This season is, as some critics say, more monotonous, and more focused on various sites and landmarks. The girls are forced to grow up due to having an expensive hobby and having to manage the alcoholism of their supervising teacher, which is just sad and pathetic, though the show tries to show it in a comedic light, which pretty much fails. It's just tragic if you give it a closer look.
It's good that the show included some depiction of Rin's fatigue, as she crammed a lot of activity in one day, though I understand that it would limit what they could show.
There is less actual
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Feb 18, 2022
Honto no Kanojo
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This manga is an attempt at writing a comedy about a couple where one girl (Moe) is a masochist, while the other (Yuuka) seems like she'd enjoy the role of sadist, but mostly refuses to fulfill the role with disgust towards the first girl for being "perverted". This results in a relationship that is painful to watch as Yuuka ignores Moe's needs, while Moe tries to derive anything good she can from it, which is forced, and sad to watch.
As a comedy, it fails to be funny. As a romance, it's missed the mark so badly it's mildly horrifying. As yuri, it would have been ... 
Aug 5, 2021
Hibon Heibon Shabon!
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THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS
CW: Rape. The story looks like a bubbly fun romance story, and for the most part it is. Except, the first volume ends on an extremely realistic rape scene as a cliffhanger, before switching to a short side story about some knights. Even if the intention was to put the MC in danger so that male lead could save her, it was done in an overly realistic and disturbing way. A lesser degree of verisimilitude at the very least would have been appreciated. It would not have been as bad if the scene wasn't as well written as it was. This problem outweighs any real ... |
