So this manga is technically split into two stories. The first one is a vague collection of semi-connected short stories with no concrete plot line called "Ametsukigahara". I was very baffled by chapters 1 and 2 of that short story. It's very vague and weirdly sexual. Sorry, but I really don't like to read about high schoolers having [a spice scene]. Chapter 3 was technically connected to the first two, but it did not feel like it. The third chapter was honestly really cute and has the potential to be expanded into something bigger. It had some hints of "Ôkami kodomo no Ame to Yuki" energy. The second half of the manga, which is "Mermaid Prince", was a short but sweet short story. This is another one that very easily could have been expanded on and made into something more. But it works as a short story and honestly is a great completed circle of a story. However, the way this manga is set up is baffling. Why is it marketed as if there's only the Mermaid Prince story when it's actually two different stories in one manga? Going into this manga and only expecting to be reading Mermaid Prince and then getting whammied by Ametsukigahara is very disconcerting as the two stories have very different tones. Maybe, switch it so Ametsukigahara is after Mermaid Prince. But yeah, this is marketed and formatted very strangely. If there had been a third short story, and this was marketed as an anthology, I think it would have flowed better.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!