But they felt really empty and unfulfilling to me. I'm not sure if it was the writing or the translation, but I often felt confused by the dialogue. I could grasp the gist of what was going on, but the finer details, all the things that help a reader really connect to a character, seemed to be missing. The art was interesting and not very common for this genre. It's very "busy" and ink heavy. This is more commonly seen in seinen, action and horror genres where the busy art gives a sense of tension to action scenes. In a romance style genre, that tension doesn't translate well. Love is often imagined as a "warm and comforting" feeling vs a tense and exciting feeling. The art fits with the sex scenes because it induces that "exciting tension" of sex, but falls short in the softer romance scenes where a reader expects to feel peaceful and comforted. I think this is why other readers were turned off by the art style. I think the mangaka has great potential, just not in the romance genres.
But they felt really empty and unfulfilling to me. I'm not sure if it was the writing or the translation, but I often felt confused by the dialogue. I could grasp the gist of what was going on, but the finer details, all the things that help a reader really connect to a character, seemed to be missing. The art was interesting and not very common for this genre. It's very "busy" and ink heavy. This is more commonly seen in seinen, action and horror genres where the busy art gives a sense of tension to action scenes. In a romance style genre, that tension doesn't translate well. Love is often imagined as a "warm and comforting" feeling vs a tense and exciting feeling. The art fits with the sex scenes because it induces that "exciting tension" of sex, but falls short in the softer romance scenes where a reader expects to feel peaceful and comforted. I think this is why other readers were turned off by the art style. I think the mangaka has great potential, just not in the romance genres.