私たちはどうかしている 12 [Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru 12]

私たちはどうかしている [Watashitachi wa Dōka Shiteiru] #12

by Natsumi Andō

除夜際での七桜と椿の勝負に決着がつき、ついに光月庵の後継者が決まった。だがその直後、大旦那は倒れて病院に運ばれてしまう。新旧の交代が行われ不安に感じる従業員ら。さらに新当主は金沢の文化をけん引する武六会にその実力を試されることになる。そんな中、一層強く七桜に惹かれる多喜川は徐々に自分の気持ちを抑えられなくなるが、かつての恋人・由香莉が現れて不穏なムードに。ある重大な真実を知った椿も動き出し事態は急変!?

Genres: Manga, Romance, Josei, Mystery, Graphic Novels, Drama, Fiction

168 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 13, 2020

About the author

安藤なつみ, Andō Natsumi is a Japanese manga artist. She is best known for Zodiac P.I. as well as Kitchen Princess, for which she won the Kodansha Manga Award for children's manga in 2006.

Favorites: Donald Duck
Favourite manga: Ossu! Ichijin and Kimagure Orange Road
Favourites: meats and fruits
Hobbies: shopping, reading and watching TV

Reviews

[Bookishrealm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Y’all…this ending. I literally have no words. Smh.

[Keiko the manga enthusiast ♒︎ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hands down, this is my favorite volume so far. I need volume 13 in an instant 😭 The revelations, Tsubaki, coming back for Nao. I just found it weird that Tsubaki knows exactly where to find her, though, I don't know.

Thank you, I can finally sleep in peace now. Good night!

[-moonprismpower- · Rating 4 out of 5]

I KNEW IT!!!!! I had a feeling about Tsubaki and Takigawa!!!!!!!

Always a revelation every book and I’m hooked!!!! I can’t wait to see how this plays out since the story is ending in 5 volumes or so…

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many shocks and reveals! But for some reason this volume felt super short. I think I read it in 15 minutes.

[Librarian Jessie (BibliophileRoses) · Rating 5 out of 5]

A rekindled romance through revealed truths and a shocking announcement about blood relations! Let’s go Nao!

[afton · Rating 4 out of 5]

well, they do look alike. i feel bad for nao, but it only makes sense what she’s going through with her current position

[Ａｎｔｈｏｐｈｉｌｅ 🪴 · Rating 5 out of 5]

And yet people said manga and anime is a cartoon? Only for kids? Boy, read this fu*ked up and dark thrilling dark romance now!! Where's my man ?? Why he's being chased out while the evil witch loitering easily..?? Tsubaki!! 🥲😭 the hottest romantic and skilled husband with the perfect husband material.. marry me Tsubaki!! 😭 how long will this tension will be last and taken to..?? how far..??

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Just when you think “What else can possibly be told in this story?” BAM! Here’s a twist. Really glad I’m getting these volumes in batches so I can read several at once…but with the way each volume ends with a bang? I will be kept tapping my toes waiting for the next translation at some point!

[hea booktubes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Haha, knew it!!

[BeckyisBookish · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favourite manga series of all time. Top spot in my heart and I always pre-order. Top notch drama.

5 heart stealing stories out of 5 obsessions

[Risa (Clazzi) · Rating 4 out of 5]

DRAMA

[Jessi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Content note for the SERIES: murder, death of a parent, violence, unfair loss of job/firing, domestic violence, abuse, involuntary confinement, attempted murder

Okay, I don’t wanna spoil anything, so I’m only going to give a vague-ish review of the first couple of books in the series! First, let me assure any of you who might not be interested in NSFW material (or disappoint those of you who are lol)– this isn’t that spicy of a comic. There are a few panels in each book so far that include very brief allusions to sex but don’t show anything outright.

Y’all. This series had me in a VISE GRIP!! It’s SO GOOD. It’s incredibly well written, and the art is just so beautiful and elegant, matching the subject matter perfectly. The number of kimono and wagashi illustrated in here alone is so satisfying.

This series is the kind that gets better and better with each volume, and that’s not something I can usually say about much these days, so I was so, so happy to read this. It unfolds throughout and never lets you rest on your laurels, thinking you know for sure what’s going to happen or who will be unveiled to be involved with the main plot or any number of subplots going on at the same time. Beautiful!

I love the characters, and I love how the creator develops their relationships across so many volumes. I felt so fulfilled watching these characters’ arcs unfold the way they did. I want to say more, but I would be spoiling SO MUCH if I did! Just, trust me, you need to go give this series a read, it’s fantastic. It’s no wonder they got a tv adaptation!

I disagree a bit with the jacket copy on this series, describing it as spine chilling. Maybe I’m desensitized by all the horror movies I watch (lol jk it’s a lifetime’s worth of trauma 😂), but this was actually much more of a wagashi-centric drama, romance, thriller for me than a spine chiller. And that is not a bad thing at all! I think this series is so successful in part because of how fluidly it combined so many genres into a seamless and engaging story.

My point is, the jacket copy doesn’t quite do it justice. If you like comics that introduce you to artisan crafts and what goes into making them, this is a comic you want to read. If you like enemies to lovers and/or enemies to friends, this is your comic. If you like mystery and thrillers, this is a comic for you. If you like attention to detail and well designed plots and other aspects of writing as a craft, this is definitely your comic! Odds are very good you’ll like this comic, my friend!

Now, lemme give you a couple warnings, though: there is a lot of showing of abuse, violence, and manipulative, if not gaslighting, behavior in here. There is murder, attempted murder, child neglect, the loss of parents, etc. There are some topics I wish the creator had addressed better, such as the domestic abuse aspects, especially earlier in the series. But I promise you, the story is worth it.

Overall, I love this series so much! I’m in pain waiting in line for books 17-19 from my library right now, and I can’t wait to see how it continues. Please read it so we can talk about it!

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

So The Proprietress picks Nao's sweet. Thinking it was made by Tsubaki. Which means Nao inherits the Kogetsuan.

The old man dies. Nao takes over the Kogetsuan and a bunch of the employees talk wild to her and treat her like shit. I get they are attached to Tsubaki and whatnot but she is their boss now and she should be given a sliver of respect. Nao is better than me. I'm not sure I would have been able to hold my tongue. I would let them know that if they have a problem with the fact that the old man (what was his name? Did he have one? Lol) picked me to inherit they can find a job elsewhere. Since they believe I am some incompetent thief. That isn't capable to running the place.

And because this bitch doesn't know how to take an L and sit the fuck down. The Proprietress steals the heirloom tools needed to make some traditional sweets. And in typical lead behavior, once Nao realizes that they are missing and who more than likely took them. She doesn't say anything when others notice she is running around looking frantic. Though Shiori manages to pry it out of her and TOGETHER they are able to track down The Proprietress and stop her just as she sets the box containing the tools on fire and save them. Nao REALLY needs to stop keeping shit to herself and trust a bitch. It's such a pain watching a character dig themselves into a hole.
The Proprietress slinks away like the snake she is but is cornered by Takigawa. They have a back and forth and she reveals that Tsubaki is his younger half brother. So now we know who Tsubaki's dad is.

I almost forgot that it's been revealed to Tsubaki that Nao was pregnant at the time of thw fire. By the woman who was masquerading as Nao mom.


Very much looking forward to the next volume.

[Kastie Pavlik · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series brings the DRAMA with every volume, but this one takes it further than the one with the fire! This is total soap opera level melodrama, but without the cheese or characters returning from the dead. It's reveal, reveal, reveal, and Nao trying her best to step into the shoes she longed to fill her entire life. Between her wavering confidence and the twists we're privy to, it seriously reads like a (good) early volume designed to set up a new series more than a continuation of something that could easily stagnate. Nope. We are in the rabbit hole, really in it, and there's no coming up for air. I don't envy Nao's future.

[R. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nao has won the war to be named the true heir of Kogetsuan literally just as grandpa passes on. While she hopes this will free Tsubaki to make the wagashi he loves and actually get his eyes treated, it seems Kyoko is not finished with her scheming and tricks. Now as the head of the Kogetsuan, Nao has the challenge of gaining approval not just of her new staff, but of the other heads of the houses and the traditional businesses that can make or break reputations in the area. Unfortunately, she'll need the ancestral tools that she's supposed to inherit for the ceremony coming up, but Kyoko has them, leading to yet more injury and another fateful meeting with Tsubaki.

[Paulette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Let me be completely honest; I am very literally shaking after reading that last chapter. I just, W-O-W. Nao's finally the head of Kogetsuan, Tsubaki *finally, finally* learns about the pregnancy and miscarriage, and the now ex-proprietress finally reveals who she had the affair with all those years ago. THEE ABOSOLUTE DRAMA!!!

[Jess | jadecanread · Rating 5 out of 5]

RECAP: Grandpa dies, funeral where Nao shows and claims her place as granddaughter. Tsubaki leaves. Sus Takigawa. Nao struggles running the shop. Tsubaki learns Nao was pregnant three years ago. Nao has to use the heirloom tools to make sweets but mom took them. She tracks her down and saves the tools from a fire. We learn Takigawa is brother of Tsubaki.

[Khurshid Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

With each volume Nao and Tsubaki’s relationship is tested. We have seen them struggle with the past and its impact on the present

However

This time everything has changed. Rightful heirs are given their place

Until

The twist at the end

I cant wait to read the next volume

This is an addictive read and I highly recommend

[Claudia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57

[Jemailyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

5☆

All I can say is that I can't wait to read the rest.

[Angeli · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not much action here in this volume.

[Shelby · Rating 4 out of 5]

The D R A M A

[Fallon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This story is so messy but so entertaining and addicting 😋

[lez · Rating 4 out of 5]

“finding each other again will just lead to more hatred but i can’t stop myself from coming back” 🥹🥹🥹

[Judy Jablonski · Rating 5 out of 5]

As others have commented this volume is fabulous, my absolute favorite to date.

[Rebecca Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars.

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

What more can possibly happen?? I just need for these two to have their happy ending.

[Greyland Reviews · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars

[Kaitlynne · Rating 3 out of 5]

There's, like, a good chunk of books still left in this series, and it's being so dramatic and I don't know what to think about it anymore. Like, am I hate reading this to see what happens? Maybe?

[celina · Rating 5 out of 5]

i love nao‘s & shiori‘s friendship awh. but the end ? i knew it oh my god