Aug 25, 2024
You either die as a hero, or live long enough to become the villain.
As one of my favorite yuri mangas of all times, the fluffy yet turbulent relationship Nagisa and Mashiro shared was special even among so many titles out there. The characters, albeit not that original, are well designed and generally very likeable.
But then the fire nation attacked, and the story shifted to other couples' love problems. I am never a big fan of a manga that tries to rock several relationships in its plot, since it normally ends up with the secondary story occupying more screentime and panels than the main
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story. That, is exactly what happened in this manga, for over 20 chapters. The only redeeming point of that arc is that it only began after the MCs consolidated their relationship, which is still acceptable somewhat. But it was nevertheless badly executed, as the manga began telling a detached story without much of the MC's involvement, making you wonder: who the hell is the MC anymore? The side characters that drove this arc were not particularly likeable or anything, especially with the teacher student relationship.
Oh there is worse coming. After this rather dissappointing arc featuring side couples, we are treated with some unnecessary and artificial melodrama that is made to cause conflict between the MCs, who once again come back to the spotlight. The author created the most obnoxious and unreasonable side character and shoved it down our throats, thinking that we would take whatever they throw our way just because we were enamoured with the story. As if the side character wasn't annoying enough, the relationship of the main couple begins to deteriorate for reasons not well founded on their character designs. Have you ever had a moment where you are screaming at a character and questioning why they do not realize a very simple thing? Well, there are a lot of those in this latest arc that is completely destroying everything this manga has built up until now.
Very dissappointing to see one of my favorite mangas to be ruined by bad writing and the urge to follow common tropes and character flaws. I have reread the manga twice already, but I will keep the rereading to the first arc only, as it is the only one decent in the manga.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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