/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Currently reading やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている②.

Too busy catching up on existing things to look forward to anything in particular.

Finally got around to the gnawing through the other half of 桜色の春をこえて (sakura-iro no haru wo koete) last weekend. It reminded me of what little shoujo manga I have read, but thankfully not overbearingly so. Unfortunately, though it was a pleasant enough read and I always enjoy stories about strong friendship to some degree, I found it to be pretty bland overall. I think the biggest problem was that the characters never really came to life for me - I could never really say "ah, how characteristic of x" or felt like I could predict what they would do next (not that constant predictability is a good thing, but some level of it does indicate consistency). I didn't hate it, and parts of it were pretty well done, but I wouldn't recommend it.