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At the café atop the hill, newcomer Hime looks up to her elegant coworker, Mitsuki, but their work partnership leaves much to be desired! Hime tries to maintain her perfect-girl façade, but after causing so many mishaps-- complete with spilled drinks and online rumors--Mitsuki finally sits her down for some real talk. Much to Hime's horror, it turns out that the two share a deep history, and this reality shakes Hime to her core. Now she can't seem to keep her head straight at work! Can she ever gain Mitsuki's trust...and is it all even worth it?

176 pages, Paperback

Published March 26, 2019

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188 reviews1 follower
April 23, 2025
honestly this series is mid but not boring enough for me to stop yet. it's not actually bad just like boring to read but its a nice filler when i dont wanna read like an actual chapter wordy book. im ready for literally a single gay thing to happen like its literally called yuri. i like that the whole misunderstanding/backstabbing plot seems to be over with Hime and Ayanokouji. like her being upset about lying was overplayed by the end. i think the next book is going to be about kanoko's feelings for Hime coming out.
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2,170 reviews75 followers
November 9, 2019
I liked this one! I kept crying because apparently I’m soft for miscommunication and obliviousness re: feelings. Things are about to happen with Kanoko’s interest in Hime tho!
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531 reviews24 followers
February 28, 2025
I thought I’ll give this series one more chance, as I’ve heard that there was the backstory here and I was kinda curious on how they met.
I really must say, I love young Yano! She’s the best.
Hime isn’t any different from her present-self – just as annoying and fake as ever. And that victim trope is making me throw up.

Can’t believe Yano is always made as the villain by everyone, even though Hime is the jerk. 💀
Just shows how messed up society is.

Just like volume 1: gorgeous art, shitty story and characters. Protagonist, mostly; the other characters are okay...
Well, not entirely. I like Yano, and Konoko is okay. The manager is annoying but doesn’t have that much screen-time, so it’s fine.
Tachibana however has been getting on my nerves in the 1st volume already, because she keeps slacking off and reading books. Why is that allowed even?! Now it’s just getting worse. Going through someone else’s phone, without them knowing? Seriously?!

I’m not gonna continue this series. I gave it a chance and got disappointed.
It’s very obvious now that Hime and Yano will end up together, even though it’s a very toxic relationship. Plus, Yano deserves better.
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800 reviews17 followers
January 19, 2023
Why are unhealthy relationships so prevalent in yuri? *looks at Japan accusingly* I enjoyed the first volume more than this follow-up, which seemed to go on and on without much occurring. It wasn't terrible, but I think I'll try a different series.
Profile Image for la bibli d’okami.
51 reviews
October 18, 2023
Prêts à embarquer dans une ambiance de café cosy entourés de maids?

Intrigue ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Hime est une jeune fille qui a un but = être aimée de toutes et tous. Quitte à jouer un rôle. Manque de chance, elle se retrouve à devoir travailler dans un petit café pour le moins atypique…. Les serveuses jouent toutes un rôle = lycéennes d’un institut catholique appelé Liebe; prônant grâce et bienveillance envers les clients, venus pour admirer ce role play.
Hime n’a pas le choix et intègre un personnage doux et adorable, ce qui devrait ne pas lui poser de problème, en apparence…. C’est sans compter sa « schwestern »(sœur) qui est bien moins gentille qu’elle n’y parait! Pourquoi tant d’agressivité contre elle? 😏 Pourrait elle changer de comportement et arrêter de mentir? Dans ce second tome nous comprenons le comportement de Yano et nous nous retrouvons dans leur passé commun, et j’ai beaucoup aimé cette intrigue!

Personnages ♥️/5
Coup de cœur pour Hime et Yano. Leur dualité, leurs caractères, leurs forces et vulnérabilité. J’ai tout aimé en elles, et les voir évoluer dans ce café, les interactions entre elles étaient tantôt touchantes tantôt très drôles. Les quiproquos, les non dits, le passé qui s’entremêle… Tout est si juste 🙏🏻

Romance ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Ce n’est que le début mais nous les voyons troublées l’une par l’autre et certains dialogues m’ont fait fondre 🥹 entre amitié et romance, espoir et désir.. j’ai très hâte de lire la suite ♥️

Rythme ♥️/5
Le rythme est simplement parfait pour moi.

Sur le second tome, passé et présent se mêlent parfaitement, et nous découvrons beaucoup de choses sur nos deux protagonistes et j’ai d’autant plus aimé ce yuri qui promet beaucoup 🥰✨


Entre confiance en soi, désir d’être apprécié et aimé par les autres, amitié et trahison, amour naissant et sororité, tout est relaté parfaitement dans ce Yuri 🙏🏻
Profile Image for Mia Ferraioli.
81 reviews
February 29, 2024
This volume starts by learning the back story between Yano and Hime; they once were close but grew apart. Now that it's revealed, the dynamic between them changes.

Hime has stayed the same from childhood to the present, like seeing how they were as a child and what happened to them. Yano is adorable, and I love her. I don't like how Yano is considered the villain when Hime is the one who lies and strung her along. Her being angry all these years is justified, even if it seems sparked by seeing Hime. Speaking of characters, I dislike Tachibana. All she does is sneak off to read and not add much to the plot; besides looking through Kanoko's phone, she'll probably add conflict in the next volume.

I did like that there was character development and relationship building compared to the last volume. I still don't like Hime, but I liked how it appeared Hime enjoyed Yano in the beginning. I can at least understand that miscommunication caused things (even if I hated how Yano was the villain when she was the one lied to and seemingly abandoned).
The art is still gorgeous, as always.

Overall, it is an improvement from the last volume. At this stage, I'm not too fond of the romance that'll happen. Because Hime always lies, it's hard to tell when she truly means that she likes Yano because she genuinely does or if it's because then that means everyone will like Hime. If Hime develops and changes, I can see this working. For now? This isn't a favorite relationship I have read so far. This still gets 3 stars out of 5. I'll reluctantly continue.
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2,845 reviews39 followers
December 17, 2020
This is a big improvement over volume 1, even if it's a bit shaky. We get a lot of relationship building between Hime and her Schwestern. Their childhoods, what motivates them, and also how Hime acts around people she truly considers to be friends. A bit of failure in communication always leads to some drama, and as much as I think the story in this volume was better I really don't like these sorts of plots. Yes, it's more character-driven and concise and finally gives some depth to our one-note characters but... I just don't like those 'ooooops someone heard something they weren't supposed to, oh nooooo, they took it out of context, ahhhhhh' stories.
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518 reviews1 follower
June 30, 2023
Una continuación que no decae y nos deja siempre con ganas de más.

Como fanática del angst que soy, me ha encantado este volumen. Me he tragado enteras las tramas del desengaño entre las dos en la niñez y la dramática reconciliación con público... y las he disfrutado todas toditas como la que más. La relación de las protagonistas ha quedado en un punto bastante interesante, ya que creo que no estarán sintonía respecto a sus sentimientos, y tengo ganas de ver como se desarrolla eso a partir de aquí.

Deseando leer el siguiente. Además, ¡quiero ver más de Sumika que es un personaje que me encanta!
Profile Image for Bryan.
469 reviews4 followers
April 15, 2019
Backstory!!! Character development!!! I thought the first volume was cute, but thought it was an odd decision to have the main character be a self centered & selfish person. Sure those characters are frequently in stories but are rarely if ever your main protagonist.

This volume Hime totally won me over as this whole story in general did. Big improvement from the inaugural volume.

Very excited to read volume 3!
3 reviews
October 4, 2019
Looks good

Secrets are revealed and we get to see more development in Hime and Mitsuki’s characters. What happens to those that become involved with liars? How can you tell when they’re telling the truth?
Volume 2 gives us a better pacing and lets us get to see the defining moments of the girls’ relationship. Definitely a good read for people that love yuri and a pseudo-school setting.
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1,044 reviews62 followers
September 10, 2023
This volume kicks off trying to build up some backstory of Hime & Yano in gradeschool. Spoiler alert - the central idiot was slightly better at reading the room back then? Still as completely self-centered but at least she seemed to have 2 braincells knocking together
....and immediately pops right back to the cafe, and her acting a dumbass just as overly fixated on the narrative in her head and not reality. Continuing the behave exactly same etc etc etc
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793 reviews180 followers
June 25, 2020
What a huge step up from Volume 1! It has structural issues and the pacing was a still a bit slow, but Hime and Yano finally resolve their issues. I enjoy their dynamic a lot more now that there's no drama between them. Hopefully, it stays that way and there's no more miscommunication. The ending was pretty wild and scary. I hope they handle issues of stalking carefully.
Profile Image for Deborah.
54 reviews
June 10, 2023
Le mie “Schwestern” del cuore 😭
Manga queer/saffico super consigliato; letto tutto d’un fiato. Dopo il colpo di scena del finale del volume 1 che rivela la vera identità della sorella maggiore, è molto bello vedere Yano e Hime passare dalla rabbia (enemies) alla riappacificazione con tanto di “mi piaci” (to lovers) nel corso del volume 2!
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Profile Image for David Doel.
2,464 reviews6 followers
November 14, 2023
This volume cleared up some of the mysteries from volume 1, hence my better score. I still see Hime as one of the most detestable protagonists in manga. Someone must like this series; I see that there are 11 volumes available in English. I don't plan to read past volume 4 (which is the last one I have).
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726 reviews7 followers
June 7, 2019
I'm loving this series! It is just so interesting and intriguing. It touches on many themes that kids, teens and adult readers will relate to: bullying, self-esteem, identity issues...as the story progressed, I wanted to read more about the characters. Can't wait to read the next volume!
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852 reviews7 followers
January 5, 2023
The first volume wasn’t anything ground breaking. This volume definitely helped. We saw some Yano and Hime
back ground that was much needed to understand these ladies better. The cliff hanger at the end was superb.
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31 reviews1 follower
June 4, 2023
Questo volume mi ha fatto frignare come una 12enne e onestamente il mio cuore ora batte solo per loro ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Non vedo l'ora che esca il terzo volume, sento proprio il bisogno di andare avanti!
(4,5⭐)
Profile Image for Mar Moon.
68 reviews
January 19, 2026
mi è piaciuto molto di più del primo! l'inclusione dei flashback e il focus sul rapporto complicato tra Hime e Mitsuki sta migliorando tantissimo la storia e non vedo l'ora di continuare con il volume 3 :)
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213 reviews
July 11, 2019
enjoyable volume. it was nice we got to see the history between the two characters.
Profile Image for L. Luck.
684 reviews12 followers
October 21, 2019
Did better than I thought it would trying to stick the landing on that plot point, but I'm skeptical about how the rest will go...

NLROMV
3.5☆
Profile Image for Birte.
247 reviews
November 8, 2019
Besser als der erste Band, aber noch viel Potential nach oben.
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404 reviews2 followers
October 29, 2021
Definitely a different story style than I’m used to, but I’m starting to get invested and interested.
24 reviews
March 13, 2022
When i see the """""love"""""" confession i was DYING OF CUTENESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰💖💖💖💖💖
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224 reviews9 followers
June 8, 2022
看起來像是百合姬上目前主打的大作之一,至少英文版少見地出蠻快的。實際上讀起來,除了畫面精美,內容就只有乏善可陳。後悔浪費錢買了第一集,後幾集雖然是圖書館借書,還是覺浪費時間,勉強看完第二集就看不下去了。怎麼說呢,就是文字一大堆,但實際上又好像沒東西可以講就只是在那重複空轉著無物。看了心煩!
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