Sus-lik:
For fuck's sake I'm so TIRED of reading about those hetero craaaaaapppppp, I hardly calmed myself down after 50's chapter BUT THAT'S JUST TOO MUCH FOR ME, why should I read some cheap love story publishing once an eternity about typicall geeks, when I can see it everywhere in every movie and book and song, God I'm just so tired I'm gonna cry, one more chapter like this and I'll quit torturing myself. I do not understand what the fuck this piece of crap doing in my manhwa, whar did I do to earn this? Did I not read tags? I did. So why am I getting something I get mad at in one blink of eye, I don't understand. My rage will burn my house if it continues.
I know I'll get a lot of negative replies I just feel so down I want someone to know it.
(The above post was removed and reposted in the spoiler thread.)
orange_01:
@Sus-lik I'm with you. Hetero crap or het shit are everywhere buddy. It's tiring. At least tag this manga "unnecessary het" so people will know beforehand what this manga will be like, another heteronormativity condescending story.
orange_01:
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I don't read spoilers. I feel baited you know. It's been tagged yuri but it's not yuri, you know?
(Not sure if orange_01 is also referring to the latest chapters, but I think my point would still apply.)
Well, consider the premise and overall approach of the series.
First, the premise... This isn't one of those manga series set in an all-girl high school or about girls/women who already identify as lesbians (or bisexual). The premise is simply that it's a story about two girls who go to university (not "all-girl university", obviously), and they both identify as heterosexual at the outset of the story. One has been in a serious heterosexual relationship that ended badly (see Chapter 6, Chapter 9); the other has been known to have dated numerous guys and is still continuously pursued by men all the time (various early chapters).
Furthermore, this series takes a fairly realistic approach to its story and in its presentation. As in, it's not a story where no guys ever appear, whether by coincidence or by "convenient omission" and where all scenes are somehow always focused on the two main characters. (Although they are still a major focus of the majority of chapters, secondary characters are also given "screen time".) So... yes, they go to university where, yes, there are guys, and they have pasts involving relationships with guys. And yes, both of these established elements manifest themselves throughout the story.
Lastly, as a further point for the approach, this series is not excessively "fanservicey". It does not have many scenes of a gratuitous nature where the main characters somehow end up in intimate situations all of a sudden, perhaps accidentally. (Say, one character tripping and falling on top of another, or accidentally seeing each other naked in the locker room, or other such trope-y scenarios.) I mention this because for some people, this is what they think of as "yuri" -- a series of lesbian scenes that must occur every few pages, or at least once a chapter. But it can be seen fairly early in the series that one should not expect too much random gratuitous fanservice from it, because that's just not the approach that it's taking. It does not mean that this series does not have its moments that are "worthy of fangirling". (There are plenty.) But they are usually a natural part of the flow of the story, not randomly thrown in.
So... that's the premise and overall approach of the series. Now, if the very premise or basic approach of the series is not at all what you desire in a story, then... you may want to look elsewhere. Not a condescending remark (like "don't like it? GTFO!"). Just an honest opinion.
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