Hello and welcome, I am a unique MAL user here to bring you a unique and short review, because you don’t have the time to read and I don’t have to time to write (it’s mostly because of the latter though)!
If you don’t feel like reading here is my TL;DR: You’ll get more satisfaction from watching a Yuri hentai than this.
Story:
The story is about this girl called Yuzu who moves to a new area and transfers to a new school because her mom had remarried a deadbeat dad who never seems to be around, erm sorry what I meant to say was a father who loves helping other children abroad, and in the process got herself a stepsister called Mei, whom she falls in love with right away because she sexually assaults her (I wish this would happen in real life, this way I would have had a harem by now...). Ever heard of love at first sight? Yea, here it’s love after a first kiss.
I am going to be honest when saying that I went into the show not really expected much out of it, because all I really wanted was to watch some girls hit it off, but somehow despite this it managed to disappoint. Yuzu, who never seemed interested in girls, falls in love with Mei for no apparent reason asides from her forcefully imposing a kiss out of the blue. What followed after that was by no means romantic, it was molestation or perhaps even rape; for the next few episodes all we ever saw was forceful sexual harassment to the point where I felt that each of them was developing Stockholm’s syndrome. Things kept going this way even after a love triangle was established, with the new girl being as kinky, if not more, as they are. I mean yes sure seeing girls forcing themselves on each other was fun the first few times, but the joy of it wore off quicker than I thought it would. Though to be honest all this frustration was my fault, I thought that some Yuri would be enough for me to be satisfied with a show that I didn’t expect much out of anyways, but I was wrong. The worst part is that it had potential to touch upon the subject of incest in a serious way, since we saw some feelings of regret, hesitance, and doubt among both our main characters at the start. Both questioned the morality of their actions and their relationship for some time, which would have been interesting had it been well explored. I believe that the show should have focused on the stresses that they could have felt while hiding their love affair and could have explored their long-term goals and expectations of this romance knowing that they may not be able to take it to another level or may have to indefinitely keep it a secret. Another issue that the show, unfortunately, fails to capitalize upon the idea that a person’s environment can shape a person’s sexual orientation. I used to be in a school were the girls and boys where segregated, so I got to witness and experience some of the things that the show tried to portray, such as girls holding hands and acting like lovers, even though they were not supposedly gay.
Instead of trying to focus on social issues such as those mentioned above, the show chooses a path of redundancy where events that we had previously seen and experienced kept being reiterated. For the first time in a long while I felt like my brain was on cruise control; something which I rarely experience when watching a show, which pretty much means that what is going on in my head is far more entertaining that what was playing on the screen.
Characters:
Somehow the show’s plot stands out more than its characters. From what I had experienced, this show simply consists of a group of sexually frustrated female high schoolers who all seem to want to find true love. Now this is not a bad thing on its own of course, but the way these characters were presented and the way they approach their supposed love interests are rather identical and nonsensical. The one character that stands out happens to be Matsuri, and not because she happens to be interesting, but because she has the squeakiest voice I have ever heard! I had to take a step back whenever I heard her speak, her voice was incredibly weird to listen to.
Animation:
The animations of the show do the trick, meaning that they are not particularly good or bad. However, the show did have some pretty weird and sometimes even awful CGI, especially when the cars were displayed. Though overall they were fine.
Music:
Similar to the animations, the music does the trick. The opening and ending of the show were fine and mildly entertaining, though will did not leave a lasting mark. The same thing applies to the OST of the show which, in general, never really stood out or distracted me, which means it was just fine, not bad or good enough to make my eyes pop wide-open O_O.
Overall:
I do not recommend you watch this because, even though I am no expert when it comes to romance, I am sure there are far more satisfying shows than this.
