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Lenni Reviews: “A Man and His Cat” Vol. 8, by Umi Sakurai

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Kanda’s son and daughter; Hoshinari and Sorako respectively, come to pay their father a visit only Hoshinari hates cats.

If this series has any lesson to take away from it besides the fruitless hope that the world’s problems can be solved by a cute cat, it that being into playing music puts you in the orbit of a lot of assholes. Kanda, Moriyama and now Hoshinari had to deal with some absolute dickheads leading to a bunch of trauma to be unpacked. All the pressure and backstabbing… But I believe in this series’ ability to engage the power of adorable cats to help the humans move on. Although (spoiler) the fake out with the accident was so unnecessary. 4 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: “Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible” Vol. 7, by Nene Yukimori

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While Shiraishi has been doing well with his friends and finally being seen, he faces his biggest challenge yet; the school trip involving camping and hiking. But this time, it’s Kubo who needs his help.

Of course the trip doesn’t take up the entire volume but it was nice to see Shiraishi get a win and help out Kubo. The friend group is entertaining to watch and Shiraishi’s little brother is fucking adorable but I feel the series isn’t taking advantage of it’s original premise in this one, making it more like a regular slice of life manga. I like them, it’s nice to read, but I would like the original hook explored more. 3.9 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible” Vol. 6, by Nene Yukimori

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Due to his problem of blending into the background, Shiraishi is nervous about participating in Sports Day on a team. Of course, Kubo ensures he’s able to participate like a normal kid and he begins to see her in a new light.

It’s nice to see Shiraishi making more friends and being seen. The tone of this is similar to Komi in that it’s slowly unfolding the main character and giving them a proper group of friends. Aside for sports, there’s studying for their exams – a classic of these YA slice of life manga – and we get some development for Kubo as well. We spend some time with her friends, explore her relationship with her sister, and her cousin, and overall; it’s just adorable and sweet. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat: Vol. 2, by Sakaomi Yuzaki

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As they make plans to spend Christmas and New Year’s together, Nomato starts to realize her feelings for Kasuga are blossoming into more than just friendship.

Much like volume one, most of this is Kasuga enjoying what Nomato cooks. It’s soothing and it’s adorable to see them interacting. But seeing Nomato really think about her feelings and research what it all could mean was great representation. I also got one of me my wishes; more back story for Kasuga. But still no recipes for all the delicious food featured in the book. But, I like both characters and look forward to the next one. 4.7 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Rainbow Days” Vol. 4, by Minami Mizuno

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Keiichi falls for the school nurse but his older brother, who is a teacher at the school, warns him not to get involved with her. Meanwhile, the girls of the class make joke cream puffs for the boys in the class and they decide to get revenge by making joke takoyaki.

There’s also a trip they all take together and a story about them working at a host club. Other than the creepy thing with the school nurse, this volume was fun to read. It’s a decent slice of life story but I didn’t feel like there was much forward momentum as far as the characters go. Things just happen then it moves on to another story. 3.9 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Komi Can’t Communicate” Vol. 25, by Tomohito Oda

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Now a third year, Komi is running out of time to make 100 friends before she graduates.

A lot of this volume is spent on a school wide Nerf battle where a fellow student, Shiina, is more cynical than most of the people Komi tries to befriend. Of course this manga is as light hearted and won’t give Komi much trouble but that was an interesting way for Komi to come out of her shell more. But, I gotta be honest, way too much of this is that Nerf battle. It’s a cute premise but it went on forever. I’d rather have more moments for Komi’s development. 4 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: “Insomniacs After School” Vol. 2, by Makoto Ojiro

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Ganta and Isaki are enjoying their club but the school insists they meet certain requirements for it to continue. They look into former member of the previous astronomy club – who has since graduated – named Yui, who helps them come up with an event to make the club legit.

Most of this is prepping for the stargazing event. Meanwhile, Isaki and Ganta are growing closer. It’s cute and I like seeing the club coming together. If you’re in the mood for some young adult slice of life, this is nice. Especially when they talk about looking at the stars. 3.9 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Komi Can’t Communicate” Vol. 24, by Tomohito Oda

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We start off with a new character; Shiki Satsujo, who is struggling not to cry during graduation, followed by some White Day shenanigans. But the real feature is Tadano and Komi’s first date.

As the date is the main draw of this volume, the rest is a lot of filler. Cute filler but filler. That being said, as adorable as we all knew they would be, I wish we got more time with them. Having the father tag along (that’s not a spoiler, it’s on the cover) was an interesting choice but it works. He’s funny. Even though the date was short, overall I did chuckle a fair bit. 4 out of 5.

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