Part for me laments that the author didn't just make this story set in an American high school. They very clearly wanted to theme the story around that setting, and I often get a little surprised when I'm reminded this story is supposed to be set in Japan. They story also feels somewhat limited by this, as the author needed to make some kind of excuse for why a Japanese highschool would be hosting a prom, so I wonder why they didn't just change the setting.
I feel like the only other yuri story I've centered around teens in the US was I Love Amy, so it would've been cool to have such a unique setting for this series.
The entire point of the story is that Aya and Mitsuki feel like outsiders in their own culture, because their music preference is a metaphor for their queerness.
The story is not subtle about the metaphor.
Things like the prom and their friends getting into their music basically represents their culture and friends learning about their differences and accepting them.
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