Tsubaki-chou Lonely Planet, Vol. 1

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I actually finished it 2 days ago. Yet, I am writing this review today because these 2 days I was just making up my mind and sorting out my feelings about it. This manga is like a hurricane of my literary life which has wreaked havoc in my thoughts. Literally. It was this good. Both of these have slow paced romances. Both main characters are strong, and though I don't think the girl in Skip Beat realizes it, wants some where to belong. They have different topics, but they give of some of the same feel. They both like an older man, and take forever to realize it.

There are many reasons you should read Manga online, and if you are a fan of this unique storytelling style Both are about high school girls falling in love with older men. Love So Life is about a young girl babysitting for two kids who have lost their mother and were abondoned by their father, so are living with their uncle. Their uncle has a very tiring job and can't control the two children, so he hires shihara to take care of them. After a while you can see the connection between shihara and seiji-uncle. I kept pushing it for reading another time. Oh boy! was I surprised once I started reading it. You bet because I was. It was like I have open a Pandora box. Everything was different. The story, the characters and their hardships/struggles all are so so different from Kore wa Koi no Hanashi. About age-gap between the lead characters, which I believe many readers want to know...that is something I can't reveal because it would be a direct spoiler for many readers. So, I am sorry for this. But its age-gap is in acceptable range for me to read stories.

This is speaking from my experience of reading shoujo manga. I understand that other genres appeal to a different demographic so it may be different in that case, but speaking with Shoujo manga in mind, its target demographic is teenage girls. If you are looking for something as serious as love so life, air koi, is not the right one for you, buuuuuuuttttt, if you are looking for something equally cute and happy, then it is. So given I just read Dengeki Daisy, which featured an age gap (see review for my hesitancy on age gap), I was pleasantly surprised about this one. I can't quite put my finger on it, but this storyline was a lot less contrived than Dengeki Daisy and it felt a bit more mature. Yen Press announced that they were licensing the series for English distribution, which began in 2022. I really enjoyed it and even teared up in certain parts, despite the flaws mentioned above. It was a good read! (Again, I'm looking for Shoujo reads like this, so I can't recommend it to everyone)

EditSynopsis Due to her father's six million yen debt, sixteen-year-old high school student Fumi Oono and her father are evicted from their apartment. In need of a place to stay and a job to earn money, she starts to work as a live-in housekeeper for the young writer Akatsuki Kibikino. I'm not a particular fan of shoujo, but I still sometimes read them, and admittedly, some of them are pretty good. However, most of them are pretty bad. The aesthetic aspect of story-line, story-telling, character development, artwork...everything was well developed, planned and done. First of all, when I read its synopsis, it gave me the impression of Kore Wa Koi No Hanashi because both has male-leads who are successful writers. So, I thought it would have the same story-line, and Posted Oct 03, 2023 by Mark Devera Happy Hauntings and Monster Girls: Halloween Recommendations from Yen PressKatsura is an acquaintance of Akatsuki Kibikino and she had a crush on Akatsuki for two years. She dislikes Fumi since their first meeting. She became close with Akatsuki after realizing he resembles a character from one of her favorite historical otome games.