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おとなになっても [Otona ni Natte mo] #6
Even Though We're Adults, Vol. 6
It's finally time: Ayano tells her parents that she has left Wataru and has fallen for someone else. And that someone is a woman. When the news breaks, Wataru finally gives up on trying to make things work, which means the wall between Ayano and Akari's love has now been knocked down. Meanwhile, Eri struggles with her feelings for a married man. Is there a way out of this labyrinth for anyone?
168 pages, Paperback
First published February 10, 2022
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Takako Shimura
176 books211 followersTakako Shimura (native name: 志村貴子) is a manga artist primarily known for her manga works published in Japan which feature LGBT (especially about lesbian and transgender) topics. Originally from Kanagawa, she now resides in Tokyo.
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June 20, 2023
A dinner date with destiny occurs and all our guests have things stirring. When Wataru has finally had enough, is that going to spell new beginnings for Ayano and Akari? Or is the worst thing you can give somebody exactly what they want?
I love books that surprise me. Love them. So in any other manga where that dinner conversation went on for six chapters and was full of drama and speeches, this one goes another way and just implodes in a few pages.
Both ways are good, but it’s pretty darn clear that in that moment with so much raging out of control around him, Wataru has absolutely had it and just hits the big red button and gets divorced from Ayano. It’s a reaction, sure, but reality finally sets in amidst all the chaos.
And this is where many stories would end. Obstacles gone, life gets better, everything worked out for everybody. Hooray, buy the cake, all is well. Then the swerves come and keep coming and this story is so much more interesting.
We jump ahead in time and find out that life very much moved on for everybody, but not how you might expect. Ayano is still using her married name and Akari hasn’t been in touch since the night everything happened. What exactly happened amounts to not much of anything at all.
The way we become privy to this is a bit of a jaw-dropper and this manga has absolutely no issue with taking its storylines and complicating the hell out of them. We get some very interesting new characters this time out, shall we say?
And people are complicated and the story respects that. The way that Akari and Ayano finally come back together is via a route that you wouldn’t have figured on in a million years and even I couldn’t work out the motivation, except to save face, but it really paints a new light on things.
Make no mistake, no matter what exists in the air, it is clear that Akari and Ayano may have kept their physical distance, but each is taking up real estate in the other’s head and it takes barely a nudge to get that ship sailing once more. It’s so lightly handled that I loved it very, very much.
This doesn’t even touch on Eri and her affair with a married man who happens to be Akari’s boss. That whole plotline is so flipping awkward because Eri is coming out of her shell in what feels like the worst way possible, but it’s also a case where she knows exactly what she’s doing too. And so does he.
And the poor kids at Ayano’s school, who are maybe on their way to an awakening or are just a big old complicated mess. I don’t find it easy to remember the particulars of their story, honestly, but it’s still a good enough digression.
Looking back at the English title, I suppose you could read the title as implying that even though people grow up, it doesn’t necessarily get any easier. It’s an idea that resonates with me personally, honestly, and I like that this is about being older, maybe smarter, but not necessarily wiser. It speaks to me.
5 stars - there’s an amazing buffet being offered here and it’s hard not to want to spend time on every moment of it. This is one of the best yuri stories I’ve read in ages and it treats adults as the messes they can be while still offering everybody a chance at a happy ending, if they’re lucky enough.
I love books that surprise me. Love them. So in any other manga where that dinner conversation went on for six chapters and was full of drama and speeches, this one goes another way and just implodes in a few pages.
Both ways are good, but it’s pretty darn clear that in that moment with so much raging out of control around him, Wataru has absolutely had it and just hits the big red button and gets divorced from Ayano. It’s a reaction, sure, but reality finally sets in amidst all the chaos.
And this is where many stories would end. Obstacles gone, life gets better, everything worked out for everybody. Hooray, buy the cake, all is well. Then the swerves come and keep coming and this story is so much more interesting.
We jump ahead in time and find out that life very much moved on for everybody, but not how you might expect. Ayano is still using her married name and Akari hasn’t been in touch since the night everything happened. What exactly happened amounts to not much of anything at all.
The way we become privy to this is a bit of a jaw-dropper and this manga has absolutely no issue with taking its storylines and complicating the hell out of them. We get some very interesting new characters this time out, shall we say?
And people are complicated and the story respects that. The way that Akari and Ayano finally come back together is via a route that you wouldn’t have figured on in a million years and even I couldn’t work out the motivation, except to save face, but it really paints a new light on things.
Make no mistake, no matter what exists in the air, it is clear that Akari and Ayano may have kept their physical distance, but each is taking up real estate in the other’s head and it takes barely a nudge to get that ship sailing once more. It’s so lightly handled that I loved it very, very much.
This doesn’t even touch on Eri and her affair with a married man who happens to be Akari’s boss. That whole plotline is so flipping awkward because Eri is coming out of her shell in what feels like the worst way possible, but it’s also a case where she knows exactly what she’s doing too. And so does he.
And the poor kids at Ayano’s school, who are maybe on their way to an awakening or are just a big old complicated mess. I don’t find it easy to remember the particulars of their story, honestly, but it’s still a good enough digression.
Looking back at the English title, I suppose you could read the title as implying that even though people grow up, it doesn’t necessarily get any easier. It’s an idea that resonates with me personally, honestly, and I like that this is about being older, maybe smarter, but not necessarily wiser. It speaks to me.
5 stars - there’s an amazing buffet being offered here and it’s hard not to want to spend time on every moment of it. This is one of the best yuri stories I’ve read in ages and it treats adults as the messes they can be while still offering everybody a chance at a happy ending, if they’re lucky enough.
March 23, 2025
4 stars. Akari is dating? I’m proud of my girl because she was down bad behind Ayano so I’m glad she’s trying to move on but that was a weirdo move to take the girl to Ayano’s job and call her your girlfriend. All of the characters in this are such a mess I can’t. I do want them to be end game but Ayano really needs to work on herself first and Akari needs to get a back bone and some self esteem.
August 27, 2023
Au début j'aimais bien que ca prenne son temps mais je commence à avoir l'impression qu'on fait aussi durer exprès pour vendre et pas que pour l'histoire....
February 18, 2025
please stop tiptoeing around each other and just talk
March 4, 2025
*this review is for the series - not just vol 1.*
So a lot of people seemed to have some really negative things to say about the first volume... so let's address it.
Yes - There is cheating. It comes up a lot through out the entire series.
Yes - There is what could be considered biphobia.
There is also gossip, minor bullying, dysfunctional family dynamics and talks of abusive relationships ( nothing shown ).
There were also people complaining about the troupe of a woman who marries and then finds out later she is into women.
If the above listed things are hard 'no's for you then I recommend simply not picking this read up. But if those things are grey areas for you and you are open to experiencing a story that is culturally different and addresses many things from parental relationships and expectations, personal acceptance and ownership, a variant of agoraphobia and dips it's toes into a number of other things... then maybe give it a try.
That said - this was an interesting read. The way the initial cheating situation is handled is different than most stories I've come across. I'm not sure if it's due to culture differences and expectations or if everyone was just real chill cause there's only ever like... one big freak out in the series and it's not from one of the people you would expect it from. There are some very sweet moments sprinkled in and around this series.
I give it a 8/10 simply because there is a bit of lull in the story at times as the pace of it has been rather slow for me. But I think that overall this story achieves what it set out to do which is that life is messy and no one ever really knows what their future holds. So be true to you and make your choices to live a happy life even if it's not the easy path.
So a lot of people seemed to have some really negative things to say about the first volume... so let's address it.
Yes - There is cheating. It comes up a lot through out the entire series.
Yes - There is what could be considered biphobia.
There is also gossip, minor bullying, dysfunctional family dynamics and talks of abusive relationships ( nothing shown ).
There were also people complaining about the troupe of a woman who marries and then finds out later she is into women.
If the above listed things are hard 'no's for you then I recommend simply not picking this read up. But if those things are grey areas for you and you are open to experiencing a story that is culturally different and addresses many things from parental relationships and expectations, personal acceptance and ownership, a variant of agoraphobia and dips it's toes into a number of other things... then maybe give it a try.
That said - this was an interesting read. The way the initial cheating situation is handled is different than most stories I've come across. I'm not sure if it's due to culture differences and expectations or if everyone was just real chill cause there's only ever like... one big freak out in the series and it's not from one of the people you would expect it from. There are some very sweet moments sprinkled in and around this series.
I give it a 8/10 simply because there is a bit of lull in the story at times as the pace of it has been rather slow for me. But I think that overall this story achieves what it set out to do which is that life is messy and no one ever really knows what their future holds. So be true to you and make your choices to live a happy life even if it's not the easy path.
June 26, 2023
'Even Though We're Adults' is so good! If you like yuri featuring adults, you should really be reading this -- we've finally gotten to the divorce actually happening (after five volumes)... and then there's a timeskip of several months because sure, the two women _could_ be together now, but actually they're all kind of embarrassed about the drama of the whole thing, even though they've been civil and understanding the whole time, but the parents were involved and it's just... all too much to face, and so no one's talked to each other and they've been dealing with the other things in their lives. So instead they think wistfully about 'oh I should have kept her phone number and now it's been too long to call' and don't do anything. And the ex-husband is feeling burnt out on relationships, and slightly guilty about his failings, and meeting someone who's _also_ going through a divorce and might want to get drinks some time - but is that kind of like cheating too? The ex-MiL rather liked her now ex-daughter, and so she's doing some meddling, in a charmingly awkward way, and I just really love all these characters. There's a lot of drama, but it's all feeling bad over things that weren't actually that terrible, but you still _feel_ like a heel, and how do you move on from that? I'm really glad their relationship is moving forward, but also I'm so happy to have more of the story still to look forward to.
June 14, 2023
Hmm this one doesn't quite hit the mark for me. I appreciated that it's not a happily ever after for the women, as they both feel guilt and stuff, and that the ex-husband realizes he wasn't the best husband. But it was overall too... idk, apologetic toward cheating as "searching for a way to be happy" or wtv. Like, obviously, that's the idea of the whole series, but this one felt superficial in its exploration of the feelings involved.
June 20, 2023
A slower volume, but one that allows the characters some space to breathe in their feelings a bit. A meander of reflection truly relatable.
July 5, 2023
I sort of expected more from this volume. I thought something would conclude with a big bang, but instead, we got a time jump and...I don't know. It's not bad, it was just a very quiet volume.
July 16, 2023
( 4 stars )
akari’s gay panic was so cute….i like that things didn’t go perfectly for them right away. much more relatable that way! but the cliffhanger! so excited for the next volume.
akari’s gay panic was so cute….i like that things didn’t go perfectly for them right away. much more relatable that way! but the cliffhanger! so excited for the next volume.
July 24, 2023
à mes yeux c'est un tome de transition. j'ai tellement tellement hâte de voir la suite PURÉEEEE
August 3, 2023
love an interconnected story 😌
August 21, 2023
Interesting reset that starts in a "hurting" for everyone involved but...there's hope.
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January 7, 2024I really love how the characters are all written. Wild to think there has been so little actual romance six volumes in yet I am so obsessed with the story and the main couple.
June 11, 2024
omg I thought for a moment that it ended like this but thank god we get more of them because they're so cute 😭😭
September 16, 2024
okay now we’re getting somewhere…
September 10, 2024
Me sabe muy mal que esté perdiendo tanto fuelle este título, teniendo en cuenta los pocos GL con mujeres adultas que llegan a traducirse.
Cada vez más las protagonistas lo son menos, dando más peso a las otras historias secundarias (y hetero) que salpican la trama. Tiene pinta de que ha sido un punto de inflexión y tocaba dar algunas puntadas para cerrar cositas... Espero no equivocarme y ver más a Ayano y Akari interactuando en los tomos restantes o esta historia habrá perdido totalmente el sentido.
Cada vez más las protagonistas lo son menos, dando más peso a las otras historias secundarias (y hetero) que salpican la trama. Tiene pinta de que ha sido un punto de inflexión y tocaba dar algunas puntadas para cerrar cositas... Espero no equivocarme y ver más a Ayano y Akari interactuando en los tomos restantes o esta historia habrá perdido totalmente el sentido.
May 20, 2025
They need to stop fluffing around and talk lol
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