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Coffee Moon #3

Coffee Moon, Vol. 3

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THIS IS THE WORK OF A WITCH. SHE HAS THE JOY I WANT, SO I’M TAKING IT FROM HER! Her double dealt with, Pieta has willed her way to a new tomorrow. With a bounce in her step, she splashes through sidewalk puddles, but mysteries still creep in damp alley ways…Her flames reduce the world to ash. People, possessions, joy―all ash. Her envy, fuel. Her world, all ash.

178 pages, Paperback

Published July 18, 2023

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2,817 reviews275 followers
July 31, 2023
Uh, Pieta faces off against Pieta and then a giant flame-wielding moth girl shows up to throw down against a sculptor and the handiest umbrella outside of Mary Poppins’ shows up to boot. Also, we really just up and change genres because why not?

This is one of those throwback manga that reminds me of the old days in a good way, though your mileage will undoubtedly vary. It’s absolute nonsense, but stylish nonsense, with just enough of one to overcome the other.

Yes, yes, it thinks it’s making perfect sense, I’m quite aware. There’s this whole explanation that these doppelgängers are manifestations of Dilemmas, which means… not much of anything, except people have to accept them to resolve them rather than fight them except Nike, the sculptor girl, is actually up against a rival plus a Dilemma, so it’s murky.

The rival looks like Pieta’s friend, but isn’t, which really confused me, and the story of the two young sculptors is kind of ridiculous and then, oh yeah, it turns into a magical girl story out of nowhere.

Pieta accepts her Dilemma and now controls time and has a super neat umbrella, but she doesn’t transform. Nike gets through to herself and does transform, but I don’t think they give a single explanation for why she gets to and Pieta doesn’t.

It’s hogwash, but if you turn your brain off and crest along with it, it’s fun enough. I did love Pieta constantly coming through in the clutch, even if we’re now totally done with the time loop story that made this so interesting.

Everybody seems to know what magical girl tropes are, even though this world is clearly set in some sort of faux-European universe and not traditional Japan. I can’t even. I refuse to believe there’s any sort of long game with this or I’ll simply go mad.

This is such an old-school style of manga in all the good and bad ways. The action is fun, the drama is palpable, the stakes are high, but the rules are crazy and something being pulled from nothing is the rule of the day. The story feels as cohesive as an underbaked cake, but it can be just as tasty as one as a result.

My initial thought was that this needs to be read in serialized fashion to make any sense, but I don’t know if that would actually help at all. I just dove in with what limited knowledge I had from the last time and it mostly worked out okay.

3 stars - it’s a ride more than a destination and it’s certainly enjoyable to marinate in the chaos of whatever it might be doing next, but trying to suss out its deeper meanings or internal logic is a fool’s errand and one I wouldn’t even bother with.
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2,455 reviews21 followers
February 6, 2023
J’ai découvert ce manga il y a peu et je dois dire que j’ai été surprise par ce titre. C’est intriguant, mystérieux et surtout très plaisant à lire. L’ambiance est très pesante finalement, il s’agit d’une boucle où les personnages revivent la même journée en continu. Plus on avance dans notre lecture et plus on découvre des choses encore plus mystérieuses. On a quelques éléments de réponses de temps en temps mais il y a encore beaucoup de mystères qui planent dans cette histoire. J’ai vraiment hâte de découvrir tout le reste de l’histoire.

Dans ce troisième tome, des jeunes filles se battent pour briser le cycle du temps et connaître enfin le lendemain ! Après avoir fait face à une autre version d’elle-même, Pieta a finalement trouvé la réponse qu’elle cherchait depuis si longtemps et parvient à briser la boucle temporelle où elle était enfermée. Elle retrouve une vie normale et peut enfin marcher d’un pas plus léger. Même la pluie incessante n’arrive pas à entamer sa gaieté. Mais d’étranges événements ne tardent pas à la rattraper…Alors que les fausses rumeurs vont bon train sur la question, Pieta et Niki doivent affronter la véritable coupable, qui manipule le feu ! Dès lors, rien ni personne n’est à l’abri de ses flammes alimentées par le carburant de sa jalousie… Ni les individus, ni les bâtiments, ni le bonheur !

J’avais hâte de découvrir ce que la suite de l’histoire nous réservait et je n’ai pas été déçue le moins du monde. Dans ce tome, l’ambiance est encore plus étrange et plus pesante que dans les deux tomes précédents. On a de nouveaux éléments ici, des éléments qui nous permettent de mieux comprendre certaines choses. Je n’en dirais pas des masses pour éviter de spoiler mais ces nouveaux éléments sont quand même incroyables. Je me pose encore plus de questions qu’avant maintenant et j’ai tellement besoin de réponses. J’ai adoré retrouver les différents personnages, j’aime surtout celui de Pieta, je la trouve tellement adorable et toute mignonne. Et puis, il faut bien avouer qu’elle est vraiment déterminée!

Un troisième tome à la hauteur de ce que j’en attendais. Et surtout dans la lignée des deux précédents. On a encore pas mal de mystères dans cette histoire, quelques zones d’ombres sont éclaircies mais il reste une tonne de chose que l’on ne sait pas encore. Je me demande vraiment comment cette histoire va se terminer. J’adore les personnages, l’intrigue mais aussi l’ambiance. En tout cas, maintenant je suis très impatiente de découvrir la suite de cette histoire.
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6,294 reviews329 followers
May 9, 2024
This kind of feels like the mangaka finished the story they wanted to tell but didn't want to end the series and start over with new characters. Pieta resolves her time loop early in this volume, and then we switch to a pretty standard magical girl setup? It's a confusing genre swerve, and the rules aren't communicated very well. It's really disorienting, actually, to start one kind of book and find yourself in another partway through. It doesn't help that so many of these characters look so much alike, which makes it even harder to follow the drastic drama and tone shift. Really not sure if I'll try another volume.
460 reviews
August 8, 2025
2,5 Sterne.

Ich denke der Band hat mir bisher am wenigsten gefallen, weil er irgendwie verwirrend war. Vor allem das ganze was in der Mitte passierte war einfach nicht durchdacht. Es schien so als müsse man schnell bis zu Punkt X kommen und hat deswegen einfach extrem viel ausgespart. Der Weg in diesem Band wirkte auf mich einfach nur verwirrend und ich verlor den Durchblick. Das Ende macht aber auf jeden Fall Lust auf mehr, ich hoffe aber das es nicht mehr so sprunghaft wird.
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46 reviews2 followers
June 28, 2025
I don't know if I'm just stupid or if it's because I read the first two, look a long break, and then read this one, but.... SO CONFUSING! Why are we getting random battles? I thought the premise was escaping a time loop based on personal sorrow and want for joy? Now we have magical girl fights? Huh?
Profile Image for 任煦涵.
252 reviews18 followers
September 18, 2023
The first two volumes were better. This volume made zero sense. Only rating this volume a 3 because I like the art.
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3,679 reviews10 followers
September 26, 2023
This has gotten so much less interesting now that it’s switched into a magical girl battle manga, sheesh. Gonna drop it now.
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149 reviews
January 18, 2025
Unexpected turn into "no parts are bad parts" and accepting all the parts of yourself. The author's note was really helpful at the end to understand what the goal of this one was.
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