To come back to this and see the rating so high actually shocked me. I guess Hino Matsuri's bare-bones attempt to fix Yuuki's soiled image was all some people needed. Or maybe it's because heteronormative conformists have since invaded the manga space and ruined it. Or maybe it's just because all the people who remember why this wasn't needed or wanted and what it meant for Zero's character development especially that it went in this direction have finally moved on.
I haven't moved on. As I said years ago, I have to see the story to the end.
There's one more chapter to go and I can honestly say I don't know how it will end. But I know it wasn't a read worthy of its rating. While I can admit to being biased in that I came to hate Yuki deeply at some point in the first manga and this one made her worse, even if I set aside all my biases, the story is just bad. Relationships (platonic and romantic) aren't properly developed. Characters aren't properly developed. Tension points are thrown away leading to a very shallow story. The conflict is contrived. It's messy and boring and was not worth the time.
But as a KaZe shipper I will follow this story to its conclusion and use the material to manipulate it into what I wish it had been.
As it seems the scanlators are taking thier time with releasing this one I'll say my goodbyes now.
To come back to this and see the rating so high actually shocked me. I guess Hino Matsuri's bare-bones attempt to fix Yuuki's soiled image was all some people needed. Or maybe it's because heteronormative conformists have since invaded the manga space and ruined it. Or maybe it's just because all the people who remember why this wasn't needed or wanted and what it meant for Zero's character development especially that it went in this direction have finally moved on.
I haven't moved on. As I said years ago, I have to see the story to the end.
There's one more chapter to go and I can honestly say I don't know how it will end. But I know it wasn't a read worthy of its rating. While I can admit to being biased in that I came to hate Yuki deeply at some point in the first manga and this one made her worse, even if I set aside all my biases, the story is just bad. Relationships (platonic and romantic) aren't properly developed. Characters aren't properly developed. Tension points are thrown away leading to a very shallow story. The conflict is contrived. It's messy and boring and was not worth the time.
But as a KaZe shipper I will follow this story to its conclusion and use the material to manipulate it into what I wish it had been.
As it seems the scanlators are taking thier time with releasing this one I'll say my goodbyes now.