finally caught up after taking a brief break
I completely get everyone's frustrations-- I remember first starting the OG Citrus series bc it was like the biggest "mainstream" yuri on the market, and at the time, OG Citrus was crazy with drama and pacing was great with the monthly releases.
New Citrus+ is definitely nice in the way that we know they get married eventually and we're just filling the gaps in between. My biggest gripe is although I was okay with Mei's characterization in the original, Citrus+ shows me that I legitimately dislike that their dynamic always kinda feels like Yuzu is on the short end of the stick. She's always apologizing, always taking blame, somehow being the only one explaining a thousand things when she's emotionally vulnerable --- like no joke... is she talking to some kind of wall....? like Yuzu is 95% of their emotional expression and emotional growth at times, and Yuzu isn't even my favorite character in Citrus.
I'll keep reading, but I feel like I share similar frustrations with some people here--- like I defended Mei during her "Meibot" accusations but jeez, sometimes I get why people think that!