Jun 30, 2020
The "Love" in "Girls Love":
Citrus' romance is about 5% love, 95% drama, and a wealthy dose of poison, since it is based on trauma and lust, while nurtured by addiction and obsession. The protagonists' appeal relies on how convenient and pitiful they find each other to be.
The "Girls" in "Girls Love":
Nowhere to be found. At any given moment, the fact that they are two girls is utterly inconsequential. The story works as fine with two boys or with a regular couple, since the issue that drives the plot is class and, secondarily, family; not gender.
Not-so-forbidden Love
No one in this manga cares. Every problem involving other
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characters is immediately solved by talking it out. This makes the protagonists also the only antagonists, which comes across as two brats just being miserable by themselves. Reading such play becomes painful in the head rather than the heart.
Personal, Overall Assesment
All in all, it's just normal. It feels heavier than necessary due to the over-the-top depiction of distress within a regular sibling romance storyline. It's like the story is trying too hard to make a sweet story darker than it can reasonably be, but that's drama for you all, and that's why even if the rendering feels somewhat forceful or awkward, it could still be blamed on the genre; salt to taste.
Citrus Haiku:
The present of love
pretty wrapping; heavy box
it's empty inside
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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