Aug 3, 2023
I picked up Yakumo-san because I was itching for an age-gap romance manga and then reading the synopsis got me somewhat interested in it.
I read it in a span of a couple days. It really is quite a wholesome manga about a widow (Yakumo) trying to move on from her past with this young baseball player (Yamato) who has quite an appetite. It made me happy while reading it of course but honestly it's not really a romance manga when I think about it (or at least not explicitly so)
I was hoping to see even more about Yakumo's past, how she battled with her loneliness,
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or even Yamato's feelings. To my perspective at least there's not any explicit showings of Yamato's and Yakumo's relationship being more intimate, it may seem like it's leading to something more but it's just the same thing all over again. Even after the ending, I still wished for "more", I'm not one to HC a lot so getting an ending like that is something that I struggle with.
For the characters themselves, while not bad in writing, Yamato in particular, the protagonist, just feels like he's there, he could probably be fleshed out more but seeing him devour food is still entertaining. Perhaps I'm biased because I like Yakumo-san's character, but I do think she's one of the better characters here (no duh) probably due to us learning of her past and constantly learning about her feelings and emotions.
Despite me feeling that the romance or emotional moments sometimes is a bit lacking, it shouldn't deter people from reading this sweet-savory Slice of Life Manga.
P.S, so I think this is probably not a romance manga (?) it's just that one of the artworks and a couple chapters just really lead you to believe that it is, but if it is a romance manga then it's very lacking in that regard. Still very cute though
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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