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ヤンキー君と白杖ガール #4
Love's in Sight!, Vol. 4
Morio Kurokawa is the toughest-looking tough guy around. Yukiko Akaza is a self-possessed girl with a vision impairment attending a school for the blind. The whole city fears Morio, but Yukiko sees the real him—he’s a soft sweetheart who’s just searching for his place in the world!
After an embarrassing conversation about kisses, Yukiko realizes the next major challenge that she and Morio face—when they’ll share their first kiss! With Christmas around the corner and loads of disruptions in the way, will they ever experience that magical moment?
After an embarrassing conversation about kisses, Yukiko realizes the next major challenge that she and Morio face—when they’ll share their first kiss! With Christmas around the corner and loads of disruptions in the way, will they ever experience that magical moment?
200 pages, Paperback
First published June 23, 2020
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April 8, 2024
This is still one of the cutest and wholesome mangas out there.
Yukiko finally decides to push to get a job. Which leads to some really sad, but also really great situations where she must overcome public preception of her. On top of that her Boyfriend always being in her corner is really charming and makes for a great power couple. Also another character coming out is handled really well.
Overall great manga.
Yukiko finally decides to push to get a job. Which leads to some really sad, but also really great situations where she must overcome public preception of her. On top of that her Boyfriend always being in her corner is really charming and makes for a great power couple. Also another character coming out is handled really well.
Overall great manga.
May 31, 2024
As cute and wholesome this series is it also gets thrown to some serious topics!
February 27, 2025
✨4 stars✨
October 23, 2023
Somebody judged by society decides to get a job. Again. Also kissing and confessing abounds, but the real friends were the life lessons we had crammed down our throat along the way.
I was a bit surprised that I didn’t use the word last time, but the only way I can describe this series, honestly, is cloying. This series means well, but can’t help trying to ram treacle into your eyes at every turn.
Let me be clear: empowerment is great - look at series like A Perfect World or Run On Your New Legs for perfect examples of people grappling and succeeding with disabilities. Hell, I can’t stand A Sign of Affection and it does a better job.
And it’s not that this story does a bad job, it’s just that everything comes far too easily and resolves too neatly at every turn and there’s not the slightest bit of tension to this and the remainder isn’t great.
The big problems this volume all end with everything being fine (minus one exception that I guarantee ends the way I call it) and nothing bad happening that didn’t turn out for the better. Just like real life. Except entirely not like it at all.
Yukiko’s sister confesses to Kurokawa’s gay friend and gets turned down, but they stay best friends and he says ‘who knows if my feelings might change later’, which is… a take. I mean, there’s gender fluidity and there’s greasing the tube and sending it flying across the road too.
Yukiko experiences lots of prejudice trying to find a job, but gets a different one, then experiences prejudice, which she overcomes with minor accommodations and this also ends up teaching the person who didn’t hire her a valuable lesson that’s so obnoxious and telegraphed I nearly snapped my eyestalks from rolling them too hard.
It’s a damn shame. A protagonist who has vision problems (and doesn’t forget her glasses) and struggles with society plus a guy who also struggles and their romance should be a no-brainer. Except it is, but not the complimentary way. This reminds me of the hollow moralizing of your average Saved By the Bell episode at times.
So, it’s very cringe, barely funny, but trying hard. I hope that other people love this story and enjoy it dearly, but I have been on a big ‘why am I reading this’ downslope since the first volume and I think that my skis have finally pulled into the chalet.
It could be so much better with very little effort, is the other thing. It’s trite, it’s pedantic, it tries to lift literally every boat at once and sinks them all in the effort. I think some people will love this, truly, but I’m really finding it lacking.
3 stars - these are basically pity stars; I’m being nice because I know its heart is in the right place. Heck, maybe I’m being the cynical one. Everything just falls into place too easily and, for me, it detracts from what it’s trying to achieve.
I was a bit surprised that I didn’t use the word last time, but the only way I can describe this series, honestly, is cloying. This series means well, but can’t help trying to ram treacle into your eyes at every turn.
Let me be clear: empowerment is great - look at series like A Perfect World or Run On Your New Legs for perfect examples of people grappling and succeeding with disabilities. Hell, I can’t stand A Sign of Affection and it does a better job.
And it’s not that this story does a bad job, it’s just that everything comes far too easily and resolves too neatly at every turn and there’s not the slightest bit of tension to this and the remainder isn’t great.
The big problems this volume all end with everything being fine (minus one exception that I guarantee ends the way I call it) and nothing bad happening that didn’t turn out for the better. Just like real life. Except entirely not like it at all.
Yukiko’s sister confesses to Kurokawa’s gay friend and gets turned down, but they stay best friends and he says ‘who knows if my feelings might change later’, which is… a take. I mean, there’s gender fluidity and there’s greasing the tube and sending it flying across the road too.
Yukiko experiences lots of prejudice trying to find a job, but gets a different one, then experiences prejudice, which she overcomes with minor accommodations and this also ends up teaching the person who didn’t hire her a valuable lesson that’s so obnoxious and telegraphed I nearly snapped my eyestalks from rolling them too hard.
It’s a damn shame. A protagonist who has vision problems (and doesn’t forget her glasses) and struggles with society plus a guy who also struggles and their romance should be a no-brainer. Except it is, but not the complimentary way. This reminds me of the hollow moralizing of your average Saved By the Bell episode at times.
So, it’s very cringe, barely funny, but trying hard. I hope that other people love this story and enjoy it dearly, but I have been on a big ‘why am I reading this’ downslope since the first volume and I think that my skis have finally pulled into the chalet.
It could be so much better with very little effort, is the other thing. It’s trite, it’s pedantic, it tries to lift literally every boat at once and sinks them all in the effort. I think some people will love this, truly, but I’m really finding it lacking.
3 stars - these are basically pity stars; I’m being nice because I know its heart is in the right place. Heck, maybe I’m being the cynical one. Everything just falls into place too easily and, for me, it detracts from what it’s trying to achieve.
June 14, 2024
I don’t feel like much is happening in the romance department. They are still getting to know each other but we finally get a kiss! And it was so cute! This volume was mainly about Yukiko trying to get a job and the struggles she faced even getting an interview as a someone with a sight disability. I was rooting for her with her job and happy she was able to push through the negativity facing her. Kurokawa never lost faith in her and I think he played a bit in the faith she was holding onto to pass her interview.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 15, 2023
Such a cute series. I love the message about having the confidence to do anything despite a disability.
December 13, 2023
Such an amazing and feel good volume, all the feels!!!
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September 7, 2024Rom-com manga
Blind tsundere FMC
Reformed delinquent MMC
Diverse cast (we even have recurring elderly characters)
Social awareness
Kurokawa makes an excellent point in this volume, while talking with Yukiko about societal expectations, how to be a benefit for society, and the unrealistic demands of the workforce that I just have to quote the whole thing. Bear with me:
Rarely have we met someone who doesn't have a single health or family problem, who has no other commitments but their job, who never gets sick, who is born completely normative, neurotypical, etc... I've been saying for the longest time that normalcy is a fallacy. Yet, here we are, always demanding that people be robots or clones of this idealized performance.
Izumi confesses to her friend Shishio, who's gay, gets turned down, and then he consoles her with "Idk who I'll be in 10 years. Maybe I'll figure out that my sexual preferences are wider than I thought." I know sexual fluidity exists, but... I'm uncomfortable with this take 😬 He's been into men only since he was a teen. He's in love with a man 🤷♀️
Blind tsundere FMC
Reformed delinquent MMC
Diverse cast (we even have recurring elderly characters)
Social awareness
Kurokawa makes an excellent point in this volume, while talking with Yukiko about societal expectations, how to be a benefit for society, and the unrealistic demands of the workforce that I just have to quote the whole thing. Bear with me:
"People who can see are better. Y'know, to hire. Makes 'em easier to work with. And... People who can hear. People who can walk. People with all their parts and no chronic illnesses. People without a kid at home. People who work for dirt and never complain. If your brain's different or you suck at talking or... you have a scar on your face or no work history, then you're trouble!
Some people may be fine right now. But say something changes and they're no longer a good fit. Then out they go.
But the ones that companies think they want are *the rare cases*. So why're they treated as the *standard?*
I think they're rare. Maybe it's cuz I'm a poor kid with no parents. Plus this messed-up face. Society's all about a perfectly normal life. Thing is no one thinks they're rare or special. They think however they are is just how it is. Maybe they don't think it's easy but they believe everyone out to be doing it even if others never had a chance. Because they've only seen one side of what life's about."
Rarely have we met someone who doesn't have a single health or family problem, who has no other commitments but their job, who never gets sick, who is born completely normative, neurotypical, etc... I've been saying for the longest time that normalcy is a fallacy. Yet, here we are, always demanding that people be robots or clones of this idealized performance.
Izumi confesses to her friend Shishio, who's gay, gets turned down, and then he consoles her with "Idk who I'll be in 10 years. Maybe I'll figure out that my sexual preferences are wider than I thought." I know sexual fluidity exists, but... I'm uncomfortable with this take 😬 He's been into men only since he was a teen. He's in love with a man 🤷♀️
August 27, 2023
THIS WAS SO GOOD I've never cried over french fries before but man I have now 🥹🥹🥹🥹 thank you Edelweiss and Viz Media for this fantastic and heartwarming arc!!
October 7, 2025
Wowowowow.
This series has always been sweet and simple, but sometimes it has these moments where it gets so real, and hits home. This volume fully won me over this story.
In this volume, Yukiko is trying to find a job that will accept her for who she is and for her blindness. However, she is shot down, being made to feel lesser than others in society who are seen as "normal". Rather than blow up in a comedic fashion (as he does usually when someone hurts Yukiko) or have simple heart to heart moment, Kurokawa says some something that not only surprised me, but also really resonated with me.
"People who can see are better. Y'know, to hire. Makes 'em easier to work with. And... People who can hear. People who can walk. People with all their parts and no chronic illnesses. People without a kid at home. People who work for dirt and never complain. If your brain's different or you suck at talking... or you have a scar on your face or no work history, then you're trouble!
...
But the ones that companies think they want are the rare cases. So why're they treated as the standard?
...
Society's all about a perfectly normal life. Thing is...no one thinks they're rare or special. They think however they are is just how it is. Maybe they don't think it's easy, but they believe everyone ought to be doing it... even if others never had a chance. Because they've only seen one side of what life's about.
...
But, you taught me there're more ways of living in this world than I'd known or seen. That even if 99 people think my face is terrifying, there's still one person out there who thinks of it with fondness. That a disability, an illness, or a scar doesn't have to limit your world. Your limits are where you set them. If I had stayed in my little world, I wouldn't be as happy as I am now."
This monologue simply spread over a few pages of a single volume in this series, but these were words I needed. A lot of people are treated differently for simply just who they are, what they look like, or what they live with. But, that is the normal. Life is not perfect, so we should stop expecting perfection out of others and ourselves. Our imperfections are a part of us, and it makes us all uniquely beautiful.
This series has always been sweet and simple, but sometimes it has these moments where it gets so real, and hits home. This volume fully won me over this story.
In this volume, Yukiko is trying to find a job that will accept her for who she is and for her blindness. However, she is shot down, being made to feel lesser than others in society who are seen as "normal". Rather than blow up in a comedic fashion (as he does usually when someone hurts Yukiko) or have simple heart to heart moment, Kurokawa says some something that not only surprised me, but also really resonated with me.
"People who can see are better. Y'know, to hire. Makes 'em easier to work with. And... People who can hear. People who can walk. People with all their parts and no chronic illnesses. People without a kid at home. People who work for dirt and never complain. If your brain's different or you suck at talking... or you have a scar on your face or no work history, then you're trouble!
...
But the ones that companies think they want are the rare cases. So why're they treated as the standard?
...
Society's all about a perfectly normal life. Thing is...no one thinks they're rare or special. They think however they are is just how it is. Maybe they don't think it's easy, but they believe everyone ought to be doing it... even if others never had a chance. Because they've only seen one side of what life's about.
...
But, you taught me there're more ways of living in this world than I'd known or seen. That even if 99 people think my face is terrifying, there's still one person out there who thinks of it with fondness. That a disability, an illness, or a scar doesn't have to limit your world. Your limits are where you set them. If I had stayed in my little world, I wouldn't be as happy as I am now."
This monologue simply spread over a few pages of a single volume in this series, but these were words I needed. A lot of people are treated differently for simply just who they are, what they look like, or what they live with. But, that is the normal. Life is not perfect, so we should stop expecting perfection out of others and ourselves. Our imperfections are a part of us, and it makes us all uniquely beautiful.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 4, 2023
In this volume, Yukiko decides to get a job in an effort to save money so she can live on her own. The volume follows her as she tries to find work in spite of her disability and as she learns how her disability can be a benefit.
I really enjoyed this volume as it highlights a lot of the struggles of trying to find work with a disability. It not only comes down to prejudice, but if the company can’t afford the accommodations necessary for a disability then it will be hard on both the company and the employee, and as we live in a capitalistic world most employers are not going to be willing to take that on. I also liked that this volume also highlighted the benefits of hiring a disabled person and how these accommodations can also benefit the non-disabled workers.
Overall, another really sweet volume from this adorable series. 🥰
I really enjoyed this volume as it highlights a lot of the struggles of trying to find work with a disability. It not only comes down to prejudice, but if the company can’t afford the accommodations necessary for a disability then it will be hard on both the company and the employee, and as we live in a capitalistic world most employers are not going to be willing to take that on. I also liked that this volume also highlighted the benefits of hiring a disabled person and how these accommodations can also benefit the non-disabled workers.
Overall, another really sweet volume from this adorable series. 🥰
December 3, 2023
Yukiko learns to use makeup and makes strides to begin living on her own. Step one: get a job. Meanwhile Morio is trying to be supportive... even if it embarrasses the hell out of him.
But pages 114 - 117 hit so close to home, because I have issues talking to people and my brain probably has undiagnosed something-or-other. I'm not "normal" and after some time I learned to live with it. A lot of people aren't "normal" and that's before you add in any prejudices about race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, etc. Life is hard enough without random arbitrary crap getting in the way.
This series has 8 volumes.
But pages 114 - 117 hit so close to home, because I have issues talking to people and my brain probably has undiagnosed something-or-other. I'm not "normal" and after some time I learned to live with it. A lot of people aren't "normal" and that's before you add in any prejudices about race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, etc. Life is hard enough without random arbitrary crap getting in the way.
This series has 8 volumes.
February 17, 2024
This series is SUCH a hidden gem. It tackles all the pressing issues with the most sensitive absurdity and hilarity and I simply cannot express how much I adore it.
The full-circle ending with the employer guy realizing that the blind girl he refused to offer a job to makes his fries every day for him. It was a wordless page that had me in tears. Another highlight was Yukiko’s older sister’s unrequited crush on that gay gangster guy who I am totally forgetting the name of. That kind of casual, funny, and sensitive representation is something Uoyama EXCELS beyond belief at and it’s so refreshing to read.
The full-circle ending with the employer guy realizing that the blind girl he refused to offer a job to makes his fries every day for him. It was a wordless page that had me in tears. Another highlight was Yukiko’s older sister’s unrequited crush on that gay gangster guy who I am totally forgetting the name of. That kind of casual, funny, and sensitive representation is something Uoyama EXCELS beyond belief at and it’s so refreshing to read.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 1, 2024
Shishio comes out to Izumi! It was an interesting conversation, and didn’t take the typical route. He says that he doesn’t know in ten years who he’ll be, and that maybe he’ll find his sexual preferences are wider than he could imagine at this time. That’s a very open minded way to see the future, and I really liked that - except for not helping Izumi get over her crush at all.
Yukiko is trying hard to get a job, and although I think it’s a little risky to get a cooking job for her first job, she’s very determined. I really liked her manager and that the guy who didn’t hire her got to see her contributing and it seems to have sparked a change in his mindset.
Yukiko is trying hard to get a job, and although I think it’s a little risky to get a cooking job for her first job, she’s very determined. I really liked her manager and that the guy who didn’t hire her got to see her contributing and it seems to have sparked a change in his mindset.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 18, 2025
This actually put a smile on my face after reading. Seeing people value the dedication and ability of others is inspiring. Simple changes can not only help existing people, but allow for new avenues for people that need only a little help. Also i like how it doesn't demonize peoples ignorance when it comes to disabilities. It reasonable for someone with no connections to something to not consider it in their life.
October 31, 2023
This installment really shows Yukiko's level of dedication. She wants to become more independent but has to deal with the prejudices that come with finding a job where someone will see her for more than her disability. The joy she feels as she as she struggles to find her place and eventually even receives a compliment for her efforts is infectious.
January 2, 2024
I love this series! I will definitely be keeping up with it!
Yukiko is a strong and independent sight-impaired gal who just wants to live a normal life!
I like how this manga highlights how different the world is for those with vision impairment, but still keeps it fun and shoujo-cute! A definite winner of an inclusive manga series!
Yukiko is a strong and independent sight-impaired gal who just wants to live a normal life!
I like how this manga highlights how different the world is for those with vision impairment, but still keeps it fun and shoujo-cute! A definite winner of an inclusive manga series!
April 9, 2024
Remains super cute, and this one deals with Yukiko trying to find a job. I kove the solutions come up with, they are pretty realistic. I love Yukiko's no nonsense attitude abd her flustered side with Morio.
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September 7, 2024
I’m still enjoying the series, but I wish that it didn’t feel like all these lessons main characters have to go through we’re being shoved down our throats for a lack of better words. I also feel like for this being a romance manga series it’s lacking in that department. I feel like the conflicts that are set up in the volumes get resolved very easily.
November 18, 2023
This series keeps getting better with every volume!
May 30, 2024
That manager is a unicorn. Seriously. ESPECIALLY, in food service... I also loved the surprise twist at the end!
September 6, 2024
Love’s In Sight volume 4 really hits the nail on the head with how difficult it is to find employment as someone with a disability! I feel seen.
May 24, 2025
3.5 stars.
December 14, 2025
lovely!
October 25, 2023
This volume is about Yukiko getting a job for the first time. The author gives good insight on how it's like to work as a person with a disability. I felt like they did their homework? Morio is always supportive, but his role in this volume was more in the backseat.
Overall, it was okay, a little boring, but saved with a cute kiss on the last page.
Overall, it was okay, a little boring, but saved with a cute kiss on the last page.
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