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Futaribeya #2
Futaribeya, Vol. 2 [A Room for Two 2]
Sakurako Kawawa settles into her new apartment with her lazy, easygoing, and stunningly beautiful roommate, Kasumi Yamabuki, who lives life at her own pace.
This four-panel-style comic follows the everyday life of these two high school roommates as they go to class together, tackle the mundane necessities of laundry and grocery shopping for two, and learn more about one another in a cute and heartwarming series of short stories.
This is Volume 2 of the series.
This four-panel-style comic follows the everyday life of these two high school roommates as they go to class together, tackle the mundane necessities of laundry and grocery shopping for two, and learn more about one another in a cute and heartwarming series of short stories.
This is Volume 2 of the series.
160 pages, Paperback
First published December 24, 2015
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December 7, 2020
School continues, goofiness continues, and there isn’t much of a point beyond that, but does a book like this really need one?
Okay, the second volume won me over. It’s not appreciably better, but it IS a little bit of an improvement and I realized a couple of important things during my reading that affected my enjoyment.
First, the initial volume wasn’t a slog as much as it is drowning in dialogue. I was more engaged with this book but it took me pretty much the exact same amount of time. It’s because every single panel is (as noted) drowning in dialogue and with 4-koma you are getting a LOT of panels.
Second, this is just a variation on Non Non Biyori’s style of slice of life with some much clearer yuri overtones. It’s interesting how that plays out - they sort of pivot in this volume to Sakurako being heavily into Kasumi, much more overtly than the first volume (Sakurako’s email address made me laugh).
Conversely, Kasumi seems like being into Sakurako would require effort so she’ll just go with the flow. The wrinkle there is that any time Kasumi does anything at all affectionate it means a lot more because her doing anything feels momentous. We’ll see how that plays out going forward.
Shout-out to the art, which is very good though not showing off about it. There are super-deformed versions of the girls, the regular versions, and often a couple of different in-between versions. These interact ofttimes within the same panel and it’s worth noting at how smooth it is.
They certainly blow through a lot of time in the school year, so I am not sure if this is going to be slowing down temporally or we’ll be following the girls beyond high school - at this rate they’ll be in corporate jobs by the fifth volume (I know that’s not the case - I’m just saying).
Three stars, no qualms. This is a recliner read, where you want to just chill out and your brain can put its feet up and just enjoy the low-grade charm. Not offensive and just sort of there, but not in a bad way.
Okay, the second volume won me over. It’s not appreciably better, but it IS a little bit of an improvement and I realized a couple of important things during my reading that affected my enjoyment.
First, the initial volume wasn’t a slog as much as it is drowning in dialogue. I was more engaged with this book but it took me pretty much the exact same amount of time. It’s because every single panel is (as noted) drowning in dialogue and with 4-koma you are getting a LOT of panels.
Second, this is just a variation on Non Non Biyori’s style of slice of life with some much clearer yuri overtones. It’s interesting how that plays out - they sort of pivot in this volume to Sakurako being heavily into Kasumi, much more overtly than the first volume (Sakurako’s email address made me laugh).
Conversely, Kasumi seems like being into Sakurako would require effort so she’ll just go with the flow. The wrinkle there is that any time Kasumi does anything at all affectionate it means a lot more because her doing anything feels momentous. We’ll see how that plays out going forward.
Shout-out to the art, which is very good though not showing off about it. There are super-deformed versions of the girls, the regular versions, and often a couple of different in-between versions. These interact ofttimes within the same panel and it’s worth noting at how smooth it is.
They certainly blow through a lot of time in the school year, so I am not sure if this is going to be slowing down temporally or we’ll be following the girls beyond high school - at this rate they’ll be in corporate jobs by the fifth volume (I know that’s not the case - I’m just saying).
Three stars, no qualms. This is a recliner read, where you want to just chill out and your brain can put its feet up and just enjoy the low-grade charm. Not offensive and just sort of there, but not in a bad way.
April 5, 2021
無關劇情
漫畫提供了房間的平面圖
只是廁所門、浴室門是往外開
馬桶正對廁所門
這在室內設計/風水的角度上不太好吧
感覺是容易起衝突的設計
漫畫提供了房間的平面圖
只是廁所門、浴室門是往外開
馬桶正對廁所門
這在室內設計/風水的角度上不太好吧
感覺是容易起衝突的設計
November 23, 2018
Thanks to net galley.com, Diamond Book Distributors and Yukiko for the advance PDF copy for my honest review.
This was my first read from author Yukiko, just never really got into Futaribeya Manga (Vol. 2), not sure if not having read the first volume effected reading this one and felt the graphics could have been better. Sure other readers will like this, enjoy it even and definitely will read more from Diamond Book Distributors.
This was my first read from author Yukiko, just never really got into Futaribeya Manga (Vol. 2), not sure if not having read the first volume effected reading this one and felt the graphics could have been better. Sure other readers will like this, enjoy it even and definitely will read more from Diamond Book Distributors.
November 9, 2018
This is my third manga book, and the hardest one yet I had to read. It was the cover that caught my eye, and was glad to be able to access it.
The story is about these two girls, in middle or high school and sharing a room at the school as roommates. The book tells of their life through multiple short stories, shopping for food, going to school, buying clothes, a school trip and other things that two young roommates might experience at school.
The art is exquisite, and the chapters end with a page from the illustration gallery. Some of the dialog was done with a outline font, making it hard to read even after enlarging. the page. The artwork went from finely detailed drawings to a frame or two of a type of gesture drawing on each page. I am an artist and I am not sure I would have the patience to do the work on these pages as much as the artist. had done.
Read it and enjoy it.
The story is about these two girls, in middle or high school and sharing a room at the school as roommates. The book tells of their life through multiple short stories, shopping for food, going to school, buying clothes, a school trip and other things that two young roommates might experience at school.
The art is exquisite, and the chapters end with a page from the illustration gallery. Some of the dialog was done with a outline font, making it hard to read even after enlarging. the page. The artwork went from finely detailed drawings to a frame or two of a type of gesture drawing on each page. I am an artist and I am not sure I would have the patience to do the work on these pages as much as the artist. had done.
Read it and enjoy it.
January 18, 2023
no bc why am i so invested theyre so cute. the extra chapter had me stressed for a hot sec there though
March 6, 2024
4 stars. This was so much better than volume one. This series so far reminds me of a young adult version of ‘Futari Escape’ by Shouichi Taguchi but I’m not absolutely in love with this series quite yet like I am that one. Are main characters here are incredibly likable and are both slackers. Kasumi and Sakurako are pretty much attached at the hips with each other and it is adorable. I thought this volume was a lot of fun I particularly liked the Halloween chapter as I thought the two of them carving pumpkins was cute. Great volume.
September 16, 2020
There hasn't been alot of developments throughout but its more of an accumulation of short stories than an actual overall story so far
Its not a bad read, there are funny & cute moments so its keeping me engaged for now
Its not a bad read, there are funny & cute moments so its keeping me engaged for now
May 25, 2023
AAGGGHH they remain adorable!!! they are so small so soft sooo cute so freaking gay. i love them i love them i love them. it's very lighthearted, slice of life, sweet, loving, tender <3 <3 <3 and SO funny, like laugh-out-loud silly! will warm your heart !!!
September 30, 2024
i seriously love how obsessed sakurako is with kasumi i really hate to say it but this dynamic is tew good
April 24, 2025
I think this is meant to be funny, but the humor doesn't work for me. Good art in places; otherwise, a dud.
October 25, 2018
I was given this book by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This manga was cute and short read. Although this manga is based off high schoolers I felt as though I'm the two main characters were in college. Overall, the story is well executed.
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