Yuri Manga: Korede Wakattayo! (これでわかってよ!)

August 13th, 2018

Over the last 16 years we’ve gone through a lot of changes together, you and I. Today marks the end of an era here on Okazu. It’s not the first time, either. Obviously, almost 20 years ago, when we started this journey, I used to review just about everything and anything with any possible Yuri, because just there just wasn’t all that much. That’s changed radically and now, I’m in the happy position of struggling to keep up with all the new Yuri coming out.

As 2015 began, I gave up reviewing Yuri porn anthologies, because they were almost all really dreadful, written by and for people with limited understanding of female bodies and no understanding of or interest in of women’s interior lives. And, along with them, I gave up reviewing things that I considered just generally terrible on the principle that it’s true that you may wish to know why a thing is terrible, but I don’t wish to subject myself to it for your benefit. Now I’ve outsourced that to my guest reviewers (^_^) 

And, with today’s review I’ve decided I’m no longer reviewing “Story A”s in which nothing particular happens and there’s no defining or unique characteristic. That doesn’t mean I’ll no longer review Yuri that is “Story A,” just that its got to have something more than merely “there is a girl, she likes a girl, the other girl likes her back, the end.” And I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with that and if you love those kinds of stories, and use legit means to buy them and would like to see some reviews on Okazu, then go ahead and submit your reviews! But I’m drowning in Yuri (yay!) and want to talk about the great stuff that I’m reading. As a result, I’ve got less time for stuff like today’s manga. 

In Mamoto’s  Korede Wakattayo! (これでわかってよ!), the volume is split into two mini-series. “Ai Irenai Futari” follows two high school girls who are always bickering, but are a couple. They share school days and beach days and enjoy their time together, even as they argue constantly. 

In “Donkan Shoujo to Inu” a hardworking, misanthropist is worn down by a cute. cheerful girl. The two of them share dates to the aquarium, ice cream, pastries and classwork.

These two shorts add up to a nice, if otherwise unremarkable, volume. If I had to guess, I’d say that these are several doujinshi collected into a single volume. 

There’s nothing bad about this volume, the art is decent, the characters are nice, as for as they are developed, which isn’t far. There isn’t anything that makes this volume stand out, either. 

Ratings:

Art – 6
Story – 6
Characters – 6
Yuri – 5
Service – 3 Manifesting mostly as bizarre body angles

Overall – 6

There’s so much excellent work hitting shelves now, unless something is either terrible enough to be funny (or appealing) I’m culling the herd of nice, but not compelling, Yuri. 

 

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