Plz dont tell me introducing this new male vampire lord is to give a cliche male interfere in yuri couple plot point.
I'm not entirely disagreeing with your points, see above - but you have actually read the manga, right? It basically torpedoes any cliché it comes across immediately. Whenever there's any situation where some trope-ish drama might have started everyone just goes "it's no big deal" and the "story" moves on.
I agree that the manga probably failed to draw in readers properly after the first three-four chapters with something a bit more tangible; something where you can just simply go "this is what's it about".
Personally, I like the slight-paced slice-of-life-ishness and if it had whatever original length it was planned for, I'm sure it would have been worth following it, too. Now the pacing just feels off as it's too short for the carefree meandering about ^^;
That line was before I impatiently went and read the raws for vol 3, so take that with a pinch of salt.
Minor spoiler warning ahead.
It does subvert cliches so common to the yuri/romance genre as you say. That much is obvious is chapter 1, with protag's personality and treatment against the presence of male bishonen Rin which typically feels like a threatening presence in yuri manga or opposition plot point (that acknowledgement doesnt mean I dont think this series could've done better by reducing Rin's presence btw). The final product of 3 volumes worth feels like it's in between tryng to be slice of life, but also creates a expectation for a dramatic climax that isn't really what this work is trying to shape (the distinct artstyle and non-4koma format doesn't help in this case either).
But the series lacks consistent momentum as the chapters go on, and I increasingly feel the main romantic focus gets less important/screentime in favor of shining the spotlight somewhere else or splitting up the focus and stuffing it all in one chapter. This in particular is my main nitpick with this series.
Well, besides having a grown male vampire who bites a high school girl without permission which just feels uneasy to me no matter how comedically it's brushed off; doesn't matter whether he's gay or not.
I think the /ideal length this manga should have had to flesh out all its important ideas should have been around 4 to 5 volumes. At 3 volumes and this uneven momentum, the feeling of being cut short is strong, even if it is enjoyable, and there is little legroom left for making up for the imbalance as the author has to wrap up the story in vol 3.
As for the slice of life part, well again, I stand by my thought that the author juggled too many different settings and plot points in too short time(subversions, vampires, school life, yuri, playgirl protag, slow burn chapters, shoving rin in the story(if you argue there is definitive plot here),etc.). If the author had refined their vision on this manga sooner, this series as a slice of life hybrid manga could have been better presented. I wouldn't recommend this manga to your general yuri fan as a must read series, or a work with easy-to-follow plot transition. Oh and the BL twists near the end, because let's be honest and just acknowledge that not all yuri fans (if not most) are noble enough to accept BL in their yuri. I'm not.
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