Yet again we have another Yuri, Romance set in an all-girls school and Hanjuku Joshi may seem like any typical sweet story; however there’s more to it than meets the eye and I’m not just talking about the mature, girl-on-girl action. Yae is a girl who’s never felt comfortable about being such a girly girl, so she enrols into an all-girl’s school, in order to feel more at ease with herself. It’s there that she becomes close friends with Chitose, the tomboy of the school and it’s not long till Yae begins to develop feelings beyond that of ‘just friends’. Well so far there’s nothing outof the ordinary with my synopsis, seeing how most relationships in this medium and in real life start off as a one-sided thing but I liked how in this manga it focuses on more than one relationship. So you’re unlikely to become bored of this story, which is full of the ups and downs of relationships.

During the blossoming of the relationships this manga spends an ample amount of time developing its main characters. Unlike most manga that focuses solely on its main protagonist/heroine, Hanjuku Joshi takes time to provide insight on all characters involved in the story however that’s not a difficult thing to do when there’re really just 4-6 characters in total.

Overall Hanjuku Joshi is a sweet yuri manga that’s able to deal with some complicated issues involved in same sex relationships. Sure it doesn’t delve too deep into the subject but it manages to go deep enough to make an interesting story out of it. The artwork also helps to compliment the story, with the art style that gives off the same feel as a sweet fluffy marshmallow on the tip of your tongue. Yet just like a marshmallow that feeling is short lived, with no long-lasting flavour but an urge for more.

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