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Yuri Manga: Tsukiatte Agetemo Iikana, Volume 2 ( 付き合ってあげてもいいかな)

July 11th, 2019

Miwa met and started dating band member Saeko in Volume 1, and spent the volume not sure how she wanted their physical relationship to go.

In Tsukiatte Agetemo Iikana, Volume 2  ( 付き合ってあげてもいいかな), Tamifull’s webcomic, Miwa and Saeko have resolved that issue and are now navigating how much, if anything, to tell the people around them – an issue that becomes increasingly important as the volume goes on.

Saeko isn’t hiding their relationship, but Miwa is visibly less comfortable with it being public knowledge. And  the guys in the band keep hitting on her, and then wondering about her and Saeko out loud. Both Saeko and Miwa are sharing confidences with the women in the group, but because Miwa isn’t comfortable with being out and open, the two of them are closeted in the open – as so many people often are.

The story is surprisingly tense a lot of the time, as Miwa is constantly put into positions she really just has no idea how to manage. She’s smart enough to realize that her own reticence is at the center of her problems, but it isn’t solving them.  In the meantime, this volume also delves into the inner life of Chie, a group member who really doesn’t get what people are going on about when they obsess about love and sex. One hopes that she’ll be developed a bit more in the future. (If you want to read her story, check out Chapter 14 of the webcomic, up now on Yawara Spirit. In Japanese, of course)

The band heads out for a overnight training camp – Miwa and Saeko are having serious communication and time problems. Saeko is the first to snap, asking Miwa if it is over. Miwa’s shocked to find that they’ve both been suffering from the same doubt. They reconcile. Now that the two of them know who and what they are and what they wan, it’ll be interesting to see where Volume 3 takes us when we get there.

Ratings:

Art – 8
Story – Still kind of sweet, but occasionally still hits a sour note. Let’s call it a 6
Characters – 6 This volume the band members are kind of annoying, especially the guys being clueless and intrusive.
Yuri – 9 / LGBTQ – 6
Service – 3

Overall – 8 Characterization is still inconsistent, but I’m sticking with it so far.

I’m still hoping for another bump up on the LGBTQ score in the future. It has an extra point this volume, for a potentially asexual character.

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