tamon finally confronts himself and acknowledges his feelings for utage after ori confesses his own feelings about utage…and now that utage has seen a different side of ori, it appears she’s considering him as a romantic option?! 🤯
"Your kindness is a good quality. But… if you ALWAYS hold back your true feelings out of consideration for somebody else, that's not very kind to YOURSELF."
I think this might be one of my favorite volumes yet!
I DEEPLY loved seeing Tamon really search his heart for the answers to why he was feeling the way he does! Though it WAS very hard seeing him express so much self-loathing when I really like Tamon AND Gloomyhara. 🥺 Please love yourself, Tamon, because you are not trash and are a wonderful human being! 🧡
However, one thing that really surprised me when reading was my feelings towards Ori! I confess I am not and have not been a fan of him, but seeing him be genuinely vulnerable with Utage and WANT to win her heart… it really had MY heart skipping a beat. I can't say I'm shipping him with her, but I also can't help but cheer for him too!
And oh my goodness, DELINQUENTS?!?! SIGN ME UP!!! 🤩🤩🤩
I LOVED seeing the delinquent vibes so strong and desperately hoping we see more of it next volume because my delinquent-loving heart was thriving! I was especially excited to see Tamon be a delinquent and couldn't help but geek out (even if I did have some nervous laughter when we had that black page with his thoughts expressed…)!!!
This volume had its signature fun, but it was also very heartfelt to see Tamon have a breakthrough! Talk about a special moment!
4.5 stars. Lots of introspection for Tamon, with some growth at the end. I liked this slowly developing but each scene counts set-up. Kudos to the creator. This is great storytelling and character development.
With the cliffhanger at volume 10 I had high hopes for volume 11. Much to my delight, they managed to deliver. I wasn't so confident when I read the first chapter of this volume... But as you progress through the volume instead of the feeling of one step forward two steps back you actually feel progress in their emotional development. This is the volume that makes or breaks the will they want they. This is the volume where people realize they're feelings!
There's a part of me that really wishes that non-standard relationships were more practical and accepted socially. The idea of having the heroin end up with her two faves that love her would be my ideal shipping. It's just polyamorous relationships are not standardized as acceptable yet. As a result you don't really get the perfect harem ending showing up in most storytelling. This is definitely one where I think having two boyfriends would be the perfect solution to a situation and her heart. Assuming the boys could share... I know one of them could but the other... Probably not lol.
I'm so proud of Ori and Tamon for both stepping up their game. Seeing Ori's family structure shined light on his mannerisms and he brought a natural and not toxic level of rivalry between him and Tamon. Tamon for sure wouldn't have realized his true feelings or learned a new emotion that quickly had this event not pushed him into it. But, his small amount of growth and honest idol to human conversation he had with himself was so nice to see.
Utage remains one of my favorite FMC's. I love that she's open to something happening with either of them and she's still able to be a friend (or at least wants to still be one). I can't wait to see what happens in the next volume and how much more they'll all grow!
I thought it was sweet Tamon surprised Utage to make her smile with the lights. Hopefully, Ori asking him to be his wingman was the push he needed and it was interesting how he was able to get into character for a delinquent role. The art and story is still drawing me in, unable to put it down until the end of the volume and wanting to know what happens next.
After an awkward ending at the amusement park, Tamon and the group are now taking on a new project. However, Tamon is finding it hard to not only get into character for the role but also with his feelings after Ori telling him he likes Utage. While Ori knows Utage only has Tamon in her heart, it might be the push they both need to come to the realization the two have feelings that go past fan x idol or friends.
This volume felt like we feasted. We have been setting up this series for a bit now. We got the other member backgrounds and Tamon's family. Which has kept me interested but last volume finally we didn't have a bread crumb we got a whole slice. This volume lots happened we get movement with Tamon and Utage's self realizations. We got to see what more of what the group does too. I love his gloomy version, I just love the kind of pathetic men in love stories. Manga tends to do it really well. I am sure we have a bit to go with this series but this was my favorite volume cause it didn't seem as backstory.
Okay, perhaps we will start moving in a forward direction from now on? It's good to see that people are realizing or at least starting to sort through and figure out true feelings. I'm cheering them all on and I can't wait to see what is going to happen.
Thank you VIZ media for this ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
FUCK YOU ORIII. I know everyone is entitled to their emotions but be sooooo for real. He is practically VILLAINOUS. But I adore Tamon identifying his inner turmoil. His inner dialogue between his dialogue self and his gloomy self were much needed. And his epiphany at the end was LONG AWAITED. Hopefully both he and fmc can wake the fuck up and man up for once.
Un tome un peu plus intéressant, surtout sur la fin, qui laisse espérer un changement de rythme pour la suite. Malgré tout, le chemin a été long et l’évolution reste limitée. Je continue la série avec l’espoir que l’histoire accélère enfin.
“If you always hold back your true feelings out of consideration for somebody else…That’s not very kind to yourself.” YES YES!! I needed those words just as much as Tamon did…
And ahhhh the ending made me smile.. Tamon finally gets it!
Oh, no! Will everyone ever be on the same page at the same time? Tamon does some serious soul-searching after an acting role helps him to confront his feelings about Utage. Meanwhile, Ori actually confesses to Utage and she doesn’t turn him down flat! What a pickle!
I love the fact they are all making a TV show all together and Ori's dad is in it as well. But Tamon actually sorting out his feelings for Utage though was the pinnacle of the book, well literally. Now the war between him and Ori for Utage's heart is truly on like Donkey Kong.