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ハニーレモンソーダ [Honey Lemon Soda] #12
Honey Lemon Soda, Vol. 12
付き合って初めて迎える夏休み。三浦くんに呼ばれて、家に遊びに行くことになった羽花。1人暮らしの部屋で何が起きる……!? 時が、駆けていく――高2の夏は今しかない!!
176 pages, Paperback
First published December 25, 2019
About the author
Mayu Murata
79 books42 followersName (in native language): 村田真優
Works (in chronological order):
- Dokuro X Heart [ドクロ×ハート] (2007)
- Mousou Cinderella [妄想シンデレラ] (2009)
- Nagareboshi Lens [流れ星レンズ] (2010-2014, 10 volumes)
- In the chocolate [インザチョコレー] (2011)
- Mata Ashita [またあした] (2015, 3 volumes)
- Fukashigi Closet [不可思議クローゼット] (2015)
- Honey Lemon Soda [ハニーレモンソーダ] (2016, 26 volumes ongoing)
Works (in chronological order):
- Dokuro X Heart [ドクロ×ハート] (2007)
- Mousou Cinderella [妄想シンデレラ] (2009)
- Nagareboshi Lens [流れ星レンズ] (2010-2014, 10 volumes)
- In the chocolate [インザチョコレー] (2011)
- Mata Ashita [またあした] (2015, 3 volumes)
- Fukashigi Closet [不可思議クローゼット] (2015)
- Honey Lemon Soda [ハニーレモンソーダ] (2016, 26 volumes ongoing)
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October 28, 2026
Oh, how this volume touched my heart!
Well, at least the first half, because I’m not a fan of the new interloper, no matter how kind he might be, unfortunately.
But rewinding, I loved how this volume picked right back up where volume eleven ended: Uka and Kai learning more about each other and growing as a couple!
Like Uka, I worried a lot for Kai living alone and how hard things were for him, but we quickly saw he’s doing just fine. 🥺 Plus, both of them knew what the other was trying to do, and it warmed my heart that for them both, the other's actions deeply touched them. 😭
I LOVED the fireworks festival and how once again our girl is growing more and more confident! It was so lovely and special! Buttttt…
I’m not super thrilled we have someone on the scene who is wanting to compete for Uka’s affections. Am I happy that she is being recognized as pretty in her own right? Yes!
However, I don’t want someone trying to stir up jealousy or get between Uka and Kai!
Granted, realistically I don’t think he will because Uka ONLY has eyes for Kai, but I am curious as to how Kai reacted to a conversation near the end.
Cheers to hoping volume thirteen won’t be TOO long of a wait because this was another wonderful volume in this series! 🥰
Well, at least the first half, because I’m not a fan of the new interloper, no matter how kind he might be, unfortunately.
But rewinding, I loved how this volume picked right back up where volume eleven ended: Uka and Kai learning more about each other and growing as a couple!
Like Uka, I worried a lot for Kai living alone and how hard things were for him, but we quickly saw he’s doing just fine. 🥺 Plus, both of them knew what the other was trying to do, and it warmed my heart that for them both, the other's actions deeply touched them. 😭
I LOVED the fireworks festival and how once again our girl is growing more and more confident! It was so lovely and special! Buttttt…
I’m not super thrilled we have someone on the scene who is wanting to compete for Uka’s affections. Am I happy that she is being recognized as pretty in her own right? Yes!
However, I don’t want someone trying to stir up jealousy or get between Uka and Kai!
Granted, realistically I don’t think he will because Uka ONLY has eyes for Kai, but I am curious as to how Kai reacted to a conversation near the end.
Cheers to hoping volume thirteen won’t be TOO long of a wait because this was another wonderful volume in this series! 🥰
November 13, 2026
Uka has blossomed into a self-confident person who can make her own way without clinging to Kai. An episode early on in this volume, where Uka visits Kai's house and immediately offers to take on housewifely chores--that he declines, showing her he is completely capable of doing them himself--shows us that he is serious about her being her own person, and not just being his satellite. Good for him!
I'd like to see more development on Kai's side, aside from a change in his hairstyle. I know this is a manga trope showing a change in the character's outlook (or an outward manifestation of heartbreak, in other stories), but I haven't strongly seen that in his behavior. We haven't seen much of his interior life in general.
Now that our main couple has stabilized, it's time to bring in destabilizing elements. Like, say, a love rival for Uka's affections. The new guy, Sora, is shown as being the "strawberry" puppy dog to Kai's "lemon" cat pretty much immediately. There's the setup for a competition between the two via a fashion show, but there's no way on earth I'm going to take any of this seriously. Sora's a fool if he thinks winning a popularity contest will bring Uka into his camp, and doubtless he'll figure that out in the next book.
This is the point at which a long romance serial falls into a pleasant drone, where Uka's friends start pairing off, and little impediments like Sora show themselves. Aside from Ayumi, I cannot tell them apart, and if Ayumi isn't wearing her wild earrings, I have no shot at it. I hope they start distinguishing themselves as characters a little more, or my level of investment in their inevitable love stories will be low.
I'd like to see more development on Kai's side, aside from a change in his hairstyle. I know this is a manga trope showing a change in the character's outlook (or an outward manifestation of heartbreak, in other stories), but I haven't strongly seen that in his behavior. We haven't seen much of his interior life in general.
Now that our main couple has stabilized, it's time to bring in destabilizing elements. Like, say, a love rival for Uka's affections. The new guy, Sora, is shown as being the "strawberry" puppy dog to Kai's "lemon" cat pretty much immediately. There's the setup for a competition between the two via a fashion show, but there's no way on earth I'm going to take any of this seriously. Sora's a fool if he thinks winning a popularity contest will bring Uka into his camp, and doubtless he'll figure that out in the next book.
This is the point at which a long romance serial falls into a pleasant drone, where Uka's friends start pairing off, and little impediments like Sora show themselves. Aside from Ayumi, I cannot tell them apart, and if Ayumi isn't wearing her wild earrings, I have no shot at it. I hope they start distinguishing themselves as characters a little more, or my level of investment in their inevitable love stories will be low.
November 3, 2026
Hey, this was better than average for the latter stages of this story. It even has a rival storyline that I don’t mind, which is even more shocking to me. I’m not as fond of this as I used to be, but there’s clearly still life in it.
Now that we’ve established that Kai lives alone, the story wastes zero time in sending Uka over there to hang out. I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t expect it to get a little more hot and bothered than it does, but it’s a nice interlude.
It’s a chance for Uka to not so subtly check up on how Kai is doing, but also for him to indulge in his girlfriend’s ministrations for a little while. I enjoyed how this was used as a way for them to both have little moments - Uka worries too much, but Kai does have days where things aren’t great.
There’s a little more equality to this relationship that definitely feels like Uka becoming more comfortable just being herself. When Kai has no interest in festival fireworks, but comes anyway, she treats it as him being nice to her, which it is! The old Uka would have sweat that a lot more.
One of my primary problems does come back in this festival arc - the overuse of chibi depictions of the characters. I have never been a fan of the chibis in this series and they look all so identical that when you have a bunch of characters who I legitimately cannot remember at the best of times? It’s not what I would call a plus.
There’s also serious festival oversaturation here, as we go from fireworks to the girls hitting up another school’s festival. Naturally this reintroduces the guy whose little sister Uka helped during the fireworks.
Enter Sora, who is clearly taken with Uka, and also kind of hapless. He’s definitely an over-achiever, but his personality is emphatically over-eager and he’s definitely prone to look like a dork while trying his hardest.
What I liked about Sora showing up, prior to his inevitable being shot down moment to come, is that he recontextualizes Uka’s personality as being a lot stronger than it has previously been given credit for. Having Uka pursued by these two guys makes more sense after his speech and I appreciated that.
They waste minimal time throwing Sora and Kai together and even less having Sora flat-out declare his intentions (bold move, twelve volumes in, but manga gonna manga). It’s nice to have a rival who is genuinely honest and sees the good in Uka, rather than just taking liberties and sneaking around behind Kai’s back.
Now, this does culminate in a cliffhanger for a school festival battle that also includes, sigh, pageants, but I still think Sora is one of the better rival plot twists that I’ve seen in a series like this. He won’t win, but I wouldn’t care much if he did.
Sora basically enhances the story by showing how much more impressive Uka is than most people have tended to notice. Honestly, even more than I’ve given her credit for. She is much more assured and I like that change.
3.5 stars - hey, this is definitely solid; I wish I could keep track of who the supporting cast is, but when it comes to the leads things are going just fine.
Now that we’ve established that Kai lives alone, the story wastes zero time in sending Uka over there to hang out. I’d be lying if I said that I didn’t expect it to get a little more hot and bothered than it does, but it’s a nice interlude.
It’s a chance for Uka to not so subtly check up on how Kai is doing, but also for him to indulge in his girlfriend’s ministrations for a little while. I enjoyed how this was used as a way for them to both have little moments - Uka worries too much, but Kai does have days where things aren’t great.
There’s a little more equality to this relationship that definitely feels like Uka becoming more comfortable just being herself. When Kai has no interest in festival fireworks, but comes anyway, she treats it as him being nice to her, which it is! The old Uka would have sweat that a lot more.
One of my primary problems does come back in this festival arc - the overuse of chibi depictions of the characters. I have never been a fan of the chibis in this series and they look all so identical that when you have a bunch of characters who I legitimately cannot remember at the best of times? It’s not what I would call a plus.
There’s also serious festival oversaturation here, as we go from fireworks to the girls hitting up another school’s festival. Naturally this reintroduces the guy whose little sister Uka helped during the fireworks.
Enter Sora, who is clearly taken with Uka, and also kind of hapless. He’s definitely an over-achiever, but his personality is emphatically over-eager and he’s definitely prone to look like a dork while trying his hardest.
What I liked about Sora showing up, prior to his inevitable being shot down moment to come, is that he recontextualizes Uka’s personality as being a lot stronger than it has previously been given credit for. Having Uka pursued by these two guys makes more sense after his speech and I appreciated that.
They waste minimal time throwing Sora and Kai together and even less having Sora flat-out declare his intentions (bold move, twelve volumes in, but manga gonna manga). It’s nice to have a rival who is genuinely honest and sees the good in Uka, rather than just taking liberties and sneaking around behind Kai’s back.
Now, this does culminate in a cliffhanger for a school festival battle that also includes, sigh, pageants, but I still think Sora is one of the better rival plot twists that I’ve seen in a series like this. He won’t win, but I wouldn’t care much if he did.
Sora basically enhances the story by showing how much more impressive Uka is than most people have tended to notice. Honestly, even more than I’ve given her credit for. She is much more assured and I like that change.
3.5 stars - hey, this is definitely solid; I wish I could keep track of who the supporting cast is, but when it comes to the leads things are going just fine.
December 10, 2025
J'avais envie de ma dose de romance mignonne et j'avoue que celle-ci, malgré mes craintes, se bonifie au fil des tomes.
Il faut dire que le choix de l'autrice de construire une relation comme celle d'Uka et Miura sur le long terme, avec une ancienne victime de harcèlement et le BG à succès de l'école, avait de quoi me faire craindre le pire. Et alors qu'on était à fond dans les clichés au début et que Miura se comportait un peu comme un gentil forceur, ce n'est plus du tout le cas. Au contraire, on nous fait comprendre que derrière sa froideur légendaire, il y a en fait un garçon qui encourage sa petite amie à gagner en indépendance et assurance et qui la soutient dans tous ses choix. J'adore.
Dans ce tome, l'autrice nous comble donc de plaisir. On a droit à la découverte de l'appart de Miura, le temps d'une après-midi toute mignonne et cosy entre eux, où il brise tous les a priori d'Uka et de nous-même au passage. On a également le passage obligé du festival estival, où l'autrice joue encore avec les codes, notamment celui du couple, du yukata et du feu d'artifices. C'est un régal !
Enfin, elle introduit un rival atypique. Garçon aussi populaire que Miura mais pour des raisons très différentes. Sora, comme son nom l'indique, est un garçon solaire, un peu foufou et loufoque, qui est malgré tout ultra populaire, et qui va rapidement craquer pour Uka en découvrant ses qualités de fonceuse bienveillante en direct. J'adore ce genre de personnage tout doux et gentil, et je le plains d'avance de ne pas réussir à la conquérir, car on sait que Miura est le seul et l'unique pour elle. J'avoue du coup que je suis curieuse de voir ce que l'autrice va en faire car il n'était absolument pas nécessaire à l'histoire et ne fera certainement pas bouger les lignes. Mais il reste très mignon et sympathique à suivre.
Histoire d'une ancienne harcelée découvrant l'amour et s'épanouissant dans son couple, HLS continue de me charmer, peut-être même de plus en plus, au fur et à mesure que l'autrice fait joliment grandir ses personnages, leur conférant des qualités humaines de plus en plus touchantes. Je suis fan du nouveau Miura, du cadre rassurant et libre qu'il offre à Uka pour grandir et s'épanouir sereinement. Et même s'il n'en résultera rien, j'adore d'avance son nouveau rival et le regard qu'il porte et nous offre sur Uka. Une très jolie romance ado que je recommande.
Il faut dire que le choix de l'autrice de construire une relation comme celle d'Uka et Miura sur le long terme, avec une ancienne victime de harcèlement et le BG à succès de l'école, avait de quoi me faire craindre le pire. Et alors qu'on était à fond dans les clichés au début et que Miura se comportait un peu comme un gentil forceur, ce n'est plus du tout le cas. Au contraire, on nous fait comprendre que derrière sa froideur légendaire, il y a en fait un garçon qui encourage sa petite amie à gagner en indépendance et assurance et qui la soutient dans tous ses choix. J'adore.
Dans ce tome, l'autrice nous comble donc de plaisir. On a droit à la découverte de l'appart de Miura, le temps d'une après-midi toute mignonne et cosy entre eux, où il brise tous les a priori d'Uka et de nous-même au passage. On a également le passage obligé du festival estival, où l'autrice joue encore avec les codes, notamment celui du couple, du yukata et du feu d'artifices. C'est un régal !
Enfin, elle introduit un rival atypique. Garçon aussi populaire que Miura mais pour des raisons très différentes. Sora, comme son nom l'indique, est un garçon solaire, un peu foufou et loufoque, qui est malgré tout ultra populaire, et qui va rapidement craquer pour Uka en découvrant ses qualités de fonceuse bienveillante en direct. J'adore ce genre de personnage tout doux et gentil, et je le plains d'avance de ne pas réussir à la conquérir, car on sait que Miura est le seul et l'unique pour elle. J'avoue du coup que je suis curieuse de voir ce que l'autrice va en faire car il n'était absolument pas nécessaire à l'histoire et ne fera certainement pas bouger les lignes. Mais il reste très mignon et sympathique à suivre.
Histoire d'une ancienne harcelée découvrant l'amour et s'épanouissant dans son couple, HLS continue de me charmer, peut-être même de plus en plus, au fur et à mesure que l'autrice fait joliment grandir ses personnages, leur conférant des qualités humaines de plus en plus touchantes. Je suis fan du nouveau Miura, du cadre rassurant et libre qu'il offre à Uka pour grandir et s'épanouir sereinement. Et même s'il n'en résultera rien, j'adore d'avance son nouveau rival et le regard qu'il porte et nous offre sur Uka. Une très jolie romance ado que je recommande.
May 2, 2026
Honey Lemon Soda T12
Mayu Murata
L'histoire d'amour continue entre Uka et Kai, cette fois-ci Kai à inviter chez lui Uka, bien qu'au début, je me suis dit pourquoi l'invite-t-il chez lui ?
Car il semble énormément se retenir envers Uka.
Quelle surprise de voir qu'en fait, il fait tout pour la rassurer malgré ses airs froids, il aime sincèrement Uka.
Quel plaisir de vous retrouver aussi ce côté sortie de couple dans les festivals au Japon. L'autrice a décidé discrètement de mettre en place un futur rival pour notre cher Kai.
J'aime énormément l'évolution d'Uka qui a vraiment évolué depuis le début de la saga. Elle reste toujours très timide et veut toujours bien faire, mais elle prend beaucoup d'initiatives et moi ça me plaît !
Sora le rival de Kai et vraiment adorable et le parfait alter ego de Kai !
Kai et un chat sauvage, Sora et un golden retriever.
Il est vraiment très mignon, gentil un goodboy ! Démonstrative tout le contraire de notre Kai !
Et la fin du tome ? Merlin, j'ai hâte de découvrir la suite !
J'ai hâte de découvrir ce que va faire Sora et aussi les réactions de Kai.
Va-t-il être jaloux ? Va-t-il montrer sentiment ? Que va faire Uka ?
Mayu Murata
L'histoire d'amour continue entre Uka et Kai, cette fois-ci Kai à inviter chez lui Uka, bien qu'au début, je me suis dit pourquoi l'invite-t-il chez lui ?
Car il semble énormément se retenir envers Uka.
Quelle surprise de voir qu'en fait, il fait tout pour la rassurer malgré ses airs froids, il aime sincèrement Uka.
Quel plaisir de vous retrouver aussi ce côté sortie de couple dans les festivals au Japon. L'autrice a décidé discrètement de mettre en place un futur rival pour notre cher Kai.
J'aime énormément l'évolution d'Uka qui a vraiment évolué depuis le début de la saga. Elle reste toujours très timide et veut toujours bien faire, mais elle prend beaucoup d'initiatives et moi ça me plaît !
Sora le rival de Kai et vraiment adorable et le parfait alter ego de Kai !
Kai et un chat sauvage, Sora et un golden retriever.
Il est vraiment très mignon, gentil un goodboy ! Démonstrative tout le contraire de notre Kai !
Et la fin du tome ? Merlin, j'ai hâte de découvrir la suite !
J'ai hâte de découvrir ce que va faire Sora et aussi les réactions de Kai.
Va-t-il être jaloux ? Va-t-il montrer sentiment ? Que va faire Uka ?
November 3, 2026
So cute I loved the firework and home chapters! These two are growing on me
But then we get one of my least favorite tropes..the love triangle ugh. I like Sora so far but dammit romance series why do you keep doing this
But then we get one of my least favorite tropes..the love triangle ugh. I like Sora so far but dammit romance series why do you keep doing this
August 27, 2020
[ ★★★,7 / 5 ]
Finally, rival-kun has arrived ((though it kind of getting forced LOL)). I'm kinda tired of seeing girls rooting over Kai, now it's time for Uka to shine!
Finally, rival-kun has arrived ((though it kind of getting forced LOL)). I'm kinda tired of seeing girls rooting over Kai, now it's time for Uka to shine!
July 20, 2022
what must i do to get an anime….. pls I’m begging
November 26, 2023
Bueno, finalmente un rival ha aparecido. Espero que los cimientos de la relación entre Miura y Uka sean fuertes, porque se vienen turbulencias 🤣🤣🤣
April 14, 2025
*3.5/5
November 29, 2025
2025 goal 157/92
December 7, 2025
je veux la suite !!!
March 22, 2026
(Aviso: lectura hecha en ejemplar en español, publicado en México. La presente nota se modificará cuando se dé de alta en GR la edición correspondiente).
June 22, 2026
Let’s see Kai being jealous
June 30, 2026
Still loving everything about this. However, a new twist gets introduced in this volume that leads to my most hated trope in romance. I really hope it's something that gets resolved quickly.
December 4, 2025
❑ Version : French
🌸 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
💮 Previously : Honey Lemon Soda #11 : ★★★★★.
🌸 Rating : ⭐⭐⭐⭐
💮 Previously : Honey Lemon Soda #11 : ★★★★★.
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