@Vmpslushie
It's actually kind of effective in the light novel because up until that point it was a standard "dark fantasy" type story then suddenly, without warning, eldritch horror
Coming to this right after the original is pretty jarring. Even if it’s just for a short time seeing Katarina as a bully wasn’t fun.
Only thing is I sense this could potentially have a better chance of having a Maria end since the story opens with her instead of a male love interest
So if I'm not mistaken she is just imagining what the merchant will do to her if she had been delivered to him but it's laid out in graphic detail as though it's actually happened. Guess that that being an eromanga artist Keyaki couldn't help it?
@twinklecake
If I'm not mistaken it's just this
Shima is siscon for Mai and thinks Kozue is cute
Yuu (Shima's friend) has a crush on Shima
Kozue (Yuu's little sister) has a crush on Mai and maybe now also Shima
Mai... likes playing phone games
Shima and Mai's mother is a casual bystander...
I agree. The term "shoujo-ai" doesn't even apply to GL work in Japan, where it's actually a synonym for lolicon.
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B0%91%E5%A5%B3%E6%84%9B
Yuri is an umbrella term that covers everything from subtext to erotic work, and additional tags such as "ecchi" and...