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I was recommended this series and I wish I had known that before starting so I could have skipped this volume.

Honestly, the only reason this gets 3 stars is that the story with the wasp and butterfly was just that good. So 5/5 for that, 0 for the rest. The rest were either boring or see spoiler.

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sasaboba's review

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1.0

The first volume was bad and it somehow got worse. I don’t know what went wrong with this volume and who keeps handing mangaka like Canno a job in yuri but they need to stop with the csa pedo shit. It’s not cute, it’s misleading, and I genuinely don’t understand how this company isn’t under investigation for allowing cp into the country???? Like is it not illegal in NA??? For all the good that they do for yuri manga and sapphic representation, they do so much more harm by translating and profiting off of nasty shit like this. Eclair is a better yuri anthology—but not by much. It still has really problematic shit but Nio Nakatani always displays her work in that series and I’m honestly just here for her. I recommend her Bloom Into You series if this is your first foray into the yuri genre.

graypeape's review

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2.0

Soooooo.... that was disappointing. For the most part, the stories were bland, and seemed just sad; not in a "alas, I am broken-hearted" sort of way, but in a "love sucks, deal with it" way. I get that the theme was supposed to be forbidden love, but I don't know, this was just so dispiriting. And WTAF with the pedo-foxkin-war-sex-slave story? How do I unsee that? That was NOT forbidden yuri love, that was horrifying. The only story I actually liked was Swallowtail Takes Flight by Yoshidamaru Yu, that puts a yuri twist on the relationship between a swallowtail caterpillar and a parasitic wasp- it added an interesting take on nature, and gave me something to ponder. The rest of the stories (not including the wtf story) were just sort of there; I didn't care about the characters, they weren't memorable, their stories didn't touch me. The 2 stars I'm giving this is for Swallowtail Takes Flight, and because the art throughout was all lovely. I don't like giving negative reviews, but this just isn't a book I'd recommend overall.

protovulcan's review

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dark emotional sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

1st story: Meh, boring
2nd: Great art style, cute couple
3rd: Boring
4th: Cute art style, liked the story! Kako is manipulative as hell.
5th: I liked the twist ending
6th: tw: CSA (not explicit), fucked up on a lot of levels. The ending was good.
7th: Hmm
8th: Super pretty art, I love the fan/idol to teacher/assistant relationship
9th: This might be my favorite one from the quirky premise (a wasp x caterpiller) to the ending which made me say "oh shit" outloud.
10th: Creepy stalker is creepy, but its beautifully drawn
11th: Boring

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