How is it bad?

Read the first line of my comment again.

Also, Twilight was freaking terrible

Don't you think people who liked Twilight would say the same you're saying Citrus?

Like I said. If you haven't figured it out for yourself at this point there's no convincing you otherwise.

Citrus is like the Twilight of yuri manga, it's bad but people like it anyway because it appeals to their sense of aesthetics. And they don't look past that.

you make it sound like it's a definite thing that the story is sub par

That's because it is. There is a very large difference between "like" and "good", most people don't understand that. Quality (a.k.a. good) is objective, while "like" (or enjoyment value) is subjective. Citrus' story is bad, that's a fact. But that does not mean people can't like it.

I know how to judge a story based on it's merits alone, and Citrus does not hold up. You are also confusing "slow development" with "bad development". Citrus so far has been like a strong of one shots with characters that look and act similar. No conflict or event lasts more than a chapter, and said event or conflict is always brought up at the end of the previous chapter. e.g. Mei's dad shows up at the end of the last chapters and is gone by the end of this one.

I beg to disagree regarding the story being sub par.

If you haven't figured out on your own that Citrus is very poorly written yet, there is nothing anybody can tell you to convince you otherwise. The fact you don't even think there is a definition as to what a 'sublime' story is kind of proves my point.

Man, if only Saburouta could write as well as she draws. The story is so sub par, but the art is great.

shoujo-ai

Let us all look at him and laugh.
Though you're not far off about the rest.
As of this point in the story it's pretty obvious Kotori does not understand what romantic love is, and only deeply cares for Satoka in a platonic way.

It really is a shame Tsubomi was canceled, this story could have gone on for a while.

Total hug count: 37

Wow... This is awful. So what exactly is the goal of this series? To leave as many girls heart broken as possible? Yeah, that's exactly what I want to read about. Such a disgustingly display of misogyny. Fun fact: "More yuri does not mean more gooder." It just means more girls lose out in the end.

I don't know, call me crazy. But I like to actually see yuri in the series' I read, not guaranteed unrequited yuri.
The mods should also really add the harem tag to this. It clearly fits, and even if you think it's vague at this point it becomes painfully clear in the up coming chapters. So it'd be nice to give the people who don't like the trope some warning.

This author averages a page a month.
Why is this allowed.

Has anything like that even been hinted at? I doubt she's had a previous partner. Though, a previous master isn't out of the question. As in, someone who taught her the ways of masochism.

do you think the change in art was done to emphasize changes in Moritani?

No, I think it was due to lack of initial effort on the authors part. Flag Time was his first work and probably didn't expect it to go so well. Side Note: The author has also started doing more yuri works.

why isn't Murakami subject to the effects of time stoppage

The obvious cliché reason is that it's because Moritani likes her. The whole "Love at first site" deal, and that lead to her not being effected after Moritani became aware of her. We'll never get a clear cut answer as to why because it's just not that type of series. "Magic" is the best explanation you're going to get.

She also obviously must have been effected by it prior to that point because other wise she would have been going through her whole life randomly getting everything around her frozen for three minutes. And something that major probably would have been mentioned.

Uh... Yes. There is basically no texture in her hair, the lines are less defined, and the gradient tones are gone. And whether you like the old art more or not does not really effect how much it's changed.

Art evolution much?
The change is so drastic.

Well, it was a nice run while it lasted. Pretty sure the series is going to end soon, there's not much the author can do after this.

this is the point i catched

That's not the point the poster is making, that's not what you're suppose to catch.

if the joke was ironic about the fanboy/girl-ism, it was fun; for a yuri fan it's natural to read manga with yuri-goggles on, but with ill intent to /u/, i think it's a little stupid

It was obviously an insult. rabid shipping based on literally nothing is a retarded thing to do and is not 'natural' in anyway. People that do so are the bane of the yuri fan base. Thus why the poster was made in the first place. /u/ does not have a good reputation, and for good reason.

If you don't know the spitting distance rule is you're not getting the joke.
On /u/ you're allowed to post an image as long as it contains two or more females, even if it is entirely out of context and not actually a yuri image. That's where the 'rule' part comes in.
The cliché itself comes from people shipping like idiots and considering two females being in close proximity (spitting distance) to each other as romantic attraction. e.g. Every crack pairing in the Madoka franchise.

The poster itself is insulting /u/ because it's a stupid thing to do.

I doubt many people here know what /u/ or the spitting distance rule is.

i'll always blindly follow yuri project,

Words of wisdom.

But, just to put an end to this nonsese I'll drop some information.

This series was covered by a well established and long running yuri blog, which gave it a ranking of 5.5/5
This link obviously contains spoilers even if you can't read Japanese so open it at your own risk.
http://blog.livedoor.jp/yuri_amagasa/archives/52909404.html

I hear YURI PROJECT does a lot hetero romance stuff.

8 x 7 !=58
And 56 pages is still only two chapters. Also, if you had taken a moment to read the synopsis you'd know why he gets so much focus.

It's like the story purposely tries to fail the Bechdel Test.
And as for me I consider that bad writing.
even more considering this ought to be a yuri story

That's kind of exactly what you're saying.
And in case you forgot, you're only 24 pages. That's about a single chapter for normal series'.

Huh? You mean all stories don't start out with blatant yuri overtones meant solely to cater to slower people so they can understand what they're reading?
God forbid a series actually takes more than five pages to set up it's back story and premise.

Going to go out on a limb and say it's friendship.

By that same logic you could say if it was for the ex-boyfriend there's no need to be so ambiguous. She just got done having a flash back saying she loved him, why reiterate the point.

It was cut off to build suspense in the story, a kind of cheap literary device.

Wow, either you must be a mind-reader, or foreseen an immediate part of the future.

Or, you know, able to see the obvious patterns of the genre.