Considered purely for sex... well, it's lacking compared to hardcore works.
On the emotional level it severely under-delivers.
On a socio-moral level... people say hentai is immoral, but I honestly don't know any hentai that promote:
- "Prostitution is fun!!" ("... if yuri," I hear them add under their breath.)
- "Why die with money?!" Read: "None of us are ever having kids! So why leave them anything?!"
In hentai, your moral gears are either engaged or not, e.g.: prostitutes are either super horny and enthusiastic, or the process is seen as degrading the practitioner's emotional and mental health. I think that is a more honest approach than this style of manga.
tl;dr Yeah, you can ignore this, it's just my private beef.
I disagree, at least somewhat.
No Fucks for Free strikes me as a harmless and even healthy, albeit rose-colored, view of yuri prostitution.
Considered purely for the quality of its "all ages" ecchi content (i.e.
not R18 porn), I'd say it delivers. It's sweetly sexy and fun, but not over the top, fluid-squirting filthy.
On the emotional level, it's a lighthearted slice-of-life about no-strings sex among young people. It's not attempting to generate much suspense or drama, and it's definitely not trying to go deep. That's fine. The story is cute and diverting, and the MC is quite likeable / relatable. No more is required.
In fact, many R18 stories involve happy, fun-loving prostitutes (these days, they're often JK gyaru types engaged in enjo kosai). Such characters and stories aren't exactly the norm in R18 manga, but nor are they rare. Personally, I like such characters even more when they're selling it to guys on their own terms and having a good time doing it. But that's just me...
And this story is as much about Kirishima's relationship with money as it is her sex work. In that context, Kirishima is her own better angel, and Nakano is the devil on her shoulder, urging her to spend it all now. The presentation of the ethical contest between the two is fairly realistic, I think, given the age and wealth of the characters, and it doesn't seem to endorse Nakano's spendthrift attitude too strongly.
Finally, judging by your response, it sounds as though your moral gears
were engaged by this story, though you ultimately found it lacking on that level. Me, I prefer the light touch employed here to the heavy-handed slut shaming, mind breaking and life wrecking so often found in R18 prostitution stories aimed at straight men.