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15 Minutes Before We Really Date #2
15 Minutes Before We Really Date, Vol. 2
Childhood friends Yuuki and Natsuha live in the same apartment complex, and they’ve recently starting dating (at last)! Now their first Christmas is coming up-how will they handle that famously romantic holiday?
164 pages, Paperback
Published April 16, 2024
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April 27, 2024
As the seasons change, Yuuki and Natsuha continue to adjust to the new normal that is their dating life. With Yuuki being a bit more mindful, things should be going okay, but sometimes fate has other plans.
This was the second manga I read in the course of a week where the Christmas part saved what had been flailing mediocrity up to that point. And despite appearances, what this ends up doing with Christmas is a real treat.
The first part of this is mostly okay - as much as I enjoy watching Nao, Yuuki’s sister, meddle in things while being utterly ignorant of her own would-be relationship with Sousuke, she doesn’t add a whole lot at the start of this.
Mostly it’s concerned with Natsuha rejecting overtures for a first kiss and Yuuki being a little overly pushy about it and making things awkward. Though he doesn’t realize it, Yuuki has good reason to worry about time, but he’s still being more jerk than debonair there.
The discovery of all this by the parents is actually pretty fun, one of the better ‘kiss, interrupted’ moments I’ve seen in a while that leaves one dad in tears and lets Yuuki quietly step up for Natsuha and declare his intentions in a nice bit of recovery.
Not that Natsuha never puts a foot wrong - in one of those moments where she couldn’t have known the damage she was causing, her callous comments back in middle school in trying to get some guys to lay off saying she and Yuuki were dating left the poor guy with lingering Christmas trauma.
When I love this story the most, it leans hard into the shared history these two have in a sweet and romantic way. After the Dreaded Manga Cold shuts things down, our lovebirds share a quiet moment on the balcony they’ve talked on a million times before.
And the story rightly realizes that something so incredibly mundane has its own sense of wonder in the right context and this section absolutely kills it with the mood and atmosphere. It made the whole volume and used its childhood friends angle to great effect.
The subsequent chapters continue to examine the entire Christmas event, but they switch over to Natsuha’s perspective from Yuuki’s and that, too, is a really nice touch. It makes things better knowing how they’re both feeling in those moments and I think it’s a smart choice.
Throw in a chapter that actually does something with Nao and Sosuke, plus some amusing discourse on jealousy, and you have a volume that ends much better than it starts. I don’t love this quite as much as that first volume, but there’s still a lot to recommend it.
3.5 stars - extra half star for the balcony moment at Christmas, but overall not a full four stars. Still, a nicely enjoyable series that gives a little more than the baseline sometimes.
This was the second manga I read in the course of a week where the Christmas part saved what had been flailing mediocrity up to that point. And despite appearances, what this ends up doing with Christmas is a real treat.
The first part of this is mostly okay - as much as I enjoy watching Nao, Yuuki’s sister, meddle in things while being utterly ignorant of her own would-be relationship with Sousuke, she doesn’t add a whole lot at the start of this.
Mostly it’s concerned with Natsuha rejecting overtures for a first kiss and Yuuki being a little overly pushy about it and making things awkward. Though he doesn’t realize it, Yuuki has good reason to worry about time, but he’s still being more jerk than debonair there.
The discovery of all this by the parents is actually pretty fun, one of the better ‘kiss, interrupted’ moments I’ve seen in a while that leaves one dad in tears and lets Yuuki quietly step up for Natsuha and declare his intentions in a nice bit of recovery.
Not that Natsuha never puts a foot wrong - in one of those moments where she couldn’t have known the damage she was causing, her callous comments back in middle school in trying to get some guys to lay off saying she and Yuuki were dating left the poor guy with lingering Christmas trauma.
When I love this story the most, it leans hard into the shared history these two have in a sweet and romantic way. After the Dreaded Manga Cold shuts things down, our lovebirds share a quiet moment on the balcony they’ve talked on a million times before.
And the story rightly realizes that something so incredibly mundane has its own sense of wonder in the right context and this section absolutely kills it with the mood and atmosphere. It made the whole volume and used its childhood friends angle to great effect.
The subsequent chapters continue to examine the entire Christmas event, but they switch over to Natsuha’s perspective from Yuuki’s and that, too, is a really nice touch. It makes things better knowing how they’re both feeling in those moments and I think it’s a smart choice.
Throw in a chapter that actually does something with Nao and Sosuke, plus some amusing discourse on jealousy, and you have a volume that ends much better than it starts. I don’t love this quite as much as that first volume, but there’s still a lot to recommend it.
3.5 stars - extra half star for the balcony moment at Christmas, but overall not a full four stars. Still, a nicely enjoyable series that gives a little more than the baseline sometimes.
April 23, 2024
This was cute!
I’m surprised that with how much I know I loved volume one, I remembered absolutely nothing and I had to go back and reread it before starting this one. 😅
I wouldn’t say you HAVE to reread volume one to enjoy this one, but I’m glad I did because it made me appreciate all the developments as our new couple continues to have plenty of firsts, with them even feeling jealous for the first time!
Those were some of my favorite moments mainly because this volume didn’t feel quite as exciting as the first one?
I mean, I definitely love moments involving Natsuha's Dad and how when our couple finally was brave enough to get intimate, he was there and saw it all! LOL!
Not only that, but I LOVED Natsuha’s focus on wanting to have their first kiss in a “normal” place because it would add even more special moments to their favorite place. There was a really lovely running theme of making the “ordinary” and “mundane” be something that can be romantic and special in itself. It was a nice touch to this story!
I also continue to love Yuuki’s sister and how she really is the biggest fan of these two! The things she does always made me laugh, but I LOVED how her own romance is blooming and unfolding! Cheering you on, girl!
Writing all that, I guess I enjoyed this volume more than I expected because I was honestly on the fence about dropping this one. Not because I feel it’s bad, mind you! But it just didn’t seem quite as heart-pounding and I have to be diligent in only picking up things I’m loving (#adultproblems), but I might give this one more volume and see how it unfolds!
I’m surprised that with how much I know I loved volume one, I remembered absolutely nothing and I had to go back and reread it before starting this one. 😅
I wouldn’t say you HAVE to reread volume one to enjoy this one, but I’m glad I did because it made me appreciate all the developments as our new couple continues to have plenty of firsts, with them even feeling jealous for the first time!
Those were some of my favorite moments mainly because this volume didn’t feel quite as exciting as the first one?
I mean, I definitely love moments involving Natsuha's Dad and how when our couple finally was brave enough to get intimate, he was there and saw it all! LOL!
Not only that, but I LOVED Natsuha’s focus on wanting to have their first kiss in a “normal” place because it would add even more special moments to their favorite place. There was a really lovely running theme of making the “ordinary” and “mundane” be something that can be romantic and special in itself. It was a nice touch to this story!
I also continue to love Yuuki’s sister and how she really is the biggest fan of these two! The things she does always made me laugh, but I LOVED how her own romance is blooming and unfolding! Cheering you on, girl!
Writing all that, I guess I enjoyed this volume more than I expected because I was honestly on the fence about dropping this one. Not because I feel it’s bad, mind you! But it just didn’t seem quite as heart-pounding and I have to be diligent in only picking up things I’m loving (#adultproblems), but I might give this one more volume and see how it unfolds!
August 11, 2025
It seemed cute but I dropped it cus it was kinda boring and also I haven’t even read the first volume
May 5, 2024
ugh!!! this volume had SO MUCH CUTENESS and I ate it up. multiple first kiss attempts, the actual first kiss, parents finding out, studying for college exams, first xmas together + gifts, and jealousy. they are both much more expressive in this volume and the relationship takes some big steps forward. also, yuuki's little sister nao and her own childhood friend sousuke had an ADORABLE xmas too!!!
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February 12, 2025
The crowded panels and text over the illustrations was a little crowded for my liking but the premise of these two getting together and now heading into the holidays adds a bit of intrigue about how they'll handle moving from friends forever to dating.
I'll try volume three because two didn't seem to give any true momentum or dive deeper into a story per se.
I'll try volume three because two didn't seem to give any true momentum or dive deeper into a story per se.
March 1, 2026
So cute. I love that she kept it strictly platonic to remain close to him. Also the flashback to when he’d gotten the cat hair clip as an intended first Christmas gift so incredibly sweet. And the family interactions are excellent.
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April 19, 2024
4.5⭐️
July 8, 2024
Should I have reread book 1? Probably. Did I? Nope. Got confused with who was who (non black and white mangas would be SUPER helpful but I digress). Overall it was cute and I’ll keep reading.
November 24, 2024
Cute manga.
December 2, 2024
oh these two are so sweet together!! the hugs, their first kiss, the Christmas presents.
April 17, 2025
Super duper wholesome volume makes me wonder what I'm never gonna have XD. gotta say Yuuki and Nat do have a classic bond.
January 9, 2026
3.5 ⭐️
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