Comment on [Discussion] Lala Lab ⭐︎ Gyaru, Science, and Youth! - Ch. 4
Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 2 weeks ago
Hm. The title of this grabbed me, the actual manga I’m reading didn’t. I wonder if it gets better later?
Comment on [Discussion] Lala Lab ⭐︎ Gyaru, Science, and Youth! - Ch. 4
Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 2 weeks ago
Hm. The title of this grabbed me, the actual manga I’m reading didn’t. I wonder if it gets better later?
wjs018@ani.social 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I don’t think the title really does this series justice. There isn’t really any gyaru romance in it at all. Instead, it is more of a workplace comedy or parody of working in an academic lab in life sciences. I spent years doing just that and it is nailing that parody/humor aspect, so I enjoyed it a lot. However, that does make it extremely niche.
Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 2 weeks ago
Huh? I wasn’t expecting romance at all and your reply seems to suggest you think I expected it. What about the title implies romance? I definitely expected a gyaru, but no romance. A workplace comedy of working in an academic lab in life sciences sounds interesting, though I don’t have a background in it.
wjs018@ani.social 2 weeks ago
That’s my bad, romance is something I was expecting going into this series, especially after the first chapter consisted largely of discussions on how Lala can appeal to other members of her department. Looking back on it that expectation might have come from my conflating this series in my head with Rikekoi - Science Fell in Love, so I Tried to Prove It, which is much more explicitly a romance.
Elevator7009sAlt@ani.social 2 weeks ago
Oh! How did you like that? It’s on my to-read list.