dont mind yuri
dont mind slow pace
dont mind the end
slightly hard to follow in some parts
jumps around a little
overall half decent manga

Nice artwork, cute characters - except for the butch. Story is disjointed and I always find myself moving back some pages, because it's difficult to understand just what the hell happens, or who's having that internal monologue. Also, suspension of disbelief is rapidly depleted, since everyone and their mother is a lesbian™.

Do yourself a favor and read Girl Friends, much better fleshed out.

Unlike other people, I like it slow. On top of that, it makes sense. I wish that this series were talking about adulthood 'cause every character seems really mature. I don't want the main character to be perfect. Dull is good.

... Last updated on July 14th, 2009, 7:43pm

I decided to read this becuase I liked another on of the author's works. The pace of Aoi Hana is a lot slower than Hourou Musuko, so I found it a little boring sometimes, but the I still wanted to find out what was going to happen next so that kept me reading. So far, I do like it though even if the pairings and who likes who seems a little unclear, but Hourou Musuko seems that same way sometimes, too.

The dialogue is really nice in this manga. Especially the chapter where the four sisters were introduced, I loved their dynamic.
There is a large cast and the author loves to abruptly jump around in the story, so it can get confusing at times.
The ending is kinda bad, the couple had to split and do some off-camera character development before they got back together.
It is still worth reading.

This is my first yuri story (i'm a fujoshi) it's cute but almost some of it will make you confused esp. At the pov of Fumi she certainly have so many love lol and there are so many characters that sometimes i ldk who's who. I like the brother who has a sister complex lol (unconsciously wanting some incest) well i think this is good but so slow paced, i think i can appreciate it more if the story were not like loosing grips to each other, i mean it's kinda like jumping off and their feelings are not stable

... Last updated on March 6th, 2016, 10:35am

Sweet Blue Flowers is even softer and more slice-of-life than Marimite, plus it has more overt yuri. While most of the relationships in Marimite are ambiguous deep friendships between girls with only a few crossing the territory into solid romance, SBF is obvious shojo-ai, with a confirmed lesbian relationship established in the first chapter, and almost every female character has at least a chance at a yuri romance. However, its weaknesses are also more pronounced than Marimite's: both series have an extremely soft feel bordering on unrealism. As any cynicist or realist will tell you, few people have high school experiences as easy as the one shown in SBF, and the expectation that life, especially female life, should be portrayed as relatively graceful and unfrantic at all times is something that will strike a nerve with many different readers, including me. What makes Marimite a better series than SBF is character development. Originally beginning as a novel series with dozens of volumes, Marimite used its long length to flesh out its characters so all of them are three-dimensional. Sachiko strikes the right balance between intensity and sweetness, Sei is simaltaneously the deepest and most humorous in the series, and Shimako's quiet strength belies a steadfast determination to retain her independence while staying close to her friends. These are just the three best examples. As a manga, SBF doesn't quite flesh out its characters as well. Fumi is the shy girl, her lover from the first volume is a cool butch, Ah-chan is the cheerful, and they're charismatic, but that's really all they are.

This is a very sweet manga, and the character designs are really cute. I'm looking forward for the next volume. ^^

First off, the whole setting for the story is utterly beyond suspension of disbelief. Everyone is freaking lesbian. Your friend, your mom, your friend's friend, and etc is lesbian. And guess what? They're all lesbian for one or two of the same girls.

Second, the main character is cute but also pathetically meek, too considerate and for a lack of a better term "easy girl." She comes off as someone who will fall for anyone that says "I like you."

Third, the single most likable character, Acchan, is shoved aside in favor of drama centering the piece of shit princess tomboy and various unrequited love around her. While it sounds okay for a yuri/drama story, it becomes unrealistic when almost every single girl falls for her for no apparent reason except that she looks like a handsome man. You're lesbian no? Why are lesbian girls specifically liking her because she looks like a MAN?

The story would be very enjoyable if the focus was shifted on Acchan and her charming, energetic activities instead of the melancholic, angst-filled polygon love around piece of shit princess tomboy and the pathetic main character.

I'm not against homosexuals/lebsians but with the way these characters are so annoyingly portrayed that I feel like everyone, with the exception of Acchan, are a waste of living space.

... Last updated on May 7th, 2016, 2:15am

It started out like a typical friendship/slice-of-life/coming of age story. It looked like it would be about the warm, touching friendship between Ah-chan and Fumi as they rediscover each other after so many years apart. Then boom, Sugimoto-sempai appeared and took over the manga. Now the whole thing is just endless angst because everyone and their mother wants to get into Sugimoto's panties. She's such a *****, too.

So within one volume, Sweet Blue Flowers turned into one of those terrible soaps where A likes B, who is going out with C, oh no they just broke up, but B liked D all along but D is in love with B's sister, but A hasn't given up, but maybe B and C will get back together... in other words, terrible. I'm so disappointed, because Ah-chan is by far the most likeable character in the series, but she's been shunted to the side completely in favor of this ridiculous love decahedron.

What a waste of a good setting. I like the art and the character designs though, so 5/10.