If the world was full of both humans and non-humans, who do you think would have a more difficult time fitting in? The humans who are meant to inherently fit in? Or the non-humans, who are already expected to not fit in?
You can check out volume one of this series for yourself below!
First Impressions and thoughts
I was gifted this by VIZ Media and Book Influencers in exchange for a review, and I’m so grateful that I was! This book was absolutely not on my radar – I spend all of my free time looking for new shoujo and horror to read typically, that when I do spot a non-shoujo non-horror manga, it’s typically a josei. Shounen romance is typically the furthest thing from my mind when i’m on the hunt for something new to read.
I was pleasantly surprised when I began reading this series though, as while Tsumiki is a little bit glamorized, it isn’t to the degree that she’s unpalatable to me. My main gripe with most shounen romances is that they depict women unrealistically, and I don’t have that complaint here! Rather, I enjoyed all of the characters introduced in this volume.
What’s it about?
Our main character, Yutaka, wanting to get a fresh start, transfers schools at the start of this manga. His new school, famous for its high-percentage of myth folk students, is sure to be a good place for him to find himself.
On his first day, the very first person that he talks to is one such myth folk – Tsumiki. He very quickly recognizes her as a wolf-person, noting her tail, ears, and long nails. Tsumiki, we very quickly learn, is a bright, cheerful girl. She warms up to Yutaka when he attempts to show her that he’s not afraid of her, and they become rather fast friends.
We soon learn that Tsumiki is one of the most popular girls in her class, even having her own fan club. Both her boy and girl classmates find her to be incredibly cute, and her tendency to treat everyone basically the same most likely adds to everyone’s fondness of her.
When she learns about Yutaka’s struggles, she offers to help him do some soul-searching. And while he isn’t all that sure exactly what soul-searching entails, he quickly accepts her offer.
This brings the two of them even closer, with Tsumiki going so far as to invite him over to the wolf-humans den. It’s at this den that we learn quite a bit about the wolf-humans: not all myth folk are comfortable living with the humans on the outside, and not all humans are kind to myth folk.
While this volume mainly focuses on the slowly-forming relationship between Yutaka and Tsumiki, they aren’t the only characters that we’re introduced to! We also meet a variety of other myth folk that attend their school, most notably a vampire. We also meet a few other humans, all with wildly varying personalities.
It’s in the scenes with many different characters that this manga is at its best, in my opinion. As it shows the different relationships between humans and myth folk, and it also shows the various struggles that they are all going through. While the romance that is there is cute, I would say that the friendships are the most interesting.
During a school trip, we get to learn a lot about a vampire myth folk, including how he is basically cursed to have women fall in love with him. He explains that while one may think this is actually a gift, it makes it almost impossible to make friends. Girls come to him with ulterior motives, and boys grow to hate him when all of the girls only flock to him.
This vampire character was fleshed out so quickly that it made my head spin (in a good way).
My Favourites
- Tsumiki’s wolf characteristics – they came out at very random times, and were always very cute.
- The fact that both boy and girl classmates all really like her – she’s just really cute.
- The character growth in the vampire – it was so good! I hated him at first, and grew to like him very quickly.
My Least-Favourites
- The romance – I know I said it was cute, but shounen romance is not for me. Thankfully there was more friendship than romance in this volume, and the friendship that we saw was top notch.
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