Shakaijin Yuri Anthology
Whenever Our Eyes Meet...: A Women's Love Anthology

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This is probably one of the most heart-melting manga I have ever read. It is my first time reading an anthology, so the experience for me was fresh.

To give you a background, this is a manga composed of short stories about yuri relationships. Some ranges from almost 10 pages while some had 2 pages only. I also like the form of this book in the sense that it resemble this Filipino literature called "Dagli" which are shorts stories usually complied as an anthology. It wouldn't bore you of its long confusing plots (if you are not into those kinds of things) plus it will ... make you keep wanting more (but that is the end of it which seems like a tease - but I like it!) What I really liked about this entire anthology is the idea that there are times that the most wholesome and heartfelt experiences in any kind of relationships (not only on same-sex couples, and it could also be on friendships and so on) can be the small things that you admirably cherish from time to time.

I also like the majority of the plots where it showcases the awkwardness and tension built-up from the confessions of each character with each other. I honestly brought me back to college where I first developed my serious feelings towards anyone.

My favorite stories were "You Did Well" by Saya Fuyume, and the "Oblivious You" by Mizuasou. I don't want to tell the plot, but it really knocked my feet off. If you're into some short but sweet, wholesome, cute yuri without any NSFW or sexually explicit themes, this is for you.

I really wish that this wasn't all about short stories, I wish it was just only the girls on the beautiful cover and nothing else. It's just having multiple different short stories doesn't give the reader enough time to fully enjoy the story properly or have the story be properly concluded.

I do give absolute credit to all the mangakas involved because there were some good stories like the first one were it was about a singer and a publisher (probably wrong on that one) like I really really wanted more of it man! Although I will admit, the age gap relationship one was a ... little off because it was about an elderly teacher involved with an underage student. I know we have seen plenty of teacher-student relationships that are age gap but yeah the story in this collection was rather creepy if you ask me....

I'm pretty much disappointed with this Yuri short story collection like in future, I probably should avoid short stories collections because they don't have a satisfying ending or the story is just rather too rushed. Also when you find a crappy story among the rest, it does put you off reading the rest.