Soy Sauce isn't crazy good on its own.
These slice-of-life stories always try to focus on food culture or some other stuff to get a relaxed atmosphere going.
It's not a bad strategy but the way it's written just seems nonsensical.
Fashion, analogue games, food... they're pretty common in these...
I mean... it barely qualifies as yuri.
It barely even qualifies as shoujo-ai.
Kobayashi's ambiguous. She basically acts like a straight girl. Tooru, Kanna and Elma are all straight up gay tho.
The only time the manga has any romantic or sexual tension is when they genderbend Kobayashi into a guy.
@doomskull
Lol she's a lesbian. These stories never take their lesbian shenanigans seriously.
Honestly, it'd be refreshing if she actually competed with the MC romantically for another heroine because her primary character trait wouldn't just be a joke.
Then again, these characters are...
@doomskull
Why do author's think guys like creepy lesbians?
They're literally always the least liked character in every manga/anime I've seen.
What's worse is that they're most common in harem anime.
Well being a lesbian means she's not a heroine.
I hope their conversation is actually civil...
@SmartBirb
Maa-kun is worse tho...
He doesn't deserve the affection of these two. Not by a longshot. He's not putting in any effort in his interpersonal relationships. Everyone else is doing the work there.
@Screenwatch
He's not subserviant tho.
Remember when Aura just expected him to say yes to one of her plans and then beat herself up over expecting Zenjirou to agree.
I think there's a difference between letting your wife stay independent and a bread winner and being subservient to that person.
@monkey123
Oh you mean the 14 year old girl he's not interested in cause he prefers older women.
She's not even traveling with them XD.
He takes care of his sexual desires at brothels so that he doesn't have the urge for the people under his protection. He sees himself as their guardian.
He...
@monkey123
Knight girl?
He does not consider clone girl an adult. She's technically 2 and acts like it.
He does not consider lizard girl an adult.
He does not consider the black haired girl an adult.
He's into onee-sans. In personality and physically.
The story will introduce a girl he likes...
@VincentYamato
Yes, just like all American horror movies take place in the US.
How all alien invasions in movies happen in the US.
How the X-men, Justice League, Avengers are based in the US.
Pretty natural to write from your life experience especially if you're going into detail about civil...
@shinodaHell
That's because it is.
@yeetmaster6981
You can have both btw.
Parallel Paradise has both a good story and good borderline hentai material.
You don't have to choose one or the other. This isn't a hentai, it's still a manga.
@shinodaHell
The guy says he is a sadist though.
It's pretty cowardly in general the writing. Author doesn't want an asshole MC, so the S-rank adventurer acts like a good person, but inside he's a sadist who wants to abuse and dominate.
By adding the sexual content there's a clear disconnect...