This timeline sucks. I want the timeline where this and dozens of other good yuri works make it to the end, and instead we can sacrifice all the terrible long-running manga like Daredemo, Parallel Paradise, Isekai Nonbiri Nouka, and whatever else I suffer through regularly due to sunk cost...
It was a given that the finished painting wouldn't be lewd at all, but I actually really like the abstract take. It's interesting when a manga artist needs to throw in some fine art and they do a very legit job.
I see a big difference between "the story is disrespectful to a guy" vs "a character is disrespectful to a guy".
The fact that Ritsu is treating him disrespectfully is a flaw in her own character, and we're meant to see it that way. We know this because it's been pointed out within the story...
I don't think that's true at all. Many of them don't really involve male characters at all. (Sometimes yuri stories are criticized for acting like men don't even exist in the world.)
So, first we need to exclude all the ones that don't even involve men. Then, there are plenty that treat male...
It looks like another group is continuing it; they put out a chapter 16 elsewhere. That was in July, so I hope they continue. It was a pretty intense chapter.
Normally, a trope like this would make me groan. I wouldn't be able to take it seriously. But thankfully I don't need to take anything in this story seriously. Anything can happen.
I don't know why people are having such strong feelings about this; the writing clearly had this plot in mind (end the fake marriage to make way for new totally legitimate marriage that won't cause feelings of guilt because it will be started with proper intentions and clarity).
Also, this is...
I feel like Ono is getting undeserved hate here--he had a crush, did his best to relate to her, and made another attempt. It's just the framing where we know Aya is already in a relationship that makes him come across as an antagonist, but he didn't do anything bad. He tried his best, and failed...
It's a different cause, but it's still the same result of "oh, so I don't have a shot with them? Fuck this", even though as a random fan they never had a shot. Basically just parasocial delusions in both cases.
Eh, I don't think the west is immune to it. I remember when everyone (well, straight women) was going nuts over Ricky Martin. Then he came out as gay, and his popularity plummeted. Even though it's not like any of those fans had a chance with him to begin with, apparently his popularity was...
This is what happens when they spend too much time saying "oh, but it's certainly not like that"--it really isn't like that because it's axed before it actually gets to be like that.
Otherwise this was mildly cute, but I feel that there are plenty of other slice of life 4koma that just do it...