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安達與島村，二十二歲。
我現在正在看著安達被我用手抓住，而且紅通通的右腳。接下來該換親哪裡呢？
我不記得為什麼會變成這樣了。說不定是夏天太熱，熱到我的常識出現脫水症狀……
啊，我們本來在擬定旅行計畫。
「話說回來，安達妳會期待這趟旅行嗎？」
「呃呃咦？宇螢？」
小學、國中、高中──夏天每年都會嶄露不同的面貌。
就算我每一年都是跟同一個人在同一段時間兩個人一起享受夏天，
也依然沒有一次夏天會完全一模一樣。
這是一段講述兩人夏日時光的故事。
我現在正在看著安達被我用手抓住，而且紅通通的右腳。接下來該換親哪裡呢？
我不記得為什麼會變成這樣了。說不定是夏天太熱，熱到我的常識出現脫水症狀……
啊，我們本來在擬定旅行計畫。
「話說回來，安達妳會期待這趟旅行嗎？」
「呃呃咦？宇螢？」
小學、國中、高中──夏天每年都會嶄露不同的面貌。
就算我每一年都是跟同一個人在同一段時間兩個人一起享受夏天，
也依然沒有一次夏天會完全一模一樣。
這是一段講述兩人夏日時光的故事。
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First published December 9, 2022
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November 21, 2023
The world’s longest victory lap continues and we see more of our leads, Shimamura in particular, at various stages of their lives. The days may change, but do they? Surprisingly, they might, even if just a little.
How have we come to a full eleven volumes of this series anyway? It’s hard to believe that it’s still going and still pretty interesting AND has stuff that it wants to bother saying.
I’ve spent entirely too much time pondering why these two are together, Adachi’s possessive obsessive self notwithstanding, and it’s not that it’s an impossible pairing, just improbable. Still, sometimes love is just this thing that happens.
But here, finally, I think I cracked it, until next volume or something. Anyway, this volume starts off on a real wobble, going from a little future flirting at first to Shimamura at all of eight years old when she has no worries in her life.
This section is a real snore, honestly, because it features Shimamura and Tarumi. Which isn’t a bad thing, necessarily, except we know how that story ends and this flashback has Tarumi being obviously in love with Shimamura at the tender age of eight.
Look, I know kids develop faster these days, but there’s a limit to how far my credulity will allow itself to be stretched. It has the nostalgia part down, but it doesn’t amount to a lot. All of these pre-Adachi scenarios feature a cameo appearance, which is cute, but it’s not much.
Once we skip over that and the requisite Yashiro chapter, which is fun enough if you like the series’ resident alien, we then get junior high Shimamura, who finds herself bounced off the basketball team for being a little jerk and subsequently beguiled by an older woman in the early morning.
This section is kind of wild and I’m still not sure how I feel about it, given a clearly adult woman is this close (and admits it) to going after Shimamura and the latter is a lot more okay with it than she thinks. I mean, it’s not like this doesn’t happen, I’m just surprised the story goes there.
I think it’s actually pretty good overall, not necessarily for the dynamics of the situation, but because it’s pretty clearly Shimamura’s sexual awakening and that’s kind of an interesting time to be in her head space. You can see her being drawn to this woman despite herself, especially towards the end. It’s really fascinating, if strange.
Then we get Adachi and Shimamura in the current timeline of the story. This one is a lot of flirting and being, well, Adachi and Shimamura. I do like the one moment that stays private from the reader; it’s not unexpected, but well done.
I think the crux of this relationship is that, as the past has slowly been revealed, it turns out Shimamura doesn’t like herself very much or the things she’s done or how she’s acted. But Adachi loves her without hesitation. So they just sort of meet in the middle.
It’s pretty clear that Adachi is way too much, but Shimamura is absolutely flattered and sees that as a feature, not a bug. The moments of emotion in this story are far sweeter than you’d expect from where this all started.
Especially in the last section, in the future we’ve seen before, where the two are off on a vacation to prep for the big one we know they go on later. This has lots of little moments and bizarre callbacks I really liked and it really makes it feel like these two have really grown (Adachi’s surprising new hobby is just super cute), yet stayed the same in the important ways.
No, it is not necessary. This story could have ended ages ago, but I can’t say I’m disappointed with the quality of what we get here. If you weren’t super invested in these two, I doubt you need to show up and it goes without saying that new readers will not get half as much out of it.
3.5 stars - rounding up because there might be some really unnecessary stuff here, but when the good stuff shows up you are definitely rewarded for sticking with these two all this time.
How have we come to a full eleven volumes of this series anyway? It’s hard to believe that it’s still going and still pretty interesting AND has stuff that it wants to bother saying.
I’ve spent entirely too much time pondering why these two are together, Adachi’s possessive obsessive self notwithstanding, and it’s not that it’s an impossible pairing, just improbable. Still, sometimes love is just this thing that happens.
But here, finally, I think I cracked it, until next volume or something. Anyway, this volume starts off on a real wobble, going from a little future flirting at first to Shimamura at all of eight years old when she has no worries in her life.
This section is a real snore, honestly, because it features Shimamura and Tarumi. Which isn’t a bad thing, necessarily, except we know how that story ends and this flashback has Tarumi being obviously in love with Shimamura at the tender age of eight.
Look, I know kids develop faster these days, but there’s a limit to how far my credulity will allow itself to be stretched. It has the nostalgia part down, but it doesn’t amount to a lot. All of these pre-Adachi scenarios feature a cameo appearance, which is cute, but it’s not much.
Once we skip over that and the requisite Yashiro chapter, which is fun enough if you like the series’ resident alien, we then get junior high Shimamura, who finds herself bounced off the basketball team for being a little jerk and subsequently beguiled by an older woman in the early morning.
This section is kind of wild and I’m still not sure how I feel about it, given a clearly adult woman is this close (and admits it) to going after Shimamura and the latter is a lot more okay with it than she thinks. I mean, it’s not like this doesn’t happen, I’m just surprised the story goes there.
I think it’s actually pretty good overall, not necessarily for the dynamics of the situation, but because it’s pretty clearly Shimamura’s sexual awakening and that’s kind of an interesting time to be in her head space. You can see her being drawn to this woman despite herself, especially towards the end. It’s really fascinating, if strange.
Then we get Adachi and Shimamura in the current timeline of the story. This one is a lot of flirting and being, well, Adachi and Shimamura. I do like the one moment that stays private from the reader; it’s not unexpected, but well done.
I think the crux of this relationship is that, as the past has slowly been revealed, it turns out Shimamura doesn’t like herself very much or the things she’s done or how she’s acted. But Adachi loves her without hesitation. So they just sort of meet in the middle.
It’s pretty clear that Adachi is way too much, but Shimamura is absolutely flattered and sees that as a feature, not a bug. The moments of emotion in this story are far sweeter than you’d expect from where this all started.
Especially in the last section, in the future we’ve seen before, where the two are off on a vacation to prep for the big one we know they go on later. This has lots of little moments and bizarre callbacks I really liked and it really makes it feel like these two have really grown (Adachi’s surprising new hobby is just super cute), yet stayed the same in the important ways.
No, it is not necessary. This story could have ended ages ago, but I can’t say I’m disappointed with the quality of what we get here. If you weren’t super invested in these two, I doubt you need to show up and it goes without saying that new readers will not get half as much out of it.
3.5 stars - rounding up because there might be some really unnecessary stuff here, but when the good stuff shows up you are definitely rewarded for sticking with these two all this time.
April 29, 2024
3 stars. Disappointing. I only liked the last thirty or so pages of this one and the rest was extremely boring to me. I think this series has kinda ran its course at this point and I feel like the author is dragging it but whatever I’d read volume twelve whenever it comes out because I do love these characters.
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May 20, 2025Another pleasant volume. As always, the novels are at their best when they drill down on the lead pairs' fundamental need for one another to develop as people. The parts that shy away from that tend to drag, as they did here.
April 10, 2023
Not matter how the story goes, if there are these two people, Adachi and Shimamura, it will become a precious and sweet love story.
March 12, 2024
Forever iconic, forever slaying
July 30, 2024
can’t believe i’m caught up. i loved this series 🥲
December 5, 2025
Este tío es más raro que un perro verde
November 17, 2023
My favorite series is back! I've been enjoying the extended epilogue books (I actually like having Volume 8's ending as the ending followed by more stories because it helps my anxious self relax. Adachi and Shimamura really resonate with me for a lot of reasons, so I do get in that anxious way about characters I care deeply about where even with all the reassurances that things will be OK, I'm still like "But...what if they're not? [panic attack]" (You can see here part of why I relate to Adachi) Which I think comes from how much I care about them, and how well they're conveyed in the series that I do care about them to the degree I do.
Anyways, the book itself, not my ramblings about myself! The prose was really beautiful in this one, and the nostalgic memories added more to what we know about Shimamura, making an already fleshed out character even more so. The flashbacks made me feel nostalgic for my own younger days, the pool one in particular really brought me back. I had to wait a while for my beloved Adachi to appear in any scene of note past the prologue of this one, but it was worth the wait as this has some wonderful on brand Adachi hot mess for Shimamura moments. Example: Ugh, this series just gets me so emotional too, no romance can compare; I just feel better after reading an Adachi and Shimamura volume.
Volume 12 is planned to be the last one, but I hope it's a sweet wrap up and not a bittersweet one, since we have an ending already with 8. Spoiler-y hope for Vol 12:
Anyways, the book itself, not my ramblings about myself! The prose was really beautiful in this one, and the nostalgic memories added more to what we know about Shimamura, making an already fleshed out character even more so. The flashbacks made me feel nostalgic for my own younger days, the pool one in particular really brought me back. I had to wait a while for my beloved Adachi to appear in any scene of note past the prologue of this one, but it was worth the wait as this has some wonderful on brand Adachi hot mess for Shimamura moments. Example: Ugh, this series just gets me so emotional too, no romance can compare; I just feel better after reading an Adachi and Shimamura volume.
Volume 12 is planned to be the last one, but I hope it's a sweet wrap up and not a bittersweet one, since we have an ending already with 8. Spoiler-y hope for Vol 12:
August 28, 2025
What's the girl version of a Chad called? Shimamura's first crush was a badass.
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