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Lenni Reviews: “I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend Into a Girl” Vol. 3, by Azusa Banjo

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While Mido already realizes how cute Hiura is, Hiura is only now realizing his feelings for Mido and is hiding them.

This series is keeping its cute tone and teasing us with Mido and Hiura getting together; which this is clearly heading towards. I’m enjoying a lot of this but watching Hiura just be happy exploring how he wants to express himself is the best part. Real life sucks so, I like this world where everyone is accepting so Hiura has this chance to enjoy his euphoria. Fingers crossed the real world can be this way, too. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Catch These Hands!” Vol. 3, by Murata

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While Takebe is determined to leave her past self behind, Soramori doesn’t want her to change, frustrating Takebe who feels she is not getting the support she needs to accomplish her goal of becoming a “normal” adult.

I can see Takebe getting frustrated because a big part of her character is that she wants to be a functioning adult instead of an angry teenager who brawls all the time. It was a reach for me for it to cause such a falling out. It was funny to see it all come full circle as they have a fistfight about it rather than talking it out but this volume was just okay. 3 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Rainbow Days” vol. 5, by Minami Mizuno

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In this volume, the group continues their trip, enjoying their time at an amusement park. The day culminates in Natsuki and Anna ending up alone on the Ferris wheel.

This was cute but meandering. They’re all having a good time at the park, there are some silly shenanigans, they tell an entertaining ghost story but even for a slice of life, this wasn’t very engrossing. 3 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Love’s in Sight!” Vol. 3, by Ao Uoyama

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Morio and Yukiko are getting along well and their relationship is growing. Yukiko would like her friend Sora, who is also visually impaired, to be friends with Morio but Sora is hesitant to accept him.

Yukiko’s friends and classmates are hilarious and some much needed levity as this volume gets dark. Sora is a runner and that fact is used to show how a visually impaired person goes for a run; both with a guide and without. Where it gets dark is someone is deliberately leaving things for her to trip over. When they find out who it is and why he’s doing it, it’s messed up. It went darker than I expected it to go. Trigger warning for abuse. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Like a Butterfly” Vol. 1, by Suu Morishita

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Suiren is considered the most beautiful girl in school but she is also distant and quiet; not happy at all with the attention from both boys and girls. She ignores them all except for Kawasumi, who seems to be the only student who doesn’t gawk at her all the time, sparking Suiren’s interest. The problem is, Kwasumi has no interest in dating and rejects any girl’s advances.

I like how our main pair are both fairly down to earth. Suiren isn’t a conceited mean girl and her friends are an amusing foil to her quiet nature; we’re not watching her staring around without a single word. I am intrigued and want to see where this series goes. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “My Love Mix-Up!” Vol. 8, by Wataru Hinekure

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Ida is getting more interested in romance and Aoki is still having trouble even broaching the subject, worrying about his grades and finding the courage to take their relationship further.

Fuck it, Imma spoil it: They got their first kiss and it’s fucking adorable. I would like to see Aoki make more progress being physical with Ida (not in an explicit way and I would prefer if it didn’t) and act like a ‘proper’ couple. They clearly care a lot for each other and they deserve to be able to hold hands and such. This is still so sweet and I’m rooting for both of the couples in this series. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Wolf Girl and Black Prince” Vol. 2, by Ayuko Hatta

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As Erica works through er developing feelings for Kyoya, Kyoya sits back and lets it happen without much obvious interest. Kyoya’s friend, Takeru, offers to help Erica win him over so they can be a real couple.

This series is cute but Kyoya is coming off less aloof and disinterested and more of a plain old jerk. He’s heading into red flag territory where even when he does something nice it doesn’t balance out how much of a dick he’s being. I’m starting to hope this all ends with Erica ending up with someone who’s better for her. 3 out of 5 because the side story included was nice.

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Lenni Reviews: “Love’s in Sight!” Vol. 4, by Uoyama

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As Morio and Yukiko spend more time together, Morio’s close friend Tono becomes jealous of Yukiko, as she became close to Morio due to childhood bullying. Yukiko decides the two need to have a good conversation.

This is such a great series to get an adorable little romance along with some education; weaving in some information about how people with visual impairments navigate through life. I also enjoyed the side stories and the origin behind Morio’s scar (not to spoil it but, what the fuck, my guy…). I am really interested in the stories of the other characters now. This is overall very enjoyable. 5 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Ima Koi: Now I’m in Love” Vol. 6, by Ayuko Hatta

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While Satomi and Yagyu continue to date, Satomi’s friend, Mira, also has a crush she wants to confess and is working up the courage to tell Tenma she likes him.

Most of this is Mira and Tenma, which is fine since their personalities are completely different from Satomi and Yagyu – who are pretty established at this point. They’re energetic and funny, so they’re entertaining while Satomi and Yagyu are doing their slice of life thing. Again, this is a nice series for a chilled out YA romance. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Wolf Girl and Black Prince” Vol. 1, by Ayuko Hatta

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Erica Shinohara is friends with the popular girls in school and to stay in their circle, she made up a boyfriend, even going so far as to show them a random boy’s picture as proof. But those girls recognize the boy and it turns out it’s Kyoya Sata, a student in their school. Erica asks him to help her out by keeping up the lie by pretending to be her boyfriend but he’ll only do it if she becomes his dog.

Kyoya doesn’t blackmail Erica into sex or anything creepy like that. She’s basically his gopher and has to pay for snacks and stuff. It’s clear that being in the pretend relationship could blossom into a real one. There’s a little angst but this is mostly lighthearted shenanigans in a cute young adult romance. 3.5 out of 5.

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