I decided to try the first chapter of TOKYO TARAREBA GIRLS VOL 4, just to see if I was right to quit the series, and it helped crystallize why this is such a resounding So-So for me: it‘s gender essentialist in aggressively heteronormative ways. That would be a hurdle for me at the best of times, but it‘s especially disappointing after Higashimura‘s PRINCESS JELLYFISH, which did so many non-conformist things with gender. Sadness.
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