Jul 7, 2022
I read this manga from the youtuber hazel's video, as a lot of other reviewers have, and it absolutely lives up to the expectations I had going in. I don't read a lot of yuri/wlw manga in general since it's usually written for a male audience and it doesn't really feel like it's for me as a nonbinary queer fem, but school zone feels like it was written with people like me in mind.
The standout part of the story for me is that each character somewhat represents a different wlw coming of age story. Each trope that the different sets of characters embody are incredibly
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familiar to me and feel like experiences that I and my friends have gone through. It's exaggerated, of course, given the short length of the chapters and the medium, but it still carries an impressive amount of nuance.
The art also really helps both the nuance and the exaggeration. I'm ripping this point from hazel, but Ningiyau has such a mastery over expressions and it makes it so much fun to read. I get the same feeling from this manga's visuals as I do from Naruto, with the amount of just /stuff/ packed into each panel gives me this full, fuzzy buzzy feeling.
Above all, this manga is comfortable. Not in a feel-good slice of life way, because there are some parts of the story that are a little challenging, but it handles it's challenging material in a way that feels very down to earth and it feels good to read.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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