Rating (Out of 5): ~4
Publisher: Shojo Beat (VIZ Media)
Release Date: March 2020
Volumes: 12.
Spoilers?: Light, just on relationships with the boys.
A new romance from Io Sakisaka, leading shojo manga creator and author of Ao Haru Ride!
Four friends share the springtime of their youth together.
Fast
friends Yuna and Akari are complete opposites: Yuna is an idealist
while Akari is a realist. When lady-killer Rio and the oblivious Kazuomi
join their ranks, love and friendship become quite complicated!
Review:
Just as both Yuna and Akari are saying goodbye to their friends who
are moving away, they stumble upon each other, and thus form a new
friendship. They form a friendship quickly, but they have very
different ideals. Yuna is romantic and more easily influenced,
believing that she can find her prince. Akari, on the other hand,
believes anyone can fall in love with anyone if they want to, and is
a bit more realistic in her relationships.
With such different views on romance alone, they're bound to have
some disagreements. When Yuna finds out that Akari might have come
between a couple, that sparks their first potential fight. It shows
some maturity, though, when Yuna realizes what she's doing and
decides to be up-front with Akari about it.
From the get-go, we meet two love interests. Akari's brother is one,
and that shows an interesting depth to his character. Instead of
getting to see him as stuck-up or princely, we get to see multiple
sides of him, including as Akari calls him out on how he's acting and
coming across. I really appreciated this aspect. Then there's Yuna's
childhood friend, who I think I'm going to be a fan of.
We get to see both sides of the stories here, both girls perspective,
which is nice. They're very different, and we don't get multiple
protagonists like this very often in manga. I'm excited to see how
their stories develop.
A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!
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