Finally read this through and HOLY SHIT is this one GOOD.
Yu finding out Qi was a girl was pretty sudden, but what followed I appreciated a lot. I liked the process in which Yu came to accept her love for what it is, it was paced appropriately. I also really, REALLY enjoyed Qi’s inner struggle to make up with Yu. She fell SO HARD for Yu, and I’m always, ALWAYS a huge fan of the initially hesitant falling even harder for their partner. And the scene where Qi finally wears femme clothes and gets even more openly intimate with Yu… IT MADE ME HOLLER. AND YU APPLYING MAKEUP FOR QI. THAT IS SO TRANS-CODED I LOVED IT. AND THE KISS WITH THE LIPSTICK!!! THAT WAS SO GOOD HOLY SHITFUCK
ALSO TANTAI LAN IS A FUCKING HOTTIE. She is literally the best character in the series bar none. I love her playful nature and the ABSOLUTE FUCKING RIZZ EMINATING SOLEY FROM HER PRESENCE. And MING WEI UGH GIRL YOU’RE SO PRECIOUS I can’t… Her arc is so good and she’s so gay for A-Lan and she doesn’t even fucking question it. And A-Lan teasing her is like GIRL YOU’RE TEASING ME ALSO BY PROXY OKAY???? MAKE HER HAPPY. MAKE HER THE HAPPIEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD JUST FUCKING DO IT.
Cannot fucking wait to see how this continues