I just randomly read the final dozen chapters or so of this one, and man, I know it’s not news to anybody, but I have to say once again that Nakatani-sensei is just crazy skilled.
The Sayaka-confession-rejection sequence is so superbly staged I can barely believe it every time I read it. Stories routinely have characters undergo an emotional turning point, but even the ones that are competently done seem kind of mechanical and perfunctory compared to this one.
There are plenty of excellent yuri manga, but I don’t know of any that are quite so across-the-board satisfying as this series.