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Love and Heart #4
恋と心臓 4
春馬と冬弥から告白され、動揺する羊。一方、本性を現したわかなは羊を陥れる策を巡らし……?それぞれの思惑が絡み合う波乱含みの遊園地、羊の決断は―――!?わかな編完結、そして物語は新たなステージへ!!
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January 19, 2022
I wish I didn't like this relationship as much as I do 😂
March 25, 2022
And of course Wakana has something shady going on as well, because there's clearly something in the water that brings out the worst in people in this series. And yet, I find myself weirdly unable to stop reading it...possibly because I'm hoping Yoh will have an epiphany and move someplace where none of the rest of the cast can find her.
January 3, 2022
A group outing brings Yoh and Haruma to the amusement park after Yoh was blindsided by Touya’s surprise confession. Of course, this outing is the culmination of Wakana’s tortured plan to screw Yoh over, so there’s plenty misery to go around…
When I write about enjoying books that are lurid trash, this (and Citrus) is one of the first I go to, since it is about as wholesome as a bag of melted cheese with crushed nachos in it, but you just can’t stop eating it (uh, so I’ve heard).
Everybody sucks here, is the problem, and people possessing anything resembling pure intentions are hard to come by. I don’t think a single character outside Yoh isn’t two-faced or pursuing some hidden agenda. That’s a lot of duplicity on the go at once.
Let’s talk about Wakana first, since we know she’s Satan’s child just from the fact that she refers to herself in the third person constantly. Her basic goal in life is to get everything she thinks she deserves, which is, in fact, everything.
With her sights set on Haruma, she starts spreading malicious stories and causing trouble, of course, though half of the fault here lies with Yoh’s idiot friends who let themselves get duped by a pretty face.
Wakana gets hers in the end, of course, but there’s a lot of harsh language thrown about here that I found rather unpleasant. There’s a strong vein of misogyny running through this section that I didn’t particularly love.
The author’s trying hard to make you hate her, but it’s one thing to have Wakana be a manipulative misery and quite another to see her get physically attacked (not precisely as bad as it sounds, but still) for things we only hear about.
Meanwhile, Yoh gets some advice that leads to her at least making a choice of her own, but how much of that is a result of her being backed into a corner? Yoh’s common sense and strength seem to ebb and flow in a way that makes her very hard to pin down as a character and I don’t love that about her.
Essentially Haruma wins this round because he’s more smothering than a fire blanket, and my eyebrow is up if the book wants this to come across as a good thing. But that’s the whole point of this series, the entire thriller/not thriller concept.
Then again, the entire section with the basketball game is rather fun (point of fact, I do think Yoh gets some great outfits this volume and I never notice stuff like that) and watching Touya and Haruma work through some things (and accomplishing nothing, because boys) during a friendly match is a classic bit that I liked.
The best character actually ends up being Sawako, who’s got some layers to her and ends up being a lot more clever than her outer appearance would suggest. I love seeing her turn to try and figure out what the hell is going on, although I can’t say I see it working out well for her…
Still, we’re not even halfway through this series and Yoh and Haruma are already dating and he’s being way too much and she’s kind of into it, which, girl, I have thoughts. The reveal at the end of this volume is another little bit of ‘oh boy’ that should send warning signals far and wide.
Honestly, my current favourite theory that I don’t think will come true is that Yoh had a very only-in-fiction psychological break when Haruma came back in her life because she’s the one repressing all the trauma for Haruma’s family tragedy and she’s been arranging all of these incidents against her person without being aware of it.
I mean, if you’re going to go thriller, go all the way, I say.
3 stars - it definitely wasn’t the most easy-to-read volume, but it’s no lie that I need to see how badly this series will implode at the end and that’ll keep me coming back (yes, I could be optimistic, but I feel this has earned a little pessimism on my part). It’s entertaining and I would be lying if I said otherwise.
When I write about enjoying books that are lurid trash, this (and Citrus) is one of the first I go to, since it is about as wholesome as a bag of melted cheese with crushed nachos in it, but you just can’t stop eating it (uh, so I’ve heard).
Everybody sucks here, is the problem, and people possessing anything resembling pure intentions are hard to come by. I don’t think a single character outside Yoh isn’t two-faced or pursuing some hidden agenda. That’s a lot of duplicity on the go at once.
Let’s talk about Wakana first, since we know she’s Satan’s child just from the fact that she refers to herself in the third person constantly. Her basic goal in life is to get everything she thinks she deserves, which is, in fact, everything.
With her sights set on Haruma, she starts spreading malicious stories and causing trouble, of course, though half of the fault here lies with Yoh’s idiot friends who let themselves get duped by a pretty face.
Wakana gets hers in the end, of course, but there’s a lot of harsh language thrown about here that I found rather unpleasant. There’s a strong vein of misogyny running through this section that I didn’t particularly love.
The author’s trying hard to make you hate her, but it’s one thing to have Wakana be a manipulative misery and quite another to see her get physically attacked (not precisely as bad as it sounds, but still) for things we only hear about.
Meanwhile, Yoh gets some advice that leads to her at least making a choice of her own, but how much of that is a result of her being backed into a corner? Yoh’s common sense and strength seem to ebb and flow in a way that makes her very hard to pin down as a character and I don’t love that about her.
Essentially Haruma wins this round because he’s more smothering than a fire blanket, and my eyebrow is up if the book wants this to come across as a good thing. But that’s the whole point of this series, the entire thriller/not thriller concept.
Then again, the entire section with the basketball game is rather fun (point of fact, I do think Yoh gets some great outfits this volume and I never notice stuff like that) and watching Touya and Haruma work through some things (and accomplishing nothing, because boys) during a friendly match is a classic bit that I liked.
The best character actually ends up being Sawako, who’s got some layers to her and ends up being a lot more clever than her outer appearance would suggest. I love seeing her turn to try and figure out what the hell is going on, although I can’t say I see it working out well for her…
Still, we’re not even halfway through this series and Yoh and Haruma are already dating and he’s being way too much and she’s kind of into it, which, girl, I have thoughts. The reveal at the end of this volume is another little bit of ‘oh boy’ that should send warning signals far and wide.
Honestly, my current favourite theory that I don’t think will come true is that Yoh had a very only-in-fiction psychological break when Haruma came back in her life because she’s the one repressing all the trauma for Haruma’s family tragedy and she’s been arranging all of these incidents against her person without being aware of it.
I mean, if you’re going to go thriller, go all the way, I say.
3 stars - it definitely wasn’t the most easy-to-read volume, but it’s no lie that I need to see how badly this series will implode at the end and that’ll keep me coming back (yes, I could be optimistic, but I feel this has earned a little pessimism on my part). It’s entertaining and I would be lying if I said otherwise.
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May 4, 2023I CANT TRUST ANYONE IN THIS MANGA WHAT THE FUCK
August 15, 2025
this is the most toxic series ive ever read and im so invested 🤣 why is everyone so awful?!? her one "real" best friend ended up being a fake too!!!
March 15, 2022
I’m just obsessed.
April 13, 2023
This dark, twisted romance just keeps getting more intense as each volume comes out! I need to know how this will end!
November 17, 2023
I'll start off by admitting that I enjoy reading over-the-top backstabby stories like this. But I'd enjoy this one even more if the characters' psychology made any sense, if I could make heads or tails of their motivations.
The most obvious example is our (shudder) male lead, Haruma. Why the weird stalking and the elaborate plots to isolate Yoh from the rest of the world, including her friends? Does he think she's going to be happy if she's basically imprisoned, like a modern-day Gothic heroine? I suppose a better question is whether her happiness is a factor at all, or if possessing her body and soul is all that matters to him.
Another one is Sawako, who initially seemed like an oblivious, chipper foil to both Yoh and Touya's doe-eyed, helpless naïveté, and the other characters' evil-grin machinations. But it looks like she's . She likes both Touya and Yoh: Touya romantically, and Yoh as a friend. To me, it would seem natural for her to feel confident about pursuing Touya as a boyfriend once she sees that Yoh and Haruma are dating. As is, though, she's made revealing Haruma's stalking and manipulations a major project, for some reason. Maybe she's trying to protect her friend Yoh, or preserve their friendship against Haruma's attempts at cutting Yoh off from the rest of the world bit by bit (no one but Haruma himself seems to be aware of that, though).
As for Yoh, while I understand that she's repressed a good portion of her memories from "that night," there are other traumatic elements of her childhood that, I would think, would make her less trusting. She also seems to take the blame on herself by default when just about anything goes wrong for someone else, or if there's any kind of misunderstanding. The story's set up so that a dupe-damsel hybrid fits pretty well in the heroine's role.
What I'm getting at is that the story would be much more effective at what it's evidently trying to achieve, if the characterization was a bit better. As is, over half the characters seem determined to create drama for drama's own sake, or their characterization pivots suddenly in the interest of creating new conflicts for the story.
New character Madoka shows up seemingly randomly to give Yoh advice after a bunch of drama happens with the central group during an outing to an amusement park. Turns out she and Touya are acquaintances through the college all these characters go to. All things considered, I'm sure she'll be .
This manga is pretty fun to read despite everything. It's basically a vehicle for a bunch of stalking, sexual rivalry, backstabbing, manipulation, and exposure of such (via ubiquitous smart phones) to play out. As mentioned in one of my reviews of a volume of Something's Wrong with Us, I can't parse stories like this as romances. Their major interest is in the reality-TV-like confrontations between people who should be old enough to know better.
Theoretically! I just now remembered that I ended up being the "dupe" character in a manipulation scenario in college myself. The major manipulator was still at it well after college, and I ended up (passively) cutting it off with him eventually. Maybe he's still at it, well into his 50s.
The most obvious example is our (shudder) male lead, Haruma. Why the weird stalking and the elaborate plots to isolate Yoh from the rest of the world, including her friends? Does he think she's going to be happy if she's basically imprisoned, like a modern-day Gothic heroine? I suppose a better question is whether her happiness is a factor at all, or if possessing her body and soul is all that matters to him.
Another one is Sawako, who initially seemed like an oblivious, chipper foil to both Yoh and Touya's doe-eyed, helpless naïveté, and the other characters' evil-grin machinations. But it looks like she's . She likes both Touya and Yoh: Touya romantically, and Yoh as a friend. To me, it would seem natural for her to feel confident about pursuing Touya as a boyfriend once she sees that Yoh and Haruma are dating. As is, though, she's made revealing Haruma's stalking and manipulations a major project, for some reason. Maybe she's trying to protect her friend Yoh, or preserve their friendship against Haruma's attempts at cutting Yoh off from the rest of the world bit by bit (no one but Haruma himself seems to be aware of that, though).
As for Yoh, while I understand that she's repressed a good portion of her memories from "that night," there are other traumatic elements of her childhood that, I would think, would make her less trusting. She also seems to take the blame on herself by default when just about anything goes wrong for someone else, or if there's any kind of misunderstanding. The story's set up so that a dupe-damsel hybrid fits pretty well in the heroine's role.
What I'm getting at is that the story would be much more effective at what it's evidently trying to achieve, if the characterization was a bit better. As is, over half the characters seem determined to create drama for drama's own sake, or their characterization pivots suddenly in the interest of creating new conflicts for the story.
New character Madoka shows up seemingly randomly to give Yoh advice after a bunch of drama happens with the central group during an outing to an amusement park. Turns out she and Touya are acquaintances through the college all these characters go to. All things considered, I'm sure she'll be .
This manga is pretty fun to read despite everything. It's basically a vehicle for a bunch of stalking, sexual rivalry, backstabbing, manipulation, and exposure of such (via ubiquitous smart phones) to play out. As mentioned in one of my reviews of a volume of Something's Wrong with Us, I can't parse stories like this as romances. Their major interest is in the reality-TV-like confrontations between people who should be old enough to know better.
Theoretically! I just now remembered that I ended up being the "dupe" character in a manipulation scenario in college myself. The major manipulator was still at it well after college, and I ended up (passively) cutting it off with him eventually. Maybe he's still at it, well into his 50s.
February 2, 2024
around 3 stars ⭐️
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🖤I’m honestly really not for Haruma 🤷🏼♀️ I read dark romance books often so it’s not like I’m new to a red flag mmc but yeah this volume has further confirmed I’m just not a fan of him
🖤Touya is still my fav character & I’m fully rooting for him & Sawako 💕 I hope they stick with their suspicions & can accomplish what they’re trying to plus I think they’d be good together. but even as friends they’re my fav duo
🖤Wakana is speaking in third person still & her shitty motivations & actions come to light 😅 at least that’s out of the way
🖤further on Haruma I can’t look past his abusive tendencies rn & the thing he was like “yeah right I wouldn’t do that” I honestly wouldn’t have been surprised if it were true
🖤I’m really hoping that the truth of the past comes to light soon 👀
🖤I’ll keep reading bc of Touya —I’ll be pissed if Haruma keeps isolating Yoh from her friends 😅
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🖤I’m honestly really not for Haruma 🤷🏼♀️ I read dark romance books often so it’s not like I’m new to a red flag mmc but yeah this volume has further confirmed I’m just not a fan of him
🖤Touya is still my fav character & I’m fully rooting for him & Sawako 💕 I hope they stick with their suspicions & can accomplish what they’re trying to plus I think they’d be good together. but even as friends they’re my fav duo
🖤Wakana is speaking in third person still & her shitty motivations & actions come to light 😅 at least that’s out of the way
🖤further on Haruma I can’t look past his abusive tendencies rn & the thing he was like “yeah right I wouldn’t do that” I honestly wouldn’t have been surprised if it were true
🖤I’m really hoping that the truth of the past comes to light soon 👀
🖤I’ll keep reading bc of Touya —I’ll be pissed if Haruma keeps isolating Yoh from her friends 😅
December 18, 2022
щ(゜ロ゜щ)" Come on! How can so few decent people be in Yoh's life? ⊙.☉ Things get creepier and somehow more addicting in this volume. There's a perfect blend of having an extremely likeable and easy to root for heroine, evil "friends", and protective manipulators to keep you interested and invested. It's like a dizzying blend of Risk and Chess is being played around Yoh, but she is blissfully ignorant of it, which is probably for the best right now.
April 25, 2023
Sawako… miss girl yoh is your friend and she’s not interested in your man it seems why you gotta backstab her. WHY IS EVERYONE HERE AFRAID OF SHARING WITH EACH OTHER ITS TIME FOR THEM TO HAVE GROUP THERAPY!!
February 16, 2024
I rate this 4.5 stars, just because Wakana got what she deserved and there's also a twist revealed. I was so shocked and I loved that reveal.
Full review to be posted soon.
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Full review to be posted soon.
Blog: nazreads.ca
Twitter: Naz_readsanime
Instagram: nazreads01, nazcosplay, nradesigns, charmedanimegirl01
May 10, 2022
Wakana is out to steal Haruma's affection; will her plot succeed? Touya confesses; will it impact his friendship? Oddly, things become clearer and DARKER in this volume.
August 29, 2022
Das Band zieht sich immer enger zusammen
October 27, 2022
“I’ve been drowning in you for years.” Easily the best line so far 😶
March 23, 2023
Liar’s can spot one another. He’s so totally onto y’all! ٭(•﹏•)٭
August 8, 2023
Rating: 3/5
The third entry of “Love and Heart” was fine. Wakana’s plotline wraps up really quick, like shockingly soon (which isn’t to say it was a bad ending, just that it happens in the first fifty pages or so). The volume is more focused on setting up the group dynamics as the romance plotlines solidify. I enjoyed reading this volume, the art and pacing are excellent, but nothing truly exciting, shocking, or well done has happened in this volume or the series overall.
The third entry of “Love and Heart” was fine. Wakana’s plotline wraps up really quick, like shockingly soon (which isn’t to say it was a bad ending, just that it happens in the first fifty pages or so). The volume is more focused on setting up the group dynamics as the romance plotlines solidify. I enjoyed reading this volume, the art and pacing are excellent, but nothing truly exciting, shocking, or well done has happened in this volume or the series overall.
October 28, 2023
Yandere love is my total fav trope
October 13, 2024
HE MAKES ME INSANE!!!!!! Thank god for that reveal though I was so tired of her
June 14, 2025
At least that annoying girl is gone (?) for now…
July 16, 2024
Enjoying it:) has a lot to do with interpersonal relationships than an actual plot point
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