I Wanna Love You, Kiss You, Bite You : In a world where there’s someone for everyone, some parents decide to take matters into their own hands. Rather than wait for their children to eventually find someone suitable, this BL series features two families that decide to set their children up.
Can two people really be happy when their entire relationship has been predetermined by outside forces?
Before we start the review, let’s look at some info about this volume
Who wrote this manga?
This manga was written by Sakana Tohjo. You can check out their X profile here.
What are the themes?
- Soulmates exist
- Friends supporting friends
You can check out this series for yourself here!
What happens?
Worried for their children, two families decide to set their sons up to be married. While this could have gone well, the engagement talks are done before the boys ever meet. So, the very first time they meet is as fiancés—which is about as awkward as you could expect.
Luckily, the awkwardness dies down rather quickly, and the two begin getting along rather well.
This volume follows the two boys as their relationship grows! There really isn’t all that much in terms of plot, but there doesn’t have to be. We watch as their friends cheer them on, as they try to navigate the awkwardness that comes with teen relationships, as they try to break the rules that their parents put on their relationship… Really, it’s a very slow, slice-of-life series.
There is a lot of talk about just how lucky they are that they ended up liking each other so much—with arranged marriages, even if they didn’t like each other, they would have been stuck together. We follow them along from their time as newly-engaged, right until they’re newlyweds.
My thoughts about this volume
While there were quite a few cute scenes in this volume, I do wish that there was just a bit more in terms of plot development. I think I watched the characters make out more than I watched them talk to each other. Because this is a one-shot, I know that the relationship does have to be sped up a little in order for there to be a satisfactory conclusion… However, I think it was just a little too fast.
I did enjoy the flashbacks to when they first met, as it showed contrast from them being crazily in love all the time. I just wish that we were shown more of the very beginning of their relationship. I will say that I did enjoy the bonus panels at the very end of the volume! It added a bit of needed context.
The little bits of the two boys’ social circles that we were shown were also lovely! I really liked watching how everyone supported their relationship, and that a few were even jealous of just how lucky they both were. I did find the friends to be the tiniest bit shallow, but that’s just because they weren’t present enough in the story to really develop personalities. The focus is on the two boys, and no one else.
What I liked most about this volume
❤️ The flashbacks – they were cute!
🧡 “How long have you liked me for?” “Ever since I thought you were nice. And I’ve liked you ever since I thought you were cute.”
💛 Following them from the start of their relationship to the peak of their relationship – I really liked watching them grow together!
💚 Supportive friends – I like that both boys have friends that wholeheartedly support them!
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