My Summer of You Vol. 1: The Summer of You

Update: This is just for the 1st vol, not my complete thoughts for the whole series. I plan on rereading it once I give a damn about reading vol 3 because I am Nagisa'd-out.

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Honestly, I really did expect a bit more from this one. I've been on a Nagisa Furuya binge right now and I've noticed they really like slow burn high school romance love confessions (help! we get it! ohmygod!). I also feel like the story in this vol felt empty? Maybe because I kept see this get hyped to hell and back about an emotional slow burn romance that I thought I would get... emotional. Although, because we have 3 vols, having love confession be quick and out of the way so we can get more time with slowly grouping together I'm much more in favor of.

Most of Nagisa's other stuff ended right when they started dating so we don't often get enough time to see them be together. I like that we're getting more time with these two as a couple with this one. I'm interested in continuing this.

This was a quick, cute read about two teenage boys and their friendship and possibly more romantic relationship. I definitely got some mild Heartstopper vibes from this.

I felt a bit lost/confused with Wataru's reactions and thoughts a lot of the time, and it would have been great to get a bit more introspection on how they were feeling since the story was essentially from their point of view.

If you are into queer, highschool, friends to lovers stories, then this will be right up your alley.

***Thank you to Kodansha Comics for providing me with the e-ARC for free via NetGalley for an unbiased review.