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A review by troetschel
Rainbow Days, Vol. 1 by Minami Mizuno
slow-paced
0.25
This was pretty underwhelming. The fact that it wasn't queer felt like a bait and switch (why call it Rainbow Days?) and I didn't really like the guy characters. I found it very strange to include several references to kink/BDSM in what was otherwise a very tame, high-school appropriate story.
My biggest issue was that one of the male characters has a female character confess to him that she has feelings for another female student and that she doesn't like men at all. In response, he kisses her out of the blue and she is appropriately disgusted and appalled. His response is to think her anger is cute/funny and it's never addressed again. That's pretty heinous behavior and this scene alone is enough that I can't recommend this to anyone.
There's also a mini arc at the end where a male character calls another character 'ugly' and it's supposed to be ok because he is showing affection/using it as a term of endearment.
The rest of the content was fine, but nothing remarkable. I will not be purchasing this for my library. Digital ARC received courtesy of NetGalley.
My biggest issue was that one of the male characters has a female character confess to him that she has feelings for another female student and that she doesn't like men at all. In response, he kisses her out of the blue and she is appropriately disgusted and appalled. His response is to think her anger is cute/funny and it's never addressed again. That's pretty heinous behavior and this scene alone is enough that I can't recommend this to anyone.
There's also a mini arc at the end where a male character calls another character 'ugly' and it's supposed to be ok because he is showing affection/using it as a term of endearment.
The rest of the content was fine, but nothing remarkable. I will not be purchasing this for my library. Digital ARC received courtesy of NetGalley.