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Kiss the Scars of the Girls #3
Kiss the Scars of the Girls, Vol. 3
“Would you stay with me forever?” That photograph was the last straw. After Emille finds an old picture of Eve and her big sister, she is overcome with jealousy and a desperate yearning to complete the blood vow―to make Eve hers, once and for all. Desiring the same gentle gaze Eve once looked upon her former sister with, Emille hopes she will one day be truly loved. But her doubts that Eve will ever return those feelings tear at her heart, deepening the wounds from a secret she’s kept locked away all this time…
164 pages, Paperback
Published July 30, 2024
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July 31, 2024
Eve and Emille are supposed to be sisters, but they’ve never taken the vow. The one that looks a lot like kissing. As the sun sets on the series, we learn the secrets behind everything. But is that enough to make it a good ending?
After I shredded last volume’s choices and Emille’s dimwitted personality, this literal last volume attempts to course correct in a way that might be effective if all this had been revealed a lot sooner. Making the reader suffer to deliver the twist is not great.
Here’s the problem with final reveals - they have to be good enough to make you want to re-read the story, even if that story was just okay. This does not achieve that lofty goal at all. When we learn Emille’s secret, it does explain a lot, but it can’t justify how annoying that last volume was.
Basically, spoiler alert, I suppose, Emille’s powers of vampiric mesmerism are so strong that they even work on vampires, so this somehow translates to everybody fighting over her constantly (while this does explain Yukka, it simultaneously cheapens everybody’s motives). If this lore was emphasized or explained at all it might have landed better; this makes absolutely no sense.
So everybody squabbles over Emille constantly (sounds more like a glamour than mesmerism, but what do I know?) and she acts kind so she doesn’t feel bad about it. And it turns out that a couple people can resist her, which explains why Eve can still be miserable in the first volume and Emille is subsequently so taken with her.
It’s not utterly bad, but I just find myself not really caring. Class-S isn’t my jam, it’s entirely too buttoned up, and this series had about as much passion as a paper plate. By the end I didn’t really care about anything that was happening between these characters.
The ending provides so little closure as well and very quickly. If your definition of a happy ending begins and literally ends with a kiss, this might get the job done. The big climax is just a wet noodle of the girls talking and then the moment, but it doesn’t convey any real affection.
You look at something like Yuri Is My Job!, which has a tasty nugget of Class-S exploitation at its heart, and even that pulls it off better. This has no time to do what it wants with any elegance, landing with the grace of a baleen whale performing ballet on Jupiter.
Feel free to skip this section, but (as usual) I always think that three volume series rarely have the time to get the job done. They over stuff and then under deliver. This is especially true when it comes to yuri. There’s a romantic subplot here that has no need to exist when the main characters could use more fleshing out.
Off the top of my head, the only three volume yuri like this that stuck the landing was Strawberry Fields Forever, and even that wasn’t perfect. But it had a clear plan and it saw it through. This is just ‘stuff happens and here’s what we wanted to show and bye’.
3 stars - it’s the first serialization for the mangaka so I won’t score it too harshly, but there are better examples of both sub-genres out there. This needed a lot more work to make it ultimately worth recommending.
After I shredded last volume’s choices and Emille’s dimwitted personality, this literal last volume attempts to course correct in a way that might be effective if all this had been revealed a lot sooner. Making the reader suffer to deliver the twist is not great.
Here’s the problem with final reveals - they have to be good enough to make you want to re-read the story, even if that story was just okay. This does not achieve that lofty goal at all. When we learn Emille’s secret, it does explain a lot, but it can’t justify how annoying that last volume was.
Basically, spoiler alert, I suppose, Emille’s powers of vampiric mesmerism are so strong that they even work on vampires, so this somehow translates to everybody fighting over her constantly (while this does explain Yukka, it simultaneously cheapens everybody’s motives). If this lore was emphasized or explained at all it might have landed better; this makes absolutely no sense.
So everybody squabbles over Emille constantly (sounds more like a glamour than mesmerism, but what do I know?) and she acts kind so she doesn’t feel bad about it. And it turns out that a couple people can resist her, which explains why Eve can still be miserable in the first volume and Emille is subsequently so taken with her.
It’s not utterly bad, but I just find myself not really caring. Class-S isn’t my jam, it’s entirely too buttoned up, and this series had about as much passion as a paper plate. By the end I didn’t really care about anything that was happening between these characters.
The ending provides so little closure as well and very quickly. If your definition of a happy ending begins and literally ends with a kiss, this might get the job done. The big climax is just a wet noodle of the girls talking and then the moment, but it doesn’t convey any real affection.
You look at something like Yuri Is My Job!, which has a tasty nugget of Class-S exploitation at its heart, and even that pulls it off better. This has no time to do what it wants with any elegance, landing with the grace of a baleen whale performing ballet on Jupiter.
Feel free to skip this section, but (as usual) I always think that three volume series rarely have the time to get the job done. They over stuff and then under deliver. This is especially true when it comes to yuri. There’s a romantic subplot here that has no need to exist when the main characters could use more fleshing out.
Off the top of my head, the only three volume yuri like this that stuck the landing was Strawberry Fields Forever, and even that wasn’t perfect. But it had a clear plan and it saw it through. This is just ‘stuff happens and here’s what we wanted to show and bye’.
3 stars - it’s the first serialization for the mangaka so I won’t score it too harshly, but there are better examples of both sub-genres out there. This needed a lot more work to make it ultimately worth recommending.
August 5, 2024
3.5 🌟
December 9, 2024
Apparently this is the mangaka's first series so I'll give them some slack. It does feel like a first series now that I'm looking back at it. The writing needs alot of polished, it feels pretty amateur in places. However it does seem like the mangaka picked up the slack and put together a decent enough final volume. Does it save the series? Eh? It's a decent send off, but it does suffer from the classic "that's it? could have used another volume" It's not too egrecious because I do like the way it ends, tying everything together. But it feels like we're just seeing one chapter of the character's story end. I kinda want to see more, I want to see the characters chase their dreams.
I liked this volume the best I think, but the bar is low because 1 was pretty bland and 2 was just a mess. 3 has some pretty good moments, but the whole series has just been kinda "decent", so nothing really hits. It has some nice messages about change, loneliness, and accepting grief. And I do like how Emile and Eve's individual arcs wrap up here. Though the twist secret that Emile had kinda came out of nowhere. It feels like it was an afterthought. Because now it's pretty shoehorned in.
I really think another volume could have made this something a bit more of note. Right now it was kinda just a light distraction read that I probably will forget about by the same time next year. Usually these shorter yuris don't really hit for me (with the exception of Goodbye my rose garden). Though I'd prefer to read shorter romance rather than romance that drags on and on. Idk can I just have a medium length yuri! Also was this even yuri? I assume so? idk.
The whole series just feels kinda basic. Plot points like the half-human vampire girl, and the friction between vampires and humans were intresting! But since the series was so short those don't get an actual arc. It's just something that's brought up, and you assume maybe something will come out of it. Idk, it feels like something that should have come up more, with all that happened in the second volume
Anyways yeah do I reccomend it? Eh... I mean. If you can find it at the library I'd say pick it up if vampire boarding schoolgirls sounds cool to you. I don't think it's worth having on my shelf tbh. I don't think I'll be coming back to it anytime soon.
I liked this volume the best I think, but the bar is low because 1 was pretty bland and 2 was just a mess. 3 has some pretty good moments, but the whole series has just been kinda "decent", so nothing really hits. It has some nice messages about change, loneliness, and accepting grief. And I do like how Emile and Eve's individual arcs wrap up here. Though the twist secret that Emile had kinda came out of nowhere. It feels like it was an afterthought. Because now it's pretty shoehorned in.
I really think another volume could have made this something a bit more of note. Right now it was kinda just a light distraction read that I probably will forget about by the same time next year. Usually these shorter yuris don't really hit for me (with the exception of Goodbye my rose garden). Though I'd prefer to read shorter romance rather than romance that drags on and on. Idk can I just have a medium length yuri! Also was this even yuri? I assume so? idk.
The whole series just feels kinda basic. Plot points like the half-human vampire girl, and the friction between vampires and humans were intresting! But since the series was so short those don't get an actual arc. It's just something that's brought up, and you assume maybe something will come out of it. Idk, it feels like something that should have come up more, with all that happened in the second volume
Anyways yeah do I reccomend it? Eh... I mean. If you can find it at the library I'd say pick it up if vampire boarding schoolgirls sounds cool to you. I don't think it's worth having on my shelf tbh. I don't think I'll be coming back to it anytime soon.
November 5, 2024
Class S tropes blended so well with sapphic vampires. I'm so pleased with how this series ended. It's always hard with short series. They rarely have enough time to make any points or have satisfying developments. I feel like this creator balanced it really well.
I loved seeing the characters come out of their shells and forge new bonds. I also think it was smart to foreshadow things that may happen after the end of the series, rather than to try and cram all of the events into these 3 volumes. This made it feel like a very hopeful and nostalgic story, and made me care more about the characters. It didn't feel unfinished in any way, it just gave the story and characters more layers.
I'm also glad we learned why the people around Emille has been acting so strange. I was hoping the creator would handle this well, and she absolutely did.
The art was also gorgeous, as usual. I adore the way the eyes are drawn, especially. But really, I love everything about the art in this manga - from the way dresses are drawn, to the flower backgrounds, to the paneling and use of contrasts.
This was such a sweet tale for someone who happens to love vampire stories, Class S tropes, and sapphics in general.
I loved seeing the characters come out of their shells and forge new bonds. I also think it was smart to foreshadow things that may happen after the end of the series, rather than to try and cram all of the events into these 3 volumes. This made it feel like a very hopeful and nostalgic story, and made me care more about the characters. It didn't feel unfinished in any way, it just gave the story and characters more layers.
I'm also glad we learned why the people around Emille has been acting so strange. I was hoping the creator would handle this well, and she absolutely did.
The art was also gorgeous, as usual. I adore the way the eyes are drawn, especially. But really, I love everything about the art in this manga - from the way dresses are drawn, to the flower backgrounds, to the paneling and use of contrasts.
This was such a sweet tale for someone who happens to love vampire stories, Class S tropes, and sapphics in general.
June 13, 2026
Huh. Well. I wouldn't say it's an abrupt ending but I was surprised it ended so quickly. I thought there'd be more with the human friend turned enemy and whatnot. We did finally get some depth into the MC. I kinda wish it had been hinted at a little more in the first 2 volumes. Still, overall the series was entertaining.
November 4, 2025
The final volume! With some backstory on Emille (and others), will they do the sister vow or not (or will Emille take action herself), some more darker themes, but also some lighter! I am sad that this one ended so soon I wouldn't have mind some more stories with these characters!
September 29, 2024
I want that androgynous nurse carnally
October 25, 2024
3.5 rated up
The ending felt really rushed. Imo it could've been done a little better with a 4th volume instead of a rushed 3
The ending felt really rushed. Imo it could've been done a little better with a 4th volume instead of a rushed 3
February 18, 2025
Super cute! The art is super pretty. It’s not perfect but it’s a great first serialization and I’m excited for whatever this author produces going forward.
July 18, 2025
Ahhh I loved the way everything wrapped up and I'm definitely gonna remember this series fondly, depsite it being too short!
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