Genres: yuri, drama, romance, love triangle.
Number of volumes: 1, 9 chapters.
Warning: Includes NSFW material.
It all started with a girl getting shot down after finally mustering up the courage to confess to her crush. After that, she finds love with another girl, but the fact she can’t forget about her first cost her that relationship as well. Of course she coincidentally meets up with her first love again. This is the setting of our story.
Now for those who are expecting a brawl of bloody proportions for the hand of one helpless girl, you’ll be disappointed. this manga is more about coming to terms with your true feelings. All throughout the manga we see the 3 girls go through changes in their emotions. Struggling to find the truth while breaking through a barrier of denial or late blooming and using persistence and acceptance as the weapons of choice. All the while our protagonist (aka the prize) goes through the biggest character development of all, evolving from a helpless puppy who can’t do anything for herself into someone who wants to fight for both herself and the winner. Who won this battle, you ask? Let’s just say the end results will have you talking as both competitors put up a good fight, one more than the other. I did say fists weren’t traded…maybe instead of a war it was a more of an emotional struggle with reality and what’s in your heart.
You know, most of the NSFW manga I’ve read focus mainly on the upper part of your body and I’m personally fine with that. I don’t really think much about the sacred gates…maybe that’s because the ONLY gates I wish to enter (Besides the Golden Gates of Heaven) are my future beloved’s. Heh, 24 years old and I still haven’t found love. Last time I was in a relationship it was rushed. Both of us made mistakes and I didn’t have enough time to fall in love with her heart, only her body….ahem. Don’t mind me, just talking to myself again.
In conclusion: Yes, it’s dramatic and angsty but it’s also heartwarming and interesting if you stick around till the end. I guarantee the payoff will be a most interesting one. It certainly made my jaw drop. Honestly, I bet people who complain about yuri on TV being slow wouldn’t mind if the stories were handled like how this manga did.
So you finally blogged Kimi Koi. That Sono-Hiroko sex scene is really memorable of all the NSFW moments of this manga especially that part when Sono climaxed and screamed for Satoko’s name–ftw! But, I still prefer the part when Satoko was all shy when she’s going to have her first-time. She’s so lovely, I’m such a sucker seeing those girls and characters. She looks so experienced and tough then all of a sudden… she’s still a virgin.
But anyway, I just noticed that the angst of this manga what actually made the story funny. I don’t know if it’s just me but that’s how I find the whole thing.
Yup. I figured it’s finally time to post yuri manga reviews. As for which love scene was the best, of course it’s the last one with Sato-chan. It’s pretty epic and hilarious seeing an always calm, cool and collective hottie being a noob for the very first time in ages, having the usually weak Sono in control for once was a historic sight to behold. Gloriousness right there Snippy.
The angst was funny? Hmm…you may be right. I still consider Octave’s drama/angst moments as the best I’ve read in yuri manga but that’s just me. KKL’s drama did its job well at the very least.
Octave’s angst is the true angst even though Yukino is quite dumb, I also find KKL’s drama great but it’s more light-hearted than Octave.
Here’s the thing with Yukino. She’s somewhat similar to both “Hachi” Nana and Sono. All 3 of them were, in their own way, lost lambs who each found their purpose. For example: Hachi’s quest for love got her screwed up so many times that she HAD to eventually find an answer and of course, the answer came in the form of a child.
Some would say Sono was lucky because Sato-chan FINALLY came to her senses…but that came after Sono once again was lucky enough to get Hiroko coming back for more pie, thus triggering Sono’s true inner desires.
Yukino’s development…is much deeper but still similar to the other two in terms of evolving from a clueless nitwit to a happy woman (I’d like to imagine Rocker Nana an Hachi ended up raising Hachi’s child together instead of Takumi.)
I agree that Yukino’s development is much deeper. She’s more experimental and she’s really confused with the world. More importantly she searches for answers and would like to figure them out by herself. As for Sono, her character portrayal is just straightforward plain childish–no exploration or anything. She’s also a bit of an user financially and emotionally.
Hehe, indeed. Sono’s a stray, a manipulative one, but a stray nevertheless. I repeat, she’s lucky she got two smokin’ hot babes fighting over her. Now that I stop to think about it, unlike Yukino, and to some extent Hachi Nana, Sono’s kind of a bitch.