Otsu Hiyori

A fun read. The characters actually resemble high school girls, unlike other josei manga. No real adult themes but the story is still engrossing. Very much a yuri manga.

The story: a multi-generational story of a sort. The main characters are in high school but the story also includes their older sisters. No serious drama but the pacing is good.

Characters: Fun and believable, though sometimes suffering from the author's imposed Butch/Femme dissonance. Sorry, I don't have a favorite.

Art: One watercolor image, the rest is desaturated. I tend to enjoy the way Otsu-sensei draws faces, but... she has this extremely odd tendency to switch between shoujo and SD to express different emotional states/humorous events.

I was impressed with the binding of this book: not your typical plasticy-construction tankoubon that Yuri Hime uses for its other books.… (more)