That was really depressing. It could have been far worse of course but that doesn't make it less sad than it was (not that it's bad or anything because of that, I'm just saying). To me, it still only seems like we are in the introduction part of the story but seeing as how there is only one volume and the series is complete, I really won't get my hopes up.
This series feels really rushed to me. Even after observing part of the main character's backstory, she still feels like she lacks character development. This is just my observation though and I'm sure other people will disagree. I do like this story though despite my complaints. Maybe it's the artwork, maybe it's a guilty pleasure read, I'm not completely sure (maybe I'll re-read it in the future and see it in a better or worse light). Whatever the case, I find myself wanting to read the next chapter.
We've started having a flashback that's already lasted for almost 2 chapters and will probably go on for at least 1 more, lasting more than the actual timeline events we got to see. Since we barely got to see the relationship between Tsubasa and Misaki develop, with only 3 scenes of them together spanning over 2 chapters (two of them being somewhat romantic, and the third being the revelation), starting a long flashback right in the middle of chapter 3 makes the entire thing feel disjointed. The author should have delayed the flashback by showing more "dates" between Tsubasa and Misaki before the whole prostitute thing shows up, but likely they're limited in pages or chapters available to wrap up the story. You could argue that if story is the focus and pages are limited, then there's way more pages of porn than needed to showcase awakening to sexuality eating up the plot, but whatever.
Another possibility, should the author really wanted to highlight the importance of Tsubasa's past, is to not make any flashbacks and instead start the manga straight from Tsubaki meeing Jun in chapter one. Problem with this however is that "first girl wins" is like an unspoken rule of the yuri genre, and some readers would have had a hard time acepting Misaki over Jun, even considering what happens in the last scene of this chapter.
EDIT: One other possibility would be to take the Lost approach, and divide the flashback into several parts shown across the manga as needed. Much harder to pull off, though.
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