Managed to fill another square of my Bingo!
The new entry, for the “10 ratings” square, is:
I started this manga with the Yuri Book Club. It can’t be denied that it has a bit of a bumpy start, not exactly due to a lack of events happening or story progress, but (as most of us reading in the club agreed, I think) basically because the two main characters are not particularly interesting or likeable.
The strong point of this manga is that it’s a lot more realistic, not only from the point of view of a lesbian relationship, but romantic relationships in general, than most other manga. In a largely uncommon twist, the story pretty much starts with the two main characters dating almost right-off the bat.
This skips the usual drama revolving around falling in love, getting to know each other, getting closer and eventually a (successful?) confession - after which most mangas end. While I feel that “usual” romantic cycle is nice and I enjoy it a lot, it does feel a bit more poetic than what reality tends to offer.
Here, the main characters start dating right away, not only from the point of view of the manga, but in general: they have not even met long ago. As expected from two people that don’t know each other very well, and start dating kind of in a whim, things don’t go very well.
Slowly, but surely, the manga’s strong points start to shine at this point. It does a really good job of portraying how the characters have different expectations, desires, and ideas about a relationship, very often contradictory and incompatible, and how they face the inevitable clashes.
I really enjoyed how the manga presents a lot of questions that are eventually going to pop up in any relationship, without trying to sound like a dating-advice book. Many times, the answers the characters come up with are vague and ambiguous, just like in the real world.
Since these characters are college students, the manga also touches on more intimate subjects, and how they can affect a relationship, and it does it in a mostly tasteful and believable way, in my opinion.
It also shows some aspects particular to Lesbian (or homosexual in general) relationships, and how each of our characters try to deal with how society sees and treats them.
I’d say that around volume 4 or 5, as a reader I started caring a lot more about the main characters. The manga does a great job of actually showing these characters mature. While even at the end I can’t say I found the two main characters the most interesting ones I’ve seen, I grew fond of them.
On the other hand, later in the series a few more characters are introduced that I really liked and I hoped they had had more screen time (page time?). While secondary, these two characters eventually provide key developments in the story, they were really fun, and added more perspective to the story than just the point of view of the main ones.
In the art department, I feel it was okay, not particular outstanding, but overall very decent and competent. One thing I really liked is that this characters have very dynamic outfits, just like a college student would: they wear different clothes, change hair cuts, get their hair dyed several times, and so on. This was very refreshing compared to the usual 90%-of-scenes-are-in-school-uniform we see in most manga.
One other particular aspect that I enjoyed was how much the mangaka emphasized canine teeth, to the point some facial expressions seemed very vampire-y 
With 14 volumes, this was one long ride. I only have December left and I didn’t get a bingo yet 
