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A mysterious boy comes to Saku Fujigaya’s rescue when she falls ill on a train, but he leaves before she can thank him. After this experience, Saku never ignores strangers in need of help to emulate the boy who helped her.

Saku’s feelings for Haruki are more powerful than ever. After she opened up to Kotono, the misunderstanding between the two friends has been resolved. But when Saku finds out that Iryu might be the guardian angel who saved her years ago, the relationships among these friends begin to change…

200 pages, Paperback

First published August 25, 2022

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Io Sakisaka

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Io Sakisaka (咲坂伊緒) is a Japanese manga artist. She also designed the characters for the anime movie HAL. Her works are:

-Call My Name (2001)
-Watashi no Koibito (2002)
-Bye-Bye, Little (2002)
-Blue (2006)
-Mascara Blues (2007)
-Strobe Edge (2007)
-Ao Haru Ride (2011)
-Sono Omokage o Shitteru (2013) (oneshot)
-Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare (2015)
-Otome no Itari (2020) (oneshot)
-Sakura, Saku (2021)

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26 reviews
April 9, 2023
Este tipo de mangas me han convertido en la persona que soy hoy, y no me arrepiento de nada🥲❤️‍🩹

Solo a mi se me ocurre leer un manga que no está terminado🧍🏻‍♀️
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841 reviews83 followers
August 27, 2025
1.5 im rounding it up because it finally has everything that makes it pop as a drama. this means something to all involved. thank fuck.
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38 reviews6 followers
February 20, 2024
4.5 parce que ce tome est plus court et parce que j’ai besoin de plus d’interactions avec Haruki mdr
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2,799 reviews269 followers
November 14, 2024
3.5 stars - rounding up for general quality of what is a pretty straightforward shojo, but one done by a master of the art.

Iryu continues to suck in the way of a guy who is dismally bad at expressing his actual crush on the girl he’s giving grief to. I do like the acid he brings, but he doesn’t do himself any favours. Still, he’s watching the girl he likes (but won’t admit to liking) slip away in the awkward shojo haze, so it can’t be easy.

Saku and Haruki continue to slowly exchange the feels, but I appreciate that this feels like a slightly faster version of an Io Sakisaka manga. Here the reluctant leads are the issue, moreso than typical obstacles. And there are some appreciated little moments that make it pop a little harder.

There’s also a one-shot that is pretty decent, but is slightly let down by having characters that look so similar to the regular manga that I couldn’t tell at first that it was a one-shot. Fantastic ending with that umbrella though and shows that Io Sakisaka can do fast as well as slow when it comes to romance.
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1,620 reviews34 followers
February 22, 2024
Décidément, je prends beaucoup de plaisir à lire ce manga qui traite des émotions adolescentes avec beaucoup de réalisme et de bienveillance. Notre adorable héroïne, Saku est triste parce qu’elle ne verra pas Haruki durant les vacances, ce qui agace son camarade Iryû.

Iryû est un jeune homme qui se réfugie derrière la froideur quand il est gêné ou blessé. Et il est clair qu’il est loin d’être indifférent envers notre timide Saku. Si cette dernière essaie de se comporter toujours avec beaucoup de bienveillance et d’écoute avec tout le monde, elle ne sait jamais comment réagir avec Iryû. Quant à Haruki, on se doute que la demoiselle ne le laisse pas indifférent, mais j’ai l’impression qu’il n’ose pas se révéler à elle. Et il devient assez possessif dès qu’il comprend qu’Iryû pourrait être l’élu de la demoiselle !

Tout se joue sur les réactions, et le comportement des garçons (et la retenue des filles), ce qui est loin d’être anodin pour nous lecteurs. Mais il semblerait que notre Saku, embourbée dans son manque de confiance en elle, ne voit pas vraiment ce qui se joue sous ses yeux. Au contraire de son amie Kotono qui a très bien compris ce qui se tramait.


Même s’il traite d’un sujet classique et rabâché à l’infini, j’apprécie la manière dont Io Sakisaka traite les relations amoureuses. C’est tout doux et respectueux. Les personnages sont aussi choux qu’attachants et on leur veut d’être heureux et de pouvoir enfin se libérer de ce qui les retient. Quant aux dessins, j’aime beaucoup le graphisme que je trouve pour le coup en totale adéquation avec l’histoire. Peut-être mon seul reproche, c’est que tous ces personnages sont calqués sur le même moule et parfois, il est difficile de bien les reconnaitre.

On est dans une histoire d’amour entre lycéens qui se découvrent et apprennent à s’apprivoiser avec leurs doutes, les jalousies et les rivalités qui vont de pair. J’ai passé l’âge, mais j’aime bien ce côté très mignonnet et naïf des premiers émois. Ce cinquième tome était intéressant et je suis très curieuse de découvrir le suivant !
10 reviews
May 6, 2024
Je retire 2 étoiles pour la simple et bonne raison que c'est le chapitre le plus court que j'ai lu vraiment décevant ! La fin m'a déçu. Mais dans l'ensemble cela reste raisonnable. J'espère que le tome 6 sera mieux et plus long. Mitoshi mérite d'être heureux, c'est un homme à marié ! Quand est ce que Haruki et Saku vont se pécho bordel ! Iryu à le beau profile d'un gentleman mais il porte bien son masque. Quand à kotono c'est vraiment la meilleure amie rêver ! Haruki mon gars c'est quand que tu avoue ta flamme, ne laisse pas Iryu te devancer !
2 reviews
May 6, 2024
Super tome comme d’habitude mais super court donc je suis rester sur ma fin💀 par contre iryû c’est un p*tain de toxique boy que saku fuit bien loin de ce mec .
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3,309 reviews48 followers
August 19, 2025
I’m excited about the prospect of Iryu (hee hee, I have chronic second lead syndrome 🤪)
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2,589 reviews23 followers
February 11, 2024
Je ne sais pas trop à quoi je m’attendais après le tome renversant de la dernière fois, mais la vie reprend son cours en fait dans cette bluette lycéenne signée Io Sakisaka et les tendres jalousies et rivalités se remettent lentement en place sous le prisme de la figure « du héros mystérieux ».

Les premiers tomes m’avaient laissé une drôle d’impression en bouche, chose corrigée dans le tome précédent avec la révélation « choc », pour ce genre de titre, de Kotono, maintenant la série peut reprendre son cours. J’ai vraiment eu l’impression d’une petite parenthèse avec elle et d’un retour aux fondamentaux avec le retour des garçons sur le devant de la scène. Je ne sais comment le dire autrement et qu’en tirer comme conclusion…

Saku se voit donc peu à peu au centre d’un triangle amoureux involontaire entre Iryu avec qui elle travaille et qui semble la connaître et Haruki, son camarade de classe qu’elle aime en secret, qui montre des signes de jalousie sans le vouloir. Sous la plume d’Io Sakisaka, bien qu’extrêmement classique, c’est mignon tout plein. On aime la jovialité et la sincérité de l’héroïne. On aime les maladresses des garçons qui ne sont après tout que des ados de 16-17 ans, ça n’a rien d’extraordinaire. Et c’est peut-être ça le souci à ce stade…

L’histoire avait pris un certain relief avec Kotono qui retombe aussi sec ici pour quelque chose de beaucoup plus banal et insipide. Oui, c’est mignon mais ce n’est pas transcendant non plus. Les tensions narratives sont minimes de chez minimes et tout se devine loooongtemps à l’avance. Alors, oui je prends plaisir à noter l’impatience de Saku de retrouver Haruki pendant les vacances, c’est fort joliment capturé par l’autrice. Oui, je trouve mignon les moments où les sentiments d’Haruki lui échappent et où il se montre jaloux et dérangé par cet autre garçon qui tourne autour d’elle. C’est également dessiné avec sensibilité. Mais le côté bougon et ado casse-pied d’Iryu, très peu pour moi, de même que ce sempiternel triangle amoureux, à nouveau autour de la question réchauffée du « héros » qui a sauvé Saku. Elle a dépassé cela, pas la peine d’y retourner.

Heureusement j’aime le travail d’Io Sakisaka pour capturer l’essence de l’adolescence amoureuse sous un prisme assez doux, du coup je continue à passer un joli moment de lecture et à me régaler de ses dessins et compositions graphiques. Mais contrairement à ses précédentes séries, je cherche vraiment LE fil rouge, LA trame narrative, LE drame qui va tout emporter, pour l’instant, c’est encore et toujours extrêmement flou et ténu, et si c’est cette figure du « héros », en l’état des choses, je serai déçue. Sakura Saku bien que mignon reste vraiment la série que j’aime le moins de l’autrice…

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327 reviews3 followers
November 11, 2024
COMMENTO PERSONALE: Se non sbaglio rispetto a questa serie sono esattamente alla metà. Cominciano qua le vacanze estive e il gruppo degli amici di Saku si trova davvero di rado. Lei è felice di aver chiarito il dubbio con Kotono rispetto al piacere o meno di uno stesso ragazzo e quindi si sente più libera di cercarlo. Cerca di avvicinarsi a lui con ogni scusa e diventa tutta rossa e insicura al suo cospetto nonostante quest’ultimo riesca a farle da specchio. Questi due personaggi sono davvero carinissimi e un domani spero che riescano a mettersi veramente insieme. In questo volume si avvicinano sempre più ma vi aleggia la presenza di Iryu, che con il suo fare potrebbe essere il famoso benefattore che salvò Saku. Ma lui l’aveva incontrata in un’altra circostanza e si rammarica fortemente qundo lei sembra non ricordarsene per alcun motivo. Poi anche Haruki è piuttosto contrariato dalla decisione di Saku di vedere lui. Ma si vedrà come continuerà la storia in questo triangolo sicuramente nel prossimo volume. Poi è presente una storia che mi sembrerebbe essere a se stante nella parte conclusiva (ma vi prego di correggermi assolutamente nel caso in cui abbia interpretato male). Detto questo il punteggio non è pieno in quanto non so, mi mancasse il trasporto emotivo. Ma sicuramente continuo a consigliarla.
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363 reviews49 followers
September 30, 2025
En este quinto tomo llegamos al ecuador de la historia y… ¡las emociones se intensifican! 💖

𝚂𝚊𝚔𝚞 ya no solo piensa en 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚔𝚒, porque 𝙸𝚛𝚢𝚘 —𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘪́𝘰 𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘥𝘰— empieza a mostrar un lado protector y cercano que la hace dudar 🥺

Mientras tanto, 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚔𝚒 no soporta los celos y siente la necesidad de protegerla, incluso de 𝙸𝚛𝚢𝚘… aunque este ya formaba parte de la vida de 𝚂𝚊𝚔𝚞 mucho antes 🤭

💌 Con las cartas sobre la mesa, 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚔𝚒 es cada vez más consciente de lo que siente, el misterio del “ángel de la guarda” se va revelando y la tensión entre los personajes crece. ¿Se quedará 𝚂𝚊𝚔𝚞 con 𝙸𝚛𝚢𝚘 o 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚔𝚒 logrará impedirlo? 👀

👉🏻 Lo cierto es que 𝙎𝙖𝙠𝙪𝙧𝙖 𝙎𝙖𝙠𝙪 es un manga sencillo, sin grandes giros ni dramas imposibles, pero precisamente ahí reside su encanto 🌷

Es una lectura ligera, ideal para desconectar y dejarse llevar por la dulzura con la que 𝘐𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘢 retrata la adolescencia y los primeros sentimientos de amor ♥️

🎨 El arte, como siempre, es precioso: expresiones llenas de ternura, un trazo delicado y ese cuidado en los detalles que hacen que cada página sea un regalo visual. Aunque sus rostros nos resulten familiares de otras obras, siguen transmitiendo una calidez única.

En resumen, este tomo confirma lo que ya sabíamos: si te gusta el estilo de 𝘚𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘢, 𝙎𝙖𝙠𝙪𝙧𝙖 𝙎𝙖𝙠𝙪 te atrapará con su dulzura y nostalgia juvenil 💕
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113 reviews8 followers
May 16, 2025
I'm a little disappointed with this volume, but not because the story was lacking!! the plot is getting pretty intense now with three people vying for saku's heart, but the volume is cut short with an unrelated short story!!! it wasn't even a bad story, it was quite cute, if a little too fast paced, but I'm just so sad I didn't get to see more of the characters Ive grown to love. this was the last volume my library has, so it'll be a little while before I get to read anymore, so having the volume cut short is especially sad to me.

I'm honestly feeling a little unsure on whether I should buy the next ones now,, I really (!!!) love the story but I don't really want to spend money on half volumes like this :(( half because it'll be expensive and half because I don't have much bookshelf space.

I still love io sakisaka's work very dearly. I'm hoping to pick up strobe edge in the meantime while I decide whether or not to buy the next volumes.


[very mild spoilers]

also I really love the final panel sequence of saku running up to iryu. I don't like them as a couple but I love how excited saku is about remembering. she is so sweet <333
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2,515 reviews38 followers
December 11, 2024
I take it back, this isn’t a love triangle, it’s a square. (Potentially a web) Saku’s quest for her “guardian angel” has turned this story into something similar to Kitchen Princess where there are two (or more) potential suitors.

There’s also an extra short story called A Perfect Maiden that is really good. Kashiwagi finally talks to Kiryu and she decides to learn more about him. First, there’s him introducing her to books. Second, I love her revelation that a good book can be 100% honest. Third, he challenges her to be more honest with herself. Fourth, she shows him that sometimes other’s opinions can be worth caring about.

This series has 9 volumes.
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184 reviews1 follower
March 2, 2024
lesbian rep hellooo? ngl i was surprised they actually did it cuz so many i read before was just not brave enough to just come out with it🫠
HARUKI still freaking dry. i dont feel anything when he’s jealous or sulking cuz there WERENT ANY BUILDUP TO IT.
there’s no story to his character, whats his backstory, anything about HIM. hes just there to be jelly and to look at iryuu if fujigaya gonna find him more interesting which is VALID. cuz haruki aint showing anything!
It seems the author is more interested in building up Fujigaya & Iryuu kun’s story….
so is she gonna make them end up together? WE WILL SEE
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248 reviews11 followers
November 14, 2024
Not as good as the previous volume imo. I think I was a little thrown off by the last chapter. I’ve completely lost the plot. Which is silly because this just meant to be a cutesy shojo. Anyways I think it was my bad for not finishing it in one sitting, because I was tired. 😭 So I just didn’t love this installment as much. I just want to have the feeling of butterflies. And I didn’t feel that, this time.
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3,433 reviews43 followers
February 20, 2025
Geez, Iryu is a moody bugger. Stop making things hard for yourself. I loved the fireworks scene between Saku and Haruki, it's so cute and then Haruki offering to take his friend (sorry, forgot his name) to light some fireworks but his friend wanted to light fireworks with a girl. Adorable. The story at the end was cute but the characters appearance and names are very similar to the main story however, they seemed to have more confidence and the kiss behind the umbrella in the rain slayed me!
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797 reviews1 follower
February 4, 2025
So does Iryu like Saku? He got all upset because she didn’t remember him giving back her bag. And if Haruki likes Saku, why doesn’t he just say so? He’s clearly possessive of her around Iryu. How does Kotono fit into this? The side story with Kiryu and Kashiwagi was cute. I liked that she learned to not care what others think. The moment she realizes she likes him is really cute.
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2,384 reviews
September 29, 2023
Un volum més de transició, cuit a foc molt lent en què cada personatge va fent equilibris per mantenir l'estatus quo i avançar en la bona direcció alhora. Lectura ben ràpida i entretinguda, però poc progrés narratiu. Seguim! :)
24 reviews
February 24, 2024
Qu’ils se pécho s’il vous plait!!

Moi qui ai le second lead syndrome dans chaque truc que je lis ou regarde, dans toute les production de la mangaka Io Sakisaka, je n’ai jamais été pour le second lead et c’est le cas là aussi. Il est mignon mais oust du balais. Haru est beaucoup trop parfait.
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847 reviews10 followers
January 13, 2025
Really enjoying the trajectory of this story. I might have to start collecting this series.

But that long one shot at the end was jarring and kind of odd without any further context or explanation in the volume. I would have preferred a longer regular story, ugh
291 reviews3 followers
May 5, 2025
Loves triangle?

I love this mangaka so much!!! Her work is so relatable. That clumsy way of communicating. The yearning to belong and be seen. The rapid heart beating. Also her one shots are always perfect!!! CA t wait for the next volume.
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125 reviews
July 31, 2025
okay... I kinda forgot the plot since it's been a while since I read the last volume.

It's cute but not the best. Blue spring ride is still Io's best series. But I'll stick around, maybe it will pick up.
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219 reviews
October 14, 2025
Comes to the cafe where he's brother & she works.
Iryu walked her home as he was asked to
Lightning fireworks together
Who helped her back then?
Is iryu falling g for her?
She remembers him from her grandma's house.
The ending is from the past right?
Need vol 6 now.
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1,237 reviews
December 9, 2022
3.5 好煩喔 為什麼要這樣結束?怎麼每次時機都這麼爛
陽希啊你怎麼不能直接表白?咲啊你也是為什麼要這樣
然後作者啊為什麼又又又要派出可能是前女友的角色?
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