Horimiya, Vol. 14

ホリミヤ [Horimiya] #14

by Hero, Daisuke Hagiwara (Artist)

The sweet "aww"-inspiring tale of school life continues!!

The student council members are usually pretty buddy-buddy. But that's not to say they get along 24-7...When an all-out fight explodes among them, will it be just another chapter of their average high school life? Or will their friendships be forever broken...?

Genres: Manga, Romance, Young Adult, Slice Of Life, Graphic Novels, Comics, Contemporary

178 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 27, 2019

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading this series is like going to a restaurant that used to serve really great food that you loved, but over time the menu changed and it wasn’t nearly as good, but you liked the decor enough that you kept coming back hoping it might be as great as you remembered.

Art’s still fantastic and I still like the characters, but this is several volumes in a row now where the plot has basically stayed inert and we’re just seeing non-stop vignettes where relationships don’t develop at all. It’s a bummer because when this was about the burgeoning relationship between our leads it was a really solid read.

Now it’s just great decor and not much else.

[literarylesbian · Rating 4 out of 5]

another one thank you

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm just not enjoying this as much as I used to? It might be the lack of plot, but also Hori's anger is getting kind of on my nerves. She's so bratty and it feels like Miyamura has to tip toe around her and her bad attitude.

[Bea · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars.
Hori's character is just mean.
The other characters are fine though.

[Saraí Elvir · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sawada es tan adorable, incluso yo quiero darle un dulce.

[Rereader · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm gonna be honest, this volume was disappointing.

The biggest problem is that the jokes weren't nearly as funny in this volume than in previous volumes. Out of the whole volume, I laughed at maybe two jokes. The others got a "meh" reaction.

There were some nice moments, like with Sawada learning not to think negatively about her relationship with the third year crew and finally talking to some of her peers. The parfait chapter and the second to last chapter were probably the funniest and I did think the artwork/art style was on par for the series.

Overall, this was a disappointing read and to me the weakest volume so far. I'm hoping this is just a dud and the rest of the series will continue at level it was prior, otherwise I'm gonna be pretty sad.

[rain]

i really wish this series had more plot :<

also hori needs to sort out her anger problems. miyamura is the only one adjusting to her moods. however, i don't know if she'll be able to improve knowing that there are only two volumes left in this series. *sigh*

[Ekene · Rating 2 out of 5]

I honestly find myself getting more and more detached each time I read a new volume. I really do. I feel like it’s a case of we now have a huge cast, so we’re tying to give them some screen time. Issue is....other than a few friends, I don’t care for most. On top of that while I do like our main couple, they didn’t do it for me this time.

[Artemissia G · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un 14e tome qui reste dans la lignée des précédents. Je prends toujours grand plaisir à suivre les tribulations de ces adolescents qui sont supers attachants. Une histoire qui est toujours dans la bienveillance et l’acceptation de soi et des autres. Hori et Miyamura sont peut-être les héros, mais j’aime toujours autant retrouver toute leur bande d’amis ! Mon seul petit bémol pour ce tome, c’est que le père de Hori y apparait très peu. J’adore ce personnage.

[Radwa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just want the Hori and Miyamura relationship to develop more. That's it. The Ikkun chapter was adorable, and I don't see why we can't have most of the volume focusing on them. I love the side characters, but their relationships aren't developing either, so at least, let me some development for the two main characters.

[MAG Scrittrice · Rating 2 out of 5]

Era partito così bene questo manga... adesso sembra solo l'unione di tanti racconti brevi, la maggior parte dei quali non dicono nulla d'interessante. Sembra non esserci più un filone principale. Si riprenderà? Lo spero.

[Anna Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute, but weird about the snow and ice.

[Niro · Rating 5 out of 5]

qué impresión lo mucho que la hori me recordó a mi amiga ana en este volumen

[Danny_reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just love reading about this couple and this friend group!

[warisha ‧₊˚ · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hori is getting on my nerves

[RyNa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perso j'aime pas spécialement les personnages de Sakura et de Rémi du coup c'est pas mon tome préféré....... Par contre il y avait Sengoku et ça c'est bien, je dirais même très très bien ❤️‍🔥

[Océane Le Roux · Rating 4 out of 5]

J'approche de la fin, j'ai pas envie de les quitter, un vrai petit bonbon, comme d'habitude ❤️

[Danielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Series is getting a little boring, hoping it will pick up again before the series ends.

[Rachel ♥⁷ · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars: every time I read a new volume I fall for all the characters over and over. Cute, funny, & lighthearted!

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

It has no plot anymore unlike the earlier novels and has become a bland slice of life. I still like the characters and I hope some form of plot will come in but this point I doubt it.

[Sakuranko · Rating 2 out of 5]

Aww no sé a este punto creo que el autor no tenia idea sobre que más escribir.

2 Estrellas

[Darling Farthing · Rating 3 out of 5]

I HAD A DRAFT, but since it was deleted, I guess I’ll just use iffy vocab/grammar/language in general and I won’t structure things too much.

This series is, to some extent, still really cute, but there’s quite a few things I kind of dislike or miss very much.

Firstly, Miyamura has become much more... bland to me. He’s still my favourite character I suppose, but without his long hair, he looks so generic. He also lacks any real flaws and doesn’t face any real struggles, unlike in the first few volumes when he found it hard to cope with his distrust in other individuals as well as the judgment of other people.

Next, Hori’s character has been fucked up. I love the fact that she’s more masculine than Miyamura - believe me, the gender role sub-inversion is my favourite part of this series. However, she hits Miyamura so much and is so possessive that she seems abusive, her masochism thing is weird, unhealthy and frankly kind of creepy, and because Miyamura lacks any flaws/struggles, their moments together typically revolve around *her* struggles, which makes Miyamura seem so much better than her. Also, there’s this weird homophobic-ish thing where she makes Miyamura promise not to fall for a boy ever?

No shade, but the way Hori’s character has evolved makes me wonder what the author herself is going through. There’s a lot of Hori traits that could be better handled - Hori doesn’t need to hit Miyamura so hard that it physically hurts him, or she could do it accidentally due to her physical strength, for instance. However, altogether, I find myself wishing that the author had kept the Essence of the character intact instead of adding so many rather unlikeable aspects to her personality.

Other things are great - the student council trio is cool ( if we pretend that Sakura didn’t have a complete personality change after confessing ) and I like the Hori family in general, as well as their attachment to Miyamura. A part of me feels as if the reason why the author feels the need to add so much to Hori’s personality is because the manga has gone on for too long and she’s tired of/simply cannot writing new plots for the exact same characters. Honestly, Horimiya would have been better off if the author had ended it a few volumes ago,

[Ren (A Bookish Balance) · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5 stars

[Hilary Fudge · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s not that I don’t like the series - but it almost feels like a manga version of Seinfeld…the volumes are just compilations of nothing happening and then you might get a sweet or heartfelt moment. I still love the characters and the story, but sometimes it just feels meh

[Phantomº · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like I enjoy the series less and less as the time goes on. There is no plot and sometimes it feels like a chore to pick the newest chapter up instead of another more enjoyable manga for example. Hori's anger has become annoying at this point. *Sigh Can we have a spin off of her dad's life, seriously, I would prefer to read that.

[nizza · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel like the past chapters were just fillers to make the story longer, and that it's lost its plot already. Although they're still fun to read, but idk...

[vanessa♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I WANT MORE YUKITORU THEIR PART IS SO LITTLE

[nicolette · Rating 3 out of 5]

hori if you don’t want miyamura just give him to me like jeez

[lol · Rating 5 out of 5]

so i recently finished watching the show on netflix (im in love) and i heard ppl said there are more in the manga son i read it. I dont exactly read it by each volume but combine them all together so im not rlly sure which chapter is in which book so im just gonna review them all together and them copy paste yk.
Firstly, can we talk about how cute Izumi is? HELLO? EVEN HIS NAME IS CUTE WTF, im developing a huge crush on him btw
Kyoko is so cute, flat chest ppl here too<3
but i dont like her sometimes (how she touches ppl breasts without consent and how she gets jealous easily), but i like her sometimes u get me?
their whole relationship is so cute. And the way they express sex as its a form of love, not smth just for you to jerk off, im in love. For them, sex is smth more meaningful, and just arghhhhh
i like all characters, they r all cute
I see myself in Yuki. Firstly, we r both kinda small idk. And then the way she keeps quiet when wanting smth rather than expressing it. Oh god i know it all too well. Hopefully she will finna be happy.
overall im in love with the whole thing, pls read ir watch it or whatever

[Juliet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now that I have caught up with both the manga and anime, there are many things I really like about this series. One of the aspects that makes Horimiya so charming is how we get to see the development of side characters, and other romantic relationships outside of Hori and Miyamura, along with the vulnerability of Miyamura’s character; however, one of the biggest issues I have had with this series is the lack of consistent continuity. There are many characters who “suddenly” become casual acquaintances or even really close friends within a couple of chapters, especially when previous interactions with said characters were either extremely negative, or completely non-existent. These sudden changes came out of nowhere, and really disrupted my full enjoyment of each volume. While it was nice to read a story that was not constantly seeped in drama and misunderstandings, and portrayed average-type conversations, there are many parts within the storyline that were lacking or confusing. Overall, I rate this series 3.5-4 stars.