Last spring I took a look at a pleasant “opposites attract” school life Yuri romance by Ajiichi. In Volume 1, we met otaku Kurokawa Kaede and fashionable Fujishiro Nanaki who find themselves becoming friendly despite not being friends. Nanaki and Kaede’s friendship grows; typical of these kinds of stories, the fashionable girl takes the unfashionable girl for a makeover. Nanaki immediately questions the wisdom of this as Kaede ,starts being the subject of everyone’s attention.

In volume 2 of Dekisokonai no Hime-tachi (できそこないの姫君たち)  Nanaki’s frustration and jealousy comes to the surface when a teacher makes some really obnoxious comments about Kaede’s appearance. Nanaki looses her cool and screams at the teacher and is suspended for a week for her efforts. Nananki hides at home, concerned that Kaede is having fun with her new friends. Until Kaede makes the point that Nanaki missed…school is no fun without her. In reality, her time alone at school had made her a target. But she’s grown and the crowd has less power over her.

If you liked the general set-up of GIRL FRIENDS, but wanted something more complicated than just two characters who are are opposites, you might enjoy this series. And, lucky you, because Seven Seas has licensed it! Failed Princesses, Volume 1 has an August 2020 release date.

Ratings:

Art – 8
Story – 7
Characters – 7
Service – 2 A teen little bit
Yuri – 6

Overall – 7

Nothing new here but, as my wife puts it, “Come for the school life, stay for the after school life.” ^_^;