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I watched Adachi and Shimamura today. I wonder if I'll ever find a good yuri romance because the few I've seen have been absolute duds. I'm going to rant for a bit, don't mind me.

This started kind of charming. I liked it really early on when it was Shimamura's perspective and you got to see Adachi's crush growing from the outside. Then they never progressed beyond that. They actually moved backwards a couple of times instead, it was so annoying. This anime would be great if all you want is the awkward blushing stage of a pre-relationship. I find that charming for a week or two and then it gets excruciating as months turn to years. I'm not sure if Shimamura is the most obtuse person in the universe for her to never realize what was going on, or if she's just the most boring person ever and her realizing something would ruin that by making her slightly interesting. Adachi was barely better, her entire personality was 'likes Shimamura'. Adachi's mental state crumbled if Shimamura so much as stood next to someone else, because she kept worrying that Shimamura looked as happy with that person as she was with Adachi. And you know what? Despite all the times Shimamura's thoughts told me 'this isn't the same as when I'm with Adachi', it was exactly the fucking same as when she was with Adachi. Shimamura was the same no matter who she was with, she was always confused or bored or apathetic. And don't even get me started on the random-ass alien, literally an alien, which ate up a bunch of screen time but symbolized nothing.

All I want out of a yuri romance is some romance, is that too much to ask? Keep the awkward beginning, it's charming and realistic for them to wonder about each other and probe for mutual interest. Then move past it. Have a romance. Don't just waste my time with twelve episodes of nothing. I keep looking for an anime that makes me feel like the visual novel Highway Blossoms made me feel but I'm starting to doubt I'll ever find it.

At least this was better than Citrus.