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Read this sometime ago but it was still ongoing. Came backand still no progress. This really is just a "the other person doesnt like me that way" kind of story but stretched out thin and as long as it can huh
How Do I Turn My Best Friend Into My Girlfriend?
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Why did it end so quickly??? It feels rushed... I really liked this manga and then it just ends. Problems like "we're dating and nothing is different and we haven't even kissed yet" take like 3 chapters to be described and resolved in most other yuri manga meanwhile here it was 5 pages. There's just so little pages after they actually confess and get together. They got together, then they kissed, the end. Such shame
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Review-ish:
Fluffy angst and romance edging. (7/10) Good almost entirely on Minami's manic lesbian panic and researching. The rest gets trite because Yuzu isn't dense she's flat-out delusional. The events are absurd variations of the same comedy script. X thus Y thus Z then act of stupidity or deus ex machina back to X.
I don't think it's bad, I'll remember it fondly for what it does well, but I hate the gimmick. If you don't enjoy gap moe from geeks overthinking, I do not think this work stands on other merits. Even if you like that stupid-smart gap moe researching romance, if you read het manga then try Love Lab (Miyahara Ruri) first. Doushitara Osananajimi has interesting and distinct lesbian nerds wasted in a lazy repetitive plotline.
It feels like it needed either twice the pagecount on fleshing out characters or thought process, to remove focus from the gimmick, or it needed to remove deus ex machina and let events actually progress. Even if the author did what they wanted, this feels cowardly.
I don't know how the author ended up at this point, but at least I like it better than Yasaka Shuu's previous work. Which I mildly disliked. This one isn't bland but it's barely a story.
Fluffy angst and romance edging. (7/10) Good almost entirely on Minami's manic lesbian panic and researching. The rest gets trite because Yuzu isn't dense she's flat-out delusional. The events are absurd variations of the same comedy script. X thus Y thus Z then act of stupidity or deus ex machina back to X.
I don't think it's bad, I'll remember it fondly for what it does well, but I hate the gimmick. If you don't enjoy gap moe from geeks overthinking, I do not think this work stands on other merits. Even if you like that stupid-smart gap moe researching romance, if you read het manga then try Love Lab (Miyahara Ruri) first. Doushitara Osananajimi has interesting and distinct lesbian nerds wasted in a lazy repetitive plotline.
It feels like it needed either twice the pagecount on fleshing out characters or thought process, to remove focus from the gimmick, or it needed to remove deus ex machina and let events actually progress. Even if the author did what they wanted, this feels cowardly.
Research how 2 romance -> Build up confidence -> take action -> Genuinely heart-pounding event -> Usually a coincidence where suspension of disbelief dies in a fire -> (repeat ad nauseum)
From the start, and off and on, this story has makings of greatness. Both leads are brilliant and especially Yuzu's interest in astronomy creates some fun dialogue. My favorite parts are when Minami is studying romance as if it's med school or ranting about cuteness. Other than that the supposely smart atmosphere stays surface level but it is largely consistent. Yet it doesn't affect to plot at all! The gimmick keeps undercutting the distinct aspects of the two leads.
The characterization of the whole cast is wasted on the forced scenarios instead of the author letting people make choices that shift future events. That's not criminal, but it's the best of a deeply flawed and historically problematic cut-and-paste story structure. This gimmick conveys that feelings and effort will not be rewarded, and only fate and timing can permit romance when it's deserved... The author hits the mark; every chapter between 2 and the Finale are not relevant to the plot; terrible writing on purpose is an art.
From the start, and off and on, this story has makings of greatness. Both leads are brilliant and especially Yuzu's interest in astronomy creates some fun dialogue. My favorite parts are when Minami is studying romance as if it's med school or ranting about cuteness. Other than that the supposely smart atmosphere stays surface level but it is largely consistent. Yet it doesn't affect to plot at all! The gimmick keeps undercutting the distinct aspects of the two leads.
The characterization of the whole cast is wasted on the forced scenarios instead of the author letting people make choices that shift future events. That's not criminal, but it's the best of a deeply flawed and historically problematic cut-and-paste story structure. This gimmick conveys that feelings and effort will not be rewarded, and only fate and timing can permit romance when it's deserved... The author hits the mark; every chapter between 2 and the Finale are not relevant to the plot; terrible writing on purpose is an art.
I don't know how the author ended up at this point, but at least I like it better than Yasaka Shuu's previous work. Which I mildly disliked. This one isn't bland but it's barely a story.
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Skip this unless you're a hardcore yuri fanatic that is beyond desperate for something new to read.
Even then I would still argue that you should skip it.
It's a combination of useless lesbians and nothing ever happens. Neither of the lead characters have anything resembling depth. There is no plot beyond the MC being angsty for 28 chapters. The art is okay.
Go read something like Useless Princesses or Her Tale of Shim Chong.
Even then I would still argue that you should skip it.
It's a combination of useless lesbians and nothing ever happens. Neither of the lead characters have anything resembling depth. There is no plot beyond the MC being angsty for 28 chapters. The art is okay.
Go read something like Useless Princesses or Her Tale of Shim Chong.
7 out 10. Very cute art, the beginning had great promise but it sure dragged out the last 1/3 of the manga.
Really disliked the pacing for stretching out the will-they/won't-they portion. I don't mind the useless lesbians trope, but there has come to the point of putting a pin in it. The beach or the culture festival felt like it would have been a natural way to get to them being together. It could be that the author just doesn't know how to write in-relationship situations, but it sure felt like the author was dodging that possibility. The two characters together at the end felt nice for the 6 pages it lasted.
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finally!
i'm glad it's over, and i'm glad it had a solid ending.
justice!
i'm glad it's over, and i'm glad it had a solid ending.
justice!
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He estado aquí desde el día 1🗣️🗣️🗣️
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I'm on Ch 9 and I gotta say...I am having a damn hard time differentiating between characters. They are all drawn kinda samey which makes it hard for me to remember names...which in turn makes character specific dialog go right over my head. I don't want to drop because it is very sweet but I am getting frustrated with it...
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Finished it. Ignore the critics, this was fine. Yes, right up to the last page I still had a hard time telling people apart (and yes, that stayed annoying for me) but it was genuinely sweet. Yes, this is not a xerox copy of "the yuri formula" the others seem to think it needs to be, but I'm glad it's not. Imagine every yuri/GL manga ever only being allowed to follow the same formula? Boring as hell. That being said, most of their complaints do have merit, it def could have been half it's length and been the same story. Still, it's 7/10, it feels great when it's finished but it's a bit...ehhh...getting there. Not great but far from bad.
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I remembered it to be a good manga at the start, but after re-reading and finishing it, it's dissapointing. I stopped my reading at the 4th tome. The only good things in it are the art, and the kouhai character.
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nope, only ON the final chapter.is this one of those mangas where they only become lovers a chapter before the final one?
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This is so peak
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I have several problems with this manga. First, ITS NOT WRITTEN WELL. Side characters have no actual depth or character to them, they only exist to serve as the main characters tools. Second, the main characters are so inconsistent and the story relies on one simple formula all throughout and it feels like the author didn’t really know what to do so they just kept repeating one thing over and over. And if you read up until the ski trip, you would know how unrealistic the scenarios they were in were. The girl you like confesses to you and the way you respond is push them away and act as if nothing happened? That was complete character assassination for Yuzu and any remaining investment I had in their relationship died because that moment just made Yuzu seem like an asshole instead of what they try to portray her as. Everything after was so forced, and in my opinion ruined the story for me. Instead of natural developments the story just ended with a forced “I feel this way even if you dont” and then the misunderstanding gets resolved and everyone ends up happy. Please do something better with your time the art is mediocre and the story is worse. 6/10
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Like other users, I found this series frustrating. The first half was decent, but the introduction of Nanase Kamiya was really the start of the decline. After that, it seems like the author was determined to shove every single annoying trope into the same manga before the final chapter, where they rushed through like 3 different relationship arcs in one single chapter and then ended it without actually showing more than a few pages of them actually together.
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Ultimately, I would not recommend the series. It has some cute moments and some interesting gimmicks in the first half, but the annoying forced tropes in the second half are so frustrating that it overpowers any of the positives.
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The love triangle came completely out of nowhere and was almost completely unrelated to the plot. Sure, she helped Yuzu re-acknowledge her feelings, but this could've been achieved in a million better ways than a forced, half-baked love triangle that lasted lsss than 5 chapters (see Can't Defy The Lonely Girl for a better implementation of a similar idea that doesn't force a love triangle for no reason). And it was all downhill from there.
The "she will never return my feelings, but I'm just happy to be by her side" trope is overdone and annoying, and frankly, felt out of character for Yuzu. I could've seen her being like Himari from Whisper Me A Love Song (i.e. never having even considered the possibility of romantic love until it hit her in the face), but I think the more fun answer would be that she already thought they were dating and was politely waiting until Minami felt ready for more physical stuff. That would be a much more original idea, would've been funnier (which is more in line with the tone of the first half of the series), and would feel more in character, both for Yuzu and for the series. But she also could've just... not realized that's how she felt until then? There's nothing wrong with that.
The ski trip started out well, but that kiss-dodging misunderstanding was such a frustrating cop-out. There was no narrative point in forcing the series to continue. It just felt like the author was following a narrative blueprint for the sake of following a narrative blueprint. Even the other characters were frustrated by how dumb it was. If Minami had gotten her feelings across right then and there, and they'd gotten together, I think it would've been salvageable. I also would've been okay with a Paying My Classmate Twice A Week kind of situation, where they get progressively more intimate but still convince themselves their feelings aren't reciprocated, since it could've come off as comedic. But instead we got a forced miscommunication arc that played on the same tropes we've all seen 100 times.
Even post-confession, the series takes one final chance to frustrate the audience by rushing through what could've been multiple relationship arcs all in one chapter. I wish they hadn't even bothered with the "we're dating but nothing is different" arc. It once again felt like the author had a list of bullet points and was just trying to get every subplot in for the sake of crossing it off the list. It didn't need to happen. It added nothing to the story, especially when it was so rushed.
I think this series lost its identity once the love triangle was introduced. It kept trying to be too serious for what it was. It could've worked if it continued leaning into the comedy of Minami trying to confess to Yuzu and gage her reactions, only for Yuzu to keep giving completely incomprehensible signals, but it didn't do that.
The "she will never return my feelings, but I'm just happy to be by her side" trope is overdone and annoying, and frankly, felt out of character for Yuzu. I could've seen her being like Himari from Whisper Me A Love Song (i.e. never having even considered the possibility of romantic love until it hit her in the face), but I think the more fun answer would be that she already thought they were dating and was politely waiting until Minami felt ready for more physical stuff. That would be a much more original idea, would've been funnier (which is more in line with the tone of the first half of the series), and would feel more in character, both for Yuzu and for the series. But she also could've just... not realized that's how she felt until then? There's nothing wrong with that.
The ski trip started out well, but that kiss-dodging misunderstanding was such a frustrating cop-out. There was no narrative point in forcing the series to continue. It just felt like the author was following a narrative blueprint for the sake of following a narrative blueprint. Even the other characters were frustrated by how dumb it was. If Minami had gotten her feelings across right then and there, and they'd gotten together, I think it would've been salvageable. I also would've been okay with a Paying My Classmate Twice A Week kind of situation, where they get progressively more intimate but still convince themselves their feelings aren't reciprocated, since it could've come off as comedic. But instead we got a forced miscommunication arc that played on the same tropes we've all seen 100 times.
Even post-confession, the series takes one final chance to frustrate the audience by rushing through what could've been multiple relationship arcs all in one chapter. I wish they hadn't even bothered with the "we're dating but nothing is different" arc. It once again felt like the author had a list of bullet points and was just trying to get every subplot in for the sake of crossing it off the list. It didn't need to happen. It added nothing to the story, especially when it was so rushed.
I think this series lost its identity once the love triangle was introduced. It kept trying to be too serious for what it was. It could've worked if it continued leaning into the comedy of Minami trying to confess to Yuzu and gage her reactions, only for Yuzu to keep giving completely incomprehensible signals, but it didn't do that.
Ultimately, I would not recommend the series. It has some cute moments and some interesting gimmicks in the first half, but the annoying forced tropes in the second half are so frustrating that it overpowers any of the positives.
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This ks so frigging peak
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