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I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up by Kodama Naoko

lcvesbooks's review

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4.0

cute, sapphic and easy to read.

akookieforyou's review

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4.0

*3.75*

Bratz Readathon 2020


"She looked like a butterfly breaking out from a cocoon. She was like sparkling, you know. Yeah. She was sparkling. Seeing that side of hers makes me fall for her, even more!!!"

I liked how simple, yet sweet this was. No over the top drama, or unbearable sadness, just two girls who fall for each other. The art style was pretty nice too, not my favorite, but it suited the story well. Definitely would recommend this to everyone.

birdbrofalcon's review

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lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

queerlypati's review

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funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

colleen_be's review

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

rainyrambles's review

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3.0

This was short but sweet! I kinda wished it were longer than one volume, but I enjoyed it nonetheless ^^ despite its short length, I was able to connect to and like the characters pretty quickly, and I ended up enjoying it more than I thought I would

gothbunnny's review

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5.0

Absolutely adorable

rainbowbookworm's review

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2.0

My first Manga felt very dated in terms of issues surrounding consent. It didn't help that Morimoto read as asexual to me so it made Hana look even more like the stereotype of a predatory lesbian.

Not really a spoiler, but I was also
Spoilerperturbed by how disproportionate breasts were in this one.


I'm not writing off manga yet, but I will look for more current offerings.

pasupapare's review

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lighthearted fast-paced
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

mehsi's review against another edition

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4.0

Two girls, a junior and her senior are best friends but will soon become more as they are doing a fake marriage.


Again searching around for some cute shoujo-ai/yuri and I stumbled on this one. The cover grabbed me immediately, it reminded me of another manga that used these colours to (and yes, it is also a yuri manga). Then I read the blurb, and I had to read this one.

Yep, fake marriage. Why? Because the older girl’s parents are pushing her to marry, and she, for good reason, is getting sick and tired of it. Thankfully, her best friend is more than up to think of a fabulous plan, and thus they get married. Which also means them living together (which is convenient for the younger girl as her apartment is being renovated).

As the story continues these two get closer, we find out that the younger girl was in love with the older girl for years (even confessed at school), the older girl learns to say no to her parents (to which I was just absolutely delighted) and figure out a better way with her job, she sees how hard the younger girl works and supports her (by motivating her and feeding her when deadlines are getting closer).

I just adored the ending. The marriage wasn’t really needed any more, and our younger girl had enough money saved to get her own apartment. However, something happens and I was just squeeing and smiling. It was just the best. And I think these two will work things out. Just take it slow.

The art was really sweet and adorable for this one.

The one shot including with this volume wasn’t my favourite. I didn’t like the characters at all. They were all pretty terrible (though the ending was sweet).

All in all, I had fun reading this manga, it was the perfect length (both the main story + the one shot).

Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/