Manga 121504 Yubisaki To Renren

A light-hearted romantic story between a multilingual boy and a deaf girl, from Morishita-san (who made HibiChouChou)! I remember stumbling upon this when I was trying to find some shoujo mangas I haven't read yet and this one came up!

The art style of Morishita has extremely improved since Hibichouchou, and in my opinion, this is probably her best work yet.

Since writing this review, theres about 16 chapters so far, and I'm still invested lol! The story is great, its well-paced and doesn't have the "high school setting" and "extreme couple dynamic" cliches, feels like a breath of fresh air!

From the 1st chapter, ... I WAS HOOKED; the art is beautiful, pretty good characters, GREAT chemistry between the two leads (and so many cute moments!!), and overall such a feelgood manga!

Definitely recommend this to anyone who wants a new shoujo/romance manga read!

There has been more romance manga coming out with hearing impaired people. This is one of the few that are like that but with cute romance and compatibility between the leads!

The story focuses on the love that blossoms between a popular boy, Itsuomi and a cute girl, Yuki (who is hearing impaired).

Yuki's world changes as she interacts and falls in love with Itsuomi who shows her a different world than she had been in before. Both their worlds change as they learn and experience new things through each other's worlds.

This is one of the few romance manga that I don't find cliche and is well ... paced. I believe that with its current pace and interactions between the characters, readers will enjoy the story to its fullest.

Also, NO SECOND MALE LEAD SYNDROME SO IM ALL FOR IT (the childhood friend is amazing but he ain't even a competition tbh)

Story: 9/10

This series is ... just okay. Very cute, but basic story with an uninteresting romance.

It's important to write and spread well-researched stories that have characters with disabilities in the forefront. I love how Yuki's deafness is explored and how she reacts to the world around her (and how others react to her in turn).

However, as a romance series, I find the romance extremely lacking. I don't think there is a lot of chemistry between Yuki and Itsuomi. I'm having difficulty thinking of interests they share or conversations between the two of them that wasn't about their relationship or feelings towards eachother. What I'm getting ... at is that it's hard to understand why they like eachother (beyond finding eachother attractive) and what they would talk about.

Perhaps this is just me but I found Itsuomi boring. It's nice to see an older manga character with tattoos and an interesting hobby (traveling). But I found him boring and a bit unlikeable. Which also soured my opinions on Yuki and Itsuomi's relationship.

It's cute, I'll continue reading as the chapters release. But I definitely don't consider this an amazing manga.