When Yuzu’s mother remarried, she had to move to a new house and attend a strict all-girl school. She even got a new step-sister, Mei, who didn’t seem to like her all that much, but then Mei kissed Yuzu! Citrus (Series Review) What did you read? I had heard of Citrus before I started reading it, but knew very little about it. I’ve seen that it can be fairly polarising, which made it interesting enough for me to want to check out. So, when I saw that my library had all ten volumes, I reserved them all and dived in…
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