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それでも歩は寄せてくる [Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosetekuru] #8
それでも歩は寄せてくる 8 [Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosetekuru 8]
歩が入部してから、ずっと2人だった将棋部。部員が増え、嬉しさ楽しさ嫉妬など色々な感情が芽生える中、うるしの修学旅行で初めての“逢えない時間”ができて…!? 山本崇一朗が初めて描く恋愛ストーリー、波乱の修学旅行編をまるごと収録!!
144 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 16, 2021
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Sōichirō Yamamoto
95 books39 followersSōichirō Yamamoto (山本崇一朗, Yamamoto Sōichirō) is a Japanese manga artist. He is known for writing and illustrating Teasing Master Takagi-san and Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosetekuru. Both series have been published in Monthly Shōnen Sunday and Weekly Shōnen Magazine, respectively.
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November 8, 2022
Ayumu has not moved, but Urushi sure has, as she’s gone on her school trip. While the b-team holds the fort down back at home, Urushi gets to spend time with her gal pals. It’s all very innocent, but will absence finally do what it should for our leads?
Apparently the thing needed to boot this story back into gear was separating Ayumu and Urushi because this is a very funny, very different experience than we’ve typically seen here. Some of the match records at the end of these chapters are from surprising players, certainly.
Urushi spends a lot of time with Maki, who is very, very happy to tease the crap out of Urushi about her attachment to her clubmate, though Urushi is fervently denying having any feelings, which feels like a really weird swerve. Especially when she thinks to herself that Ayumu has a thing for her but she doesn’t like him that way.
That… doesn’t feel like anything that’s really come up before this point and it did feel like a bit of a narrative wobble that I had a hard time wrapping my head around. That sentiment really feels out of step with the story, or should have been brought up earlier because it really changes the dynamic of previous volumes.
Minus that and the preordained hot springs boob comparison interlude, however, the rest of the volume is incredibly strong. One of Urushi and Maki’s friends is hilariously big on temples and never shuts up about them for the entire volume - she’s the perfect one-shot running gag and a lot of fun along with their fourth (the cross-chatter girl talk in here is a hoot).
The distance between our leads gives their story, in its typical format at least, a rest and lets it really breathe in some new ways. The club continues without Urushi and that means Rin gets to do a little something, but it really lets Takeru get some time in and he nearly steals the volume with his timing joke.
Another conversation between Rin and Ayumu about how Ayumu expresses happiness is very funny to begin with, but this leads into a single panel shot that is hands down the funniest moment of the volume and one of the sweetest, followed by a long-distance shogi game that feels very right for the characters.
The sweetest moment, however, comes towards the end, as all of Maki’s dreams for her friend finally come true in a segment that really drives home the melancholy of separation by way of a simple faux pas that changes somebody’s perspective. It’s a little on-the-nose with the symbolism, but a great moment nonetheless (even if it’s trading on that sudden shift in narrative from earlier).
4.5 stars - one of the best volumes of the series yet, I think, and it takes its own format and gives it a big ol’ shake to excellent results. It’s perilously close to getting a full 5, it’s possibly the best the series has ever been, but not quite there for me. Still, a cracking good effort.
Apparently the thing needed to boot this story back into gear was separating Ayumu and Urushi because this is a very funny, very different experience than we’ve typically seen here. Some of the match records at the end of these chapters are from surprising players, certainly.
Urushi spends a lot of time with Maki, who is very, very happy to tease the crap out of Urushi about her attachment to her clubmate, though Urushi is fervently denying having any feelings, which feels like a really weird swerve. Especially when she thinks to herself that Ayumu has a thing for her but she doesn’t like him that way.
That… doesn’t feel like anything that’s really come up before this point and it did feel like a bit of a narrative wobble that I had a hard time wrapping my head around. That sentiment really feels out of step with the story, or should have been brought up earlier because it really changes the dynamic of previous volumes.
Minus that and the preordained hot springs boob comparison interlude, however, the rest of the volume is incredibly strong. One of Urushi and Maki’s friends is hilariously big on temples and never shuts up about them for the entire volume - she’s the perfect one-shot running gag and a lot of fun along with their fourth (the cross-chatter girl talk in here is a hoot).
The distance between our leads gives their story, in its typical format at least, a rest and lets it really breathe in some new ways. The club continues without Urushi and that means Rin gets to do a little something, but it really lets Takeru get some time in and he nearly steals the volume with his timing joke.
Another conversation between Rin and Ayumu about how Ayumu expresses happiness is very funny to begin with, but this leads into a single panel shot that is hands down the funniest moment of the volume and one of the sweetest, followed by a long-distance shogi game that feels very right for the characters.
The sweetest moment, however, comes towards the end, as all of Maki’s dreams for her friend finally come true in a segment that really drives home the melancholy of separation by way of a simple faux pas that changes somebody’s perspective. It’s a little on-the-nose with the symbolism, but a great moment nonetheless (even if it’s trading on that sudden shift in narrative from earlier).
4.5 stars - one of the best volumes of the series yet, I think, and it takes its own format and gives it a big ol’ shake to excellent results. It’s perilously close to getting a full 5, it’s possibly the best the series has ever been, but not quite there for me. Still, a cracking good effort.
January 2, 2023
During her class trip to Kyoto, Urushi grows lonely and restless. But what does she miss, the game of shogi or the person she plays with, Ayumu? New revelations are made in this volume. Hopefully with these new discoveries the story will progress further. The story is still cute and endearing.
February 18, 2023
Some much-needed drama added to the mix. Still cute!
November 23, 2022
soooo close to being perfect, if it hadn't had the unnecessary focus on the girls boobs during the hot spring trip. if that scene had been a bit shorter, I wouldn't have felt so uncomfortable.
aside from that though, we get some really important milestones in this volume!! urushi and maki's interactions are hilarious and definitely feel very true to high school girls. maki finally gets urushi to admit, both to herself and out loud, that she does have feelings for ayumu. ayumu on the other hand even confesses that he loves ayumu to rin (though poor rin, who obviously still has strong, hidden feelings for him). ayumu and urushi survive the week apart and even have a romantic nighttime phone call where they play shogi together...so sweet!
I'm so looking forward to ayumu and urushi reuniting in person next volume <3
aside from that though, we get some really important milestones in this volume!! urushi and maki's interactions are hilarious and definitely feel very true to high school girls. maki finally gets urushi to admit, both to herself and out loud, that she does have feelings for ayumu. ayumu on the other hand even confesses that he loves ayumu to rin (though poor rin, who obviously still has strong, hidden feelings for him). ayumu and urushi survive the week apart and even have a romantic nighttime phone call where they play shogi together...so sweet!
I'm so looking forward to ayumu and urushi reuniting in person next volume <3
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February 13, 2024
I ended up devouring the first 13 of this series over the course of a couple of weeks. I really enjoyed the relationship between the main characters. It's super sweet but adorable they just have this sweet romance. The art is beautiful and I found the whole came of shogi interesting. I will continue this series. I did a blanket review for all the books I've read so for. This is a high school romance that is slow burn so and I highly recommend.
April 20, 2025
More of a 3.5 star rating;
The majority, if not the entirety, of this manga volume was showing Yaotome away from the Shogi Club in school and off on a 4-day trip with her class; specifically her 3 friends. I really liked seeing her away from her usual friend group in the club and seeing how she interacts with the rest of her friends. It was also very cute to see her genuine love of Shogi coming through when picking out souvenirs and, seeing the gradual relationship of her feelings for Ayumu.
The majority, if not the entirety, of this manga volume was showing Yaotome away from the Shogi Club in school and off on a 4-day trip with her class; specifically her 3 friends. I really liked seeing her away from her usual friend group in the club and seeing how she interacts with the rest of her friends. It was also very cute to see her genuine love of Shogi coming through when picking out souvenirs and, seeing the gradual relationship of her feelings for Ayumu.
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May 12, 2023
Wait a minute, is this real romantic development here?!
November 8, 2025
Thank goodness! The denial has ended 😮💨😮💨😮💨
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April 8, 2024
Yaotome is off on her class trip to Kyoto and Ayumu has to stay behind. But he's going to practice shoji (with Rin's help) so he can hopefully beat Yaotome when she gets back. Meanwhile, Yaotome has to dodge Maki's matchmaking/teasing for four whole days, all while claiming that she isn't in love with Ayumu (which we all know is a lie :3). All the fluffy doki-doki moments.
Again, Kodansha with the random blank pages in the back trying to pad the page count... At least print ads on them!
This series has 17 volumes.
Again, Kodansha with the random blank pages in the back trying to pad the page count... At least print ads on them!
This series has 17 volumes.
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