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I was initially drawn to the fact that it was a lesbian love story, but I was overjoyed to discover that it was so much more than that.
The characters and story in general are so well drawn out throughout the 133 chapters. Which brings me to the art itself, well its no Yusuke Murata level of work, but it doesn't have to be Tamifull is so good at giving the manga what it needs. Being able to incapsulate the ambiance of the story without taking anything or adding too much is a crazy skill.
I felt so many emotions when reading, mostly happiness ... and frustration. This is one of the most realistic mangas I've ever read when it comes to how a relationship works, romantic and platonic.
Overall, I just want to say I'm so grateful to be able to see myself in a manga and to have a work focusing on lesbians which is done well feels like a miracle.
I would recommend this to anyone, even if you don't like romance mangas (like me) there is something here for everyone.

Although I'm marking this as "Mixed Feelings", I did thoroughly enjoy this manga, and I devoured it in 3 days. If it had been still ongoing, the monthly waits would have been torture. The catch is that you have to known what you are getting into. This is pure unadulterated continuous overthinking on the part of the MCs, to the point that every situation, be it good or bad, is milked or misconstrued through overthinking and underacting, with little to nothing in the way of external plot; progress is purely relationship-based and I cannot think but of one instance in which progress is triggered by ... external events. I'm not criticizing, it's just what it felt to me, and the story worked for me, but I could see how it could be frustrating for other people.

If you can enjoy a story where the only thing that matters is the relationships and what people are constantly feeling, you'll enjoy this one. The characters are great, the art is cute, there's lots of chapters, story and personality progression is realistic; you can truly fall in love with these people and you will be moved many times. You'll easily find relatable experiences, as the reasons for their struggles do exist in actual life, and there are issues that can easily be traumatic for younger people.

Reading this from the perspective of an older person, it is sometimes frustrating that situations that are unavoidable and, I'd dare say, commonplace in any lasting relationship, here are approached at times like the end of the world. I had to remind myself that these are 18-20yo and I certainly was an immature mess at that age with several complexes still unaddressed, so that's on me.

My only minor complaint is that it feels a bit pessimistic at times in that for the most part, even good intentions and attempts to communicate usually backfire. This surely can happen, but the ratio of success/failure seems a bit skewed here. But then, the focus is on how problems encroach, fester and get out of control, so that may be the point. There are three or four low hanging fruits of major happy developments that, in contrast, happen almost off-page that could have been indulged on or explicitly addressed. Oh well...

If you want a story about a woman who drunkenly forces another woman into dating her, and then continuously belittles her and ignores her wishes and emotions and sexually coerces her, then this story might be for you. Otherwise, this is an absolutely god awful story. None of the characters except Miwa and one other girl are even remotely likable. Miwa and Saeko are physically incompatible with each other. Saeko constantly forces Miwa into sexual situations when she's not comfortable. All of their "friends" have crushes and want to date at least one of the two. Miwa isn't innocent either. She sexually assaults Saeko because ... she can't take no for an answer when very clearly Saeko isn't comfortable being topped due to some sort of relationship trauma.

tl;dr this is a frustrating series to read at best, and legitimately harmful at worst. There is nothing redeeming about this plot. There is nothing redeeming about 99% of the characters.