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The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses #8
The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses, Vol. 8
A delightfully charming romantic comedy about a boy who only has eyes for the girl who always forgets her glasses!
Komura and Mie can’t stop bumping into each other over summer break! Now Komura isn’t the only one flustered by Mie’s forgetfulness. When she ends up visiting Komura’s house to snack on watermelon, Mie meets Komura’s mom. And a festival means the end of summer is near, but Komura and Mie begin thinking about the future after middle school...
Komura and Mie can’t stop bumping into each other over summer break! Now Komura isn’t the only one flustered by Mie’s forgetfulness. When she ends up visiting Komura’s house to snack on watermelon, Mie meets Komura’s mom. And a festival means the end of summer is near, but Komura and Mie begin thinking about the future after middle school...
128 pages, Paperback
First published October 21, 2021
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February 14, 2024
The latter part of a summer break sees Komura and Mie separated physically, but still in one another’s thoughts. Then the whole pretence collapses and they spend time together too. Still, pretty cute.
I think we may have reached the stage of this manga where Stockholm Syndrome (Shibuya Syndrome? Maybe that should be the term…) has set in and I just like it. Or the writing has gotten a bit stronger. Possibly both.
There are actually some very worthwhile moments here. Komura can still be a bit of a donut hole, but seeing him navigate his incredibly embarassing mom and Mie’s secondhand awkward over his parents’ divorce makes him at least surrounded by interesting things.
But if Komura’s mom is a handful, well, Komura gets a double dose when he has to put up with an extended visit with Mie’s dad, which turns out to be pretty embarrassing for every single person involved.
And I don’t tend to find this series terribly funny, more super charming, but the panel where Mie is at Komura’s place and his imagination calls the cops on him made me laugh pretty hard. Nothing wrong with banking goodwill.
As unrealistic and played out as the titular conceit has been, there are some clever tweaks to the formula this time, from Mie deliberately forgetting her glasses so she can randomize her ice cream selection, to an overheard conversation when Mie doesn’t realize Komura is literally sitting next to her.
The conflict of awkward first love and bottling it constantly (sorry, Komura whiffs it harder than [baseball analogy I don’t understand goes here]) finally smacks up against reality. And that’s a good thing - these two growing up means that things cannot just stay as they are, and they’re forced to start dealing with it. Slowly.
Middle school is about to end and Mie, in a move that makes character sense but I was still not expecting, is headed to her mom’s all-girls school. Whoops. Beyond the separation factor, Mie’s face when Komura reveals he’s headed to a co-ed school says it all.
So, when that big summer festival happens? And the huge fireworks display goes off? Well. Yeah. Rome wasn’t built in a day, but you’d be forgiven for thinking they were at least about to put up the scaffolding there. Getting annoyed at how slow the romance is progressing in a series of this nature is an exercise in futility if there ever was one.
It’s basically as cute as always, with a little more acknowledgment of how our leads are both growing up and changing. The cute stuff is pretty good - those two are going to be a menace once hormones really hit peak levels if that video call proves to be just the start of things.
4 stars - it’s doing a good job and, even with the usual mayhem of the glasses, there’s a subtle shift to being as fluffy as before, yet adding a little more substance to it. That is definitely a change the series really benefits from.
I think we may have reached the stage of this manga where Stockholm Syndrome (Shibuya Syndrome? Maybe that should be the term…) has set in and I just like it. Or the writing has gotten a bit stronger. Possibly both.
There are actually some very worthwhile moments here. Komura can still be a bit of a donut hole, but seeing him navigate his incredibly embarassing mom and Mie’s secondhand awkward over his parents’ divorce makes him at least surrounded by interesting things.
But if Komura’s mom is a handful, well, Komura gets a double dose when he has to put up with an extended visit with Mie’s dad, which turns out to be pretty embarrassing for every single person involved.
And I don’t tend to find this series terribly funny, more super charming, but the panel where Mie is at Komura’s place and his imagination calls the cops on him made me laugh pretty hard. Nothing wrong with banking goodwill.
As unrealistic and played out as the titular conceit has been, there are some clever tweaks to the formula this time, from Mie deliberately forgetting her glasses so she can randomize her ice cream selection, to an overheard conversation when Mie doesn’t realize Komura is literally sitting next to her.
The conflict of awkward first love and bottling it constantly (sorry, Komura whiffs it harder than [baseball analogy I don’t understand goes here]) finally smacks up against reality. And that’s a good thing - these two growing up means that things cannot just stay as they are, and they’re forced to start dealing with it. Slowly.
Middle school is about to end and Mie, in a move that makes character sense but I was still not expecting, is headed to her mom’s all-girls school. Whoops. Beyond the separation factor, Mie’s face when Komura reveals he’s headed to a co-ed school says it all.
So, when that big summer festival happens? And the huge fireworks display goes off? Well. Yeah. Rome wasn’t built in a day, but you’d be forgiven for thinking they were at least about to put up the scaffolding there. Getting annoyed at how slow the romance is progressing in a series of this nature is an exercise in futility if there ever was one.
It’s basically as cute as always, with a little more acknowledgment of how our leads are both growing up and changing. The cute stuff is pretty good - those two are going to be a menace once hormones really hit peak levels if that video call proves to be just the start of things.
4 stars - it’s doing a good job and, even with the usual mayhem of the glasses, there’s a subtle shift to being as fluffy as before, yet adding a little more substance to it. That is definitely a change the series really benefits from.
February 27, 2024
They are both so precious, I'm really loving the slow burn of this series.
February 18, 2025
As summertime draws to a close, so also does one's myriad opportunities to seek out and engage memorable events that might prove indelible in these waning days of youth. Some days, there just isn't much to do. Homework. Watermelon. Errands. Summer festival?
THE GIRL I LIKE FORGOT HER GLASSES v8 offers a kind and often sentimental parallel of the end of summer with Komura and Mie's gradual encroachment of adolescence's deeper years and yearnings. Growing up necessarily means leaving something behind, but Komura and Mie are increasingly cognizant of the risks associated with being too careful or being too sympathetic about what they might hold dear as they mature.
For example, Mie meets Komura's mother for the first time (visiting for a plate of watermelon during a particularly muggy day), while Komura stumbles into awkward conversation with Mie's father (pulled into the living room after arriving earlier than expected). In both cases, the parents are cleverly drawn such that their facial features never appear in any of the manga's panels, and yet their gestures, diction, and emotional investment in their kid's friend all show they understand, very intuitively, that their children are on the verge of something new. Mie's father gushes over a photo album, and while the man's hilarious knack for pragmatism feels very much in line with Mie's pragmatism, Komura quickly learns that he's not the only one afraid of moving forward in life.
The current volume spends a lot of time at the local summer festival. The two kids are still stuck in that middle-ground of uncertainty, of being unable to confess their feelings yet being wholly interested in spending time with one another. As such, they fear running into classmates and over-contemplate every little game or adventure. But they still have fun. They still enjoy one another's company. And as the festival draws to a close, a serious conversation about the future slowly emerges. Where is Mie going for high school? How does Komura feel about starting their final term? Unasked questions. Unanswered questions. Unmoored teenagers.
THE GIRL I LIKE FORGOT HER GLASSES v8 offers a kind and often sentimental parallel of the end of summer with Komura and Mie's gradual encroachment of adolescence's deeper years and yearnings. Growing up necessarily means leaving something behind, but Komura and Mie are increasingly cognizant of the risks associated with being too careful or being too sympathetic about what they might hold dear as they mature.
For example, Mie meets Komura's mother for the first time (visiting for a plate of watermelon during a particularly muggy day), while Komura stumbles into awkward conversation with Mie's father (pulled into the living room after arriving earlier than expected). In both cases, the parents are cleverly drawn such that their facial features never appear in any of the manga's panels, and yet their gestures, diction, and emotional investment in their kid's friend all show they understand, very intuitively, that their children are on the verge of something new. Mie's father gushes over a photo album, and while the man's hilarious knack for pragmatism feels very much in line with Mie's pragmatism, Komura quickly learns that he's not the only one afraid of moving forward in life.
The current volume spends a lot of time at the local summer festival. The two kids are still stuck in that middle-ground of uncertainty, of being unable to confess their feelings yet being wholly interested in spending time with one another. As such, they fear running into classmates and over-contemplate every little game or adventure. But they still have fun. They still enjoy one another's company. And as the festival draws to a close, a serious conversation about the future slowly emerges. Where is Mie going for high school? How does Komura feel about starting their final term? Unasked questions. Unanswered questions. Unmoored teenagers.
May 1, 2025
4.5/5
The summer break is almost at an end, and Komura hasn’t had much of a chance to see Mie. They bump into each other (literally and figuratively) but in ice cream, as well as at a bath house - which leads to a couple awkward moments for young Komura who still can’t control his hormones. 😅
The part with the two of them at the festival and spending time in the company of each other’s parents was my personal favourite. I just wish they’d finally tell each other how they feel with so little time of their middle school left…
Still this is moving along way faster than other manga I’ve read. They’re actually growing up and changing - a large portion of this one was about Komura getting taller (and Mie worrying about weight she’s gained but glad to see she’s become less concerned with it) - a lot of things that I remember being huge deals when I was that young.
Looking forward to what’s ahead but worried for them as they approach high school.
The summer break is almost at an end, and Komura hasn’t had much of a chance to see Mie. They bump into each other (literally and figuratively) but in ice cream, as well as at a bath house - which leads to a couple awkward moments for young Komura who still can’t control his hormones. 😅
The part with the two of them at the festival and spending time in the company of each other’s parents was my personal favourite. I just wish they’d finally tell each other how they feel with so little time of their middle school left…
Still this is moving along way faster than other manga I’ve read. They’re actually growing up and changing - a large portion of this one was about Komura getting taller (and Mie worrying about weight she’s gained but glad to see she’s become less concerned with it) - a lot of things that I remember being huge deals when I was that young.
Looking forward to what’s ahead but worried for them as they approach high school.
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May 3, 2024
Another sweet volume with a lot of development with our MCs. Komura meets Mie's dad and has a nice interaction. The two are starting to more clearly their feelings and with high school right around the corner Komura is deciding to man up.
November 6, 2025
Me encanta que se estén tomando su tiempo, no es romance adolescente que simplemente se da y comienzan una relación, sino que ambos poco a poco se conocen y buscan que deben mejorar por separado, para que todo salga bien cuando estén juntos y eso me encanta.
July 18, 2025
Meet the parents naaaa 😂😂
September 18, 2025
This one was actually pretty good. Even though it was just the summer festival plot line, you can see their feelings develop more and show their love for each other.
January 25, 2026
Mie's father is playing the matchmaker despite being protective haha
And Komura's mother is just excited to meet the girl he likes
And Komura's mother is just excited to meet the girl he likes
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