Mimi

This was such a 3 or a 3.5 star for me overall but vols 1 & 2 are straight 4 stars. Mainly because I don't think I liked any of the characters except the main two and even then Mashita was riding a fine line for me. Yoshinori was definitely the only character ever, everyone else was either ok or "please stop talking". I've also noticed that this took forever for me to get through even after all the vols came out because of vol 3. The story itself was just ok, nothing gripped me but I also didn't want to drop this either. But when Yoshinori's friend was a part of the story and the vacation stuff stared kicking off, I just didn't feel like reading it. Probably the worst part of all 4 vols for me. Afterward, it just became fine again.

Overall this was just fine.

3.25

This is just more of volume one with a little bit more 👀🏳️‍🌈? going on so nothing's changed. Anyway, here's my united notes for this volume because it's not worth structuring them out.

Doesn't... doesn't Aki have a job? Didn't he just get promoted?

1. You spelled glompping wrong and that hurts me more for some reason.

2. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE USING GLOMPPING IN A POST 2018 MANGA?!

WASH DOWN THE BEER! GUYS, YOU HAVE TO WASH DOWN THE BEER! Did you wash down the beer? Have you try washing down the beer, yet?

Yuki & Rikka be like 🤨🏳️‍🌈?

3.25

Cute but simple. Very simple characters with simple dialogue. I could tell very quickly that the two main characters are not the main characters. The main character is the food. The “gimmick" is learning about how to make these dishes while Aki and Haru are just here. In fact, Yukino clocked their personality completely in chapter 2 and they've been that one-note since. I get that this is a manga about food but I want Aki and Haru to be more than just cardboard.

I hope volumes 2 and 3 actually expands more on their characters and let the food take a back seat a little bit because I'm at the point where I'm literally skimming all the recipe talk just to get more of Aki, Haru, and their friends.

Cute but simple. Very simple characters with simple dialogue. I could tell very quickly that the two main characters are not the main characters. The main character is the food. The “gimmick" is learning about how to make these dishes while Aki and Haru are just here. In fact, Yukino clocked their personality completely in chapter 2 and they've been that one-note since. I get that this is a manga about food but I want Aki and Haru to be more than just cardboard.

I hope volumes 2 and 3 actually expands more on their characters and let the food take a back seat a little bit because I'm at the point where I'm literally skimming all the recipe talk just to get more of Aki, Haru, and their friends.

It really shouldn’t've taken me this long to get through this manga. It felt a bit too slow and I was kind of getting bored with it, probably because I didn't really about the main two, so I ended up putting it down for a while. It's not bad, I just wasn't interested in anything. I like a slower slice of life story where there's no or grounded conflict and it's just showcasing people living day-to-day. But when that's the case, I need to care about the characters and I just wasn't feeling it with these two.

I knew this wasn't gonna be for me when I saw it was about someone who was sent to be sacrificed. I tend to not like that kind of storyline... But I did not know that the lovey-dovey feeling between the two started while Taro was so young. On top of the fact that the Uru is basically his adopted father had me questioning if I should just leave right now. I got halfway and then just started skimming pages to understand the whole picture better.

I don't see how this has such high ratings. I think because on the surface the romantic feelings look very one-sided and the art's pretty. Uru is caring for this kid as his adopted child. Taro, however, has loved him for years. Uru trying to play up how dangerous he is as a beast while also making sure Taro is safe which is cute. It's very fatherly and that's adorable but his affection is growing for Taro while he's still a kid. Nothing really happened until he's an adult but everything leading up to that is completely uncomfortable.

Funny enough, my final straw was the fact that the wolfman doesn't stay a werewolf by the end of the story. That sucks and is not a plotline I want to read about beast people.

I knew this wasn't gonna be for me when I saw it was about someone who was sent to be sacrificed. I tend to not like that kind of storyline... But I did not know that the lovey-dovey feeling between the two started while Taro was so young. On top of the fact that the Uru is basically his adopted father had me questioning if I should just leave right now. I got halfway and then just started skimming pages to understand the whole picture better.

I don't see how this has such high ratings. I think because on the surface the romantic feelings look very one-sided and the art's pretty. Uru is caring for this kid as his adopted child. Taro, however, has loved him for years. Uru trying to play up how dangerous he is as a beast while also making sure Taro is safe which is cute. It's very fatherly and that's adorable but his affection is growing for Taro while he's still a kid. Nothing really happened until he's an adult but everything leading up to that is completely uncomfortable.

Funny enough, my final straw was the fact that the wolfman doesn't stay a werewolf by the end of the story. That sucks and is not a plotline I want to read about beast people.

Ugh, it's a weird feeling right off the bat for me. The romance and plot moved too quickly to the point where I didn't really care about either of them enough for any of the emotional moments to hit me. There's also the looming uncomfortableness for me of Tsugumo being a kit when he died. Him retaining that personality, behavior, and knowledge as a deity made all the sexual stuff just hard to read for me even after the time skip.

Really gave me Kingyo no Ubugoe vibes which was an absolutely horrible feeling.