leads leave enough of a mark, but they are only just getting the job done. There’s almost no yuri minus one dream sequence and Reiko’s admission of her skills, but it does seem to imply that when this does head that way it’ll be spicy.
Both Reiko and Serina are flawed and messy and I do appreciate that. They act like they have it all figured out, but Serina’s got a hair-trigger temper and Reiko has all the issues I mentioned beforehand. Plus her apparent side hustle as an escort. There are seeds here, they just haven’t bloomed into anything yet.
So, we have start of something potentially good, but not an especially great first volume. The art is just okay, none of these designs stick out to me, and I am still unsure if there’s one or two black-haired students in the series.
I recommend it if you like these sorts of stories, but there are tons of good series out there in this genre that do similar things and are presented better. Then again, I do think this has more to it than Citrus, but I read that title BECAUSE it’s tawdry.
3 stars - a worthwhile little read, nothing that yet makes a sizeable impression, but the pieces are there. It may never be top tier, but I like it enough to stay with it and see where it’s headed.
You’d be forgiven for looking at this story, a yuri about a flashy girl pushing back against the school’s female morals officer, and think you were reading off-brand Citrus. Thankfully, there’s a little more here to recommend this story than mere familiarity.
Honestly, the description makes this sound a lot more tawdry than it actually is. Reiko and Serina are both very, very wounded people and the notion that they might find what they need in one another makes for a pretty appealing ‘enemies to lovers’ scenario.
Reiko has a real stick up her butt, plus she pushes her expectations on to others. We see later that this has ruined her relationships in the past and there are hints that she’s being crushed under her own set of expectations, which makes me think the love hotel escapade is a coping mechanism.
Meanwhile, Serina’s family is struggling with money, her parents are loving but never around, and her only hope of university is to get a scholarship. Especially with her younger sister angling for a prestigious high school. Small wonder she becomes so desperate as to consider resorting to blackmail against a girl she already despises.
It’s a decent stew. The storytelling is choppy as all hell, there is a real lack of flow at times, and the writing’s not great, but it gets its points across and if the story’s symbolism is a little on the nose (when they dig into the title you’ll know exactly where it’s heading, mark my words), well, better the obvious than nothing at all.
There’s definitely a little trauma drama towards the end and all the side characters are absolutely dull. Our leads leave enough of a mark, but they are only just getting the job done. There’s almost no yuri minus one dream sequence and Reiko’s admission of her skills, but it does seem to imply that when this does head that way it’ll be spicy.
Both Reiko and Serina are flawed and messy and I do appreciate that. They act like they have it all figured out, but Serina’s got a hair-trigger temper and Reiko has all the issues I mentioned beforehand. Plus her apparent side hustle as an escort. There are seeds here, they just haven’t bloomed into anything yet.
So, we have start of something potentially good, but not an especially great first volume. The art is just okay, none of these designs stick out to me, and I am still unsure if there’s one or two black-haired students in the series.
I recommend it if you like these sorts of stories, but there are tons of good series out there in this genre that do similar things and are presented better. Then again, I do think this has more to it than Citrus, but I read that title BECAUSE it’s tawdry.
3 stars - a worthwhile little read, nothing that yet makes a sizeable impression, but the pieces are there. It may never be top tier, but I like it enough to stay with it and see where it’s headed.
April 23, 2025
not the most original storyline, but i love the art (the cover is beautiful and the reason i bought this in the first place), and the conflict resolution part felt fairly realistic imo. the cliffhanger at the end felt a bit weird and like it was randomly added? but it still does make me curious about the next volume nonetheless. the main girls are cute, and i plan on seeing where the story goes from here ^^
April 29, 2025
I expected this to be more toxic, entirely because I like judging books by the cover😛
Although, considering how tame the author's self-published works tend to be in terms of angst and toxicity, I'm not sure why I thought this one would be an outlier. Or maybe it'll come with time? Who knows
Although, considering how tame the author's self-published works tend to be in terms of angst and toxicity, I'm not sure why I thought this one would be an outlier. Or maybe it'll come with time? Who knows
December 30, 2023
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August 3, 2024
so disjointed and confusing?
December 20, 2024
this is straight up bad it really makes you wonder who is vetting this stuff for publishing
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