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Spoilers for the original Citrus manga.



So since there are no reviews yet, I thought I'd share my thoughts.

Citrus+ is the continuation of Citrus, the story takes place after Yuzu and Mei's relationship is recognized by their surroundings but before Yuzu and Mei's wedding. At the time of writing this review 6 chapters are out, despite the manga was planned on being released monthly in Comic Yuri Hime since December 2018, chapter 7 won't be out till September 2019.

Story - 8: The main focus of the story is about the relationship about Mei and Yuzu. This sounds familiar right ? It's true that this was also ... the focus of the Citrus manga, but where the Citrus manga was more of an angsty drama about 2 teenage girls falling in love, and overcomming the internal and external hurdles their relationship brought with it, Citrus+ plus seems more like a slice-of-life manga about Yuzu and Mei learning to be in a relationship and actually growing up.

Art- 10: If you've read Citrus you know what you are in for, its Saburouta so yea its pretty good.

Characters - 9: The characters continue from where the original manga ended. It's only been a few chapters but Yuzu and Mei and tries to look for ways in which they can be better partners for one another. The characters seem to be a bit more mature and down to earth, and there seems to be real character development.

Enjoyment - 9: I am really enjoying Citrus+ but I gotta throw a disclaimer out there, I am big fan of the original manga and it's the anime/manga that got me into anime/manga.

Overall - 9: The story and the characters feel more mature than they did in the original manga, but it is still Citrus so I won't tell you that this is the manga you need to read if you like realistic Josei/Seinen manga about romance/relationship. However, the more "slice-of-life" tone the series has taken slows the manga down a bit more and makes Citrus+ more of a character driven series than the original Citrus manga was.

So in conclussion Citrus+ is a slower, more down to earth follow-up to Citrus, which you should definitely check out if you enjoyed the original series or you thought the original show had potential but was too focussed on teenage drama.