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Thursday, April 4, 2019

Manga Review: Kiss Him, Not Me!, Volume 10, by Junko


Rating (Out of 5): ~3-3.5
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Release Date: April 2017
Volumes: 14.
Spoilers?: Light.
Volume: 1. 9. 11.

Goodreads Synopsis:

Hey, Kae here! After confronting my feelings and Mutsumi-senpai reassuring me to take my time, things have calmed down again.

Shima-chan and I are super pumped to meet the voice actors of our beloved Akane and Master. But at the event, something shocking happens. It turns out that Akane is none other than my childhood friend, Tah-kun!
Though we haven't seen each other in forever, he transfers to my school and asks for my support. I don't see why he can't join in on the fun! The others don't seem too happy, though. Before long, I'm worried, too, because Tah-kun is weak and gets sick almost every day.

I'm ready to do whatever it takes to help a friend, but why does everyone else seem so wary of him? Even Mutsumi-senpai is on guard! Is there something I don't know about Tah-kun?

Review:

Given how far in the series we are, I don't really appreciate them throwing in a new guy character, a supposed childhood friend of Kae's. He's her favorite voice actor, and for some reason she never realized it. And then he conveniently gets transferred to her class.
At this point, it's a little annoying, and seems a little unnecessary, but okay, sure.
Aside from my annoyance at this, it also makes sense that he's evil. I do appreciate, at least, that they were both big kids growing up, and did seem actually close. Kae still tries to protect him, and then they throw in the surprise of him fattening her back up. He's under the ideal that they didn't like her when she was big, and are solely shallow.
It is another point of contention, how she so easily goes from being tiny to huge—but I'm going to let that go, and be interested to see how they all react in the next one, instead. There's really only one way this could go, so I'm probably not going to be surprised, but still.
I do wish this series dealt with these issues better, though.

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