Superwomen in Love, Honey Trap & Rapid Rabbit, Volume 2

September 24th, 2021

In Volume 1, we meet Hayate who is a part-time performer and superhero, Rapid Rabbit. When Antinoid Army executive Honey Trap fights and defeats Rabbit, she pull off her helmet and falls head over heels for Hayate. Ditching the evil Antinoids for the side of good, Honey and Hayate now fight together.

In Superwomen in Love, Honey Trap & Rapid Rabbit, Volume 2, the cast grows larger. We meet Cool Down another Antinoid executive, who has a Yuri fetish and X, the mastermind behind the evil army attacking humanity.  On the side of good, we meet Orb Owl, a young woman motivated to protect her older sister.

What story we get in this volume is more of a series of questions, than an actual story. Why is X leaving dimension tools around and why does she want to turn humans into monsters? At the moment, we don’t know, but let’s set that aside for a sec. I’ll get back to this in a moment.

Yuri here is implicit, but not, explicit. Honey Trap is very in love with Hayate, two of the Antinoid execs, Suigetsu Kyouka and Melt Out appear to be a couple, Hina seems kind of obsessed with her sister and X seems very obsessed with Hayate. And, again Cool Down is obsessed with Yuri as a whole.

But…what is this story about? I was super excited at the idea of sentai-style Yuri story about adults, but at least here in Volume 2, there’s no story, really. And while there are adults, there’s nothing about it that feels like it is written for an adult audience. I’m not talking about sex, that’s just the trappings of adulthood, the kind of thing that children think makes something “adult.” I’m talking about solid, nuanced, writing with humor and content. This feels more like a series of gags and costume designs strung together than a story.  Probably, I’m asking too much of the series, but you can’t fault a reviewer for trying. ^_^;

That said, if you love sentai series, and the thought that goes into every costume and superpower, with a dollop of goofy. monster of the day style roboto-enemies, slathered with a Yuri icing, then you’ll definitely enjoy this series. Yuri love will save the day in Superwomen in Love.. ^_^

Ratings:

Art – 8
Story – 7
Characters – 7
Service – 2 Costumes and some of the angles
Yuri – 4

Overall – 7

Shout outs to the entire team at Seven Seas from bringing us this niche-y fun series. I look forward to reading the third volume which will be out in winter 2021!

 

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