You can’t quite go back home.
Creative Staff
Story/Art: Tsuge Yasuna
What They Say:
A reunion with bouncy boobs. ♥
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers):
Originally serialized in Comic Shitsurakuten from the November 2017 installment, Sweet Memory is a twenty page story from creator Tsuge Yasuna, who has six others works on the service. This marked my first experience with this particular creator and it’s a pretty decent one though I don’t think I’ll be adding the creator to my watch list. Yasuna’s designs are pretty good overall and I like that there are enough background pieces to make it feel lived in and the actual erotic material fits the bill nicely. But something about it just didn’t click strongly enough to say go find more by this person and dig into it.
The premise is a fun enough one as Tatsuhiko is surprised when his mother reveals that their next door neighbor’s daughter has come back from Tokyo for a visit, someone that he hasn’t seen in an age. Yume’s arrival is one that really hits him as she’s not the tomboy he remembers as she’s very attractive – and married. She’s excited to be back in town and seeing her parents but just like when she was a kid she hangs out at Tatsuhiko’s a lot and the two go and have some very relaxing fun in the area. Tatsuhiko’s naturally drawn to her though but he’s behaving and treating her right because he knows she’s married because of the ring. Where it goes south is two-fold; the first is that her husband has come to town to find her and is trying to apologize for things even though she doesn’t want to hear it, which has Tatsuhiko stepping in to get her to someplace safe.
The second is that they seek refuge in a shed that they used to play in as kids and things get pretty tight physically with how close they are. Yume apologizes and tries to give him some space but Tatsuhiko just can’t control himself anymore and goes at it with her. She’s “willing” at this point as she never says know and just believes she’s unattractive, hence why her husband cheated on her. His attention has her going all in on their encounter but his lack of control at the start is off-putting even if it leads to what seems like a consensual scene between the two. She gets very into it and the two realize they have a deep bond through the years that makes this encounter supercharged, though one that doesn’t give Tatsuhiko something longterm to hold onto. At least in the short term the reader gets a pretty well-illustrated scene.
In Summary
Sweet Memory is a cute enough story for the most part with some areas that we don’t see tackled all too often. Yume’s certainly an appealing looking character and the actual main scene is one that serves up something that connects because of the history the characters have. The situation surrounding it is a bit problematic as is how the scene itself starts as it feels like there just needed to be a few more panels to smooth it out so that it wasn’t so awkward looking. Yasuna’s designs throughout with the layouts are good and I like the attention given to the locations so that it enhanced the story and gave it a more grounded feeling in a lot of ways.
Content Grade: B-
Art Grade: B
Text/Translation Grade: B+
Age Rating: 18+
Released By: FAKKU
Release Date: November 2017
MSRP: FAKKU Subscription
