Mimi's manga / #slice of life(112)

More of same feelings I had from the first book. But after reading both of these books I'm just kind of disappointed... The art's cute. Cocomi knows how to draw some really cute art. The more softer, cute moments in the story were very adorable. But what made this drag for me and had me praying for it to be done after chapter 3 was just the conflicts. The conflicts where just kind of dumb to me and it all just came down to not communicating. However, there was a story reason why no one wanted to communicate which sort of gets a pass but still very annoying to read 17 times. I did like the end. I thought the end was cute. Didn't make me cry or anything but still a cute end chapter.

Vol 1 - 3.75/5: I can't express to you how "no thoughts, head empty" this book left me. I mean, I guess it didn't do anything to piss me off but it also didn't make me feel anything. Kind of like I was just moving with the pages mindlessly. Maybe the way Yuusei kept Itsuki at longer than arm's length for as long as he did got annoying pretty fast. But, like, I know Nagisa. She loves her some childhood friends to lovers slow burn yerning school romance so I knew what I was getting into and I think that's why I'm not that pissed over it... Even though Itsuki's pretty fucking obvious. Vol 2 - 3.5/5: Lol, so, like remember when I said in the first volume that nothing about this really pissed me off that much and that the only mildly annoying thing was how Yuusei refuses to acknowledge that Itsuki likes him back? That is the only conflict in this story and is the entire plot point of volume 2. Which means. It's gotten. 1,000% annoying. That being said, I did like how it ended. Having Yuusei be super oblivious to Itsuki literally holding up signs that says "I LIKE YOU, TOO! KISS ME YOU IDIOT" and then Yuusei seeing that and going "Interesting. I can't tell him I'm in love with him, though. Better keep my distance" made me want to throw things because I very much think that's a bad way to do a slow burn. Especially if you're gonna have it expand over 2 volumes. But it had a pretty cute ending similar to Two Lions in a way. I guess I'm fine with that.

That one person who was like Mishima deserved so much better followed by three throwing up emojis, I felt you. Your energy was so powerful and I felt you. What do you mean we were going to have a "proper conversation", did absolutely nothing, and then have a sex scene...? What do you mean. Don't put emotions in front of my face like keys and then throw the keys out the window for a sex scene! Sure, they finally did talk but to should've been at the end of chapter 2 not whatever the hell that was. On top of that, Kiyuhiko kind of rubed me the wrong way when making Mishima take on some of that blame. To recap: Hozumi broke up with him so he wouldn't be sad when he moves off the island for college but did not properly explain that. He comes back after 7 years to an angry Mishima and pesters until he eventually gives up and spends that time with him. To which Hozumi takes advantage of the situation and in a dubious consent kind of way haves sex with him instead of having that conversation that we all were promised, that they should've had and didn't happen until chapter 3 (which I still have a problem with how that went, to be honest). This felt Mishima frustrated and dazed to the point where he didn't attend to the lighthouse causing the boat Hozumi was working on to get into a little accident and Hozumi falling off. After that it all became his fault in Mishima's head. Even the high school stuff?? He already feels like he doesn't have his own backbone to say "no" or "let's wait" because of "those eyes" (I'm rolling mine), I'm just not here for that. I'm not ok with the person who has every reason to raise hell taking the blame and it's seen as a good thing. It's not like Hozumi doesn't blame himself for the shit he's done but Mishima shouldn't be blaming himself for anything. Even the lighthouse incident. Not after that chapter 2 ending. Also... What thought processes did Kiyuhiko have to write Hozumi's brother coming out for him to their parents when previously she wrote was nervous about?? You don't do that. You don't come out for someone else no matter how understanding anyone is. I don't know, fiction is fiction but Jesus to fucking Christ. Other than all of that, along with the art style not being my favorite to look at, this was just ok which I'm very sad about because the bonus chapter was everything to me. If this was just their high school year together followed by the breakup and a vol 2 with a better get back together story, peak 4 stars. I don't tend to look at reviews before hand but I kept seeing fine to mediocre being thrown around and yeah. Yeah, I'm feeling that. It's no My Summer of You, no Seven Days, and it damn sure ain't I Hear The Sunspot. I did like the beginning, it was actually emotional in a way I wanted from Send Them a Farewell Gift for the Lost Time but then the end of chapter 2 kind of ruined it's been a low 3 stars ever since

The relationship dynamics here is very similar the couple in Long Period. MC1 has been in love with friend MC2 but has kept it to himself despite all the obvious signs MC2 was giving that he loved him back. It does feel a little different in that Minato is and has been super oblivious about his feelings so now we're spending the whole book waiting for Wataru to stop being stubborn and in his own head. While I was annoyed by the obliviousness in Long Period, I think I'm less annoyed about it here because it only lasted a chapter and didn't string me along for 2 whole fucking books. There's still a hint of "are we really gonna have this song and dance?" because Minato was not subtle at all in high school about his interest. It's just not as bad since it's we're not reading about Wataru being oblivious. We're reading about him being stubborn to preserve his friendship based on past romantic experiences. I love slow burns but ignoring the signs for 2 books and then acting surprised that they do love you back was definitely my limit. So, afterwards, I'm glad this is more about seeing them be cute together and Wataru slowly take Minato seriously after chapter 3. Ya know what I did find much more annoying, though? Chapter 2 page 26. "I'm grown up now" "I'm the grown up Wataru" the hell are you, 15? What the fuck is this dialogue right now? Bonus points for Lil' Boss. We respect Lil' Boss in this house.

This was just the most aggressive "fine" I've read recently. But I also had a problem picking a full star/number rating for the sites that don't do halves, like, three felt too low but four felt too generous. It wasn't really a family dynamic like I thought it would be and the only thing that did get on my nerves was the constant apologizing from the two. But even that didn't bother me bad? I do wish the story revolved around them cooking together rather than spending one day on it and the rest of the story be misunderstanding after misunderstanding. Then there's the "we must have sex to be in a real relationship" thing BL authors like to write and that I fucking hate... Ya know, I think "fine" is probably fine.

It would be nice to see vols 5 on here as well

Right off the bat there was a use of the f-slur and I'm really not ok with that. Bad translation or not. The art style wasn't really to my liking, but I can deal with that. Using the f-slur was a HUGE no for me.