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椿町ロンリープラネット [Tsubaki-chō Lonely Planet] #9
椿町ロンリープラネット 9 [Tsubaki-chou Lonely Planet 9]
療養中の悟郎に代わり、暁の担当になった女性編集者・畝田。誠実でまっすぐな畝田と暁がお似合いに見えてしまうふみは、ひそかに焦りと不安を覚えるように。畝田と暁がふたりきりで京都へ取材旅行に行くと聞いたふみは──?
168 pages, Paperback
First published November 24, 2017
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55 books794 followersMika Yamamori (やまもり三香) is a Japanese author of manga.
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January 29, 2025
We already dealt with Gorou having a little affection for Fumi, so that storyline is totally over, right? And Fumi and Akatsuki are dating, so nothing to worry about, right? And that new editor, Uneda, well, she’s no problem either… right!?
This volume really works for me because it comes barrelling at its premise head-on for a change and everybody manages to basically do everything wrong, which makes for a clusterfluff of epic proportions.
Fumi’s a high school girl with all the insecurities that entails, so it’s no surprise that she keeps comparing herself to the efficient and put-together Uneda, who seems like an excellent match for Akatsuki.
Uneda’s also an adult; the reason this keeps getting out of hand is because Fumi and Akatsuki are keeping their relationship under wraps and Uneda therefore has no reason to hold back when she takes an interest in him beyond his work.
Fumi, being hypercritical of her shortcomings, comes to the idea that Uneda really is better for Akatsuki. So she just waits for the inevitable, except doesn’t bother talking to him about all this.
Her worry sends her over to visit Gorou, who is still being a friend, but clearly hasn’t given up on the notion of adding ‘more than’ to that appellation. Gorou tries to help, but he’s also not doing anything to sideline his own feelings.
Which Fumi doesn’t know about, but Akatsuki does, just like Fumi knows about Uneda’s true intentions while Akatsuki is completely oblivious (one reason this series gets away with its age gap is that both of the leads are emotionally high schoolers).
It’s a fun catastrophe. Poor Uneda is really nice and gets along swimmingly with Fumi, she’s just also attracted to Akatsuki. And she treats Fumi like, say, a teenager, which she actually is.
Uneda is innocent in all this the way that everybody else isn’t. If people would actually communicate, or, in Gorou’s case, read a room he already knows how to read, this could all be avoided.
Instead it explodes into hurt feelings on everybody’s part and, as often happens in these cases, they just keep hurting themselves while trying to figure it out. Which is what leaves us on that particularly nasty little cliffhanger, of course.
This is a believable mess. Whatever I think of Mika Yamamori’s work, and I tend to look positively on it anyway, she knows how to write really good characters. And draw them - Akatsuki’s permanent slouch is present in so many scenes. She’s really good across the board here.
4.5 stars - I wouldn’t say it’s quite worth five stars, but this makes for some delicious drama that is entirely reasonable in the moment and that takes more work to pull off than it might first appear. Good job.
This volume really works for me because it comes barrelling at its premise head-on for a change and everybody manages to basically do everything wrong, which makes for a clusterfluff of epic proportions.
Fumi’s a high school girl with all the insecurities that entails, so it’s no surprise that she keeps comparing herself to the efficient and put-together Uneda, who seems like an excellent match for Akatsuki.
Uneda’s also an adult; the reason this keeps getting out of hand is because Fumi and Akatsuki are keeping their relationship under wraps and Uneda therefore has no reason to hold back when she takes an interest in him beyond his work.
Fumi, being hypercritical of her shortcomings, comes to the idea that Uneda really is better for Akatsuki. So she just waits for the inevitable, except doesn’t bother talking to him about all this.
Her worry sends her over to visit Gorou, who is still being a friend, but clearly hasn’t given up on the notion of adding ‘more than’ to that appellation. Gorou tries to help, but he’s also not doing anything to sideline his own feelings.
Which Fumi doesn’t know about, but Akatsuki does, just like Fumi knows about Uneda’s true intentions while Akatsuki is completely oblivious (one reason this series gets away with its age gap is that both of the leads are emotionally high schoolers).
It’s a fun catastrophe. Poor Uneda is really nice and gets along swimmingly with Fumi, she’s just also attracted to Akatsuki. And she treats Fumi like, say, a teenager, which she actually is.
Uneda is innocent in all this the way that everybody else isn’t. If people would actually communicate, or, in Gorou’s case, read a room he already knows how to read, this could all be avoided.
Instead it explodes into hurt feelings on everybody’s part and, as often happens in these cases, they just keep hurting themselves while trying to figure it out. Which is what leaves us on that particularly nasty little cliffhanger, of course.
This is a believable mess. Whatever I think of Mika Yamamori’s work, and I tend to look positively on it anyway, she knows how to write really good characters. And draw them - Akatsuki’s permanent slouch is present in so many scenes. She’s really good across the board here.
4.5 stars - I wouldn’t say it’s quite worth five stars, but this makes for some delicious drama that is entirely reasonable in the moment and that takes more work to pull off than it might first appear. Good job.
February 22, 2022
AUGHH I HATE FEELING THIS WAY. BUT YEA, THEY KINDA NEED THIS. GIRL NEEDS TO SPEAK HER MIND TOO BUT YEA SHE DIDN'T CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORDS—GAH I'M SO FRUSTRATED RIGHT NOW
January 29, 2022
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
October 7, 2023
Continuo questa storia molto interessante che è arrivata ad una svolta imprevista ora non vedo l'ora di leggere il prossimo.
November 5, 2020
SPOILER ALERT
Kinda bummed about this but at the same time I have to say that I'm not really surprised. As what can be seen on common shoujo mangas, there will be a character or two inserted to complicate the relationship of the leads. Despite what I said on a few volumes before, this manga wasn't so different after all. It really can't be helped though since these story line are usually done to help strengthen the relationship of the leads in the future. Doesn't mean I like reading them though. 🤷🏻♂️
Kinda bummed about this but at the same time I have to say that I'm not really surprised. As what can be seen on common shoujo mangas, there will be a character or two inserted to complicate the relationship of the leads. Despite what I said on a few volumes before, this manga wasn't so different after all. It really can't be helped though since these story line are usually done to help strengthen the relationship of the leads in the future. Doesn't mean I like reading them though. 🤷🏻♂️
March 19, 2018
NO SABEN CUANTO ESPERE PARA ESTE MOMENTO AL FIN ADGAKJDGJKAGK. *GRITA EN VARIOS IDIOMAS*
El mejor momento por fin llego, de este manga y decir que la mangaka puso muchas cosas que sucedan o interfieran sus caminos. Estoy suspirando mientras escribo esta reseña porque necesito mas, ojala la autora siga dibujando y dando mas porque la historia es super buena.
El mejor momento por fin llego, de este manga y decir que la mangaka puso muchas cosas que sucedan o interfieran sus caminos. Estoy suspirando mientras escribo esta reseña porque necesito mas, ojala la autora siga dibujando y dando mas porque la historia es super buena.
March 10, 2019
Ich hoffe sehr die Story dreht sich nicht auch wieder so wie bei Daytime Shooting Star...
May 13, 2019
I love Goro!!💓
January 16, 2020
4.5
L'amore non è bello se non è litigarello.
Penso sia uno dei miei volumi preferiti.
L'amore non è bello se non è litigarello.
Penso sia uno dei miei volumi preferiti.
March 28, 2018
Me muero por saber como acabará esta historia.
August 20, 2020
Uneda, la nuova redattrice del maestro Kibikino, mette a dura prova Fumi che si sente inadeguata e insicura difronte ad una donna molto attiva ed energica, determinata (tra le altre cose) a conquistare quell’uomo silenzioso e freddo. Kibikino dal canto suo dimostra di tenere a Fumi, ma non abbastanza, o comunque non lo dimostra in modo che la ragazza si senta tranquilla del loro rapporto segreto. Un po’ di serenità le viene da Goro che non scherzava dicendo di provare qualcosa per lei... Insomma un bel volume pieno di dramma che ci sta, non è esagerato anche perché i personaggi sono ben caratterizzati: i dubbi e i comportamenti un po’ infantili di Fumi sono comprensibili e umani, mentre Kibikino... sappiamo come è e lo amiamo e odiamo contemporaneamente per questo. Mi è piaciuta l’introduzione della nuova redattrice perché sta davvero mettendo a dura prova i due protagonisti e la loro relazione: sono curiosa di vedere cosa succederà nei prossimi volumi. Mi piace molto la parte su Goro e forse, nei volumi precedenti, mi sono illusa che lui fingesse di provare qualcosa per Fumi per spronare Kibikino a reagire, ma a quanto pare mi sbagliavo. Questo però sarà interessante perché vedremo (lo spero quantomeno) una qualche reazione di Kibikino e vedremo se l'amicizia tra i due uomini sarà compromessa o meno.
February 2, 2025
Poor Fumi!!! I can’t wait till Sensei gets confessed to and has that “oh I f*cked up” moment!!!!! GRRRR
And Gorou needs to back up!!!! How did this teen girl get 2 grown ass men to fall for her?!? Lol
And Gorou needs to back up!!!! How did this teen girl get 2 grown ass men to fall for her?!? Lol
January 30, 2025
I'm not the biggest fan of the inevitable shoujo love triangle - largely because I very often fall for the wrong love interest - but it was actually handled pretty well in this volume. One of my biggest complaints with this series so far has been that the relationship just doesn't feel...earned yet. There's not a whole lot in the way of actual chemistry, and even though they're "dating" now there's nothing going on?
I don't mean physically, you certainly don't need to rush into those sorts of things, but it doesn't feel as though anything in their dynamic has changed at all. But maybe that's kind of the point?
There were some better moments in this volume; I thought Akatsuki taking photos throughout his time in Kyoto and sending them to Fumi was incredibly sweet. It was a way of including her in the trip without her being physically there, and is probably the most romantic thing he's done for her yet. Of course it got utterly ruined then by him calling her a child, which. Y'know. Is a weird thing to say to someone you're supposedly dating. Which ties back into that whole "how are they actually dating" piece that makes the pacing kind of confusing for me. Is he into her or not? What does he want out of this relationship?
There was also a nice spark of jealousy with him seeing her out with Gorou, who of course is kind and talks with Fumi more naturally, and falls into the secondary love interest who's a better friend to her category...
But I do think Akatsuki's temporary editor, who tells Fumi she's romantically interested in him, is interesting. She's kind and a genuinely good person, and she and Fumi get along really well before the jealousy pulls them apart. Fumi's right that if she'd met Akatsuki first, maybe that relationship would've gone somewhere instead. And that's an important defining moment for their relationship...because Akatsuki needs to choose Fumi not because she's convenient but because he genuinely cares for her for very specific and genuine reasons.
So hopefully it continues along that path and they deal with those feelings in a more concrete way.
Another issue of dating your live-in housekeeper who has nowhere else to go...it's pretty awful that when Fumi is upset and runs out of the house, she just has to sit in the rain because she doesn't have other options. It creates an unfair imbalance that really does need to be addressed in some way.
Of course, Gorou is there for the rescue in the meantime, and Akatsuki is currently looking like a pretty insensitive jerk. Particularly after he insisted Fumi share her true feelings with him and then immediately dismissed them when she did.
A better volume than the last few; I'd like more depth and grit to their relationship from here on out.
I don't mean physically, you certainly don't need to rush into those sorts of things, but it doesn't feel as though anything in their dynamic has changed at all. But maybe that's kind of the point?
There were some better moments in this volume; I thought Akatsuki taking photos throughout his time in Kyoto and sending them to Fumi was incredibly sweet. It was a way of including her in the trip without her being physically there, and is probably the most romantic thing he's done for her yet. Of course it got utterly ruined then by him calling her a child, which. Y'know. Is a weird thing to say to someone you're supposedly dating. Which ties back into that whole "how are they actually dating" piece that makes the pacing kind of confusing for me. Is he into her or not? What does he want out of this relationship?
There was also a nice spark of jealousy with him seeing her out with Gorou, who of course is kind and talks with Fumi more naturally, and falls into the secondary love interest who's a better friend to her category...
But I do think Akatsuki's temporary editor, who tells Fumi she's romantically interested in him, is interesting. She's kind and a genuinely good person, and she and Fumi get along really well before the jealousy pulls them apart. Fumi's right that if she'd met Akatsuki first, maybe that relationship would've gone somewhere instead. And that's an important defining moment for their relationship...because Akatsuki needs to choose Fumi not because she's convenient but because he genuinely cares for her for very specific and genuine reasons.
So hopefully it continues along that path and they deal with those feelings in a more concrete way.
Another issue of dating your live-in housekeeper who has nowhere else to go...it's pretty awful that when Fumi is upset and runs out of the house, she just has to sit in the rain because she doesn't have other options. It creates an unfair imbalance that really does need to be addressed in some way.
Of course, Gorou is there for the rescue in the meantime, and Akatsuki is currently looking like a pretty insensitive jerk. Particularly after he insisted Fumi share her true feelings with him and then immediately dismissed them when she did.
A better volume than the last few; I'd like more depth and grit to their relationship from here on out.
March 9, 2019
Ach es ist so frustrierend und zum Haare raufen mit diesen beiden Hauptcharakteren!!! Nach dem die Fumi und Akatsuki im letzten Band endlich einen riesengroßen Schritt aufeinander zugemacht haben (was mich total fangirlen ließ), passiert in diesem Band mal wieder das genaue Gegenteil. Ich hätte die beiden an manchen Stellen am liebsten gepackt und kräftig durchgeschüttelt, damit sie mal richtig miteinander reden bzw. Akatsuki schnallt was Fumis "Problem" ist. Stattdessen steht er so dermaßen auf dem Schlauch...Wobei ein paar Mal hat er echt süße Sachen für Fumi gemacht ♡
Ansonsten kann ich nur sagen, dass mir die Richtung, die der Manga einzuschlagen scheint, nicht wirklich gefällt. Ich male mir schon alle möglichen Dinge aus, die mir so gar nicht gefallen würden, sodass ich nur hoffen kann, dass es nicht zu dem kommen wird. Ansonsten hat es mir wieder sehr viel Spaß gemacht diesen Band zu lesen. Ich war von Anfang bis Ende an die Seiten gefesselt, habe mitgefiebert und mit Fumi mitgefühlt.
Ansonsten kann ich nur sagen, dass mir die Richtung, die der Manga einzuschlagen scheint, nicht wirklich gefällt. Ich male mir schon alle möglichen Dinge aus, die mir so gar nicht gefallen würden, sodass ich nur hoffen kann, dass es nicht zu dem kommen wird. Ansonsten hat es mir wieder sehr viel Spaß gemacht diesen Band zu lesen. Ich war von Anfang bis Ende an die Seiten gefesselt, habe mitgefiebert und mit Fumi mitgefühlt.
January 5, 2020
3,5
Eccolo il volume del drama. Niente, la comunicazione non è uno dei punti di forza del nostro caro maestro Kibikino. Infatti, Akatsuki è decisamente innamorato di Fumi, ma non riesce a mettersi nei panni della ragazza che, a differenza sua, ha capito perfettamente quali sono i sentimenti della redattrice temporanea, la signorina Uneda, nei confronti dello scrittore - quest'ultima intenzionata a farsi avanti. E questo non fa che creare confusione e tensione.
Inoltre, la situazione finisce per complicarsi ulteriormente, vista la crescente attrazione che Goro - il redattore di Akatsuki e suo amico fin dai tempi delle scuole medie - sembra provare per la nostra giovane protagonista.
E alla fine della fiera, Akatsuki la combina davvero grossa, tanto che la povera Fumi se ne va di casa: sarà Goro a trovarla tutta sola al parco e a invitarla a casa sua. Vediamo se il maestro si saprà far perdonare.
Eccolo il volume del drama. Niente, la comunicazione non è uno dei punti di forza del nostro caro maestro Kibikino. Infatti, Akatsuki è decisamente innamorato di Fumi, ma non riesce a mettersi nei panni della ragazza che, a differenza sua, ha capito perfettamente quali sono i sentimenti della redattrice temporanea, la signorina Uneda, nei confronti dello scrittore - quest'ultima intenzionata a farsi avanti. E questo non fa che creare confusione e tensione.
Inoltre, la situazione finisce per complicarsi ulteriormente, vista la crescente attrazione che Goro - il redattore di Akatsuki e suo amico fin dai tempi delle scuole medie - sembra provare per la nostra giovane protagonista.
E alla fine della fiera, Akatsuki la combina davvero grossa, tanto che la povera Fumi se ne va di casa: sarà Goro a trovarla tutta sola al parco e a invitarla a casa sua. Vediamo se il maestro si saprà far perdonare.
January 12, 2024
Mi sorprende dire che per una volta in una litigata abbia torto il ragazzo e soprattutto mi dispiace che ad essere il colpevole sia proprio il maestro Akatsuki. Per quanto ovviamente il lettore capisca che lui ha occhio solo per Fumi bisogna sempre considerare che parliamo di una storia con un uomo matura e una liceale. Una ragazzina alle prime armi che non sapeva nemmeno cosa volesse dire amare e benché anche il maestro in cuore suo è come se provasse tutto per la prima volta ha una maturità e consapevolezza che dovrebbe obbligatoriamente porto in una posizione più ragionevole.
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April 23, 2023
Dopo diversi momenti felici, in questo volume la neonata coppia inciampa nell'incertezza del non detto e nei malintesi scaturiti dalla gelosia. Due elementi di disturbo, verso i quali al momento non si riesce a provare reale antipatia, agiscono trasportati dai propri rispettivi sentimenti, e paiono essere lì solo per mettere alla prova Fumi e Akatsuki. Saranno loro a consolidare definitivamente la relazione del nostro giovane scrittore e della nostra dolce liceale?
March 25, 2019
Ich liebe ja so Dramen aber ich sags euch wenn die am Ende nicht zusammen kommen... !!! Allerdings habe ich noch große Hoffnung, dass die Tussi sich an ihn ranmacht und er checkt was Yumi so aufgebracht hat. Betet.
Und ich hasse diese Kliffhanger!! Es dauert einfach immer zu lange bis zum nächsten Band!!!
Und ich hasse diese Kliffhanger!! Es dauert einfach immer zu lange bis zum nächsten Band!!!
April 14, 2023
One thing I really enjoyed about this novel is that the author is staying true to your characters. Akatsuki is someone who is not accustomed to relationships, and she doesn’t do well. And even though Fumi is a good match for him, there is still a bit stressful that they are couple. I am enjoying the dynamic and look forward to future volumes.
July 12, 2023
Drama màxim i gelosia amb l'editora substituta, I'm here for it!!!! ♥ Què passa, que només pot sentir recel l'escriptor? Doncs no, company, la Fumi és una ADOLESCENT insegura i tu ets més fred que una pedra, normal que dubti, pobreta :( Vaja, salseo que revifa la sèrie... què farà l'editor ara, es llançarà a la piscina??? :3
July 29, 2019
Otro tomo qué me encantó.
Al fin podemos ver y disfrutar de toda la relación Y como él la reconoce más como mujer y no tan adolescente. Ella aparece en una fiesta y él se enamora de nuevo. Ame las expresiones!! Y que la vestimenta sea tan cuidada.
Al fin podemos ver y disfrutar de toda la relación Y como él la reconoce más como mujer y no tan adolescente. Ella aparece en una fiesta y él se enamora de nuevo. Ame las expresiones!! Y que la vestimenta sea tan cuidada.
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February 10, 2024
Nice volume. Goro finally shows some desire for Fumi. Between Akatsuki and Fumi there are always attempts to get closer, but they end up arguing. Poor Akatsuki even came back a day early to clear things up with Fumi. Curious to see the entanglement between the four.
December 28, 2019
CERTE SCENE MI UCCIDONO
November 13, 2020
En la segunda vez en esta historia que meten un personaje nomás pa complicar las cosas y ya me cansé .-.
December 9, 2020
Mi fanno una pena questi due, secondo me si dovrebbero sedere e parlare per ore e ore dei loro sentimenti perché se no scoppiano..
Povera Fumi 😢
Povera Fumi 😢
January 11, 2021
Is the love triangle forming?
February 4, 2021
Age-gap story between a naive-on-love but sensible high-schooler and a mysterious recluse but also naive-on-love novelist
February 23, 2021
Love. So much love.
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