#the manga is not BAD and i think it portrays adult consensual relationships w/o romantic feels OKAY?

[kaoarika]

I posted this on Twitter, but basically -

I have finally read a josei/smut manga that I have put on hold for quite a while and, in general, I think the whole thing has a somewhat interesting portrayal of smut and so, and so.

My only dissapointment is the art. I see the author has done more shoujo manga before with some exceptions here and there, but... man, my immersion has broken itself a few times because anatomy details in some scenes, lol. She is NOT a bad artist, btw, let me get that clear... but wow, some scenes. I don't like the ML having a very pointy chin at times, lol. I think both the MCs are too slender to my own enjoyment, because in some clearly steamy scenes whenever the FL bends her torso, I worry about her organs, OTL and ML sometimes have very bony hands (too obvious, too noticeable... talk about my tastes, lmao).

Saw some reviews posted in the Manga-Updates page, I am baffled because they do think "the art is pretty"... and man, I have only read volume one, and I only agree to that to a degree... the smut scenes' art is a little... iffy, lol. Maybe the author improves (it's on its 5th volume, and it has a very sparse release schedule - the first compiled volume is from 2016... the 5th is from last year?) but I'm only judging with what I have right now.

On one hand, I feel a little harsh because I am not exactly the best to be critiquing someone else's art considering that I do think my anatomy and perspectives and the like kinda suck (this by feeling demotivated because I haven't drawn in a while and I'm in one of those "frick, I feel like I have forgotten to know how to draw my own characters" moods)... but then I remember stuff like this is professionally published and sometimes I think no one bats an eye about it.

So. Yeah.

Feeling some validation, I guess???