Tags: Comedy, Romance, Harem, Yuri, School Life, Slice-of-Life

Yotsuba’s Dating Disasters!

From the same mind that brought us, Sidekick Never Gets the Girl, comes a new series which is just as chaotic as the first!

Trifecta stars Yotsuba, a self-confessed average girl who’s friends with everybody’s ideal couple nicknamed the Sacrosanct. Thinking she’ll never be more than friends with them, everything suddenly changes when not only Yuna asks her out but Rinka too. Ultimately saying yes to both, Yotsuba’s life becomes a lot more chaotic as she juggles two-timing with trying to make her girlfriends happy.

If you’ve ever read any of Toshizou’s other series before, you’ll likely find something to love in this series. It seems the author works best writing hilarious disaster comedies, this being no exception.

Yotsuba is the highlight of the series so far. She’s an airhead and easily flustered, which makes for some fun reading as she tries to escape the trappings of a normal rom-com series. From planning separate dates to keeping it on the down-low in front of the fan club everything for Yotsuba could fall apart at any second.

From the first volume, I particularly enjoyed the confession scenes where Yotsuba consults her angel and devil, neither of whom, however, can stop her from rushing head first into accidental two-timing. Furthermore, we get some great scenes at the end of the novel during the amusement park date. At this point, the pressure of two-timing has become too much leading to her telling both of her girlfriends the truth. This would usually end in a good bit of drama, however, in this series both the girls already know and have accepted the situation leading to some nice out-in-the-open fluffy rom-com moments.

Talking of the two girlfriends, Rinka and Yuna are interesting characters in their own right. Two unique individuals who’ve used their good friendship as a defence against the leering eyes of others. The author does an adequate job of dispelling the Sacrosanct image for the audience and Yotsuba. I suspect we’ll get a lot more of their anachronisms as the dating between the three of them gets more serious in the next volume.

One group that still views the Sacrosanct in the same manner, however, is their fan group. The adoration they have for the two has led to problems for Yotsuba on more than one occasion. Unfortunately, ever since she started dating both of them in secret their actions have only gotten crazier and crazier as they sense a disturbance in force between Yuna and Rinka.

If Yotsuba thought that two-timing was difficult to maintain, the fan club will only make it harder with their kidnapping ways. Hopefully, in the next volume, we have more dedicated to dealing with the group as their actions could get old fast.

Overall, JNC’s latest yuri series is fun, crazy and chaotic and with all the dating members up to speed, I can’t wait to see what the author will throw in next alongside the fluffy romance aspects.