Uh… this… keeps going. I don’t really know what to say about it. Things keep on entangling and the stories keep moving. It’s a fine, basic read.
There is something oddly passionless about it though. Nothing about this feels compelling and the chemistry is never more exciting than a little sentiment.
Even when characters are literally kissing, there’s something here, or nothing, more precisely, that doesn’t feel like it has any kick to it. Meanwhile, you have other yuri where they take seven volumes just to hold hands and they manage to crackle like a Van de Graaff generator.
It has lots of potentially interesting characters and the way that four of them are slowly coalescing into a very wonky sort of found family is pretty enjoyable. But this is a manga I am still reading and it conjures practically nothing up by way of excitement.
It’s passable and I don’t dislike spending time with these people. But I don’t feel anything that makes me want to shove a copy into the hands of the nearest person or try to whip up interest via a passionate review.
3 stars - kinda funny, kinda decent, and just kinda there. I’m fine to keep reading it, but if it vanished from my reading list I doubt I’d even notice.
Following on from the previous volume, the story takes another step forward with Saori and Shizuku, and that progression was especially satisfying to read. Their relationship feels more honest and emotionally grounded here.
As for Shizuku and Minami, I found myself simply hoping that they can be happy in some form, whatever that may look like. The story does a good job of making you care without forcing clear answers.
The overall tone of this volume felt relatively calm, which made me wonder if the focus might shift to the teacher’s story next.
This slice of life about active messy relationships seriously just hits the spot for me. The characters are messy, their interactions are messy, and I look forward to lazily comfort reading every next volume!
I think if you enjoyed the first few volumes of the series, I’d consider it to going as strong as ever 7 volumes in.
It’s not a groundbreaking tale of drawn out drama and plot twists. It’s a comfortable pallet cleanser or short chapters that’s perfect when the mood is right.