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druv
Kase-san discussion 24 Aug 02:43
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joined Apr 22, 2014

I've started to picture Yamada's reactions as being quite like this character's:
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druv
Lily Love discussion 13 Nov 13:26
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joined Apr 22, 2014

There are two ways this can go, and I don't particularly care for either of them :(

druv
Image Comments 21 Jun 09:22
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joined Apr 22, 2014
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I agree, grinseb, it feels pretty obvious that KyoAni do not see Kumiko x Reina as a real option - which is too bad, because they have some really powerful scenes together which turn a bit sour when they try to jam some yuri fanservice* in there.

*in the worst, girls-kissing-on-the-dancefloor, sense

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joined Apr 22, 2014

Too bad there isn't all that much of that. We have opinions that are neither explained or even well thought out. And we have people -- including you -- using this story as an excuse to get on a soap box about their personal beliefs regarding ages of consent and will-somebody-think-of-the-children and hiding it under the fig leaf of criticism. Probably because they don't get enough visits if they post their diatribes on their tumblr blogs instead.

In this doujin, we have an adult authority figure using her position to get alone with one of her underage students, doesn't respect the student's physical boundaries, uses cheap tricks (such as being physically intimate with another of her students) to confuse and upset the student, and of course makes no bones about pushing emotional intimacy on someone who's immature, confused, and under her authority.
It is by no means impossible to write a romantic teacher-student story, I'm pretty sure there are a few on this site. But this is not one of them, because the teacher acts in a way indistinguishable from a predator. At best, she's an irresponsible spaz who leaves a trail of broken hearts among the teenagers entrusted to her care. That would be bad enough, and I find that a charitable interpretation.

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joined Apr 22, 2014

When people take manga seriously. sighs

I should hope we take manga seriously, in the same way that we take comics, anime, movies, books, games, and other forms of art seriously. This does not mean that we can't enjoy fun romps and any number of silly/strange/stupid stories! But criticism and talking about art can make it better, so I'll definitely keep talking about and critiquing culture I care about.
Note that I have very few comments on this site, usually I don't feel moved to comment, but this particular work was egregious enough that I felt I had to.

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joined Apr 22, 2014

This seemed more like grooming than most age gap/student-teacher stories. So... that's not great.

druv
Free Soul discussion 22 Apr 13:00
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joined Apr 22, 2014

It really is great! I skipped it back when I was religiously reading everything Lililicious put out, because I didn't feel like a long, heavy series at the time. But now it popped up as a random chapter here and I couldn't stop reading.