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A review by thebookbin
Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Vol. 1 by Shio Usui
emotional
funny
hopeful
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I stuck to my guns and just read volume 1 of Doughnuts under a Crescent Moon by Usui Shio and it hit a little too close to home!!!
This is a lesbian manga about a woman who is feeling stuck performing femininity and the pressures from family and society to fall in love as a mid-20s career woman. But she always feels uncomfortable on her dates with men and feels like there’s something wrong with her. She masks often, mirroring what the people around her do. But when she messes up at work, her cool and collected coworker helps her out and they start to get to know each other.
What I really like about this is it’s really not your typical romance manga, they’re very slow moving. By the end of volume 1, I don’t think Hikano even knows she has a crush on Asahi. But she deals with depression and they both decide to clean their rooms which had gotten messy and Hikano has to psych herself up to start to try to cook some of her lunches instead of just going out to lunch every day.
Overall I really like how it’s going even though the next volumes aren’t out yet so I’ll have to wait a while to continue the story. It’s slow moving but it’s really touching on some topics that are pretty deep for a romance manga, and that aren’t often “pretty.”
4/5 oblivious lesbian stars.
This is a lesbian manga about a woman who is feeling stuck performing femininity and the pressures from family and society to fall in love as a mid-20s career woman. But she always feels uncomfortable on her dates with men and feels like there’s something wrong with her. She masks often, mirroring what the people around her do. But when she messes up at work, her cool and collected coworker helps her out and they start to get to know each other.
What I really like about this is it’s really not your typical romance manga, they’re very slow moving. By the end of volume 1, I don’t think Hikano even knows she has a crush on Asahi. But she deals with depression and they both decide to clean their rooms which had gotten messy and Hikano has to psych herself up to start to try to cook some of her lunches instead of just going out to lunch every day.
Overall I really like how it’s going even though the next volumes aren’t out yet so I’ll have to wait a while to continue the story. It’s slow moving but it’s really touching on some topics that are pretty deep for a romance manga, and that aren’t often “pretty.”
4/5 oblivious lesbian stars.