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Sex Is Evil: More often than not, sex in this story is terrifying more than it’s gratifying or unitive. To large extent, characters are ruled by their libidos and can’t help hurting others thoughtlessly. confusion, resentment, and how all of that can continue to fuel our sexual desires. But there's also that Kei is now non-binary and dresses like a woman. Yui and Yo are forced into examining their own

a lot of people are pent up about kei being trans which, honestly I don't see them as trans cause they're like yeah I'm a guy "I only quit being a boy" cause of norms of being a man. but kei's identity is not the main focus here, it's purely used to sway the mc with lust (kei) vs love (mitani). it's quite literally harem in some way. The concepts shown in this part of the mange are outlined even more by the harsh contrast between these two plot lines. This is another one in a now reasonably long list of Oshimi stories that are recognizably his. There's always a romantic trio that involves more or less disturbing sexual stuff. Most of the male protagonists are the kind of introverted manga MCs that become a stuttering mess whenever anything cute with a pulse looks their way. Those main characters are usually infatuated with a very beautiful girl with long hair, but there's also a short haired girl involved somehow, and that short haired girl is the devil as far as the status quo of the story is concerned.

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them. But this project has not yet managed to cultivate quite the same atmosphere, and perhaps by design - since Oshimi's own comments seem to point towards it being more of an exercise of self-examination than a mood piece. Socially Awkward Hero: Yo is definitely awkward, although he gets along fine with his more normal friends at school. Any hint of conflict or sex, though, and he turns into a blushing, stammering, apologizing mess. Coming of Age Story: Every character is struggling mightily to navigate adolescence, and end up hurting each other in their attempts to get a handle on how they feel about gender and sexuality. Okaeri Alice is a manga that treats on how gender roles and expectations affect how we act and persue love and affection of others Creepy Crossdresser: Kei initially comes off as this, acting mysterious and sexually aggressive towards Yo and Mitani.

Second thing is scenes containing lewdness and erotism. I'm not against seeing that kind of stuff. Also, we are talking about a seinen manga, so it shouldn't be a problem at all by default. However, many of them (mostly in the first chapters) felt forced in "Okaeri Alice", resembling more a typical fanservice from mediocre hentai manga than actually meaningful moments from a manga not focused strictly on showing spicy scenes. Sexuality and gender identity are surely sensitive topics requiring respectful approach and seriousness. While their core elements were presented in a rather respectful way, such additions felt pointless to me and out of place, unnecessarily reducing the seriousness of the story. Sure, later on there are no such elements, but was it necessary to include them in the first place? That's the question. If we add to them the length of the whole manga, we might think about whether it was really necessary to include that kind of scenes, instead of, let's say, more interactions between the characters. He has not grasped the concept of transgender and non-binary people, so he's trying to cover it up with lots of masturbation Specifically, the first 20 chapters are hindered by clichés and uninteresting dialogue. They establish important details but overall fail to stand out, and end up feeling like a prolonged exposition. I do think this part could have been presented better. I used to fantasise about being a girl, but that's only an escape that ignores what it's like to be a woman. thinking as a character really doesn't make any sense. oh you're like every other man, yeah if that's what you want then let's have sex, what you can't find the hole OR get hard gaslighting time and see's it as she's the problem but also blames yo and dumps him. on top of that, sees kei as a THREAT lolol "only eyes for me" really made me punch the air cause how insecure can you be?Did I mention that Kei is so gorgeous. I am just as down bad as the author, Yo, and pretty much everyone else in the manga. Kei is just too damn hot. Okaeri Alice gives a whole different meaning to the sentiment, “I love a woman who can just kill me.” If you're not into a character like Kei, you're not going to like this manga. Quite obviously. The cast is not crowded. The story focuses on a several characters. Few of them are the main ones, receiving obviously the most attention and "screen time", although what I find as really nice about this manga's wriring is that the line separating "main characters" from "side characters" is thin enough to give justice to pretty much all of them. At least equally to the time they had in the manga itself. Smug Smiler: In the earlier part of the manga, Kei’s constant smiles in the face of their friends’ evident discomfort come off as inconsiderate if not creepy. Even though I generally enjoyed reading "Okaeri Alice", there are two things worth of mentioning that I did not like in particular, and which have greatly affected my final score given to this manga. Cannot Spit It Out: Applies to some extent to all main characters – especially Yo, to an almost comical degree. Any time the conversation turns towards sex or romance he starts stammering every sentence. This leads to a lot of communication problems, although in some cases characters can drag the info out of him.