Okay, my review of volume one said that my opinion on all the set up in volume one was ultimately going to depend on how characters and the plot evolved in volume two, and I must say, I was not disappointed on my surface level read. I actually really liked this volume, and I was smiling the whole time I read it. It was a nice evolution of their relationship, I think Tago matured exactly in the ways I wanted him too, and Ogi's comments in the final chapter make me very excited to see where they're going to go from here.
However, I then started to write this review, and while I still really enjoyed this volume, I found that there is one thing about this series that is bothering me -- and that's basically everything around Ogi's development as a character and his self-confidence and perception.
I loved Ogi's response to Tago's brother's comment -- and how drastic it was . However, once again, it feels like it was just kind of empty? I wasn't let down this time because my overall expectations for the series are lower now, but once again it feels like the stage was set for a conflict or discussion or big show of love that would resolve Ogi's dilemma and help him re-realize it was okay to be himself. However, that moment just... never came?
It's really frustrating because this is such an interesting concept for a story, but it just feels like the mangaka got an idea for Ogi but didn't actually know how to follow through with his character in a way that is meaningful.
I will absolutely still be reading the third volume when it comes out, because despite the stuff above, I am really enjoying this story. Yes, it's a bit jumpy and kind of empty, but it's a really nice light read and I really want to see how Ogi and Tago further develop their relationship; I especially want to see how Ogi changes by seeing the world more from Tago's eyes, so to speak.
Yeah this series is giving me too many mixed emotions to feel confident in the couple enough to want to continue the story. There’s a massive communication problem (that shows in several different areas), along with Ogi feeling pressured to not dress feminine anymore due to not wanting to/ not wanting Tago to be perceived a certain way. Also, the time skip towards the end of this volume was very confusing for me.
This volume was in some ways better than volume one Tago seems to have had a change of heart and is now a fairly sweet boyfriend.
But the story is incomplete.
As a result of volume one, Ogi starts changing himself in a pretty drastic way. This was never challenged within the story. He seems to have gone back to his normal self in the epilogue but he appears to continue have doubts Tago would leave him any minute, even when they are thinking of moving in together.
They never talk about it. In that way, the story acknowledges there are not on the same page but Ogi and Tago have absolutely no conversations which are not surface level small talks, which leaves the reader hanging after the last page thinking “wait, that’s IT????”
This one has cuter moments between the boys but there's no real communication. Ogi is feeling the pressure to look like a "normal boy" so people wouldn't think he's dating a blind person because they can't see how he is different. Honestly, it's a bit weird thought in the begin with but I can believe in it because teens aren't exactly logical. The real problem is that this aspect of the story is not addressed properly, everything is just kind of forgotten in the epilogue. So, the cuter moments don't really make up for the things that made the first volume more interesting.
Still fails to show why they're together. And now Ogi changes stops dressing in his preferred femme style because... people seeing them together will think Ogi is only with Tomu because he's blind and can't see it?? And they barely discuss it?? And yet move in together???? Whatever.
I liked this one a little more than the first one, but it still felt a little off. Tago is still so hard to understand and I'm not sure I like what it's doing with Ogi's gender identity. I understand that the result is meant to be that Ogi should be himself and that he's just having trouble with how others perceive him. Idk how to explain it, but the vibes of this story feel so off. I'm not sure if it's the writing or the translation, but it's so hard to grasp.
What I did like is how sweet Ogi's family is to him and how his mom just let's him dress however makes him happy. She seemed a little disappointed when he started to change himself to be more "normal" because he had been so excited about those things before. Tago was a little better this volume too, but still so confusing. I still can't really tell if he likes Ogi or not or if he's just going with the flow. It seems like he's trying to really prove his feelings, but it just seems a little weird.
Idk I don't think I'm able to properly get my feelings out about this series. The ending of this volume felt very quick and abrupt. Almost like the rushed ending of a series despite this being ongoing. I'll probably pick up the next one when I get the chance, because I'm still so curious about the direction of this story, but I'm not exactly liking everything it's doing.
This was significantly better than the first volume, which isn't hard when the first volume was so utterly terrible.
The beginning of this one was really impactful; I genuinely teared up when Ogi chopped off all his hair, threw out his girly clothes, and struggled with whether to toss or just box up the nail polish, etc, that he'd spent years quietly collecting and cherishing. He even says it to himself, but it's...a lot, to do all of that just to make a guy you're sort of going out with for the summer feel better about your relationship.
Ogi's popularity among his high school reunion classmates instantly skyrockets, because he's a cheerful, outgoing, positive guy who comes across really well when he looks traditionally masculine. But he's not happy. It's not him...like his family and genuine university friends say, he was so happy to be able to go to college and grow his hair out and dress and act the way he wanted.
Tago does find out about the haircut, no nail polish, and boring masculine clothing - only because one of Ogi's classmates runs into them again and comments on it. Tago is understandably bothered that Ogi was trying to hide all this from him, which really just shows Ogi hadn't gotten the actual point that Tago's brother was making...it doesn't matter if he's dressing in skirts or pants, the idea was that he's doing things that he knows he can get away with his sort-of-boyfriend not finding out about, simply because that boyfriend is blind.
That part doesn't get addressed, not really. Nor does Ogi's gender fluidity or self-presentation/expression...there's a timeskip where he grows his hair back out, so he's back to being more himself again, but they don't really talk about it. The best part of this whole series was honestly the scene where Ogi's friends see him at the funeral with his short hair, and he just silently cries on Kanako's shoulder when she immediately asks if he's okay.
Because it's not like him to change himself so much, just for a boy...who barely seems to care about him.
Tago's shift into liking Ogi just...comes out of nowhere, really. There's basically no chemistry between the two of them, but suddenly he's saying "I like you Ogi" over and over in a movie theater, and trying to kiss him on public benches, and then moving in with him and while it's cute, I can't say it entirely makes sense.
Literally, in the scene where Ogi's entering their new apartment, he thinks, "Tago, I still don't know the first thing about you."
Isn't that a problem?? When they've been dating for a good amount of time now and are living together??? Why did we skip over all the parts of them ... y'know .... getting to know each other...?
There are threads of a decent story in this one, but they aren't woven together well enough to make me care about the third volume that was supposedly coming, or to make up for the extreme shortcomings of the first one.
An interesting follow-up to volume 1! The art is still really cute, and the story feels a little fluffier in a way, but a little darker, too!
The main plot involves .
This volume felt a little fast, but that might have been because it's the second one and I just wanted to see what happened. There were also more typos into this volume, and I feel like Tokyopop should have done another edit, because certain panels were difficult to understand.
Overall, though, it's a good follow-up to volume 1. Looking forward to volume 3!
Just like how I have fun being with him... I want Ogi to find it fun being with me. And for that, I think maybe... scratch that. Definitely Ogi muyst never feel sad.
Después de ser acusado por el hermano de Tago de salir con él solo porque es ciego y puede ocultarle su estilo femenino, Ogi decide hacer un cambio radical de apariencia, pero Tago no está contento con el cambio, porque por encima de todo quiere que Ogi sea feliz.
Un segundo volumen bastante bonito, que también incluye su dosis de drama. En el primer volumen era debido a la ceguera de Tago y cómo lo percibe la sociedad, ahora se enfoca en la inseguridad de Ogi por sus gustos considerados femeninos. Después de una desilusión amorosa del pasado, Ogi se esfuerza mucho por lograr que Tago corresponda sus sentimientos, y si eso implica deshacerse de su ropa llamativa, tirar sus perfumes y esmaltes de uñas y cortarse el cabello para que no malentiendan la sinceridad de sus sentimientos, eso piensa hacer. Pero Tago no es tonto, y nota que las palabras de su hermano han causado que Ogi borre su identidad para ser "más normal".
Como en el primer volumen, hay elementos flojos y ciertas partes que se resuelven solas sin que lo veamos, pero el resultado final es entrañable. El romance sigue siendo pausado, muy enfocado en los sentimientos de ambos chicos, pero también tiene su lado altamente emocional por los esfuerzos de Ogi por cambiar y la forma en que Tago le asegura que no necesita cambiar nada. Ambos anhelan conocerse mejor mutuamente, y los diálogos, el fluir de las viñetas y las expresiones tan claras en el estilo de dibujo ayudan a transmitir todo el rango de emociones. Me emociona saber que habrá un tercer volumen.
Recomendado para quien busque una historia pausada pero dulce con su dosis de drama más allá del simple romance.
Es raro. Lo quise leer para quitarme la duda de si se iba a poner mejor, porque a veces sí mejoran. Son una combinación rara, ni siquiera sé por qué están saliendo. Creo que deberían de haberse quedado entre conocidos y amigos. No son compatibles. Ogi no se comunica para nada. Tampoco parece que se quiera mucho. Debería llamarse Ogi-san no puede comunicarse. Tago me intriga en el sentido en el que nunca se sabe qué va a hacer o decir. Miedo.
Apenas se conocen; no deberían de estar saliendo. Debo admitir que me gustó más la historia en este tomo con respecto a la trama y el conflicto, pero no creo que sea una historia que realmente disfrutaría. Tampoco pienso que deba ser un romance, al menos no ahora. Aunque sería interesante si rompieran y cada uno creciera como persona. Ogi es mentalmente inestable. Necesita terapia y estar con gente de su edad. Sullivan, dame a la niña. No se llevan mucho pero aún así se me hizo raro.
Quizá si inicialmente se hubiera centrado más en cada uno como individuo en lugar de saltar directo al "romance", me habría gustado más. Es una pena porque el estilo de dibujo me gusta mucho, pero igual tampoco estoy de acuerdo con muchas cosas. Leí el primer tomo sin saber nada y este para ver si valía la pena. No puedo decir si lo vale o no, pero no me dan ganas de leer más. De todos modos, tiene potencial. Sabrá que hace con eso.
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It seems like Ogi doesn’t really know how to accept that Tago does have feelings for him now, but more importantly it feels like they don’t even know each other well enough to be at the moving in together stage. I get that this makes things more convenient in terms of seeing each other even when busy and it’s cheaper living this way but I was still surprised that they jumped to this step. I’m definitely not giving up on the story yet but I was a little disappointed there wasn’t more that made this feel like the deserved next move. I wish the author hadn’t done the timeskip because I think that would have helped flesh out the relationship more for me. Hopefully next volume will have more communication between the two of them so that they actually feel like they’re on the same page. It would also be great if Ogi was able to come to terms with himself next volume. He shouldn’t feel like he has to deny who he is to lessen the burden on his relationship.
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Tenía muchas ganas de leer esta historia pero la verdad es que me decepciono. Aunque me gustó la representación que tienen los mangas. Siento que está pareja tenía mucho potencial pero no se supo aprovechar.
La manera en la que quedaron juntos fue una mierda, no se mostró mucho como la pareja del protagonista se enamora siento que es un poco forzado y que fue muy abrupto el cambio de opinión ya que capitulos antes no tiene estos sentimientos. Quedó como si quisieran terminar la historia sin importar como.
La manera en que dibuja me encanto. Pero lo que fue superior en toda la historia fue el protagonista sin duda, lo amo, me sentí mal cuando se forzaba a encajar con el estándar de ser un hombre (una bronca 👊👊).
If you like manga and are looking for disability rep (Tago is Blind) and gender expression is explored as Ogi is has always chosen more femme attire but he’s now questioning whether he should because he fears people will think he’s only with Tago because he can’t see what he wears; you should pick up this series
This volume definitely touches on these two topics more then volume 1 but they are short and I’m still looking for more communication between the two rather then all up in their head so I’m hoping volume 3 will focus on sharing their feelings with each other….when ever that comes out🤷♀️
It’s a good series. Wish the volumes were longer though!
Koikawa strikes again! The second volume of this series goes a lot smoother than the first. It’s a bit rocky at the beginning, with character’s changing themselves to conform to the norm, but as the story goes on we finally get some sincere character development and their relationship is fleshed out (insecurities and all). Age gap aside, I felt less urge to murder Tago during this installment. With some backstory peppered in, I really only got the ick when it was specifically laid out how big their age gap is (starting out, Sophomore in High school dating a Freshman in College). I’m super excited for the third volume and to see where the boys go from here!
This volume was...weird. Like, the romance is now leaning for it to be more healthy -- which was nice to show that there is more of genuine aspect to their relationship. (That both of them do, actually, want to be together.) But, the writing still falls flat by introducing conflicts but never really resolving them. Idk, I will continue to read it -- but it's a finicky book for sure.
I have read a lot of BL manga and there are many times when I don’t really like an Uke or a Seme in the story, but I have never had so little trust for a Seme. I’m not sure the vibe the author is going for with this series but based on the authors notes at the end it seems like the romance is supposed to be fluffy in a way, but it’s just got me completely on edge. Ogi doesn’t seem like he trusts him and it doesn’t even feel like Tago actually loves Ogi. It’s incredibly frustrating. I hope it gets better but I have very low hopes.
Un segon volum que aprofundeix moltíssim en la psicologia dels personatges, però que evidencia clars problemes de comunicació entre la parella. Em sap greu que l'Ogi continuï amb tantes dificultats d'acceptació de la seva identitat, que se senti tan insegur pel que diran i que fins i tot receli dels sentiments de la seva parella :( em trenca el cor, però és veu una bonica llum al final del túnel ❤️
I really liked this volume but it was so... bittersweet?? A bit SAD?! Idk, I just felt like there was more conversation needed between the two characters. It was nice to see some of the development (and it was also heart breaking at moments). I believe there will be a third volume, or at least the authors note mentions it soooo, I'm curious if perhaps some of my unease will be addressed then!
In this volume, the summer time limit is finally completed
Didn't change the fact that i think this series is mid, even tho i really love the art. I know I'm not the one should be directing the mangakas, but that's just how i expected from a good summary of this story.
This is actually a really (bitter)sweet coming-of-age story. It's more complicated than the cute covers and jacket descriptions let on. If you take a chance, will your heart get broken?
Disappointed to see there is no volume 3 on the horizon, even though the creator acknowledges working on it. Hoping there's more, sooner or later.
2.5 idk how to explain it but i feel like mangaka should’ve delved deeper into ogi’s change in appearance forcing yourself to conform to society’s gender norms especially for someone else’s sake is a very emotional experience and i just didn’t feel that still very cute and im glad they really got together
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This wasn't as terrible as volume one in any way. Actually I liked this volume so much better than the first one?? But they both have the same official art as the second page... i thought i was tweaking. i won't invest in volume 3 though, even if it got better...
A wonderfully formulaic queer young adult yaoi about a blind boy and a nervous theymab who likes to femme out. Everything you’d hope it to be, nothing you wouldn’t expect. Almost makes me want a boyfriend! Ahhhhhh 🙂↕️
I'm still very interested in this series, but I feel like we missed something here. Some sort of crucial step. Or maybe it's because they haven't fully sorted out their feelings yet.