Maddies Manga

This is a mini review / first impressions of Dessert’s new manga, “Yori-kun to Yori wo Modosu wake niwa”.

If you want to read more about the manga for yourself, you can read an official synopsis, along with an author interview here!

You can read a free sample from Palcy here!

A quick recap

After having an unsuccessful love life in high school, Hatsuha is determined to find a boyfriend now that she’s moved on to university. She’s moved out of her hometown all the way to Tokyo, and she’s set herself up to have new experiences.

When she leaves for university one morning, she unexpectedly runs into her new neighbour: her ex-boyfriend from middle school, Yori. It turns out that both of them were shown their apartment complex by the same acquaintance – everyone knows each other in small towns, after all.

The two haven’t been in contact since breaking up in middle school, and it seems like they didn’t have the cleanest break-up. We learn this through Yori’s slightly aggressive demanding of Hatsuha to unblock him on social media. Yori says no and runs away but, they both go to the same school… and they live right beside each other… It’s not like they’ll never run into each other again..

While it’s unclear what Hatsuha thinks of Yori at this point, it’s pretty clear that Yori was very flustered at the unexpected reunion.

My Thoughts on the Manga

I really enjoyed this intro! I think it’s going to be very fun to watch the dynamic of how they used to be vs how they are now. I’m fairly certain that in the past, Hatsuha was more into Yori than he was into her. In the present though, I feel like the roles are going to be reversed, with Yori chasing after Hatsuha.

I get the feeling this is going to be a funny series with some light-hearted drama!