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イブのおくすり by FLOWERCHILD.
3.0
lighthearted tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was weird... but also good?

If you're looking for...
  • porn without plot
  • age gap (!) relationships
  • toxic characters, who know they're toxic
  • borderline H / explicit sex scenes
  • multiple couples
... then this is for you.

If you're expecting a real, sweet Yuri story, then this might rather not be for you.
Especially if you cannot distinguish between an author's imagination and real life kinks.

I was mainly looking for Borderline H, so wasn't disappointed in that. 6 chapters only but some kinda make-out in every chapter.

The main couple is a bit... icky... but the side couple(s) is/are... interesting.

The toxic characters and the attempt on a storyline was rather a "meh" for me, but the plus is that the characters actually acknowledge their own toxicity and don't play it down. There's no character development. They're basically just like, "wow, I'm so toxic... but now I already started this mess, so might as well keep going."

And I mean... why not? I wouldn't want to read through that trope for 3+ books, but 1 volume is perfectly fine.

Didn't like Yuni's backstory with her girlfriend much, but other than that... why not. Can recommend for a quickie.

Don't take the tropes in there too serious, though, and just see it as a piece of fiction. Just a fragment of an author's imagination. Nothing to apply onto real life.

-24.01.24