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A review by sucreslibrary
Days of Love at Seagull Villa, Vol. 1 by コダマナオコ, Kodama Naoko
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.5
ugh. maybe I've been reading too much really, really good yuri lately or something, but this manga fell super flat for me. there's an excessive amount of unnecessary nudity and a big fascination with boobs that got old real fast. at one point the child character latches onto a woman she barely knows and starts sucking on her breast??? there was no purpose to this scene, it was just another chance to focus on boobs.
the story is rushed, there's a kiss that feels very forced and it's unclear why either of these women feel the way they do about each other. there's no deeper commentary or exploration of being an unmarried working woman in a patriarchal society, or a woman who loves women, or really any kind of deep discussions at all. that may seem an unfair critique for a first volume of a manga, but when yuri like Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon and How Do We Relationship? are being made, there's really no excuse.
I also feel like there was waaaaay too many plots shoved in here. we've got the main character and her moving to a new town, the love interest and her grief, a teenage girl being bullied because she's a "bastard child", an ex-best friend forcing herself back into the picture and half-sisters that may or may not be romantically interested in each other and apparently like to kiss when no one is looking. incest aside, it's just too much going on which leads to flattening of characters to fit everything in.
I don't think I'll be continuing in this series. there's just too much superior yuri out there now to cling to a series that's only saving grace is that it's gay.
the story is rushed, there's a kiss that feels very forced and it's unclear why either of these women feel the way they do about each other. there's no deeper commentary or exploration of being an unmarried working woman in a patriarchal society, or a woman who loves women, or really any kind of deep discussions at all. that may seem an unfair critique for a first volume of a manga, but when yuri like Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon and How Do We Relationship? are being made, there's really no excuse.
I also feel like there was waaaaay too many plots shoved in here. we've got the main character and her moving to a new town, the love interest and her grief, a teenage girl being bullied because she's a "bastard child", an ex-best friend forcing herself back into the picture and half-sisters that may or may not be romantically interested in each other and apparently like to kiss when no one is looking. incest aside, it's just too much going on which leads to flattening of characters to fit everything in.
I don't think I'll be continuing in this series. there's just too much superior yuri out there now to cling to a series that's only saving grace is that it's gay.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest and Bullying