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夏休みはしまむらと会えなくなる……お祭りに行ったり、プールで泳いだり、一緒にアイス食べたり、やりたいことがいっぱいありすぎて……そうだ、やりたいことリストだ！ かきかきかきかき……。 夏休みはいいものだ。なにがいいって朝、無理して起きなくていい。でも、やることがなくて、時間が過ぎるのが遅い。安達は何をしてるんだろ。バイトかな。っと、電話だ。花火大会？ 別にいいけど──。 安達としまむらの夏休み。去年とは少し違う、高校二年の夏休みが始まる。
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July 7, 2021
It’s summertime, but the living isn’t easy. Adachi has plans (does she ever), but Shimamura might have more than one person vying for her attention. Adachi’s natural tendency is to keep her feelings to herself, so what’s going to happen if that dam actually breaks?
This book. I already found that I’d been sucked into this ongoing story with the last instalment, somewhat to my chagrin, but I’ve now firmly convinced myself that this series is actually getting better as it goes. This one just takes things to a whole other level.
The first half is a lot of maneuvering and table setting as Adachi figures she’ll have a checklist of Shimamura-centric activities and they can just tick them off one by one. Once Shimamura’s old-now-new friend Tarumi gets involved, however, things get messy.
Tarumi is not explicitly shown to have designs on Shimamura, but she might. Shimamura might have an inkling... maybe...? But they’re definitely going to a festival together. And Adachi’s restaurant is sure having her work a stand there. This entire first part is like the most excruciating slow-motion car crash as you watch it nudge closer and closer... then... yeah.
It’s so very good at building the dread and hopping between the viewpoints of our two leads and then, oh man, then... then it happens. When Adachi tries to figure out what was going on, it is a piece of tragic, emotionally vicious storytelling that just demolished me when I read it.
After bottling everything for four novels, Adachi has more spoken dialogue in one multi-page explosion of feels than the entire series combined. It is an absolute moment of pure emotional emptying that made me believe in this series. My heart was in pieces by the end of that scene.
You could see this as a bit much, a little over the top, but I don’t. As somebody whose ADHD manifests as a lot of emotional dysregulation and had also seen that especially come out when I was a teenager in love, where what you’re outputting is out of your control and you have no clue where the other person is... I get it. This scene is the most real thing in this story and I have lived it and it is scarily, depressingly, perfectly accurate.
Seriously, bring back the anime just so I can watch an actress destroy that scene.
Then the story pulls its other trick and there is no way this isn’t deliberate - Shimamura’s omnipresent narration vanishes right when we need it most and we just follow Adachi’s thoughts to the ending. Seeing Shimamura’s mixed messages and not knowing what she feels after the argument (and make no mistake, the way she cuts Adachi down in that moment is as savage as it could be with an absolute paucity of words), well, it puts the audience firmly in poor Adachi’s shoes.
Even as the girls make up, the ghost of that argument haunts the entire back half. Shimamura’s attempts to “fix” Adachi go about as well as you’d think, it is super hard to tell if she’s thoughtful or fed up, but the fight has uncorked something in Adachi and the ending’s been a long time coming but I love what the latter comes to realize (other best scene in the book).
Make no mistake, this relationship is crazy unhealthy as presented thus far. Adachi is (still) drowning in her own hormones and asking so much from the inscrutable wall that is Shimamura and who knows what the latter is thinking? But, teenagers, I get it. Sometimes all you can do is try and you do have to remember that Shimamura still perceives (assumedly) Adachi as a super clingy loner friend, not somebody grappling with her sexuality and attraction to her sole friend.
5 stars. I am so helplessly invested in this story now. Adachi’s closing declaration, a mysterious new girl who shows up for five seconds (and she doesn’t seem to have interest in who you’d expect), whatever the hell Shimamura’s thinking... there are tons of plot hooks here and they are embedded in your humble reviewer annoyingly deep. Top three of my ongoing light novels, no question.
This book. I already found that I’d been sucked into this ongoing story with the last instalment, somewhat to my chagrin, but I’ve now firmly convinced myself that this series is actually getting better as it goes. This one just takes things to a whole other level.
The first half is a lot of maneuvering and table setting as Adachi figures she’ll have a checklist of Shimamura-centric activities and they can just tick them off one by one. Once Shimamura’s old-now-new friend Tarumi gets involved, however, things get messy.
Tarumi is not explicitly shown to have designs on Shimamura, but she might. Shimamura might have an inkling... maybe...? But they’re definitely going to a festival together. And Adachi’s restaurant is sure having her work a stand there. This entire first part is like the most excruciating slow-motion car crash as you watch it nudge closer and closer... then... yeah.
It’s so very good at building the dread and hopping between the viewpoints of our two leads and then, oh man, then... then it happens. When Adachi tries to figure out what was going on, it is a piece of tragic, emotionally vicious storytelling that just demolished me when I read it.
After bottling everything for four novels, Adachi has more spoken dialogue in one multi-page explosion of feels than the entire series combined. It is an absolute moment of pure emotional emptying that made me believe in this series. My heart was in pieces by the end of that scene.
You could see this as a bit much, a little over the top, but I don’t. As somebody whose ADHD manifests as a lot of emotional dysregulation and had also seen that especially come out when I was a teenager in love, where what you’re outputting is out of your control and you have no clue where the other person is... I get it. This scene is the most real thing in this story and I have lived it and it is scarily, depressingly, perfectly accurate.
Seriously, bring back the anime just so I can watch an actress destroy that scene.
Then the story pulls its other trick and there is no way this isn’t deliberate - Shimamura’s omnipresent narration vanishes right when we need it most and we just follow Adachi’s thoughts to the ending. Seeing Shimamura’s mixed messages and not knowing what she feels after the argument (and make no mistake, the way she cuts Adachi down in that moment is as savage as it could be with an absolute paucity of words), well, it puts the audience firmly in poor Adachi’s shoes.
Even as the girls make up, the ghost of that argument haunts the entire back half. Shimamura’s attempts to “fix” Adachi go about as well as you’d think, it is super hard to tell if she’s thoughtful or fed up, but the fight has uncorked something in Adachi and the ending’s been a long time coming but I love what the latter comes to realize (other best scene in the book).
Make no mistake, this relationship is crazy unhealthy as presented thus far. Adachi is (still) drowning in her own hormones and asking so much from the inscrutable wall that is Shimamura and who knows what the latter is thinking? But, teenagers, I get it. Sometimes all you can do is try and you do have to remember that Shimamura still perceives (assumedly) Adachi as a super clingy loner friend, not somebody grappling with her sexuality and attraction to her sole friend.
5 stars. I am so helplessly invested in this story now. Adachi’s closing declaration, a mysterious new girl who shows up for five seconds (and she doesn’t seem to have interest in who you’d expect), whatever the hell Shimamura’s thinking... there are tons of plot hooks here and they are embedded in your humble reviewer annoyingly deep. Top three of my ongoing light novels, no question.
November 15, 2021
You can never be fully ready for what the tiny gay mess that is Adachi is gonna do next.
January 3, 2023
It's finally summer break and Adachi has made a list of plans all involving Shimamura. She's feeling optimistic until she sees Shimamura with another girl while she's working at a food stall at a festival.
Then it happens the jealousy, pettiness, and possessiveness of Adachi that's been playful teased until now comes pouring out. It's such a spectacular scene, the way it makes your heart shatter. Adachi has been bottling emotions for 4 volumes now and it's executed in such a believable way.
In an evil intentional manner after Adachi's outburst of emotions (where she probably says more in 4 pages than she has in 4 volumes) we are stripped of Shimamura's cool-headed narration. Forced to juggle this mess with Adachi watching her try to pick the pieces.
Having to gauge Shimamura's real feelings and motivations outside of her perspective, is a very effective way to highlight the gap between our 2 leads now. Adachi finally accepts how she feels about Shimamura in an over the top teenage way that really sells the sincerity the series is going for.
Not knowing where the other person stands in a relationship is all too real. And even as the conflict is seemingly "resolved" the dread of having reached a point of no return is palpable. I read this volume in a single sitting, by far Hitomi Iruma's best entry so far. I can't wait to see where the girls relationship goes next! 5 stars.
Then it happens the jealousy, pettiness, and possessiveness of Adachi that's been playful teased until now comes pouring out. It's such a spectacular scene, the way it makes your heart shatter. Adachi has been bottling emotions for 4 volumes now and it's executed in such a believable way.
In an evil intentional manner after Adachi's outburst of emotions (where she probably says more in 4 pages than she has in 4 volumes) we are stripped of Shimamura's cool-headed narration. Forced to juggle this mess with Adachi watching her try to pick the pieces.
Having to gauge Shimamura's real feelings and motivations outside of her perspective, is a very effective way to highlight the gap between our 2 leads now. Adachi finally accepts how she feels about Shimamura in an over the top teenage way that really sells the sincerity the series is going for.
Not knowing where the other person stands in a relationship is all too real. And even as the conflict is seemingly "resolved" the dread of having reached a point of no return is palpable. I read this volume in a single sitting, by far Hitomi Iruma's best entry so far. I can't wait to see where the girls relationship goes next! 5 stars.
April 6, 2020
目賭島村跟樽見一起看煙火的安達終於病大於嬌啦~
佔有慾太強好可怕啊
但島村也有點討厭
一整個裝死不想面對安達
樽見揪竟會不會沒什麼交代就直接變炮灰呢?
自從上一集雜魚隨便退場
彷彿他們跟島村一起吃午餐是平行時空之後
我對所謂細膩的劇情就沒什麼信心了...
在我看來終將和熱帶魚那種讓人窒息的劇情才算得上細膩吧~
佔有慾太強好可怕啊
但島村也有點討厭
一整個裝死不想面對安達
樽見揪竟會不會沒什麼交代就直接變炮灰呢?
自從上一集雜魚隨便退場
彷彿他們跟島村一起吃午餐是平行時空之後
我對所謂細膩的劇情就沒什麼信心了...
在我看來終將和熱帶魚那種讓人窒息的劇情才算得上細膩吧~
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 8, 2024
…..oh adachi is like. not normal huh. like shes borderline yandere.
January 1, 2025
I guess there's at least one man (Hitoma Iruma) who can actually write yuri bc holy shit this was some heat
December 27, 2025
The seven uninterrupted pages long Adachi rant is extremely important to me…
“I—I hate it when you laugh while I’m not there! I hate it when you hold hands with other girls! With someone other than me! I want you to be with me! The festival too, I wanted to go with you! While you were having fun, while you were laughing, I wanted to be there next to you! That’s all I ever wanted! My head hurts while I keep thinking about you, always, it feels like it’s going to explode! I keep waiting for you to call me, but you never do! Please, Shimamura. Can’t you talk to me? Every once in a while? Can’t you just call me? Why does it always have to be me? Don’t you... Don’t you care about me? Not even a little bit? Not at all? I’m nothing to you? Just a friend? Just a regular, normal friend? You don’t want to be more than that, more than normal friends? Like, a whole step above it? I do. I do... Shimamura, please. Tell me what I’m supposed to do. Can you hear me? Are you listening to me? What’s going through your mind, what does my voice make you think about? Are you thinking about anything? About me? I don’t care if you’re worried, I don’t care whatever it is, please, just think about me. I want it, I need it. Is it bad? Is it bad wanting someone to think about you? Shimamura! Shimamura... I need you, Shimamura. I don’t have any- one else. I don’t need anyone else... I only need you, Shimamura. Just you, just you. I’m not selfish. I don’t care about anyone else. I don’t need them. I want them to go away. So then, why? Why do you keep going away too, Shimamura? Please, come to me, come over my way. Stay by my side. Never leave me. I want to be by your side, me, me. Please, let me. That girl, I don’t know her. And I’m scared of that. I don’t want you to turn into someone I don’t recognize. I want to know everything, all there is to know about you. Some things hurt to know, yes, but not knowing about them hurts even more. It hurts. Hurts, hurts... Shimamura. I wanted to invite you to hang out. I wanted to go to the festival with you. And yet, you went with her. That girl. Are you having fun with her? Are you two out somewhere right now? Shimamura, Shimamura... Hey, can you hear me? I’m the only one talking. It’s been like that for a while now. You usually talk a lot more. Why? Why isn’t this like usual? Am I being weird? Well, yes. I know that I am. But, I can’t help it. I want to know more about you, so much that it makes me act strange. I want to be with you, forever, wherever you go. I don’t ever want to be separated from you. And yet, I know I’d start crying if I saw you. I am crying, right now. I can’t stop thinking about that girl, about all the stuff you do with her. Hey, are you there? Are you listening? Do you like being with her more than you do being with me? Am I not good enough? What part of me? Tell me, and I’ll change it. Please, tell me. Tell me. I promise that I’ll change. I want to hear it, please. Shimamura. There are so many things that I do because of you, Shimamura. No way is there someone like you out there. I need you, Shimamura. I need you. You. It has to be you. That’s why I want to get closer to you. And yet... I want to talk about something else, something other than this stuff, but I just can’t help it. I can’t stop thinking about your smile. The way you smiled at that girl. I hate it, I hate it when you smile at other people. But, you don’t hate me, right? Right? Shimamura, who do you like? Do you have a person you like? Is there someone who likes you? Do you know it means, to like someone? Sometimes, I get really scared. I can’t stop myself from thinking, why are you willing to spend time with me? Is it because we’re friends? Friends. Yes, we’re friends. We’ve reached
that level already. When you think about me, do you see view me as a friend? Shimamura, Shimamura... Hnngh...
Please, let me hear your voice. I want to hear your voice. Shimamura, talk to me. I want you to, I want you to know everything there is to know about me. Things that no one else does. I want to know you, and I want you to know me. I want you to be the person closest to me, I want me to be the person closest to you. But, it’s not so easy. Whenever something bad happens, I get totally crushed. No matter how minor. I don’t have the will to keep going. It’s just... It doesn’t feel like... you even care about me, Shimamura. Like I’m not important to you. I know it’s weird, it is, but I want to be important to you. That’s important to me! I hate it when other people see you that way. I can’t stand it. Please. Please... Shimamura, do you ever think about me? We haven’t met the entire summer break, yes, but have you thought about me at all, even once? Me, I can’t stop thinking about you. I think about you all the time. You’re the only person, the thing I think about. You’re the only thought in my mind. Please, Shimamura! Think about me too! Or what? Are we different? Yes, I know, we are,
but still. But still... I keep waiting for you to call me. To text me. Anything. I waited, I waited, but eventually, I just wanted to call you myself. Even after you betrayed me, I still just wanted to call you. And I did. But now, I don’t know what to do anymore. Tell me, Shimamura, what am I supposed to do? Shimamura? Are you there? Can you hear me? You’re so distant, so far away. I want to see you. I want to see you in person. I want you to laugh, to pat my head, to tell me that everything will be alright. Where are you right now? Who is there with you? Is it that girl? Who is she? Who is that girl? Why won’t you tell me when I keep asking you? Is she someone like that? Someone you can’t talk about? What’s your relationship with her? Are you two close? Closer than we are? No, no. I hate that. I don’t want there to be anyone closer to you than me. Please, tell me it isn’t so. Tell me that it isn’t so! I think so much about you, Shimamura. Is it not enough? Do I need to think about you more? What should I do? I don’t know. I have no idea. Everything I try keeps failing. Please, tell me, what do you want me to do? I’ll do it. I’ll try my hardest. I promise I will. Really, I don’t care about that girl. I don’t. The Shimamura I want to see is different, I know that. It’s just me who needs to change. Me. Only me. And yet... Shimamura. What are you thinking about right now, Shimamura? Do you think that I’m weird? That I’m strange? Talk to me, Shimamura. Talk to me. For once, you talk to me. It’s always just me, me, me who’s doing it. This is what happens when I have to do everything! I get like this! Shimamura, please. Please come to me. Do you hate me? No, no. Don’t hate me. Please. I don’t want that. Anything but that... Like me. Yes, like me. I want you to like me. Someone, please just like me. No, that’s not it... Shimamura, do you... Do you hate that I like you? Do you hate me like Mom does? Will you stop talking to me? Will you look at me like you didn’t know me? What should I say? What am I supposed to do? Should I jump up and down? Should I leap into the air? Should I take your hand? Everyone always does that, but if I do it, you won’t look at me anymore. Tell me, what should I do? Tell me. Shimamura... Someone, anyone... I just want to hear your voice... Say something, make me feel safe. But, don’t smile at someone else. I hate that. Smile at me. Me. My head hurts. My stomach hurts too. I care about you, I cared about you so much, and yet, you wouldn’t even call me. Please, think about me. I want to know more about you. I want to know everything about you. I... I know that I’m going in circles. That I’m just saying the same stuff again and again and again. But, I can’t help it. I can’t. You’re the only thing I can think about. You’re so important to me, so important. I don’t want that to change. Look at me, please. It hurts me when you don’t look at me. When you only look at other girls. I hate it. Are you going out with her again? Where are you going? Somewhere to hang out? Somewhere we used to hang out? With another girl? No. No! Don’t erase me! Don’t write over the stuff we did! I still remember, I remember it all, but if you write over it... then will it be different the next time? You look at something you know, but it looks different? No, no. No. No. Don’t split the things we did together. It’s not right. I’m not right. Not alright. I know that. And yet, I just can’t get you out of my head. Even now, I just can’t... Shimamura, Shimamura... Shima...mura... Shimamura... Shimamura? Shimamura, Shimamura, Shimamura... I’m begging you, Shimamura. Please. Shimamura... Shimamura...”
For personal reasons, few individual moments in anything I’ve read will ever stick with me the way reading this did
“I—I hate it when you laugh while I’m not there! I hate it when you hold hands with other girls! With someone other than me! I want you to be with me! The festival too, I wanted to go with you! While you were having fun, while you were laughing, I wanted to be there next to you! That’s all I ever wanted! My head hurts while I keep thinking about you, always, it feels like it’s going to explode! I keep waiting for you to call me, but you never do! Please, Shimamura. Can’t you talk to me? Every once in a while? Can’t you just call me? Why does it always have to be me? Don’t you... Don’t you care about me? Not even a little bit? Not at all? I’m nothing to you? Just a friend? Just a regular, normal friend? You don’t want to be more than that, more than normal friends? Like, a whole step above it? I do. I do... Shimamura, please. Tell me what I’m supposed to do. Can you hear me? Are you listening to me? What’s going through your mind, what does my voice make you think about? Are you thinking about anything? About me? I don’t care if you’re worried, I don’t care whatever it is, please, just think about me. I want it, I need it. Is it bad? Is it bad wanting someone to think about you? Shimamura! Shimamura... I need you, Shimamura. I don’t have any- one else. I don’t need anyone else... I only need you, Shimamura. Just you, just you. I’m not selfish. I don’t care about anyone else. I don’t need them. I want them to go away. So then, why? Why do you keep going away too, Shimamura? Please, come to me, come over my way. Stay by my side. Never leave me. I want to be by your side, me, me. Please, let me. That girl, I don’t know her. And I’m scared of that. I don’t want you to turn into someone I don’t recognize. I want to know everything, all there is to know about you. Some things hurt to know, yes, but not knowing about them hurts even more. It hurts. Hurts, hurts... Shimamura. I wanted to invite you to hang out. I wanted to go to the festival with you. And yet, you went with her. That girl. Are you having fun with her? Are you two out somewhere right now? Shimamura, Shimamura... Hey, can you hear me? I’m the only one talking. It’s been like that for a while now. You usually talk a lot more. Why? Why isn’t this like usual? Am I being weird? Well, yes. I know that I am. But, I can’t help it. I want to know more about you, so much that it makes me act strange. I want to be with you, forever, wherever you go. I don’t ever want to be separated from you. And yet, I know I’d start crying if I saw you. I am crying, right now. I can’t stop thinking about that girl, about all the stuff you do with her. Hey, are you there? Are you listening? Do you like being with her more than you do being with me? Am I not good enough? What part of me? Tell me, and I’ll change it. Please, tell me. Tell me. I promise that I’ll change. I want to hear it, please. Shimamura. There are so many things that I do because of you, Shimamura. No way is there someone like you out there. I need you, Shimamura. I need you. You. It has to be you. That’s why I want to get closer to you. And yet... I want to talk about something else, something other than this stuff, but I just can’t help it. I can’t stop thinking about your smile. The way you smiled at that girl. I hate it, I hate it when you smile at other people. But, you don’t hate me, right? Right? Shimamura, who do you like? Do you have a person you like? Is there someone who likes you? Do you know it means, to like someone? Sometimes, I get really scared. I can’t stop myself from thinking, why are you willing to spend time with me? Is it because we’re friends? Friends. Yes, we’re friends. We’ve reached
that level already. When you think about me, do you see view me as a friend? Shimamura, Shimamura... Hnngh...
Please, let me hear your voice. I want to hear your voice. Shimamura, talk to me. I want you to, I want you to know everything there is to know about me. Things that no one else does. I want to know you, and I want you to know me. I want you to be the person closest to me, I want me to be the person closest to you. But, it’s not so easy. Whenever something bad happens, I get totally crushed. No matter how minor. I don’t have the will to keep going. It’s just... It doesn’t feel like... you even care about me, Shimamura. Like I’m not important to you. I know it’s weird, it is, but I want to be important to you. That’s important to me! I hate it when other people see you that way. I can’t stand it. Please. Please... Shimamura, do you ever think about me? We haven’t met the entire summer break, yes, but have you thought about me at all, even once? Me, I can’t stop thinking about you. I think about you all the time. You’re the only person, the thing I think about. You’re the only thought in my mind. Please, Shimamura! Think about me too! Or what? Are we different? Yes, I know, we are,
but still. But still... I keep waiting for you to call me. To text me. Anything. I waited, I waited, but eventually, I just wanted to call you myself. Even after you betrayed me, I still just wanted to call you. And I did. But now, I don’t know what to do anymore. Tell me, Shimamura, what am I supposed to do? Shimamura? Are you there? Can you hear me? You’re so distant, so far away. I want to see you. I want to see you in person. I want you to laugh, to pat my head, to tell me that everything will be alright. Where are you right now? Who is there with you? Is it that girl? Who is she? Who is that girl? Why won’t you tell me when I keep asking you? Is she someone like that? Someone you can’t talk about? What’s your relationship with her? Are you two close? Closer than we are? No, no. I hate that. I don’t want there to be anyone closer to you than me. Please, tell me it isn’t so. Tell me that it isn’t so! I think so much about you, Shimamura. Is it not enough? Do I need to think about you more? What should I do? I don’t know. I have no idea. Everything I try keeps failing. Please, tell me, what do you want me to do? I’ll do it. I’ll try my hardest. I promise I will. Really, I don’t care about that girl. I don’t. The Shimamura I want to see is different, I know that. It’s just me who needs to change. Me. Only me. And yet... Shimamura. What are you thinking about right now, Shimamura? Do you think that I’m weird? That I’m strange? Talk to me, Shimamura. Talk to me. For once, you talk to me. It’s always just me, me, me who’s doing it. This is what happens when I have to do everything! I get like this! Shimamura, please. Please come to me. Do you hate me? No, no. Don’t hate me. Please. I don’t want that. Anything but that... Like me. Yes, like me. I want you to like me. Someone, please just like me. No, that’s not it... Shimamura, do you... Do you hate that I like you? Do you hate me like Mom does? Will you stop talking to me? Will you look at me like you didn’t know me? What should I say? What am I supposed to do? Should I jump up and down? Should I leap into the air? Should I take your hand? Everyone always does that, but if I do it, you won’t look at me anymore. Tell me, what should I do? Tell me. Shimamura... Someone, anyone... I just want to hear your voice... Say something, make me feel safe. But, don’t smile at someone else. I hate that. Smile at me. Me. My head hurts. My stomach hurts too. I care about you, I cared about you so much, and yet, you wouldn’t even call me. Please, think about me. I want to know more about you. I want to know everything about you. I... I know that I’m going in circles. That I’m just saying the same stuff again and again and again. But, I can’t help it. I can’t. You’re the only thing I can think about. You’re so important to me, so important. I don’t want that to change. Look at me, please. It hurts me when you don’t look at me. When you only look at other girls. I hate it. Are you going out with her again? Where are you going? Somewhere to hang out? Somewhere we used to hang out? With another girl? No. No! Don’t erase me! Don’t write over the stuff we did! I still remember, I remember it all, but if you write over it... then will it be different the next time? You look at something you know, but it looks different? No, no. No. No. Don’t split the things we did together. It’s not right. I’m not right. Not alright. I know that. And yet, I just can’t get you out of my head. Even now, I just can’t... Shimamura, Shimamura... Shima...mura... Shimamura... Shimamura? Shimamura, Shimamura, Shimamura... I’m begging you, Shimamura. Please. Shimamura... Shimamura...”
For personal reasons, few individual moments in anything I’ve read will ever stick with me the way reading this did
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 20, 2025
A very fascinating but bizarre read.
The author writes some great moments but others are questionable.
The author does a fantastic job depicting the angst and inner turmoil of various types of teenagers, and the prose continues to be very well-written.
Adachi explodes in a multi-page crashout but it's an odd choice to not show Shimamura's reaction until the next volume. I mentioned in my review of Vol. 4 that these novels don't feel like standalone stories but rather segue into the next as each volume doesn't really have its own central theme nor resolution. I was irritated that Shimamura's reaction to Adachi's outburst was severely understated, and I'm not sure why they're even friends.
I really like Tarumi but I'm starting to dislike Adachi. Adachi is a very well-written character but she has so many issues that I don't think she deserves Shimamura even though their pairing is literally the title. Adachi has so much to work on which means that there's likely gonna be many more volumes of their ever-budding relationship before they EVENTUALLY get together, but it's gonna be a long and arduous road.
I also mentioned in my review of Vol. 4 that I feel uneasy how the author depicts the romantic lives of elementary schoolers, and it gets a lot worse in this volume. This book begins with an AU of Adachi and Shimamura as preschoolers to emphasize Adachi's selfishness and insecurity to share Shimamura, though I think this sentiment could have been depicted any other way. Then the book ends with Yashiro and her friend in the tub canoodling which I found really bizarre and upsettingly voyeuristic. I bought volumes 1-7 so I'm kind of stuck reading them, but these moments keep getting weirder and weirder.
I might stop reading after I finish the super short Vol. 7 because of how long this relationship is getting dragged out and also the author's weird fascination with elementary school children.
The author writes some great moments but others are questionable.
The author does a fantastic job depicting the angst and inner turmoil of various types of teenagers, and the prose continues to be very well-written.
Adachi explodes in a multi-page crashout but it's an odd choice to not show Shimamura's reaction until the next volume. I mentioned in my review of Vol. 4 that these novels don't feel like standalone stories but rather segue into the next as each volume doesn't really have its own central theme nor resolution. I was irritated that Shimamura's reaction to Adachi's outburst was severely understated, and I'm not sure why they're even friends.
I really like Tarumi but I'm starting to dislike Adachi. Adachi is a very well-written character but she has so many issues that I don't think she deserves Shimamura even though their pairing is literally the title. Adachi has so much to work on which means that there's likely gonna be many more volumes of their ever-budding relationship before they EVENTUALLY get together, but it's gonna be a long and arduous road.
I also mentioned in my review of Vol. 4 that I feel uneasy how the author depicts the romantic lives of elementary schoolers, and it gets a lot worse in this volume. This book begins with an AU of Adachi and Shimamura as preschoolers to emphasize Adachi's selfishness and insecurity to share Shimamura, though I think this sentiment could have been depicted any other way. Then the book ends with Yashiro and her friend in the tub canoodling which I found really bizarre and upsettingly voyeuristic. I bought volumes 1-7 so I'm kind of stuck reading them, but these moments keep getting weirder and weirder.
I might stop reading after I finish the super short Vol. 7 because of how long this relationship is getting dragged out and also the author's weird fascination with elementary school children.
February 15, 2023
Interesting volume. It's kind of a half and half volume, the first half lightly focusing on Shimamura hanging with an old friend at a festival. The latter half focuses on Adachi and how Shimamura misinterprets her neediness and obsessiveness and tries to solve that. Adachi has finally reached her breaking point in this volume regarding Shimamura, and you'll get to see her reaction here. Definitely looking forward to volume 6 from the ending in 5.
The B and C stories focus on Little Shimamura + Yashiro (with Little scared about Yashiro leaving potentially; Yashiro being otherworldly but also eerily similar to Shimamura when she was little), and on Nagafuji + Hino (just more of a repeating pattern of hanging out on certain days of the year together for some unknown reason that both of them are trying to figure out I guess?).
Shimamura's pretty friend is more of an obstacle / annoyance at this point that Adachi has to defeat, less a character. I think it's going to say a lot about who Shimamura wants to be going forward, does she want to wholesale give up her past for her future, does she want to run away from it all. I did look at the beginning of volume 6, and it is focused on Shimamura acting too giving of her time and also giving up on interests (playing all sides and none when it comes to close relationships). I'll be really interested to explore how she grows as a character.
Another thing to look forward to going forward, Adachi and Shimamura have at least one new hangout, Shimamura's mom's YMCA type center. This is significant because it's also Adachi's mom's haunt, so I think it's likely they'll run into each other in the future.
The B and C stories focus on Little Shimamura + Yashiro (with Little scared about Yashiro leaving potentially; Yashiro being otherworldly but also eerily similar to Shimamura when she was little), and on Nagafuji + Hino (just more of a repeating pattern of hanging out on certain days of the year together for some unknown reason that both of them are trying to figure out I guess?).
Shimamura's pretty friend is more of an obstacle / annoyance at this point that Adachi has to defeat, less a character. I think it's going to say a lot about who Shimamura wants to be going forward, does she want to wholesale give up her past for her future, does she want to run away from it all. I did look at the beginning of volume 6, and it is focused on Shimamura acting too giving of her time and also giving up on interests (playing all sides and none when it comes to close relationships). I'll be really interested to explore how she grows as a character.
Another thing to look forward to going forward, Adachi and Shimamura have at least one new hangout, Shimamura's mom's YMCA type center. This is significant because it's also Adachi's mom's haunt, so I think it's likely they'll run into each other in the future.
January 12, 2022
3.5 stars
Damn, wasn't expecting that Adachi outburst! My eyes were literally open wide most of it, I felt like I was finally witnessing the birth of a yandere or something. And couldn't help but wonder what Shimamura's reaction might be, so after some point I wanted it to be over because Adachi really drag on and on. Good stuff.
Things are not totally addressed though, so I'm curious to see what's gonna happen next. Like, really, will Shimamura put that aside and ignore all of that obsession just like that? Damn, I need her perspective already.
This whole series is unusual, I'm not sure it even counts as a romance. It's boring and interesting at the same time. The narrative is weak as heck, barely anything happens. The author describes the same things over and over(Yashiro's hair is blue and mystical, I got it already), really small stuff that doesn't matter much, but it has a particular laid-back "reflitão" mood that isn't bad. I'm practicing my speed reading so I can quickly satisfy my curiosity of seeing how the later stages of the main relationship turn out. It's so unilateral and borderline toxic, and I can't really see it working, but yeah... There's something that I can't quite put my finger on it that makes me want to witness it all.
Damn, wasn't expecting that Adachi outburst! My eyes were literally open wide most of it, I felt like I was finally witnessing the birth of a yandere or something. And couldn't help but wonder what Shimamura's reaction might be, so after some point I wanted it to be over because Adachi really drag on and on. Good stuff.
Things are not totally addressed though, so I'm curious to see what's gonna happen next. Like, really, will Shimamura put that aside and ignore all of that obsession just like that? Damn, I need her perspective already.
This whole series is unusual, I'm not sure it even counts as a romance. It's boring and interesting at the same time. The narrative is weak as heck, barely anything happens. The author describes the same things over and over(Yashiro's hair is blue and mystical, I got it already), really small stuff that doesn't matter much, but it has a particular laid-back "reflitão" mood that isn't bad. I'm practicing my speed reading so I can quickly satisfy my curiosity of seeing how the later stages of the main relationship turn out. It's so unilateral and borderline toxic, and I can't really see it working, but yeah... There's something that I can't quite put my finger on it that makes me want to witness it all.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 10, 2023
4,5
If I didn't know any better, I'd say Adachi might love Shimamura!
I can't really explain why I enjoyed this book so much that I finished it in a day, it was just... very interesting? In a good way, of course.
As mentioned in my review of book 4, I relate a bit too much with Adachi's character. The way she's written reminds be a lot of myself, due to my own experiences of being a clingy, annoying, gay, overthinking (and so on) teenager.
I feel weird for relating to a fictional character, honestly.
If I didn't know any better, I'd say Adachi might love Shimamura!
I can't really explain why I enjoyed this book so much that I finished it in a day, it was just... very interesting? In a good way, of course.
As mentioned in my review of book 4, I relate a bit too much with Adachi's character. The way she's written reminds be a lot of myself, due to my own experiences of being a clingy, annoying, gay, overthinking (and so on) teenager.
I feel weird for relating to a fictional character, honestly.
March 17, 2024
4 stars. Adachi’s melt down was kind of epic not gonna lie. She went off and it was hilarious and heartbreaking. Poor Shimamura I’m sure she was uncomfortable as hell. This was another great read in the series and I think this is going to be a turning point for these two and I’m so excited to see what happens next.
June 12, 2022
Your stalker says they're going to brutally murder you. You find yourself faintly annoyed, but it sure would be a lot of trouble to call the cops, so, you know, whatever. It probably wasn't a serious threat.
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May 20, 2025Best volume so far; incidentally, it is also the most Adachi-centered volume so far. Really pulls out all the texture that already existed in their relationship and had the hardest scene I've had to read in probably years.
December 29, 2021
Maybe more like 2.5 stars for this one ummmmmmm yeah <3
There was this one part I really hated it gave me so much secondhand embarrassment LOL..
There was this one part I really hated it gave me so much secondhand embarrassment LOL..
August 15, 2022
3.5 ⭐️
September 20, 2022
Lo bueno:
Primer volumen en el que Adachi empieza a soltar la sopa.
Lo malo:
No parece que haya sido de la mejor forma para la relación.
Primer volumen en el que Adachi empieza a soltar la sopa.
Lo malo:
No parece que haya sido de la mejor forma para la relación.
January 23, 2023
Hooo weee, hooo boy, Adachi... Yikes. YIKES.
I am still trying to process this one.
I am still trying to process this one.
June 2, 2023
PROGRESS PROGRESS PROGRESS
I thought we're never gonna move past it. Good job, Adachi! By far, my favorite one.
I thought we're never gonna move past it. Good job, Adachi! By far, my favorite one.
September 2, 2023
Best volume so far, lots of evocative passages that manage to convey the feelings coming afloat and raging in this volume.
March 11, 2024
W Schizo Adachi and completely oblivious Shimamura!
January 2, 2025
That was painful
April 29, 2025
This volume had more drama and character interaction than previous, which made it a quick & fun read!
June 25, 2023
Yuri so good it brought back my gender dysphoria for some reason
January 6, 2024
I love this series so much. Adachi is relatable but also give me such second hand embarrassment. Adachi is truly a chaotic lesbian. It's so clear she loves Shimamura. It's clear Shimamura has so form of attachment to Adachi. Maybe not as intense as Adachi but that's a hight bar.
June 2, 2022
This series does a thing in each book where Adachi is almost too... "cringe" I guess? And I am about to bounce but then something happens halfway to bring me back in. In this book, that moment really struck me!
Not to spoil anything, but, it takes me RIGHT back to my first relationship. In high school. Very toxic and jealous and shitty on both sides. Whenever Adachi would seem unbelievable I would remember some awful thing I or they did in that first relationship and remember, oh, actually, teens are really bad at this stuff. I was at least that fucked up.
Anyway, for good or bad, this one really took me back. It made it so I could not stop reading and ended up doing it all in one sitting.
Also, its cliffhanger ending really made me want to keep going but it is getting too late. These LNs are short but I do not want to get caught up and end up not sleeping because I had to read the whole next one.
Not to spoil anything, but, it takes me RIGHT back to my first relationship. In high school. Very toxic and jealous and shitty on both sides. Whenever Adachi would seem unbelievable I would remember some awful thing I or they did in that first relationship and remember, oh, actually, teens are really bad at this stuff. I was at least that fucked up.
Anyway, for good or bad, this one really took me back. It made it so I could not stop reading and ended up doing it all in one sitting.
Also, its cliffhanger ending really made me want to keep going but it is getting too late. These LNs are short but I do not want to get caught up and end up not sleeping because I had to read the whole next one.
May 11, 2021
Se nos mostró una parte de Sakura que veo algo tóxico bueno pero era de esperarse conociendo lo introvertida que es, y gracias a Shimamura se dio cuenta de que alguna manera debía cambiar esa parte. Por otro lado disfrute mucho leyendo la parte de Tarumi y Shimamura, es realmente agradable ese sentimiento de recuperar una amistad.
January 21, 2025
there's a ridiculously difficult passage to read but it solidifies adachi as a character; unfortunately the story doesn't really go that far with this after the end of this volume but in isolation it is very very good
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