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robinks's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I’m compelled by the story, I just wish everything outside of Hinase wasn’t so binary and heteronormative. I really liked the pop of color on some of the pages. It really bothered me that Azusa divulged Hinase’s medical information to Shiori.
Graphic: Sexism, Medical content, and Outing
Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Bullying, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Toxic friendship
4zura's review
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
1.0
While the synopsis itself and the main ideas are great, the overall execution is bad.
It doesn’t make any sense to me that in a world in which children decide which gender(or rather sex) to choose -usually at the ages of 12-15- for the rest of their lives, heteronormativity is still such a big factor.
Although the best friends apologise to the main character for their blunt and dumb words in the middle of the manga, they just continue with their gender ideals right afterwards as if nothing happened.
The female best friend’s small background story is another disappointing plot because -yet again- it is based on and doesn‘t challenge gender stereotypes.
It doesn’t make any sense to me that in a world in which children decide which gender(or rather sex) to choose -usually at the ages of 12-15- for the rest of their lives, heteronormativity is still such a big factor.
Although the best friends apologise to the main character for their blunt and dumb words in the middle of the manga, they just continue with their gender ideals right afterwards as if nothing happened.
The female best friend’s small background story is another disappointing plot because -yet again- it is based on and doesn‘t challenge gender stereotypes.
Graphic: Medical content
Minor: Pedophilia, Transphobia, Medical content, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Toxic friendship
rumireads's review
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia