theooo 's review for:

Seaside Stranger Vol. 1: Umibe No Étranger by Kanna Kii

2.0

lighthearted fast-paced

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the art is so beautiful so i wanted to really like this but i just… couldn't. first of all, the story starts when they're 24 and 17 then post-time skip they're 27 and 20 which sure it's technically legal but there was no reason to make shun that much older than mio. then the jump from meeting to being deeply in love happened so fast and without any development. the love interest was constantly pestering the main character for sex and i think it was supposed to be cute and funny but it definitely wasn't. a lot of the volume was drama for the sake of having drama and it didn't really make sense. the art is 5/5 but the plot was a 1/5