Pikachi Ohi

It's nice to have an anthology of comic stories about women loving women, but the actual execution is a little lacking with with these (mostly) ten-page stories feeling a little disjointed or rushed.

Still, despite the chaff, there are a few good stories in the middle. And I do like that the stories try to do different things instead of just pure romance or sex scenes. And the character types are all over the place with office ladies, strippers, teachers, porn stars, florists, and otakus.

So, show more while it's not a favorite anthology, it may have something to offer in future volumes, so I'm going to stick it out for a bit.

FOR REFERENCE:

Contents: [creator names are formatted family name/given name]
• Cover illustration / Fly
• One AM at the Laundromat / Yukiko
• Daily Smile (^ ^) / Kodama Naoko
• Coward Queen / Yoshimura Kana
• My Girl / Goumoto
• The Cram School Teachers / Mocchi_au_Lait
• Night Flight / Kawanami Izumi
• Promise / Shioya Teruko
• The Florist and the Wednesday Night Lady / Amano Shuninta
• The Abandoned Cat and the Lamp / Ohi Pikachi
• Mama x Mom / Yoshidamaru Yu
• Rose Quartz / Kurogane Kenn
• My Femme Fatale / Matsuzaki Natsumi
• First Grown-up Love / Ito Hachi
• Working with an Angel / Morinaga Milk show less

The series continues apace with no drama or conflict and very mild humor. Is it slice of life or mild discomfort by a thousand little cuts? It's all so gentle and cute and loving, even the R-rated erotic bits.

I see no need to continue with this series, but now that I'm halfway through it, I have no doubt I'll feel compelled by my completist streak to check out subsequent volumes if my library gets them.

Just a bit too sickly sweet and cutesy. The biggest problem is that there just really is no conflict or drama here; it's like watching Care Bears, but like a censored episode, with a softcore porn scene at the end?

I might pick up a second volume to see what happens once the initial lovefest is over.

What a beautiful and warm journey.
Best part is that the author got herself a girlfriend & a cat, thanks to this series. Goals.

There was a bit of drama here with Asuka's parents. Realistic drama, not exaggerated. Unsurprisingly, it all ended well and they found a middle ground; but yeah, with the rather immature drama in the other volumes, that took me aback for a moment (in a good way).

I found it a bit of a quick progress in this volume, as the other volumes were rather slowly, and there show more was just suddenly so much happening, with all the new characters being introduced. And, I mean, getting married after just about a year? That is quick, even for a happy world like the author created here.
But it does work for this particular series, somehow.
And the wedding was cute.
I also loved how they were both wearing gowns. Usually you have one wearing a suit, and the other a dress, but not here. Nice having some representation for two feminine lesbians as well. show less