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2月4日、バレンタインデー10日前。放課後に二人で出かけたモール内のドーナツ屋の前で、安達が聞いてくる。 「14日に、しまむらはなにか、用事ありますか？」 「ないですけど」 「ないなら、14日に、遊ぼうという……」 鼻の上に加えて、手の甲まで真っ赤に染まっていた。そんな安達の決意や覚悟に感心して、私はこう応える。 「いいよ。今年はバレンタインをやっちゃおうか」 2月14日までの10日間。安達のどきどきな10日間が、しまむらの日常に彩りを与える。そんな二人のお話。
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First published August 9, 2014
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December 5, 2020
This feels like the most overtly "romance" (in the genre sense) volume of the series, but the flip side is that Adachi is much more into Shimamura than Shimamura is into her. It's feeling a little unbalanced on that front, with Adachi coming off as desperate and Shimamura unaware of her friend's feelings. I am having a harder time getting behind them as a couple than I was before, but I'll keep reading for now.
February 20, 2021
Cute
Cute and well translated, I really love the interactions between Adachi and Shimamura. A times it's slow but the build up feels really worth it.
Cute and well translated, I really love the interactions between Adachi and Shimamura. A times it's slow but the build up feels really worth it.
August 30, 2020
Valentine’s Day approaches and Adachi is hoping to replicate the success of Christmas by exchanging chocolate with Shimamura. Naturally this doesn’t take into account, well, anything, including Adachi’s increasing inability to form complete sentences around Shimamura lately.
So THIS was interesting. The tables have firmly turned in this volume, as Adachi has turned into the quintessential disaster lesbian and has lost all chill around Shimamura, making her the less communicative of the two for a change.
She is an utter mess trying to work through her feelings - her half-hearted denials in her head are fewer and far between at this point, but major communication centres in her brain short-circuit around the object of her affection.
It’s a lot to get through and much as it helps make some of her utter devotion to Shimamura make sense - Shimamura is pretty much the sole bright spot in Adachi’s life - filling an entire volume with this much awkward drags those sections down more than usual (although it is peppered with a smattering of fun moments, particularly the ending - I think that’s going to be super charming in the anime)
That leaves it to Shimamura’s chapters to carry the day and, to my immense surprise, they do. While she’s never been excited about much, you can see Shimamura slowly changing during this volume (maturing might even be the right word) and even some of her throwaway word choices (‘my Adachi’ is particularly telling) show that while she is still very dense, that doesn’t mean she doesn’t care about her friend.
And the climax of this tale, while not as solid as the Christmas escapade, is certainly presented well. Thanks to an awkward February 13th, we get to see Shimamura’s growing comfort and general acceptance of Adachi when events of one day are reflected by the events of the other, but the vibe is incredibly different.
And if you think you know who wins the day here... well... let’s say it all comes back around to an amusing plot thread woven through the early parts of the book and some people’s attention to detail. I really enjoyed how that played out.
I’d give this book a solid 3.5 stars, but one I can’t really round up because it’s not as good as the last one (though it IS better than the first volume). Don’t get me wrong, I’m rooting for these two and I had fun with it, but this is not as strong as the series at its best.
So THIS was interesting. The tables have firmly turned in this volume, as Adachi has turned into the quintessential disaster lesbian and has lost all chill around Shimamura, making her the less communicative of the two for a change.
She is an utter mess trying to work through her feelings - her half-hearted denials in her head are fewer and far between at this point, but major communication centres in her brain short-circuit around the object of her affection.
It’s a lot to get through and much as it helps make some of her utter devotion to Shimamura make sense - Shimamura is pretty much the sole bright spot in Adachi’s life - filling an entire volume with this much awkward drags those sections down more than usual (although it is peppered with a smattering of fun moments, particularly the ending - I think that’s going to be super charming in the anime)
That leaves it to Shimamura’s chapters to carry the day and, to my immense surprise, they do. While she’s never been excited about much, you can see Shimamura slowly changing during this volume (maturing might even be the right word) and even some of her throwaway word choices (‘my Adachi’ is particularly telling) show that while she is still very dense, that doesn’t mean she doesn’t care about her friend.
And the climax of this tale, while not as solid as the Christmas escapade, is certainly presented well. Thanks to an awkward February 13th, we get to see Shimamura’s growing comfort and general acceptance of Adachi when events of one day are reflected by the events of the other, but the vibe is incredibly different.
And if you think you know who wins the day here... well... let’s say it all comes back around to an amusing plot thread woven through the early parts of the book and some people’s attention to detail. I really enjoyed how that played out.
I’d give this book a solid 3.5 stars, but one I can’t really round up because it’s not as good as the last one (though it IS better than the first volume). Don’t get me wrong, I’m rooting for these two and I had fun with it, but this is not as strong as the series at its best.
October 3, 2022
Adachi to Shimamura continues to be a slow but enjoyable read, as the two leads not only become more aware of their feelings for one another but understand themselves better. After spending time together for Christmas, Adachi is trying to find the courage to ask Shimamura to hang out on Valentine’s Day. While still having difficulty expressing herself to Shimamura and others, she manages to ask Shimamura while stumbling along the way. With one crisis solved, the next is to figure out what chocolates to give Shimamura.
The third volume is much like the previous two, as chapters are split between the POV of the two leads. Adachi continues to stress and overthink her relationship with Shimamura and figure out her feelings as she strives for Shimamura’s attention and affection, even going as far as to change her style slightly to seek her validation. Despite her anxieties, she goes out of her comfort zone and is aware that she is changing, even the weird ones. While stumbling, Adachi is progressing, even if awkwardly and at times like a puppy seeking attention. Although her relationship with her parents remains the same, other than her being more aware that she is also contributing to the lack of a relationship.
Shimamura, however, is not going through the same anxieties and stresses as Adachi and tends to be rather indifferent most of the time. Although that is not to say Shimamura does not care about Adachi, as she is frequently thinking about her, albeit commonly about how odd she is acting. The central conflict Shimamura is facing is the difficulty of putting effort into their relationship and others, such as whether to take the extra step to get chocolates from a nicer shop rather than a convenience store. In addition, the thought of no longer being in the same classroom for the next school year with Adachi frequently crosses her mind, as she is unsure if their relationship will continue if that were to happen due to her lacking ability to take the initiative. After all, previously friendships have ended like that for Shimamura before. However, after running into her old best friend from elementary school and experiencing the awkwardness of it, as she is unsure how to act around her and whether she actually cares, there is a slight change in her attitude. This subtle change also has to do with her becoming more aware that she is becoming a young adult and realizing that she cannot be indifferent towards her relationships and life forever.
Volume three was very similar to the previous two volumes. Although Shimamura is more of a focus as she figures out what her relationships, specifically with Adachi, mean to her. Adachi continues to be the one to initiate the two-spending time together. While it is not that Shimamura does not want to spend time with Adachi, it ultimately comes down to her feeling indifferent. As previously mentioned, the romance between the two remains slow, but there is some progression in their relationship towards the end, especially for Shimamura, as she grew the most. Ultimately, volume three was more of the same, which is not really a negative, but hopefully, there is a bit more progression in the next volume. More interaction between Adachi and her parents would be nice to see, as apart from being mentioned a few times by Adachi and even Shimamura, nothing happens.
The third volume is much like the previous two, as chapters are split between the POV of the two leads. Adachi continues to stress and overthink her relationship with Shimamura and figure out her feelings as she strives for Shimamura’s attention and affection, even going as far as to change her style slightly to seek her validation. Despite her anxieties, she goes out of her comfort zone and is aware that she is changing, even the weird ones. While stumbling, Adachi is progressing, even if awkwardly and at times like a puppy seeking attention. Although her relationship with her parents remains the same, other than her being more aware that she is also contributing to the lack of a relationship.
Shimamura, however, is not going through the same anxieties and stresses as Adachi and tends to be rather indifferent most of the time. Although that is not to say Shimamura does not care about Adachi, as she is frequently thinking about her, albeit commonly about how odd she is acting. The central conflict Shimamura is facing is the difficulty of putting effort into their relationship and others, such as whether to take the extra step to get chocolates from a nicer shop rather than a convenience store. In addition, the thought of no longer being in the same classroom for the next school year with Adachi frequently crosses her mind, as she is unsure if their relationship will continue if that were to happen due to her lacking ability to take the initiative. After all, previously friendships have ended like that for Shimamura before. However, after running into her old best friend from elementary school and experiencing the awkwardness of it, as she is unsure how to act around her and whether she actually cares, there is a slight change in her attitude. This subtle change also has to do with her becoming more aware that she is becoming a young adult and realizing that she cannot be indifferent towards her relationships and life forever.
Volume three was very similar to the previous two volumes. Although Shimamura is more of a focus as she figures out what her relationships, specifically with Adachi, mean to her. Adachi continues to be the one to initiate the two-spending time together. While it is not that Shimamura does not want to spend time with Adachi, it ultimately comes down to her feeling indifferent. As previously mentioned, the romance between the two remains slow, but there is some progression in their relationship towards the end, especially for Shimamura, as she grew the most. Ultimately, volume three was more of the same, which is not really a negative, but hopefully, there is a bit more progression in the next volume. More interaction between Adachi and her parents would be nice to see, as apart from being mentioned a few times by Adachi and even Shimamura, nothing happens.
May 3, 2022
There need to be significantly more series like this ;__;
January 9, 2021
More annoying than adorable and more heartburn than heartbreak, ADACHI AND SHIMAMURA #3 does little to move the needle when it comes to registering substantive progress in the friendship between its title characters. It's been cute and fun, seeing Shimamura stumble into responsibility as her high-school years wear on, and it's been a delight observing Adachi smash her senses to bits while standing on the precipice of pubertal romance, but beyond being cute and fun and occasionally delightful, this novel is stuck in a rut.
One can only take so much of Adachi contracting the hiccups in public, or following the advice of a tawdry TV horoscope show, or debating herself on the ethics of harboring jealous thoughts over relational dynamics she has never witnessed. Adachi was never a particularly fully developed character in this novel series, and it's clear the author has settled the girl firmly into the archetype of the quietly overconfident and thereby fundamentally inept. This is all the more true with the book's events surrounding Valentine's Day. The novel's articulation of what makes Adachi a character worth following wastes chapter upon chapter focusing on the girl's incessant failure at being true to herself (e.g., failure to confess, failure to converse, failure to purchase a gift, failure to orchestrate an outing). Failure doesn't drive this girl, it defines her:
"Desperation tinged my feelings for Shimamura; deep down, I was terrified that, barring some sort of divine intervention, I might never bridge the gap between us" (p. 65).
Readers would earn far more respect for this bumbling little fool if her quiet overconfidence weren't an end in and of itself but was later forced to rue its exploits (e.g., purchasing a good/bad gift, orchestrating an out-of-character outing).
ADACHI AND SHIMAMURA #3 is well-written but doesn't demonstrate any purposeful command of the fates of its characters. That is to say, no matter how beautiful the language and comfortable the narrative pacing, neither Adachi nor Shimamura seem better off for the author's mastery of the craft.
And whereas Adachi is treated more like an annoying puppy who can't get out of her own way, Shimamura is more opaque. The girl's listlessness is well-documented, but it's clear she's slowly maturing into one who is increasingly aware of the social and cultural demands of a "young adult." Of note is Shimamura's run-in with an old grammar-school friend, Tarumi. The two were best buds back in the day, but three years is a long time. And as the two girls struggle to rekindle even the smallest charm of a long lost friendship, Shimamura's interior analysis of the inevitable degradation of extended companionship proves impressively sharp, if patently nihilistic ("Some things were just better-off thrown out and replaced," p. 192).
On this point, one could argue the two characters are moving in opposite, or rather, markedly different directions. The shifting points of view are managed more cleanly in this novel, but it's not entirely to the narrative's advantage. As with the previous two books, readers are again forced to sidestep or neglect the most sound perspective among those provided.
That is to say, Adachi wallows in incompetence, fretting over the fantastical and imagined simplicity true love brings, while Shimamura is content to drift, ever onward. Shimamura's encounter with old friends, negotiation with her family, and budding awareness of her creeping adulthood mark her for the more smartly crafted of the two characters. As such, it's unfortunate the greater share of ADACHI AND SHIMAMURA #3 is to burrow as deep as possible into the emotional morass of Adachi's romantic agony.
One can only take so much of Adachi contracting the hiccups in public, or following the advice of a tawdry TV horoscope show, or debating herself on the ethics of harboring jealous thoughts over relational dynamics she has never witnessed. Adachi was never a particularly fully developed character in this novel series, and it's clear the author has settled the girl firmly into the archetype of the quietly overconfident and thereby fundamentally inept. This is all the more true with the book's events surrounding Valentine's Day. The novel's articulation of what makes Adachi a character worth following wastes chapter upon chapter focusing on the girl's incessant failure at being true to herself (e.g., failure to confess, failure to converse, failure to purchase a gift, failure to orchestrate an outing). Failure doesn't drive this girl, it defines her:
"Desperation tinged my feelings for Shimamura; deep down, I was terrified that, barring some sort of divine intervention, I might never bridge the gap between us" (p. 65).
Readers would earn far more respect for this bumbling little fool if her quiet overconfidence weren't an end in and of itself but was later forced to rue its exploits (e.g., purchasing a good/bad gift, orchestrating an out-of-character outing).
ADACHI AND SHIMAMURA #3 is well-written but doesn't demonstrate any purposeful command of the fates of its characters. That is to say, no matter how beautiful the language and comfortable the narrative pacing, neither Adachi nor Shimamura seem better off for the author's mastery of the craft.
And whereas Adachi is treated more like an annoying puppy who can't get out of her own way, Shimamura is more opaque. The girl's listlessness is well-documented, but it's clear she's slowly maturing into one who is increasingly aware of the social and cultural demands of a "young adult." Of note is Shimamura's run-in with an old grammar-school friend, Tarumi. The two were best buds back in the day, but three years is a long time. And as the two girls struggle to rekindle even the smallest charm of a long lost friendship, Shimamura's interior analysis of the inevitable degradation of extended companionship proves impressively sharp, if patently nihilistic ("Some things were just better-off thrown out and replaced," p. 192).
On this point, one could argue the two characters are moving in opposite, or rather, markedly different directions. The shifting points of view are managed more cleanly in this novel, but it's not entirely to the narrative's advantage. As with the previous two books, readers are again forced to sidestep or neglect the most sound perspective among those provided.
That is to say, Adachi wallows in incompetence, fretting over the fantastical and imagined simplicity true love brings, while Shimamura is content to drift, ever onward. Shimamura's encounter with old friends, negotiation with her family, and budding awareness of her creeping adulthood mark her for the more smartly crafted of the two characters. As such, it's unfortunate the greater share of ADACHI AND SHIMAMURA #3 is to burrow as deep as possible into the emotional morass of Adachi's romantic agony.
January 10, 2022
It took me a lot longer to get into this book then the first one but I enjoyed it all the same.
Adachi’a inner thoughts and overthinking still reminds me of myself. Shimamura thinking the other girl is weird and not really understanding or knowing what she’s thinking has be laughing. And also curious how Shimamura will react when she finds out about Adachi’s crush.
Christmas and Valentine’s Day was sweet. I enjoyed the countdown and the different points or view.
I thought Shimamura meeting her middle school best friend again would cause some tension with Adachi which might cause her to have to confront and confess her feelings but maybe it is not going down that route or at all.
The ending with Shimamura coming to school and finding Adachi semi-celebrating cause me to think that her prayers were answered.
Looking forward to next novel but I might take a break a small bit so I don’t burn myself out or read too fast.
Adachi’a inner thoughts and overthinking still reminds me of myself. Shimamura thinking the other girl is weird and not really understanding or knowing what she’s thinking has be laughing. And also curious how Shimamura will react when she finds out about Adachi’s crush.
Christmas and Valentine’s Day was sweet. I enjoyed the countdown and the different points or view.
I thought Shimamura meeting her middle school best friend again would cause some tension with Adachi which might cause her to have to confront and confess her feelings but maybe it is not going down that route or at all.
The ending with Shimamura coming to school and finding Adachi semi-celebrating cause me to think that her prayers were answered.
Looking forward to next novel but I might take a break a small bit so I don’t burn myself out or read too fast.
May 30, 2022
Something about these stories that can only be written about first love.
The appeal of the "coming of age".
When you can still have likable protagonists that are jealous and selfish and, well, bad at relationships figuring out how to navigate everything.
I would not say these are amazing literature or anything, they are light novels. But, they are written in the voice of two distinct and different characters and, for better or worse, it is made very easy to inhabit their minds.
I like these characters and I am rooting for them.
So I keep plugging away, reading their little stories.
The appeal of the "coming of age".
When you can still have likable protagonists that are jealous and selfish and, well, bad at relationships figuring out how to navigate everything.
I would not say these are amazing literature or anything, they are light novels. But, they are written in the voice of two distinct and different characters and, for better or worse, it is made very easy to inhabit their minds.
I like these characters and I am rooting for them.
So I keep plugging away, reading their little stories.
September 17, 2022
Un volumen que se me hizo que tuvo mucha historia innecesaria.
En cuanto a los sentimientos de Adachi, nos deja claro qué es lo que quiere. Pero en cuanto a la relación entre las 2 no avanza nada, va muy lento en este aspecto. Y peor tantito, entró un personaje que puede meterle el pie a Adachi. Pero bueno.
Sin embargo, cada volumen te deja enganchado con algún punto de la historia que no vas a descubrir si no lees el siguiente volumen.
Veremos que tal el volumen que sigue.
En cuanto a los sentimientos de Adachi, nos deja claro qué es lo que quiere. Pero en cuanto a la relación entre las 2 no avanza nada, va muy lento en este aspecto. Y peor tantito, entró un personaje que puede meterle el pie a Adachi. Pero bueno.
Sin embargo, cada volumen te deja enganchado con algún punto de la historia que no vas a descubrir si no lees el siguiente volumen.
Veremos que tal el volumen que sigue.
January 20, 2020
Adachi and Shimamura plan to exchange chocolate for Valentine's Day and end up going on a date. More Yashiro and Nagahino sections after each chapter. Shimamura has a reunion with an old friend. Nothing groundbreaking, but cute and relaxing, and with enough substance to the characters and their relationships to still feel fresh even three books in.
March 6, 2024
4 stars. It’s Valentine’s Day and this was cuter than the manga version. I liked it but I really want this series to pick up steam soon. It’s just so slow which makes sense as it is a slice of life series but I need some development on all fronts and I hope that happens soon.
March 29, 2020
實在不太喜歡日本小說碎碎念的風格
不過，百合很香就算了
這集出現安達的情敵啦~
(應該是吧，雖然青梅竹馬是炮灰，標題就告訴你了XD)
什麼時後安達會病起來呢
不過，百合很香就算了
這集出現安達的情敵啦~
(應該是吧，雖然青梅竹馬是炮灰，標題就告訴你了XD)
什麼時後安達會病起來呢
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January 1, 2022
2.5, becoming more solid?
June 30, 2022
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August 6, 2023
I really love this series. I especially love Adachi she is very reliably awkward. I love her chaotic actions of love.
September 5, 2023
3,75
It felt a little slow and repetitive at times, but over all an enjoyable read. Onto the next one!
It felt a little slow and repetitive at times, but over all an enjoyable read. Onto the next one!
April 15, 2024
adachi is SO cute
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May 19, 2025Love this volume. Shimamura only gets one chapter of narration to herself, but the development in her feelings towards Adachi comes through so well.
April 30, 2021
Una de las cosas que más aprecie en este volumen fue la manera en la que shimamura se desarrolló como personaje, todo esto gracias a la entrada de Tarumi en escena, sinceramente espero que ver más de Tarumi y shimamura en el siguiente tomo. Por otra parte disfrute mucho la salida de San Valentín que tubierin Adachi y Shimamura :3
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