Lala Lab ⭐︎ Gyaru, Science, and Youth! - Ch. 4
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Not a comment on this chapter but the series in general: I get it goes against the gyaru aesthetic, but the lab inappropriate attire is bothersome. I don’t think it sends the wrong message since it obviously isn’t a serious manga, but it could.
Hotpot with the autoclave? Wtf?
Haha, yeah. I have served as a safety rep for my lab since I moved into industry and I work in a BSL2 space, so I was dying on the inside when they were cooking using lab equipment. Though, back when I was in grad school, I was a complete idiot about biological safety. I spent years working with salmonella and never knew what a BSC was for instance. I think it was a byproduct of being in a physics lab instead of a biochem lab. None of us knew how to do biological things the right way. Instead, I was much more concerned with laser safety around some of the YAG lasers we used that had the capability to instantly fry my retina if I wasn't careful.
I did theory partially to avoid these problems (serious). I don’t know what rules my friends in the laser lab had. I mostly remember sending students home because of clothing faux pas, particularly open-toed shoes.
I know that this series is one that is extremely niche, but every chapter I read transports me right back to grad school. This chapter features such stereotypical events as:
It's like stepping back in time for me.
Hm. The title of this grabbed me, the actual manga didn't. I wonder if I would find it more compelling in later chapters?
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.
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.
