Sweet Poolside
From the creator of Blood on the Tracks, Shuzo Oshimi. A charming story of two middle-schoolers that have a close shave with love! Two middle school swimming club students have problems on opposite ends of the spectrum: Toshihiko Ota is troubled by hairlessness and bullied by his peers, while Ayako Goto garners attention for being too hairy. One day Ayako approaches Toshihiko with a crazy request...will he shave her body hair for her?! A perfect example of Oshimi's unique blend of the sweet and the perverse, this is ultimately an innocent, charming love story.
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I've been reccomended The Flowers of Evil for a while now, and before I start it I noticed this short, standalone book by the same author so thought I'd check it out but wow this is absolutely not the sort of manga I have any interest in reading. A slight, middle school-set teen romance centered around body hair or the lack thereof. It's honestly left me less interested in taking my Flowers of Evil omnibus 1 off the shelf now.
It was advertised to me as a good romance, and I had already seen some praise about Shuzo Oshimi's works before. So I was really disappointed when I actually read this book only to realize that it wasn't what I expected at all and that the whole thing centers around scenes of a child shaving a girl's body.
Poor writing and overall a weird story that isn't worth being read.
