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Friday, November 23, 2018

Manga Review: Shortcake Cake, Volume 1, by suu Morishita


Rating (Out of 5): ~3-3.5
Publisher: Shojo Beat (VIZ Media)
Release Date: August 2018
Volumes: 10+
Spoilers?: No.
Volume: 2.

Goodreads Synopsis:

An unflappable girl and a cast of lovable male roommates at a boardinghouse create bonds of friendship and romance.

When Ten moves out of her parents’ home in the mountains to live in a boardinghouse, she finds herself becoming fast friends with her male roommates. But can love and romance be far behind?

Ten Serizawa has a two-hour commute through the mountains to high school every day, so she can’t spend much time hanging out with her friends in the afternoon. She decides to move into the local boardinghouse, where one of her friends and three other boys are living. Ten’s friends consider her to be as oblivious as a rock when it comes to noticing boys and falling in love, but will she be able to keep her calm and steady heart in her new living situation?

Review:

This volume was not quite what I expected. We meet Ten, and her and her classmates now have to go further from their small town for high school. She has a commute, whereas her friend lives in a dorm, and is trying to convince her to join. She's hesitant, but is later convinced.
Thus starts her new living situation, with a group of roommates. Ten is rather straight-faced, and she doesn't react much. She takes things rather easy, for the most part, as well. While it looks like one boy is going to be the main love interest, it quickly changes to the playboy, Riku, who starts to develop feelings for her. I will admit that I do quite like both of them, though; I'll admit that a quiet, watchful boy who prefers to read over anything else, is really my kind of character, though.
Given that cliffhanger, we'll get to see whether this series moves fast or not, though. That could be another nice change.


 A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!

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