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Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon #2
Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Vol. 2
MORE THAN FRIENDS
The distance between Hinako and Asahi is closing! What started as a typical coworker relationship has blossomed into friendship. But now, Hinako has started to wonder if her feelings for Asahi go even deeper. Could this be love?!
The distance between Hinako and Asahi is closing! What started as a typical coworker relationship has blossomed into friendship. But now, Hinako has started to wonder if her feelings for Asahi go even deeper. Could this be love?!
180 pages, Paperback
First published November 18, 2020
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November 13, 2023
Another great volume! 😭🥹 They’re so cute and the protagonist is so relatable it hurts.
April 7, 2022
WHOEVER TOLD ME THIS MANGA WAS COMPLETED, FROM THE VERY BOTTOM OF MY HEART, **** *** ***** * **** *** ***
September 11, 2022
lesbians lesbians lesbians
that’s it, that’s the review 😌
that’s it, that’s the review 😌
August 23, 2021
I still love this slow-burn series, but I'm increasingly either interested or concerned that this is the third yuri series I've seen that may be conflating asexuality, demisexuality, and homosexuality. It's almost certain that Hinako isn't meant to be ace or demi, but her confusion over the same "being in love means you want to kiss someone" line used in Whisper Me a Love Song is striking, and I suspect that it's meant to imply that she never thought about kissing another woman rather than kissing at all. It's not a terrible thing, perhaps, but it does lean into the casually cruel way that ace and demi people have been ignored or erased (i.e. "you just haven't met the right person yet!"), and that's not great.
July 25, 2022
Another great volume! Uno and Satou continue to get closer. Uno wonders why she wants to be even closer to Satou and it’s adorable seeing her come to realize her feelings! We learn more about Satou’s family history and I love that her sister is trying to encourage her to do more things for herself.
I can’t believe I have to wait for the next volume 😭
I can’t believe I have to wait for the next volume 😭
April 19, 2022
Ya'll...I love them so much. The tension that exists in this volume is so beautifully done and I promise you I can't wait to dive into the next volume.
October 2, 2021
Still slow as hell, but also sweet as can be. I never knew nail polish could be such a critical plot point.
September 27, 2022
Hinako, you should call this feeling Love. You're in love.
April 9, 2022
The
tension!
One thing of potential concern is Hinako's struggles with discovering and defining what love and romance mean to her, and therefore who Asahi is to her. Wherever they are taking Hinako's sexuality, be it asexual, demisexual, homosexual or other, I really hope the next volumes represent it well.
I'm so keen for Volume 3 to find out!
One thing of potential concern is Hinako's struggles with discovering and defining what love and romance mean to her, and therefore who Asahi is to her. Wherever they are taking Hinako's sexuality, be it asexual, demisexual, homosexual or other, I really hope the next volumes represent it well.
I'm so keen for Volume 3 to find out!
April 17, 2025
4 ⭐️
This is cute, awkward but in a good way and slow paced romance, kind of more of a realistic scenario.
This is cute, awkward but in a good way and slow paced romance, kind of more of a realistic scenario.
June 28, 2023
3.5 Honestly I’m disappointed at the lack of doughnuts in this volume, it left me feeling befuddled *sad doughnut noises*
-BB
-BB
June 28, 2023
3.5
Honestly feeling betrayed and bamboozled rn due to the lack of doughnut representation in this volume *sad doughnut whimpers*
-BB
Honestly feeling betrayed and bamboozled rn due to the lack of doughnut representation in this volume *sad doughnut whimpers*
-BB
January 26, 2025
4☆ Review:
Lesbian realizing she’s lesbian + totally oblivious anti-romantic lesbian. I love them.
Lesbian realizing she’s lesbian + totally oblivious anti-romantic lesbian. I love them.
February 12, 2025
"A tropical fish that yearns for snow" traumatized me so bad I'm praying to whatever god that exists for this to actually be yuri and not queerbait but lo and behold THEY SAID THE WORD LESBIANS AND ITS ACTUALLY GAY
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March 11, 2024life is so good when you’re reading the same books as your best friend 🩷😭
September 14, 2025
ARHSHSHSJSJ
May 11, 2021
4/5 ⭐️
I like how we delved deeper into their pasts in this volume
I like how we delved deeper into their pasts in this volume
March 1, 2023
this really speaks to the sapphic experience
August 12, 2021
Hinako and Asahi have transcended the workplace to become actual friends, but where do they go from there? They’re both strangers to love, as it turns out, just from very different places. And while Hinako is coming to terms with things, an old friend of Asahi’s decides to make herself known again.
Absolutely no doughnuts were discussed during the making of this volume. And the world rejoiced. Instead we get the slow burn of potential romance and the amusing interjections of a snarky student who knows better than her betters.
Subaru runs away with this book, which is saying something given the strength of all the characters involved. Watching her sneakily (or obviously, but to oblivious characters) play matchmaker is so much fun and the best moment of this entire book is when she “explains” how our leads met.
However, Hinako and Asahi are definitely an ‘at their own pace’ sort of couple and we start to get an inkling of why shortly into this volume when Subaru makes a very pointed request for Hinako to free Asahi.
What becomes obvious is that after they lost their family, Asahi did her best to be there for Subaru, but she achieved this by sacrificing everything deemed inessential, including romance, which she’s clearly never considered before (I doubt we’re going the ace route here, but Asahi does kind of strike me as a little asexual at times).
Hinako’s problem is that she’s a lesbian and doesn’t seem to want to realize she’s a lesbian. She and Asahi definitely have their cute moments and they help one another on their journeys, but not for nothing is Hinako recoiling when she’s the one making advances strong than she thinks she should.
This’ll take a moment, is what I’m saying.
Jury’s still out on Hinako’s friends, though they do get some interesting conversation and use from them this time out, but I think we can safely say that Fuuka, Asahi’s supposedly “only” friend is a potential problem. You can just tell from the second she’s mentioned obliquely that this is coming.
And yet, they do much more with her than is needed. She’s clearly detested by Subaru, with good reason, but she’s shockingly honest later on when she’s alone with Hinako to a degree that I kind of appreciated.
It’s one thing to be a problematic wrench in the relationship, it’s another to admit that you keep things at the friend level because you know you have no chance and to be freely offering advice to a potential rival who’s discovering her sexuality.
As much as I was prepared to hate Fuuka - she’s definitely a personality type that I have encountered and not meshed well with - the little extra the author does with her goes a long way.
This is a good book in a welcome addition to the rare breed of adult-oriented yuri, but it is definitely taking its sweet time moving along. Still, it makes a little headway and also shows the very burgeoning friendship between our leads, which counts for a lot as well.
4 stars - glacial pacing and questionable friends aside, the core cast is fantastic and Subaru is so great that I would read a spin-off about her in school. Just don’t expect this to develop any faster than our leads are prepared for.
Absolutely no doughnuts were discussed during the making of this volume. And the world rejoiced. Instead we get the slow burn of potential romance and the amusing interjections of a snarky student who knows better than her betters.
Subaru runs away with this book, which is saying something given the strength of all the characters involved. Watching her sneakily (or obviously, but to oblivious characters) play matchmaker is so much fun and the best moment of this entire book is when she “explains” how our leads met.
However, Hinako and Asahi are definitely an ‘at their own pace’ sort of couple and we start to get an inkling of why shortly into this volume when Subaru makes a very pointed request for Hinako to free Asahi.
What becomes obvious is that after they lost their family, Asahi did her best to be there for Subaru, but she achieved this by sacrificing everything deemed inessential, including romance, which she’s clearly never considered before (I doubt we’re going the ace route here, but Asahi does kind of strike me as a little asexual at times).
Hinako’s problem is that she’s a lesbian and doesn’t seem to want to realize she’s a lesbian. She and Asahi definitely have their cute moments and they help one another on their journeys, but not for nothing is Hinako recoiling when she’s the one making advances strong than she thinks she should.
This’ll take a moment, is what I’m saying.
Jury’s still out on Hinako’s friends, though they do get some interesting conversation and use from them this time out, but I think we can safely say that Fuuka, Asahi’s supposedly “only” friend is a potential problem. You can just tell from the second she’s mentioned obliquely that this is coming.
And yet, they do much more with her than is needed. She’s clearly detested by Subaru, with good reason, but she’s shockingly honest later on when she’s alone with Hinako to a degree that I kind of appreciated.
It’s one thing to be a problematic wrench in the relationship, it’s another to admit that you keep things at the friend level because you know you have no chance and to be freely offering advice to a potential rival who’s discovering her sexuality.
As much as I was prepared to hate Fuuka - she’s definitely a personality type that I have encountered and not meshed well with - the little extra the author does with her goes a long way.
This is a good book in a welcome addition to the rare breed of adult-oriented yuri, but it is definitely taking its sweet time moving along. Still, it makes a little headway and also shows the very burgeoning friendship between our leads, which counts for a lot as well.
4 stars - glacial pacing and questionable friends aside, the core cast is fantastic and Subaru is so great that I would read a spin-off about her in school. Just don’t expect this to develop any faster than our leads are prepared for.
August 13, 2024
This series so far has felt like the really big, tight hug that your friend gives you after a venting session. For me, it especially feels like this because of the way it approaches and portrays comp-het and the attempts of distancing oneself from the expectations your family, friends (and, overall, the society) has of you when it comes to romantic relationships. I can say that, in just 2 volumes, Hinako has become one of the characters I hold very dear to my heart even outside this series because her experiences feel very close to mine, especially since I’ve recently started to question whether I’m experiencing comp-het myself or not. It feels deeply comforting to read about a character such as Hinako, who struggles with the same self-doubts and self-hatred as me and who slowly tries to learn how to accept that, in spite of her warped perception of self, she is still deserving of love. To me, she is an extremely relatable character and I even cried at one point while reading this volume. This series is slowly but steadily becoming one of my favorites and I can’t wait to read the remaining 2 volumes <3
February 6, 2024
It can be really challenging to understand your own feelings sometimes… but understanding someone else’s feelings is a whole other journey altogether. Uno Hinako is slowly coming to understand herself, both her feelings and her identity, but in doing so, she’s realizing that she has strong feelings toward Asahi. She can’t quite discern what these feelings mean, but she is becoming aware of their prevalence nonetheless. Unfortunately, awareness does not equate to instantaneous happiness. Asahi claims to have never fallen in love and to never fall in love in the future either, as her sister Subaru is all she feels she needs in this world. Nothing seems to change her mind on that, not even her sister assuring her that she’s okay on her own.
In lieu of this, Hinako begins to understand what it might have been like to be in the shoes of all the men she turned down, and she begins to feel disgusted with herself. Regardless, her feelings aren’t going away, and she’s going to have to make a choice to decide if it’s worthwhile for her to pursue unrequited feelings for a person who makes her feel welcomed one moment and unreciprocated the next.
Lastly, I really thought at first that I wouldn’t like Fuuka, but she’s actually not bad. She’s aggressively average as a person. But that may be because we only saw one part of her. Regardless, I don’t find her worthy of hate. She’s a character that’s very easy to understand or even relate to, but that’s about the extent of it.
In lieu of this, Hinako begins to understand what it might have been like to be in the shoes of all the men she turned down, and she begins to feel disgusted with herself. Regardless, her feelings aren’t going away, and she’s going to have to make a choice to decide if it’s worthwhile for her to pursue unrequited feelings for a person who makes her feel welcomed one moment and unreciprocated the next.
Lastly, I really thought at first that I wouldn’t like Fuuka, but she’s actually not bad. She’s aggressively average as a person. But that may be because we only saw one part of her. Regardless, I don’t find her worthy of hate. She’s a character that’s very easy to understand or even relate to, but that’s about the extent of it.
May 23, 2023
3.5🌟
I didn’t love this volume as much as I wanted to, but it was still good.
The main thing that kept me from loving this was Hinako’s self-hatred. I understand that her feelings for Asahi are totally new to her, but it just brings me down to see her being so mean to herself. She’s spent so long feeling “weird” that she doesn’t know how to turn off the negative self talk.
Regardless, one of my favorite things about this volume was Asahi’s sister. She was iconic. She was the moment. I loved how much she cared about Asahi and how she has her older sister’s best interest at heart.
In general, I’m curious to see where the story will go next. I certainly don’t want more of Fuuka, but I’m sure I’ll be forced to read more about her 😩
I didn’t love this volume as much as I wanted to, but it was still good.
The main thing that kept me from loving this was Hinako’s self-hatred. I understand that her feelings for Asahi are totally new to her, but it just brings me down to see her being so mean to herself. She’s spent so long feeling “weird” that she doesn’t know how to turn off the negative self talk.
Regardless, one of my favorite things about this volume was Asahi’s sister. She was iconic. She was the moment. I loved how much she cared about Asahi and how she has her older sister’s best interest at heart.
In general, I’m curious to see where the story will go next. I certainly don’t want more of Fuuka, but I’m sure I’ll be forced to read more about her 😩
August 10, 2023
The dynamic with the friend from high school was definitely interesting and nowhere near what I was expecting when they mentioned her. I'm used to the trope of the rival who's known the love interest longer but has never gotten close enough, but for her to be an actual negative influence as she currently is because she's determined to hold on tight while simultaneously not making enough effort to be effective is so different from what else I've read. I'm enjoying seeing how in depth these characters are and the implications of how much they've changed, all the subtext, it's all really engaging and I really need to grab the next two volumes immediately!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 27, 2022
Cute still. Cheers for Subaru who tries her best to nudge her sister and Hinako to take their relationship further. I also liked how the unavoidable drama-bringer character (Fuuka) readily admitted her behaviour was kind of unfair.
Funnily, both this, Whisper Me a Love Song and Bloom Into You have pink haired girls/women wondering if the feelings they feel for the other girl is love or what. I recommend all three btw.
Funnily, both this, Whisper Me a Love Song and Bloom Into You have pink haired girls/women wondering if the feelings they feel for the other girl is love or what. I recommend all three btw.
March 24, 2024
A love (?) rival appears! 👀 I had to get into the story a bit in the first volume, but now I'm fully in it. Seeing Hinako continuing and keeping up with her self improvement while also getting closer to Asahi was amazing. Normally I'm not into introducing rivals, but this series did it really well and helps Hinako realise her feelings, something that otherwise probably would've taken very, very long. Very curious about the next part!
November 18, 2022
I've mentioned in my review for volume 1 how i hate that it started with heterosexuality being described as "normal", and how the protagonist, Uno-san, continues to feel disgusted by this new type of love she begins to feel for a woman.
As you continue to read, you realize though, that she isn't homophobic but simply in some kind of depression. She doesn't like herself and doesn't think she could ever be loved. She dresses up for men and wants to be loved, but as soon as they confess, she ends up rejecting them, because she doesn't feel the same and lowkey feels disgusted by the possibility of romance and everything that comes with.
So it ain't homophobia, which I'm glad, although the writer could have phrased it better at the beginning. I wonder how many queer readers have dropped the manga, just because the first pages seemed homophobic... I mean, I almost did.
Also, Uno-san more and more feels like she's asexual or somewhere on the ace-spectrum. (E.g.: she was thinking of kissing someone or what it would be like, and she felt disgusted by it. Also: she mentioned that she would want to be with someone forever, but without kissing and everything... so she wondered what that type of love could be described as.)
I kinda doubt the author will include asexuality, but I really hope Uno-san turns out to be ace. That of course won't change whether or not the two women come together; aces can still have romantic relationships.
As you continue to read, you realize though, that she isn't homophobic but simply in some kind of depression. She doesn't like herself and doesn't think she could ever be loved. She dresses up for men and wants to be loved, but as soon as they confess, she ends up rejecting them, because she doesn't feel the same and lowkey feels disgusted by the possibility of romance and everything that comes with.
So it ain't homophobia, which I'm glad, although the writer could have phrased it better at the beginning. I wonder how many queer readers have dropped the manga, just because the first pages seemed homophobic... I mean, I almost did.
Also, Uno-san more and more feels like she's asexual or somewhere on the ace-spectrum. (E.g.: she was thinking of kissing someone or what it would be like, and she felt disgusted by it. Also: she mentioned that she would want to be with someone forever, but without kissing and everything... so she wondered what that type of love could be described as.)
I kinda doubt the author will include asexuality, but I really hope Uno-san turns out to be ace. That of course won't change whether or not the two women come together; aces can still have romantic relationships.
April 25, 2025
El final me deja preguntándome si ese amor del que habla Uno es romántico o platónico. Y honestamente, no creo que importe tanto porque sé que el cariño está ahí y están creando una relación muy linda. Buscamos ponerle nombre a todo pero creo que sus acciones y gestos demuestran más jsjs.
August 10, 2021
Looks like our two lovers-to-be are making some leeway, with a little help from their friends...
... ok well, mostly from Satou's younger sister, Subaru, and Satou's childhood friend/ex lover(?), Fuuka, as well as indirect pushes from Uno's coworker friends, Ayano (she kinda mean) and Mikoto (she's kinda mellow). They hold hands twice in public (!) And Satou is trying to convince Uno that she wants to be with her, and that she (Uno) is not a bother, inconvenience, or problem. You see, Uno has very low self esteem due to failed previous relationships with men, and just now, Uno is starting to get the notion that maybe she wasn't the problem. The actual problem was she was going out with guys because Uno thought it was "the normal thing to do". However, she was never happy, and the men all realized that. Uno may lack self confidence, and she may worry about being too overbearing or needy, but she does know one thing for sure - she truly cherishes the time she gets to spend with Satou. As for her, Satou, she greatly enjoys having Uno around. They're slowly falling in love with each other, and are both slowly starting to realize it. Now, if only Subaru would stop trying to push the two together too quickly, and if Fuuka can mind her place and keep her mouth shut around Uno, it looks like Satou and Uno may be on the verge of having something wonderful between them - true love. Let's all hold a toast to our two fine young maidens (throws toast across the room, ala Rocky Horror). I eagerly await the next volume.
... ok well, mostly from Satou's younger sister, Subaru, and Satou's childhood friend/ex lover(?), Fuuka, as well as indirect pushes from Uno's coworker friends, Ayano (she kinda mean) and Mikoto (she's kinda mellow). They hold hands twice in public (!) And Satou is trying to convince Uno that she wants to be with her, and that she (Uno) is not a bother, inconvenience, or problem. You see, Uno has very low self esteem due to failed previous relationships with men, and just now, Uno is starting to get the notion that maybe she wasn't the problem. The actual problem was she was going out with guys because Uno thought it was "the normal thing to do". However, she was never happy, and the men all realized that. Uno may lack self confidence, and she may worry about being too overbearing or needy, but she does know one thing for sure - she truly cherishes the time she gets to spend with Satou. As for her, Satou, she greatly enjoys having Uno around. They're slowly falling in love with each other, and are both slowly starting to realize it. Now, if only Subaru would stop trying to push the two together too quickly, and if Fuuka can mind her place and keep her mouth shut around Uno, it looks like Satou and Uno may be on the verge of having something wonderful between them - true love. Let's all hold a toast to our two fine young maidens (throws toast across the room, ala Rocky Horror). I eagerly await the next volume.
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