A review by graypeape
Syrup: A Yuri Anthology Vol. 2 by Milk Morinaga, Canno, Hachi Ito

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.