Barreras del corazón 8

君には届かない。 [Kimi ni wa Todokanai.] #8

by Mika .

…彼氏だから?」

晴れてカケルとヤマトはつきあうことになったが、「恋人」という関係に慣れずギクシャクしてしまう。
そんなとき、友人の藤野から「彼女と行ってこいよ」と水族館のチケットを譲り受けてカケルはヤマトを誘い、ふたりは楽しい時間を過ごす。
しかし、帰り道で藤野や保坂、天宮と遭遇し、カケルは「ヤマトとつきあってるんだ」と藤野に告白してしまい──!?

芽吹いた想いが花開き、君の心に届く青春ボーイズストーリー第8巻!!

Genres: Manga, Romance, LGBT, Contemporary, Boys Love, High School, Young Adult

176 pages, Paperback

First published October 27, 2023

Reviews

[任煦涵 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seriously, this is my favorite shounen ai manga… I love them so much. I don’t understand why this isn’t more popular than sasaki and miyano.

[Cyndi (hiatus) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute as usual!

[Katie❄️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I hope this isn’t the last volume… it did not end like it was.

[-moonprismpower- · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a slow burn but there’s progress happening in this volume!

[smile · Rating 5 out of 5]

I need more.... I genuinely NEED more... I probably could read 10 more volumes with their story.. just their day to day life... and be overjoyed waiting for the next volume.

Anyway... love it!!!!!!

[Andreth Saelind · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️
Again a super cute entry into this series. While it didn't sweep me away as much as the previous ones, it still had good moments and explored, with Mika's usual thoughtfulness, themes of trust, confidence, and boundaries.

Kakeru and Yamato are approaching the summer holidays, and facing the possibility that they won't be in the same class next year. They are also struggling with being public about their relationship, and interestingly, in this volume, it's Yamato who feels more reserved. The two of them also navigate their relationships with their other friends, slowly but surely realising that they all form a tightly-knitted group. They plan their summer vacation around a camping trip at a spring camp, and Kakeru tries his very best to make the trip memorable for Yamato, but struggles to find some time alone with him.

I loved to see all the characters come closer together, and especially learn to communicate. The moment that Kakeru decided to reveal their relationship to their friends was impactful, because it came with understanding how they viewed it, and what they already knew. Fujino was especially interesting, and I appreciated that Yamato took it upon himself to set things right in Kakeru's name, because he knew that they both cared about him, and that this was what mattered most. I also appreciated the subtle ways in which the manga explored being in a queer relationship out in the open, and how it was not a focus of Kakeru and Yamato's relationship, but how it did inform their behaviour in public.
I thought however that the manga dragged in places and that the established relationship was not navigated with as much depth as the yearning and pining and mutual understanding that has been this manga's strength so far. There were too many misunderstandings and interrupted moments for no good reason. It made the focus shift from the relationship to their surroundings too often, however I get that that's how budding relationships go and that people are quite reactive. In that sense, it was also part of it, just a bit bothersome to see this be repeated a few times.

Still, I'm happy I read more of these two, and I'm hoping that Mika continues the series! It's still up there as one of the most pining slow burns, but also a story full of compassion and kindness. Highly recommend!

[Cas ✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve been so invested in this series (which I’m not usually so committed to shounen ai reads lol), they’ve all been good but this one was the best yet. I was so worried for their friendship with the guys, esp for Kakeru’s sake, but the way it played out was perfect. I want so much more of their story. 😭 it’s so precious and wholesome!!

[LindSlay · Rating 4 out of 5]

Only took 8 books, but we are here friends. High school romance, so the burn is slow, but it seems like now that they are actually a couple, the pacing has improved. Not that it's fast by any stretch of the imagination, but it has a good flow. I enjoyed the friend conflict in this volume. It allowed for some of the building of relationships outside of the couple to have a good payoff. The friend group is cute overall, so seeing them now be a solid group makes for some fun dynamics.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't really like this manga. I only finished it because I bought all the volumes and figured I might as well read them since I owned them. I am annoyed though because I thought the story was completed. I will not be continuing the series if more volumes come out at a later date.

[Paula (lovebookscl) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me reí tanto y amé ver al grupo de vacaciones jajsajsj Estoy curiosa con el siguiente paso que se viene para los protagonistas

[Luka · Rating 4 out of 5]

things are finally moving (everybody cheered)
hosaka is my favourite character, as always, but i cannot believe how much fujino has grown on me. from the drama i never had any particular close feeling towards him but i enjoyed getting to know his and kakeru's backstory in this volume so much

[Ester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cada día los amo más y me encanta lo que están creciendo tanto en lo personal como ahora en su incipiente relación.
Después de que Kakeru y Yamato hayan pasado a ser pareja, Kakeru tiene una cita con Yamato en la que le comenta algo muy importante: el querer decirle a sus amigos que quiere hablar de que son novios.

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[Stacie Streck · Rating 5 out of 5]

These two are just so cute, I love them so much 😭 I smiled through the whole book!

[K · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yay, more Hosaka and Amamiya!

I suppose I was a little harsh to Fujino, although it still feels warranted. He ends up taking the "not homophobic, just sad to be left out" route, refusing to go to the celebratory meal Amamiya proposes, and avoiding Kakeru at school, but only because he's hurt and embarrassed that he was acting like a straight know-it-all while Kakeru's other friends already knew he was dating his male best friend.

It is a pretty good textual recovery, with some flashbacks to Fujino and Kakeru meeting during the entrance exams, with Kakeru being really kind and supportive - and Fujino helping him right back during the interview portion. Again, I'm not sure the series was planned out that well, because Fujino didn't seem to know very much about Yamato in Volume 1, which would be a pretty important aspect of being Kakeru's Other Best Friend And Confidante, his role in later volumes.

The friends weekend trip was nice, though, and I liked how it showed all the different types of layers of friendship. It's so funny to me that Hosaka ended up being my favorite character of the series. He's so underused.

It took 8 volumes, but there's finally a kiss that actually feels mutual and not wildly awkward and inappropriately placed. Kakeru putting in so much work to show Yamato the cherry blossoms is incredibly sweet, and he finally feels like he's on the same page as Yamato in all aspects of their relationship - even the intimidatingly physical bits.

And of course, that's where the series stalls out! Weirdly, it seems that while I was busy not keeping up with this series, Mika was taking a two year hiatus? This was published in Japan in 2023 (and in the US in 2024), while volumes 9 and 10 are coming out in Japan in 2025...who knows when Yen Press will translate them, but I am, at least, looking forward to the rest of their journey now. I do still hope it starts to speed up a little, but at least we're past the repetitively tiring will they won't they stage.

[Alicia ^^ · Rating 5 out of 5]

De momento este es el último volumen publicado hasta la fecha🥺. Me ha parecido preciosa la evolución que ha habido entre la pareja en estos dos últimos volúmenes.
Honestamente se nota que Yamato ha estado conteniéndose durante mucho tiempo JAHSJAHS.

Me alegra mucho que las cosas se hayan resuelto bien con Fujino. Aunque entiendo que se haya sentido un poco “left out” con Que Kakeru no le haya contado acerca de que Yamato era su supuesta “novia” xd. En fin, me alegro que lo haya entendido y que se haya resuelto bien.

Me parece muy bien, además, que el manga le haya dado un foco tan positivo a no dejar de lado las amistades una vez que te echas pareja. Parece que no, pero hay gente que cuando tiene pareja se olvida de que tiene amigos!!! Por eso me ha gustado mucho que hayan hecho el viaje juntos.
Si que es cierto que tanto Yamato como Kakeru han estado un poco más separados en lo que es el viaje, pero me pone muy feliz ver que no solo se tienen el ino al otro, sino que tienen gente que los apoya, tanto juntos como por separado.

La escena del cumpleaños me ha parecido preciosa. Pero es muy molesto que siempre que va a haber un momento bonito haya algo que lo fastidie 😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏 Me gusta el slow burn en cuanto a desarrollo de personaje, pero bro…

Y en cuanto a mi escena favorita de este volumen, definitivamente me quedo con la del stargazing. El momento en el que Yamato le dice “I prefer gazing at you” AAAAAAAA😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏. Una no nace preparada para leer cosas tan bonitas🙂‍↕️.

Espero ir escuchando nuevas publicaciones de volúmenes posteriores, ya que por las palabras finales de la autora del manga, parece que continuará. Espero que pronto haya noticias!! 😁

[Calista · Rating 5 out of 5]

This really is one of the sweetest romances out there. This is volume 8 of the Japanese high school romance. So many sugar moments. We get a kiss or two in this volume as well.

This is a great volume. Yamato and Kakeru decide to tell their friends about their relationship. It mostly goes well. Still, some issues need to be ironed our. Fujino has a lot in this story and we still have yet to meet his girlfriend.

They seem to graduate. Yamato is giving a graduation speech for the third years and then they go camping as a group and it’s calling them second years, so I’m confused if it was their graduation or not.

The camping trip had some funny stuff going on. The tension between the two is palpable. This is really one of the best series out there. The TV show is on Netflix and it’s such a joy to watch. I’m so glad we have this story. I need to do a re-read. It’s that good.

[R. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kakeru remains as naive as ever, but on a whole, the boys are largely on the same page finally. Their closest 3 other friends are in varying states of knowledge about their relationship at the beginning, but everyone is in the know by the end, though Yamato is trying to be more conscious of his actions in public - something he clearly struggles with given the number of near misses in public despite his concern with things he overhears while they're out on their date. Kakeru's oblivious nature really comes out in their camping trip though, despite Yamato's jealousy and their friends subtly trying to set things up for them. It doesn't truly feel like an end, but it does denote the end of this period in their school life together and a agreement with what they mean to each other, even if Kakeru is still way too embarrassed and Yamato still has issues with timing and holding back.

[Belén :P · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me genera tanta emoción este manga que ya no sé si poner snif, AAAAA o aish, pero QUÉ BONITO QUE ES. Me encantan me encantan, son super cuquis y me gusta muchísimo lo lento que va todo, se siente tan tan bien ❤️‍🩹
Mis pequeñitos, qué tan monos van a ser 🤧
(necesito más tomos ya por dios)

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series so much

[Anaika · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

[georgiaotaku · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5* so cute

[Carmelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

MY LIL MUNCHKINS I LOVE THEM SO ♥️♥️♥️

[Senise · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love them sm.
I need these volumes to come out quicker because it’s getting so hard to be patient 😫

Otherwise, I loved this volume. That ending had me giggling

[Brigid Kapuvari · Rating 5 out of 5]

My babies always give me so much happiness. They’ve come such a long way. 🥹

[Cassandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Omg it’s so damn cute. They are officially boyfriends and all their friends know and support them! They go on a cute little weekend trip. I can’t believe there isn’t more to read right now.

[Eva Q. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Muy lindo, pero no se por qué pensé que el tomo 8 era el último y casi me da algo cuando leo Continuará... Espero que no se demoren mucho en seguir.

[Elizabeth R. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dragged my feet finishing this cuz I didn’t want it to end. I LOVE THESE BOYS

[eesee · Rating 3 out of 5]

— 3.5

[bee · Rating 4 out of 5]

『 ★★★★, 5 』

[Miliis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sigo este manga desde que tenía 12 años, y ver que al fin son pareja, después de 5 largos AÑOS, me llena el alma. Finalmente, puedo MORIR TRANQUILA.😢♥️