I like the main character, Yuki, and the way she is reacting to falling in love, but it is getting harder to ignore all the creepy little red flags that her romantic interest is giving off, from not respecting her space to repeatedly infantilizing her. The capper is a long conversation he has this volume with a friend about his ex-girlfriend right next to Yuki while purposely excluding her by way of her hearing impairment. The script actually has her feeling bad about about intruding on the conversation instead of addressing the rudeness of what is occurring.

Maybe it's the father in me, but my gut says this punk isn't good enough for Yuki. ( )

Yuki meets Itsuomi’s two best friends, one in person and the other via video chat on Istuomi’s phone. Then Yuki, Itsuomi, Rin, and Kyouya got on an outing by the river for a Sign Language Camp, where Yuki lets the others know the signs for words they ask about.

Oh boy, the cliffhanger we get at the end of this volume with the boys… what in the world is going to happen there? A part of me is kind of rolling my eyes at it, but at the same time I want to know what happens!

I really love the artwork, especially when it’s Yuki’s expressions - they’re always so cute. Also, the adorableness of her being in love for the first time makes me smile. I also find it interesting how interested Yuki is in Itsuomi’s hands; she talks about them a few times in this volume. As someone who communicates with her hands, that would be something someone would pay attention to huh?

I don’t know what it is about Itsuomi though… I don’t trust him? I keep waiting for when he’s going to hurt Yuki. I just feel like he doesn’t have a lot of expressions and is semi-emotionless.

I’m still looking forward to reading the next volume to see what happens next. ( )

I’ll acknowledge Itsuomi is bland right now despite his love of travel, language learning, and his cute little girlfriend. So is Yuki for that matter. But the moments between Itsuomi and Yuki are sweeter than ever, and he arranges a trip for the friends to brush up and learn sign language. Love his thoughtfulness.

I love shoujo because it has more of the Female Gaze. I don’t know why but men reversing cars has always been attractive and Yuki agrees lol. The mangaka really knows how to convey an intimate scene masterfully.

Also, love triangle is heating up! That ending seems like it’s going in a fun direction or Itsuomi knows Oushi ain’t no threat and can’t be bothered to care haha

Review of vol 1
Review of vol 2
Review of vol 3

4.5 ( )