Yuri Manga: Sayuri-san no Imouto ha Tenshi, Volume 1 (小百合さんの妹は天使)

February 23rd, 2018

It’s come-clean time. We’re down to the dregs of the pile of my November impulse purchases. That means we’re scraping the bottom of the Yuri barrel. I’m probably not at the bottom yet, but this one is way down there.

  • Sayuri-san no Imouto ha Tenshi, Volume 1 (小百合さんの妹は天使) Yuri. I’m not denying that. And I acknowledge that what I like (sensible stories with great characters that work well together) is not what other people like. But. And I say this with my gentle voice, with all due respect, this book makes no fucking sense.

Sayuri and her little sister were separated when her parents divorced (because in the world of manga, kids are like endtables or armchairs. You get one and I get one.) Saiyuri, now an adult working at a flower shop, and living a normal, if bland life, misses her little sister, but apparently has no access to phones or computers. Or paper and pencil and stamps. Or transportation. So she has not seen her in 13 years,

So one day when she sees her sister again, she’s amazed! But her sister has a halo. And wings. 

Now, I’m just asking for a friend, here, but, if you saw a member of your immediately family with halo and wings, would you not immediately want to know how they died? And when? And then I would wonder why some other member of your immediate family neglected to mention this?  Of course Sayuri does none of these things.

So the book then goes forward with a generic incestuous relationship between Sayuri and her dead little sister.  

Ratings:

I did not pay full price for this book. I bought it at Book-Off for 260¥.There are three more volumes of the series, if this sounds like your preferred tincture of Lily.

6 Responses

  1. I don’t know if that’s the strangest sentence that exists on this website, but it’s certainly the strangest one I’ve read in a long while. Well done.

  2. Kris says:

    That last wrap up sentence was the best thing ever, lol! I’m not really sure what to say about this series, other than I don’t think I’ll be reading this one, and just saying thank you for taking one for the team on this one. I’m not sure how stories like these ever get published, but if you’re looking for a good series to push this one out of your mind, i definitely recommend looking into Moonlight Garden. It has a really unique plot, interesting characters and a really amazing fantasy setting. It’s definitely becoming one of my favorites fast.

    • Thanks. I don’t subscribe to Lezhin and I hope you know that we don’t read illicit scans here. So while I know there a number of good Yuri comics on Lezhin, including Kang Unnie, I am not, nor will I be reading it, unless I get around to subscribing with money. Please do not suggest scanlated titles here, it goes against everything we are about here on Okazu.

      • Sylvester says:

        Is there any reason that you don’t want to use Lezhin though? It doesn’t work in a subscription based manner like Netflix, there you purchase coins and spend it on the manhwa you want. I personally think the coin is a little bit pricey but you can still get them on the Korean app at a much better price then use them on International version. It’s not much different from buying magazines and tank on Kindles.

        • I did not say I don’t want to use it. I said I am not currently using it. I simply don’t feel I can spend the money when I already am behind of reading and watching things to review. I don’t have time right now for more comics to follow.

          This is why I rely on other people to do reviews of series I’m not following.

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