With how much I loved the first volume I really think Sal Jiang got told either at the start of volume 2 or early into it that this would be last the volume so she had to wrap it up. Maybe that's wrong but it's what would make the most sense to me anyhow.

RadiosAreObsolete posted:

@Nya-chan What's MMM?

I have no expectations for even a slightly satisfying conclusion. The disappointment I have in how this manga turned out after such a strong first volume is immense.

MMM are Margaret, Marina and Moon, the 3 influencers living in Salem. Figures you forgot about their collective name.

Oh right... That was a thing. Almost forgot they were supposedly influencers to begin with lol.

Short ahh chapter dammit

this had a crazy strong start like wow and then the whole magic factions and battles and the bazillion characters kinda made it lose track. we barely got any romance between the two leads like it's barely yuri even tho the characters are sapphic and stuff, i mean at least hanako went on a date with a butch that she didnt even realize was a woman for some reason.... i feel like sal really did get told it's getting axed early so she had to speed up the vision she had for her story to give it a good enough conclusion and this is what we get. the short chapters are also sad cause omg the art is fantastic, don't even let me start with the character desings!

Cinema

As much as the prevalence of naysayers makes me want to go to bat for this manga... I'm not sure I even understand what's going on anymore, this story is so rushed. I agree, I don't think Sal Jiang would put out a story like this without an axe looming overhead. >_<

As somebody who has been critical of this series for much longer than most posters, I just wonder how long the looming axe has been known to Sal Jiang. Because as it stands every chapter in Vol. 2 has had it's flaws which, on their own, would have been easily compensated in another one. But untreated, they ended up snowballing into this drop in quality.

There's plenty of a speculation to be had of how much she had to divert her attention (and, if you're mean, how much her heart was in this) with simultanous releases in Yuri-Hime (and an anthology?) but since I'm not really staying updated on her work besides what hits this site, it'd be unbecoming to speculate about her circumstances.

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she had to divert her attention (and, if you're mean, how much her heart was in this) with simultanous releases in Yuri-Hime (and an anthology?)

She didn’t has any manga running in yuri-hime, the only work she has in that magazine is a one-shot. I don’t think she has other manga running at the moment either. This magazine is new, and you can feel they bet on this one but didn’t work out with the public, I don’t think there is anything beyond that,