Forum - View topicREVIEW: There's No Freaking Way I'll Be Your Lover! Unless... Volumes 1-6 Manga Review
|
Note: this is the discussion thread for this article |
| Author | Message | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
invalidname
 Contributor Posts: 2487 Location: Grand Rapids, MI |
|
|||
|
I’m genuinely enjoying this series, and looking forward to the anime. Weird that it seemed like for a while the only place really promoting this series was the born-from-RightStuf’s-hastily-discarded-porn-pile BuyAnime.com
TNFWIBYLU plays with one intriguing idea in volume 2, though I’m not sure how seriously it’s going to take it going forward. To wit: while Renako is so determined to be gal pals, Mai asks how different that really is from being lovers. The two concepts have more than a little overlap, and the Renako/Mai relationship drifts into a gray zone between the two, at least for a time. |
||||
|
||||
akitainu
 Posts: 121 Location: SATX |
|
|||
|
Watanare is a lot of silly fun. I've read the first four LN (volume 5 is sitting on my desk) and find the manga version pretty solid also. I'm looking forward to when spoiler[Kaho] is more prominent in the manga.
Of course I've found most people's enjoyment depends on where Mai falls on their tolerability scale. I have different prescription lens for fictional characters than ones I wear in daily life, so I find her amusing. Results may vary, but Ajisai helps ease any bitterness that Mai may induce. Looking forward to the anime. |
||||
|
||||
|
Clarste
Posts: 434 |
|
|||
|
Mai's behavior is definitely offputting a lot of the time, but wasn't there like a whole thing where she gets slapped for it and learns to take consent more seriously? Like, it is portrayed as a flaw she has and not something romantic.
...But frankly the way she's such a cartoon character at all times makes the whole thing come across pretty weird. |
||||
|
||||
|
Azure Chrysanthemum
Posts: 147 |
|
|||
|
I really couldn't get into this one sadly, I tried really hard but Mai is just WAY too off-putting. Even after getting slapped down what I feel like is a few times she's consistently pushing Renako's boundaries in ways that feel very uncomfortable. A lot of us lesbians are hyper-aware of how we come off because of the association of sapphic desire and predation in the broader society so seeing Mai portrayed like that just left a bad taste in my mouth. If she ended up with Ajisai I'd be down but since it's clear Mai is endgame and I can't stand Mai... yeah. Alas.
|
||||
|
||||
|
John the Dark Lord
Posts: 267 |
|
|||
If you are okay with me spoiling the LNs... spoiler[Volume 4 ends with Renako deciding she wants to date both Mai and Ajisai, and a big part of Volume 5 is the three dealing with their new poly relationship] |
||||
|
||||
|
Azure Chrysanthemum
Posts: 147 |
|
|||
Huuuuh. Wasn't really expecting that, interesting. |
||||
|
||||
 |
All times are GMT - 5 Hours |
|
|
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group