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Dec 20, 2024
THE MANGA IS GOING TO BE TRANSLATED AGAAAAAIN!!! yey ~~~
Yes, to me, this manga is a masterpiece.
But for information: I love age gap romance stories - not all! but stories, especially when the manga captures a respectful atmosphere within a mature love bond. In this manga, the mangaka did an amazing job, I tell you!
The dynamic of a young girl (Amai) yearning for love and care from someone who could look after her, while masking her vulnerability with playful charm so he doesn’t notice her deeper longing.
All contrasted with an adult/mature man (Shiota) [mature in Amai's eyes/in mine too, by the way] who admires
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and respects her youthful femininity!
All in combination with comedy, I just fell in love with everything! So just put on your favorite music [for this manga my favorite songs were 'piri - beachin' AND 'piri - nice 2 me (+acoustic)' AND 'Videoclub - Roi (Instrumental Slowed)'] and read the manga, for moments to get excited, laugh, smile, pout pitifully, be swayed, and find things so cute you need to calm down. :)
Story: 10
Characters: 10
Artstyle: 10
Over All Enjoyment: 10
It's one of my comfort manga's. Try if you want to be comforted ;)
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Apr 20, 2024
Hi, person who reads this ~ ^-^
Maybe you already read into this Manga or just not yet.
But one thing is clear about this Manga:
It divides many minds.
And the reason is almost only the age gap between the protagonists Himeko and her soon to be husband. That is already mentioned in the synopsis.
But next to that "issue"...the writing of Nagakura Hiroko is refreshing and enriching, the Art Style of her is so detailed, accurate and very expressive (ugh I fell in love with it! (^▽^)ψ), the character designs are perfect (to me) and so variable even though there wasn't much to learn about
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yet BUT still I could sense each characters personality, AND the story telling is so satisfying (at least to me xD) - not exaggerated, not lame / not too fast, not too slow - just so so right that I now really cannot wait to read more. I already know it is going to be one of my favourite Manga of all time! >.<
[I hope more & more people get to know the Manga "Smoke & Honey" and someone will be able to translate it officially, so it and the Mangaka are supported in the process!]
So yes, I really can't wait for and I am looking forward to more, because for this Manga my heart skips some nice beats. XD As the Female Lead is 12, the Manga awakes my inner child, that wants to be protected, helped out, taken care of and taken to adventures...that wants to learn a lot and be capable of the things that life is about, to be a good person some day.
Even though the Male Lead is 18 years older and her fiancé, I actually enjoy how Nagakura Hiroko portrays their relationship in her Manga! Male Lead is like a fatherly and competent companion for the FL. No wonder Nagakura Hiroko chose the protagonists dynamic to be fiancés/man and wife. It is super interesting and fascinating how the Manga handles it, especially the romantic tension.
Be curious if you can. You might really enjoy the Manga Smoke and Honey
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Feb 28, 2024
What I noticed after I finished the last uploaded chapter ~ 38 (my favourite one, ehehe) ~ is that for this manga to be enjoyed, you need to take your time and maybe take pauses for this manga.
This manga is full of action - not in the sense of the genre, despite a lot of fight sequences - but rather, there's happening so much, rapidly in a row, it is very easy to accidentally miss some pivotal points. To be honest, this manga confuses you nonetheless because it just doesn't bring most of the vital points across. At least I had problems to puzzle
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every detail together, so... it was not easy to follow the context.
That for the manga seemed less enjoyable. To not let this happen, I again recommend to slowly read and observe the manga. Because it ain't a feel-good, slow Slice of Life.
That aside; for me this manga is again "a manga that has potential in its story/lore, characters, and so on, but it didn't know exactly how to do it the right-right way".
The story tries to be and present something, and a lot of times the Mangaka did a great job. Still, some chapters and moments felt unnecessary and drawn out through tedious back and forth chatter and speculations of the characters, whereas to my personal taste, some parts and information just could've been presented easier, faster, and more excitingly. I feel like the manga missed suspension on parts that probably should have been more exciting. This is again pointing to my point that the manga made it hard to follow the context. As if it doesn't know where to go. But there is potential.
Now, exactly the potential of the manga makes me sceptical about whether I like the manga or not.
Also: I love the "genres" yakuza, psychological, romance; but some of their potential wasn't portrayed as I wished. So:
- All this stuff: Story/Lore/Telling + Dynamic (I don't know how you call all this professionally.)
= 6/10 ...(￣▽￣)...
From another point of view: I think this manga is very beautiful drawn. Props to the Mangaka, really! The art style quickly developed into an incredibly aesthetical piece of art to me. (I saved some good shots of this Manga for inspiration ;) I even liked the art style from the beginning and had the impression a few times that the drawing style was somewhere similar to Komi Can't Communicate. :D
- For the Art Style definitely:
= 9/10 , especially for the recently uploaded chapters (´｡• ω •｡`) ♡
What also fascinates me are the characters. Above all, most of the male characters (including the older ones), but also the female supporting characters, are refreshingly staged and have their unique, albeit a bit exaggerated, personalities. And that is nice.
When it comes to the female protagonist, I find her from chapter to chapter, more even from scene to scene, likeable or absolutely annoying. Her personality doesn't seem stable at all; sometimes I think she could be another character; And despite that she still feels rather one-dimensional and has barely any depth. Unfortunately, I can only give her my sympathy for a few moments, and then again, I simply don't like her behaviour over the course of the manga.
Most of the time she is annoyed and gets pissed off over a lot of little things (that maybe should be funny but I don't feel it), and then suddenly she is portrayed as someone that should be seen as special...sometimes she does unusual stuff, but I guess in the Manga it is just not presented fluent enough that her character really hooks me.
- Sooo the Character/Personality Design (1 minus point due to FemaleLead):
= 6/10 ...(￣▽￣)...
All in All: 7
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Feb 25, 2024
This Love is Strawberry Sweet - yes it is ma'am! A lot of thanks to Mangaka >Irono< of this work of hers!
This Manga hits so right in my mind. - Story telling, details, humour, romance dynamic, characters themselves etc. - are so readily to read, it's inspiring for my creative and artistic mind and made me chuckle so many times.
I thought I will never find a manga that goes along with my peculiar taste ... and what I mean by that is: I adore age gap stories that go slowly and in a realistic but fluffy way (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧, a female protagonist who is
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mature for their age, ain't a pain in the ass and through the way she is presented you can better understand a bit of the multi-dimensional being of her - what I mean by that is she ain't lame xD.
The Male Lead is respectful and sees the Female Lead as a real potential partner for the good of his future! Yey! [FUN FACT: I've seen some comments on the Male Lead that go like: "I love me a gentle giant🍓" "Ahhhhh I'm screaming, a tall hot rugged kuudere ojisan" "Never would I thought that I'll be jealous of a strawberry... This delicious long haired, tall, rough looking ossan IS GOING TO BE THE DEATH OF ME." AHAHAHA - you gonna say this too ... trust me!^^
The main character designs are not over-sweetened and/or exaggerated especially for the manga or anime "vibe" like we have it nowadays (in my perspective). Instead there is a realistic take on their life of understandable protagonists and side characters. And I love that. So yes, the other characters are also well written.
Of course we have some moments of oh so beautiful or dramatic coincidences, but at least they add something positive in terms of the narrative. In this Manga you really enjoy reading these more imaginative "overdone" moments. Especially in contrast to other Josei/Shoujo Mangas that took it to the moon - I even think of overdramatic contrivances in many Bollywood Dramas...and these are yikes to me.
So to be very clear: This Manga is not really like the other romance show/novels ~ stories - I really mean what I just said - It is realistic, you want to know what's next, it's mature and not full of strange, irritating and dumb drama b*shit. So what it is then? It is ANOTHER LEVEL OF WHOLESOMENESS - and I love the fluff. Have I even mentioned: There is healthy COMMUNICATION between them! What a TWIST and rarity in Shoujo/Josei kind of Mangas ahaha xD
So now...just read the Manga fellas^-^!
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Apr 30, 2023
You start to read this amazing (webtoon or eBook) manga and think: Well, what have I got myself into?! What is that romance dynamic? Hardly encountered one like that one... Well, reasonable questions and conclusion. And the answer is:
You got yourself into an authentic adult love story, telling us about a gemmy woman Chako who escaped an arranged marriage, your best cute girl Futaba (even better then Anya) and your definitely not communication-skilled but (to me at least) still so very lovable man Isshin. He definitely is not everyone's cup of "tea" - aaahaha - but if you keep in mind that he has
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a story and past himself too, you may be able to understand his behaviour;)
This story, surrounded by the theme 'tea' as they live and work on a tea-farm at quick time together, gets your heart for the sake of its mature love- and realistic life-dynamic. It's not the usual manga that goes around right now so this manga could be a bit irritating for some people but this is exactly what I personally searched for. If you also searching for a manga you can follow with your mature but shy heart - this is the right one. Convince yourself.
Yamanaka Umebachi is an awesome Mangaka, don't underestimate her storytelling. She surprised me with a lot of moments in the manga I really did not expect!
As far as I am informed UPDATE: there are now 40 Chapters (10 volumes) translated into English, and soon it'll be more. Whom I can't wait for. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Feb 14, 2023
This is a very biased review:
As a lover of age gap stories and the quite possibly occurring romantic tension between a teacher and a student, this collection hits exactly my taste. Every chapter is written and drawn by a different mangaka/artist, so every chapter has its own special charm even though those only catch just a short glimpse of the depth and background of each of the short stories. But the variation of stories, dynamics and characters are great. Every couple/teacher & student has a different point, atmosphere, flavour to it.
This is not your typical manga in which one is supposed to identify with
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the main characters. Here you rather accompany and take notice of the little romantic slices in the lifes of the shown persons. It's their story. (What I think could actually happen or have happend in our real world too.)
For me every chapter leaved behind a particular warm feeling. I especially favour chapter 02, 05, 07, 09.
Overall I'd describe this anthology as mature, wholesome and wistful.
It very is worth a read.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Jul 10, 2022
Sooo, as someone who really adores it to the core of my heart, that the male lead has a wholesome gentleman-vibe with the right amount of sexual lust/appetite, this smut manga is just right.
The fact that it is a human-beast relationship is totally not the problem xD. Both main characters do have such a great fundament on developing a bonding relationship in the Manga, out of growing and learning from each other. That aspect gives this manga a really deep and kinda realistic and relatable quality.
The story telling in comparasing to other Mangas coming out at the moment is so authentic and one
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actually feels the relationship between the cute female lead and the big male-beast lead glowing up and bonding to something serious.
For me in particular there just could've been even more scenarios of the beast side of the wall, to bring the story to an even bigger significance and more meaningful conversations between more characters, as almost all the characters were good written.
I am just always wishing that the female lead would also show more playful and "dirty" initiative; in this story here it could be her also biting or petting him(I MEAN HE WOULD LOVE IT RIGHT? XD) ~ but that's just me ~ overall a very solid 10. ＼(￣▽￣)／
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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