かけおちガール 2

かけおちガール [Kakeochi Girl] #2

by Battan

大学院生の牧村ももには、忘れられない人がいる。女子校時代に付き合っていた不思議な魅力を持った女の子・みどりちゃん。終わった恋に囚われる牧村は、ある日、偶然みどりちゃんに再会した。学生時代と変わらず魅力的で小悪魔なみどりちゃんに振り回される牧村だったが、みどりちゃんは結婚していた。しかし、その新婚生活には暗雲が立ち込めているようで…！？

Genres: Manga, LGBT, Queer, Yuri, Comics, Romance, Lesbian

134 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 13, 2020

About the author

Battan (native name: ばったん) is a mangaka from Japan.

Reviews

[edenden]

mds tudo que eu mais quero é ver elas casando sendo felizes e fds esse tazune fdp

[Consumed by Mold]

Review for the whole series:

All in all this story is about the struggles of being queer in a heteronormative world and the messy nature of figuring it all out. There's some deeply flawed characters and I appreciated that - it's not easy dealing with internalized homophobia and leaving an abusive partner, let alone standing up for yourself as a woman who everyone sees as dumb and easy.

Maki doesn't have it easy either, she'd do anything to get her high-school sweetheart back and is willing to put up with a lot of shit in exchange for brief moments of happiness. Her being a doormat and going along with the cheating despite knowing Midori has a fiance to go home to is tough. She's being used, but I think the series does a good job at exploring the difficulties from both of their perspectives.

The fiance is a massive misogynist, we briefly get to see the world from his perspective and learn why he is the way he is without excusing any of his actions. He gets Midori pregnant against her will and she struggles a lot with the complicated feelings that come with her body changing and the uncertainty of the future. But what she fears most is being alone and plays dumb to avoid causing any friction.

(Also mentioning this here in case someone needs the warning: Abortion was at no point mentioned or considered, she does end up having that baby and shares custody with the father, though the details of their arrangement isn't specified)

The art style is a big highlight for me, I haven't seen a manga quite like this before and if I had to describe it I'd choose the words elegant and feminine.



cw: abusive relationship (physical and emotional), sexual content (not super explicit), nudity, cheating, homophobia, misogyny, forced pregnancy

[Connnnnn Vasilis]

The horrors of motherhood, marriage, men when you’re a lesbian…

I do like parts of it. It’s not terribly written, it’s just, well, quite dull. I wish there was more reason why they love each other, like 10 years since their teenaghood has passed and u are just such a different person. They feel more “in love” bc they are desperate lesbians and have no one else to date and have history together idk. is that really a basis for a great romance? I want them developed more as characters.

I’ll finish the series (probs) but yeah it’s adding to the ever growing list of just “okay” yuri for me unfortunately.

[Robin]

Este manga o serie en general se siente como un golpe al corazón, no precisamente ligero pero tampoco completamente fuerte. La forma en la que como mujeres estamos bajo tanta presión toda la vida, incluso si son solo preguntas como “Tú también quieres un novio, ¿verdad?” o la expectativa de tener lo mismo que el resto. El resto que muchas veces no tuvo opciones o solo siguieron el flujo de lo que se esperaba de ellas. Este tomo con el viaje creo que empieza a hacer relucir mejor el título de esta obra. Tal vez no completamente pero es curioso como solo cuando están lejos pueden ser ellas mismas.

[Giuls]

i want tazune to d.i.e. actually please UGH

[sol ☼]

Que complejo todo por favor. También debo decir que no soy fan de los arcos de viajes de vacaciones

[Kimberlyyyreads]

PLEASE JUST LET THEM RUN AWAY FOREVER AND EVER 😭🤍

[nelly]

Wow... this is rough. But I love how it manages to feel heartwarmingly sad and wistful and nostalgic when Midori and Maki are together and the when Midori is with her husband purely sad and angry. It's so simply made, yet the emotions it captures are so complex but it captures then in a way that movies things in me.
It is a really raw story.

[Cynthia]

I really don't think the main characters here can have a healthy relationship without a TON of mental health work on both their parts. I'm still torn about the cheating, especially because it feels somewhat too "justified" by the narrative.

[rotting charm]

dont know why i keep reading this, but i guess its getting somewhere

[Jessica]

i only want them to be happy :'(

[Bookworm Erica]

Fell in love with this series