Days of Love at Seagull Villa Vol. 2

Days of Love at Seagull Villa Vol. 2
Days of Love at Seagull Villa, Vol. 2Title: Days of Love at Seagull Villa, Vol. 2
Author: Naoko Kodama
Translator: Amber Tamosaitis
Series: Days of Love at Seagull Villa #2
First Published: February 23, 2021
Publisher: Seven Seas
Pages: 168
Genre: Josei, Slice of Life, Yuri
Format: Web
Source: Web
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Synopsis:

After her life fell apart, Mayumi decided to ditch the city and live in the countryside. While things haven't always gone smoothly between her and her boisterous landlady, Mayumi and Rin have grown close and even shared a kiss or two. But now a figure from Mayumi's past has arrived at Seagull Villa: the same "friend" that ruined Mayumi's life in the first place. Will Mayumi lose Rin the same way she's lost everything else?

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Review

Volume two shifts focus away from the main character’s story and centers on the two side characters introduced near the end of volume one, Ashima and her half sister Sakura. Ashima is a lonely girl dealing with feeling like she doesn’t belong. Living in a small town where everyone knows the local gossip truly is hell. The reason that she acts out and suffers academically make sense, and I appreciated how the manga attempts to explore complex themes about family. I still don’t like the weird romantic tension between half sisters, and I hope that this aspect of the story is resolved in a way that isn’t gross.

I think it’s interesting that the synopsis makes no mention of the Ashima and Sakura story, despite taking up a majority of the volume. Mayumi, Rin, and Hinata are relegated to supporting characters. Mayumi falls a little too fast for my taste, having only been in the town for a week before discovering that she’s “in love.” The ending ends the same way that volume one does, with the full introduction of a troublesome character from Mayumi’s past. The villainess has arrived, and I’m curious to see how this new story thread plays out.

Quote

“Even if I go… There is no space for me anymore.”

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About the Author

About Naoko Kodama

Kodama Naoko is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known as a writer and illustrator of yuri manga, and as the creator of NTR: Netsuzou Trap and I Married My Best Friend To Shut My Parents Up.

Naoko made her debut as a manga artist in 2006, in the manga magazine Renai Paradise published by Takeshobo. Among her early career credits include works in Comic Yell!, Aria, and Tsubomi. In 2012, she would begin contributing works to the yuri manga magazine Comic Yuri Hime; her first serialized work, NTR: Netsuzou Trap, would be published in the magazine from 2014 to 2017, and was adapted into an anime series by Creators in Pack in 2017.


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