Not Quite Done But Close Enough We have a few Chapters left, but it’s two long Chapters paired with a short Chapter. And one of those longs is bonus content. Anyway we will see where we are when we return to Volume 5.
Or you can buy the manga for yourself. You have a few months before Volume 5. It’s up to you. Anyway every Friday Iori asks Minami a pointed question not expecting the truth.
She gets the truth regardless, and after some drunk trading sex occurs. And Friday has only just begun. Yeah. This is a nice cap to the last long day of Minami chapter.
We end the Volume with a long Shizuku/Shiori Chapter (featuring Iori & Minami), and a bonus long Kujou/Sugimoto Chapter where it looks like they are ready to love each other. Maybe.
Tomorrow I’ll pick out next review. Still thinking about it so… Stay tuned. See you tomorrow.
A Lot Of Pages Conveying Easily Summed Up Emotions. So this didn’t take long after all. And next Chapter seems to wrap up Minami’s day with one more scene added. So that’s good right? Let’s get to it.
Minami goes to get job at the Pirate Bar, and does her job well. She mentions in her captions how she wants to see Iori while she works… Unless she drops by to drink, like in an earlier Volume.
At the end of work Iori is waiting for Minami, driving her out of town for a quiet dinner together on the outskirts of town. Just the two of them, dinner, and drinks. Booze for Iori.
This is about a dozen or so pages. I’ll just sum it all up. Minami wonders if she she break up with Iori, because she doesn’t feel like she’s a normal girl for Iori to fall in love with.
Iori sums up her feelings on this by admitting they’re not normal… After Minami criticizes Iori for all her worse than Miss Kobayashi habits. She concluded by saying if they’re freaks, then she’s glad they’re freaks together.
The scene is adorable. Even with the occasional jabs the two take at each other. Of the four couples in this title, they’re the only ones in a real fulfilling relationship.
Yes. Flaws, mishaps and imperfections included. They are the only pair of these four couples in a full on relationship. The rest? They’re still struggling to get a relationship really off the ground.
Anyway since Iori is too drunk to drive, Minsmi drives them home. Doesn’t matter if she can legally. It’s a good end to this extra long Chapter. Great. But we are not done yet.
Cute four page conclusion. Iori asks Minami, while drunk, if she loves Iori. Sex happens at the end. So… Yay. Anyway we are wrapping up Volume 4 soon. With Volume 5 coming this summer.
We return to Fly Me To The Moon this weekend. And when this ends we probably will dive back into… Komi? Maid? I’m still thinking of what’s next. Anyway see you tomorrow. Bye.
The Long Long Day Of Minami The following 30-ish pages is a long day story for Minami. From morning to night on a Friday. It basically is a full story about Minami, and her relationships with Iori & Shizuku past.
We will skip over the flashback with Shizuku. We are trying to focus on her here and now present with Shiori. So we will just focus on her here and now present. Nice.
No matter how troublesome and alcoholic Iori is, and how much Minami has to take care of Iori? Minami loves her so. And not just because she moved in with Iori in her apartment.
The morning to noon is Minami taking care of Iori and the apartment. Making Vento box lunch for Iori, cleaning up after her, feeding her breakfast, getting her out the door to work.
So… Iori seems to work in at least the same office building as Shinohara. They know each other, and for a time I thought they worked at the same Manga and/or Light Novel Publishing Company. But May be they work in different companies in the building.
And all of this is before she travels to work, and works her own job at the bar as one of the hostesses. Which should be an adult job but ok. Minami supposedly is still “underaged”. Huh?
Tomorrow we skip past the flashback, and the half faceless school counselor lady. We return to Minami’s day as she starts her job at the bar. And we go on from there. Until Iori pick a her up from work, and go on a little together outing… Tomorrow.
Well just so you know, still waiting on my refund. The sooner I get it? The sooner we will have Case Closed Season 6-10 (sad Chinese Malaysian Bootleg) and Charlie’s Angels 1976-1981 Collection ordered. That would be nice. Stay tuned.
Just Because You Patterned Your Dates After Pretty Woman, Your Not Getting The Julia Robert Robert Redford Experience! Apparently, when the spectre of Writer’s Block (not to be confused with the carpal tunnel syndrome relative Writer’s Cramp) strikes Heke? She calls Shinohara for help.
This time Shinohara actually suggests a solution (dining at a high end restaurant) that is her secretly taking Heke on a date. Nice, on paper…
Except Heke thinks it’s work, so she’s so bogged down in memorizing everything to break her block? She’s not actually dating Shinohara. So fail.
It’s not until they stop at a street food stall… How long do those things stay open in Japan?… Does it actually feel like a date. Ruined immediately because the series creator can’t stop reading us, only to draw short on these two.
Yeah. If these two actually become an item by series end? Color me surprised. Anyway cliche stereotyped overly expensive restaurant with micro portions. Lack of concrete attempts to push the romance forward. Watching them is… Sad and frustrating.
Monday we dive into a single long Chapter with Iori & Minami. Then we are nearly done with Volume 4. Before that? We wrap up She Loves To Cook She Loves To Eat Volume 3. Stay tuned.
Sometimes? Don’t Take The Advice Of The Bar Owner! So here it is. The aftermath of Kujou being told to stay alone forever by the lesbian bar owner. Reconfigured to a kinder gentler advice by Kujou’s broken mind.
Apparently she and Sugimoto hang out everyday in her office. So Sugimoto is the first to learn that Kujou is about to give up her quest for a girlfriend.
Despite saying the opposite to Kujou? Sugimoto is quite angry with that decision. A thing that Kujou is seemingly oblivious to. So she decided to subtlety scold Kujou, goading her back into action.
Ultimately, however, this marks a major turning point in their presently non relationship. How? She decides Kujou needs a win in dating in order to have the courage to go on. So that’s the plan.
How will she achieve it? Go on a date with Kujou. This panicks Kujou. A teacher student date? But Sugimoto assures her that this is to give her a chance to decide for herself if she’s truly ready to give up. After she’s been in her first real date.
So this is it. Kujou & Sugimoto are moving forward. Awkwardly. Slowly. To continue this momentum? Tomorrow we see Shinohara finally go on a dinner date with Heke. As research.
Apparently the only way Heke can see Shinohara is either Shinohara chasing her down over deadlines, or Heke dragging Shinohara to get over writer’s block.
Get ready for a dinner date that might actually kick start a real relationship between Shinohara & Heke… Or not. Flip a coin, it could go either way. See you tomorrow. And hey. Maybe tonight we end Barbarella! Maybe. Stay tuned.
Taiyaki Fixes Everything! So this one is short. Shiori is pissed off that Shizuku still wants Minami. Shizuku, bless her clueless mind, has no idea Shiori overheard her gushing about being with Minami.
HOW! She knew that Shiori was with her! She knew Shiori was just outside the front door listening in! How did she not anticipate this fallout!
They pass a Taiyaki place. She ducks in, buys Shiori a Taiyaki… That’s a fish shaped amazing baked great filled with bean paste or jam fillings. For starters.
Shiori mistakenly believed Shizuku is apologizing. Shizuku mistakenly believed that Shiori just wanted dessert. Nothing is learned from this experience. Ignorance reigns supreme. Moral? Eat Taiyaki. They sell traditional Japanese Taiyaki in your area? Buy it, and eat it. Lesson learned.
I’m done with my surgery. But I might have to return to do it all again for the lump on my back. Sigh. Stay tuned. Anyway tomorrow is more Assorted Entanglements. Meanwhile? It’s back to Barbarella.
Will she infiltrate Sogo? Will she confront DD? Will she boink with a wolf or a Feline… Oh wait no she donned a furry cat gse already. How much will we review before sex doesn’t happen? Again! BEAR!!
That’s tonight so see you then. Next after that? Hmm… Still planning that out. Anyway see you.
What Shizuku Said… So this is a few parter. Shizuku has ended up at Iori’s being hosted by a flustered Iori. No Minami because she’s coming home from work… Eventually. Until then it’s Shizuku & Iori.
Apparently the only thing Iori can cook is curry. A fact Shizuku is well aware of thanks to Minami. If course we don’t know the situation, but considering Shizuku knows… Why her mistake?
Mistake? She says she hates Iori. Because if Iori never slept with Minami she would still be with Shizuku. Not a great thing to say. I’m front of the spying Shiori… Uhh… Iori didn’t notice that the front door never closed? And someone is spying on her.
This immediately bites Shizuku in her tail next chapfer. And she has no idea that Shiori overheard her going on about Minami with Iori. Oh. Minami catches Shiori dpying, and gets a death glare from her.
Yup. Definitely cranky as all hell after what Shizuku said. But ok. Anyway tomorrow we see the fallout of this little hitching from Shizuku. And Shizuku’s own carelessness as to why Shiori is mad.
Tomorrow is also my surgery. I’ll be back to work in plenty of time. The actual event is only a few hours and I’ll be back reviewing before you know it. Anyway it’s Barbarella time again tonight. See you later for part 2 of the review. See you.
Iori In The Human Kennel Again? What A Surprise! It seems every other Iori & Minami chapter has Iori in some sort of trouble. Today it’s falling asleep without giving Minami a good night kiss.
To make up for her falling asleep, she buys sparklers. But that is not enough to get a full pardon from Minami. Though it’s simple. All she has to do… Is promise to light sparklers with Minami in 40 years.
That and stop trying to drink career alcoholic Miss Kobayashi under the table with her excessive drinking. Easy. Right? Or not so easy. The end of Chapter.
Cute little slice of life. If all the relationships… This one? Its… An actual relationship. The others? Who knows. Chapter filled maybe? Anyway it’s something. And your reading it. If you bought this.
Tomorrow it’s the affliction of bad words said by family in She Loves To Cook She Loves To Eat He (Editor) Loves To Trigger Warning. We will see the depth of the bad words… Tomorrow. Maybe.
Then it’s back to the foursome couples (an eightsome) that isn’t really as exciting as it sounds. Shinohara & Heke have an Editors meeting… And move their love nowhere. Sigh. Monday. See you.
The Year Kujou Was Dumped. We return yo teacher student non pairing Kujou and Sugimoto. Apparently Sugi has taken up hanging around Kujou on their off school time.
Guess that makes sense. Since she’s been trying yo help find Kujou her ideal lesbian lover… Except isn’t that lover supposed to be her? Anyway Kujou insults Sugi by being surprised she can read.
I’m not surprised she can read. After all, how else will she be on Social Media if she can’t read! Sugi brings a love story out of Kujou. That story being her first failed attempt at lesbian love. From her high school days.
Not phased by the mental disaster field that is Kujou, Sugi decides to up Kujou’s game by… Introducing her to Dating Apps. Ugh. Sugi is going to put her on Tinder isn’t she! Run Kujou! Run!!
Also patently we need to meet the twin girls who work at the lesbian bar where Kujou freauents, and its lesbian boss. Why? Because we need to kick more dirt on Kujou’s messed up attempts at a love life.
Uhh… When this series ends? Will we find out that Kujou turns out yo be Pomni from The Amazing Digital Circus? Anyway take a trip down Dating Apps For Lesbians 101 tomorrow with Kujou. If you are brave enough. See you.
Feed Your Editor, DON’T Get An Extension Long story short Heke needs to get a week extension on her work. Again. Why? Dunno. Day ending in WHY, there was an Earthquake in the Phillipines… Back in December. The Religious Right hate Religious Poster Boy Jesus Christ because he doesn’t hate enough.
No seriously. Now they’re partying on about how Jesus sucks because people don’t realize how judgmental and discriminatory he truly is. The nerve! Focusing on peace and love! Gah!!
Shinohara is about to dig into a quick dinner at her Editor Desk. A meal consisting of quickly seeped in hot water (from the water dispenser) Cup O Noodles, a take out order of Karaage Chicken Nuggets (yes this is a KFC reference but this should be real.
Strangely enough? Heke is not impressed. Then we have three pages where Heke makes Shinohara a box lunch. Confesses (again) her love without coming out and saying it. Then asking for a week extension.
Shinohara sends Heke home to work, and is no closer to getting around to just saying she loves her than she was last volume. Sigh. Well… That was cute, but still chasing its tail. Oh well.
Anyway see you tomorrow. More love trying to find a voice or a direction of something. See you.
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