#5 Yuzu x Mei (Citrus)
Trigger warning: sexual assault
When I went into watching Citrus for the first time, I expected a typical yuri romance. What I wasn’t expecting was a “they’re not related by blood” sibling romance about a gyaru high schooler named Yuzu and her kuderehalf-sister, Mei. But this isn’t my first rodeo, as you can see from this list, so I was willing to give the show a chance. My optimism and patience wore thin whenever Mei would routinely force herself on Yuzu. Much to my chagrin, Citrus’s narrative used these scenes to incite Yuzu’s sexual awakening and handwaved Mei’s actions as a consequence of an unexplored abuse she survived as a child. Apparently, they wind up getting married in the manga but all I want is the time I put into this series back.
