Lily System

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This is a yuri manga of truly stunning visuals that easily outdo the plot. This alone, however, is a good enough reason to try it.

It's a relatively short story with tiny chapters that tell the tale of how two schoolgirls from the countryside found a steampunk-ish VR machine in a shed and submerged themselves into a virtual world full of surreal imagery that remotely resembles Dowman Sayman's crazy worlds (but only remotely). Therein, they go through an emotional journey and reach an enlightenment of sorts.

Plotwise, it could easily be a oneshot. The story is very romantic and touching, yet its briefness left me with the ... lingering sensation of many important things being somehow omitted or forgotten, like a long-lost dream. Still, it is nicely rounded, and the finale is truly graceful and heart-stirring, reminding me of Simoun somehow.

In the end, this manga is a blue-sky flight of fancy put into a breathtaking visual form, and even if you find the story disappointingly brief, the imagery of this work will still make it stand out among its peers.