What the fuck was this? Suddenly a jarring change of tone driving my enjoyment down the shitter pipe, felt mindfuck as if I was suddenly reading something else suck in between the pages... I am NOT talking about the rushed rough drafts the mangaka turned in, shitstorm bombardment started before those.
Not sure what bit you're talking about exactly. Most of it seems fine to me, generally slice of life with an overarching plot of their progression as a couple, which comes more to the fore as the series progresses.
The bit that did jar me a lot was the bit with the other girl spying on them, then extorting Otome for sex. And Otome going along with it! What!? That was not only disturbing, but made no sense for Otome's character and worse, it didn't even have a narrative impact as it was essentially forgotten and never referred to again. If nothing else, that had a serious negative effect an otherwise great series for me.
I guess I let myself carry the impressions the first chapters gave me, even knowing this was by the same mangaka of Shoujo Sect - not gonna say anything about that one other than: I am not going to even attempt to keep reading that, the fact that it got animated is BEYOND me.
I found Shoujo Sect much better, as a series of short stories with, again, an overarching plot. There's less to mess up the narrative and being set up as a series of vignettes means the pace can vary from one to the next without having so much impact. Also, there aren't any really jarring moments like I mentioned above.
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