I can't help but imagine Ai's mom hearing all this and going "wow they must be getting REAL busy up there" The lack of parents in this manga is astounding.
As a side note, how in the world did Hina get hit in the arm enough to warrant all those bandages, anyway?
@Xaelath
Ah, yeah I know what you’re talking about, I almost dropped that manga. Honestly, I really don’t have a problem with the direction of the story, but for people who think it’s dragging, I would say give it a while longer, because we have no idea what’s upcoming in the next arc.
I...
@Xaelath
Tbh, reading that arc monthly was such a pain because it felt like it dragged on, but after re reading all of it after it was over, the pacing was just fine to me. I always find this manga makes for a more enjoyable read when I read more than one chapter at once. I think we also have...
@Xaelath
You make a good point there. If I were to rephrase it, it’s more like within the context of the story, it’s emotionally realistic. Kinda like if you’re watching Naruto or something, it would be uncharacteristic of him not to spend AT LEAST two episodes trying to talk-no-Justu his enemy...
@Babydel
Yeah, you’re right about that. I will say that this manga, “yuri” or not, does a great job of handling the emotional aspect of a relationship, which in quite a few yuri manga I read doesn’t happen. A lot of main characters thoughts exists primarily for the romance, and it can come off...
@Babydel
I read Iori Miyazawa’s interview (he wrote Otherside Picnic) a while back, and as a yuri author himself, he seems to perceive the genre a little differently than most people I’ve seen commenting on mangadex.
He explains that to him yuri is closer to watching the relationship between...
@gamma2015 it very much is. A poster from another site made a very good point: the whole manga had been referencing classical literature as a metaphor for their relationship, so this type of confession is totally in character for their relationship