Fr~ that's Ogeretsu Tanaka, maybe her mangas doesnt have much long anime ver. unlike the others (I bet its bcos of the smuts haha but YBC got an OVA than Escape Journey~ I dont get anime studios tbh), but manga wise, her time is with Yoneda Kou, Miyuki Abe, Nekota Yonezou, and more. Old authors but gold .
I agree. She probably wants to recreate what happened to ybc: mainstream success. Because yeah shes big for the BL scene but in terms of the entire animanga industry she's still relatively small, so I get why she would try to chase where the money is. And this isnt her simply "trying something new" because ybc (similar harem premise where the whole gimmick is excessive sex) already exists (as well as the gajillion no plot just sex yaois by other people). As a plot enjoyer who has seen what she can do with escape journey and daisy jealousy it's just a lil sad knowing that this type of dime-a-dozen smut stuff is where she spends her time instead of the plot driven stuff which is harder to come by in this genre... oh well i guess though hahah
yeah... when I first read it all those years ago I was around that age so didn't care, but now that I'm older it's weird to be reading it lmfao. There's not much of a reason for it to be in a highschool setting other than the shock value/catering to people who have a thing for the highschool setting --- and people will just wave everything off saying ohh its a goofy series don't take it seriously. It's also kind of sad that it was THAT one that blew up so now regular people think that all she writes is ybc-type stuff... :(
The way she writes plots feels weird lately