About half of the stories consisted of an age 25-30y/o woman pursuing a high schooler or younger which is wildly inappropriate because they're at different stages in their lives—to a normal adult, a teenager is an easy target and a child. It's creepy the way these characters were written as well. The younger characters are shown with an inability to form concrete assessments of what's needed in a healthy relationship due to their lack of experience and the adult characters take full advantage of that. Romanticizing this kind of behavior from adults is a gross misuse of the platform.
Don't get me wrong: I love power dynamics. I can see how certain power dynamics are attractive (ex: professor/student, queen/handmaiden—assuming all are age-appropriate) because ~forbidden love~ but it wasn't handled well in Eclair. Other stories are either cute/fluffy or they have consent issues, manipulation, bullying, etc. Out of all 15 stories in this anthology, only 3 were worth buying (I got the book for Nakatani). Would I buy it again knowing what I know now? Hard pass.
