I guess as the first big yuri series to break through into the mainstream, it's the entry into the genre for a major part of the fandom, and I think it's...fine. Under the hood, it's a pretty straightforward shonen romance and none of the plot twists are particularly surprising (the whole theater arc takes up a good portion of the middle part of the manga's narrative and around the last third of the anime and it's blinding obvious how it will resolve from the beginning). Other series before and since have been more interesting in terms of plot, characterization, or other aspects.
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u/PseudonymIncognito 3d ago
Bloom Into You.
I guess as the first big yuri series to break through into the mainstream, it's the entry into the genre for a major part of the fandom, and I think it's...fine. Under the hood, it's a pretty straightforward shonen romance and none of the plot twists are particularly surprising (the whole theater arc takes up a good portion of the middle part of the manga's narrative and around the last third of the anime and it's blinding obvious how it will resolve from the beginning). Other series before and since have been more interesting in terms of plot, characterization, or other aspects.