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Lenni Reviews: “Rainbow Days” Vol. 10, by Minami Mizuno

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Mocchi confesses his feelings for Anna before Wataru gets a chance to and Mari feels as if she needs to confess to Anna as well.

We get some of Mari’s backstory as to why she’s so prickly and how she became friends with Anna. It’s emotional but not dark so this series is keeping it’s generally light tone. It’s an easy going YA romance and this volume has some great character interactions. It’s a little Anna centric right now and even though she’s a likable character, I would like to see more from other characters for awhile since it’s been about her for a lot of this. 3 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Love’s in Sight!” Vol. 7, by Uoyama

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There’s been an accident at the train station where a young person with a cane was hurt. Yukiko and her friends scramble to fins out who it was, thinking it could be someone from their school. The whole incident drives Morio to learn more about what he can do to protect Yukiko.

After what is more exposition heavy discussion about train station safety, this volume returns to it’s fun slice of life tone. We have Yukiko getting a new bathing suit for summer and her sister Izumi learns her existence doesn’t revolve around being a caretaker and she can have her own life. It’s a little heavier than previous volumes but it’s still fun. 3.9 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Let’s Do It Already!” Vol. 1, by Aki Kusaka

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Yuri has feelings for Keiichiro and when she gathers the courage to confess them, she’s happy to find out the feelings are mutual! There’s just one problem: Keiichiro refuses to kiss her. Unbeknownst to her, Keiichiro is from a powerful and wealthy family with strict traditions around dating so he cannot touch her until he’s 18 years old.

At first I thought this was going to be a straight up goofy romantic comedy ant while it is funny in places, Keiichiro’s situation is sad. He’s isolated, emotionally awkward, and under a lot of pressure. Not to have too much sympathy for him as he’s a super rich kid but the antics with Yuri seem a lot less funny when you think about it. I also like that Yuri is genuine; she doesn’t care about his wealth or status. Other than that, not a bad start to a romance manga. 3 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Like a Butterfly” Vol. 6, by Suu Morishita

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Kawasumi has asked Suiren on their first date and have some study time with their friends as they navigate this new territory in their relationship.

While it’s sweet to see these two together, I can see their hesitance becoming tedious as a reader after a while. Don’t get me wrong, they are very cute and Surien is not the typical popular girl as her internal dialogue is kinda sad but their naivete is going to run thin if we have to see every second of it on the page. I do like how they’re growing, though. 3 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “My Special One” Vol. 6, by Momoko Koda

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While Sahoko and Kouta are enjoying their relationship; we take a break to spend time with Emika Nanase; an actress with a crush on an idol singer named Kanato Asuma. When she finally gets the chance to shoot a show with him, she tries to be as brave as Sahoko and confess her feelings.

Is it bad that I don’t care as much about Emika and Kanato as much as I cared about Kouta and Sahoko? Her motivation doesn’t feel as original as Sahoko’s, more like a generic crush to confession pipeline without the same back story as Sahoko. Emika focused her entire career as an actress around getting to Kanato which simultaneously is sweet and sad, since she’s not doing it for herself and she can’t focus on that job around her crush. I just didn’t find her fumbling endearing and wanted to go back to our main couple. 2 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Like a Butterfly” Vol. 5, by Suu Morishita

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After a confession, Kawasumi’s crush on Suiren becomes common knowledge and while she reciprocates, Kawasumi’s next obstacle is not only his complete lack of knowledge of how dating works but meeting Suiren’s parents.

Man, as cute as our main couple is, this volume makes me so damn happy I’m not in high school anymore. Since this isn’t one of those super depressing manga, I doubt this will lean hard into any real bullying from the other students like in a lot of other stories where what you’re looking at isn’t so much bullying as several violations of the Geneva Convention… Legit torture… But, there are plenty of other ways they can make Suiren and Kawasumi’s lives harder as the couple figure this whole romance thing out. 3 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Komi Can’t Communicate” Vol. 29, by Tomohito Oda

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While the kids are at a study camp, Tadano’s old crush, Rami Kawai, is also there with her friends. When she finds out Tadano is with Komi, she challenges Komi to compete for Tadano’s attention.

This rivalry is the main focus of this volume and it seems Tadano is none the wiser about it. I actually like that because after all this time, we know this kid and he wouldn’t be jazzed about Rami interfering the way she is. I guess this is going to work itself out to Rami becoming another friend on Komi’s list but I wouldn’t mind if she just backs off and goes away because not everyone is worth forming a friendship with. 3.7 out of 5 because I really dislike Rami.

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Lenni Reviews: “Rainbow Days” Vol. 9, by Minami Mizuno

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On the senior school trip, both Mochizuki and Natsuki want to confess their feelings to Anna but in the process, Mochizuki contemplates why he feels the way he does about Anna.

This is mostly the two boys trying to get Anna alone as the girl is completely oblivious to their attentions. It’s pretty fun to read as these characters try to work things out so it’s better than some other volumes as a successful, cute, YA romance. 3.7 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible” Vol. 12, by Nene Yukimori

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While on the class trip to Kyoto, Kubo and Shiraishi both work up the courage to finally confess their feelings to each other.

This is the perfect sweet ending to the series. As fun as it is to see them interact or in Kubo’s case struggle to interact with others; there does come a time where it would get repetitive and it’s best to stop on a high note. Overall, Kubo and Shiraishi are a sweet couple to follow and I think the point this series ends on is just perfect. It’s a clean, heartwarming little YA romance that made me smile and if you like this genre, I think it will make you smile, too. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Wolf Girl and Black Prince” Vol. 6, by Ayuko Hatta

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Erika is excited to spend summer break with Kyoya and makes a bunch of plans only to end up spending time with Kyoya’s family; his mother and sister, and working at a cafe to help drum up some business.

I wouldn’t call Kyoya a green flag just yet. He’s coming around from the issues he clearly needs to work through but he’s not as mean and aggressive as he has been. I can actually enjoy them interacting, the little misadventures, and their relationship in general without that ick making me want to scream at Erika to run in the opposite direction as fast as she can. She still needs to come down out of the clouds a bit and, in my opinion, the maid cafe thing was dumb and forced. It can be funny but here, it was silly. 3 out of 5.

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