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4.24 AVERAGE
4.24 AVERAGE
This story follows Yuuki, a 20-year-old college sophomore who hopes to one day find her soulmate and ends up finding herself in the middle of a love triangle!
I really love how the different characters motivations and personalities are explored, and there are so many things I can't wait to find out about in the next volume!
This is going to be a fun one to see who's team everyone is on *ahem team Lori* and this would be a great starter manga for romance lovers who have never read manga before and want to try it out.
I will absolutely be reading the rest of this series and checking out Anashin's other series which is a basketball romance!
*Thank you to Netgalley and Kodansha Comics for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.*
An overall nice reading experience I would recommend.
How I Met My Soulmate is about Yuuki, a 20-year-old college student who recently moved to Tokyo and is living on her own for the first time. Her new life is not as exciting as one my guess. She feels lonely, scared of her apartment, and without anything interesting happening outside her student and work life.
Desperate to finally find love, and luckily her soulmate, Yuuki and her friend decided to start going out seeking their next love experience and get out of their boring routine.
This is easier for Sanae, a more outgoing and extrovert individual; but Yuuki feels like a fish out of water...Luckily, destiny may have something in store for her even if she doesn't realize it...
On her first night out at a club she meets the cold (and very drunk) Iori, who after being taken care of all night long, wants to apologize. He will help him find that soulmate she so desperately yearns for, and arrange some dates for her!
Look, I thought Iori was an ass at first, but he managed to steal my heart on just one volume. I support this man to the END, OKEY? He is lovely with a bitch resting face problem. Also, he almost makes being a future dentist cool (no shame of being a dentist, it's just not that usual of a profession in fiction, okay??)
Yuuki as the main character... is okay, not too annoying, and quite down to earth. She is a hopeless romantic, in a very relaxed way; unlike other characters we may find in the shojo genre.
Here is the thing...I would like to see more aspects of their personality out of the "cute-shy girl" and "cold but with a heart of gold guy". This first volume has the potential, now let's see if in future volumes this will develop more with this subtle and mature (yet fresh) narrative; or if it will get stuck.
But let's go back to the subject.
Anashin managed to make me have intense feelings toward these characters in so little time, that I think it's worth mentioning it. I HATE Seno so MUCH in just one volume is crazy.
Yes, I'm happy Yuuki has her explanations and everything with this old crush...but in this house, we support Iori until the end. I would die for this ship. That's it. I'm having very intense emotions about it.
I only met these characters for a day and I already want them to be together. THAT'S A STRONG NARRATION from [a: Anashin|16301667|Anashin|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png].
All love and support aside, I did have some "negative" points to make about How I met my soulmate:
The beginning didn't catch me as much as I wish it did; I thought this reading would be a total flop.
So yeah, it has kind of a weak opening.
Another negative thing I would say was that some parts have me laughing hard when I shouldn't. So when we learn about
Spoiler
why Seno feels sick about homemade cooking because a young girl made a "spell" with her hair to him to fall in love...Spoiler
felt like that little girl was Hannibal Lecter and that she cooked some human meat for him.And that's not a cool thing to tell about any story.
My conclusion would be: It's a cute story that can go well, but some issues may work against it. Overall, a charming and quick read.
Star rating: 4/5
General Rating: 7/10
Thank you to the publisher and to Netgalley for providing me with a free e-ARC in exchange for an honest review
I thought it was a fun and entertaining first volume! It was nice to read a manga where the main character is a university student, and see her tackle new situations like clubbing and getting drunk, although a bit gullibly. I liked Iori, and how he and Yuuki got to know each other bit by bit, and how caring he was of her. I wasn’t a fan of Seno to begin with, and I’m still not really after the first volume. His explanations for his actions made me dislike him less, but he still pales in comparison to Iori. So far a fun manga with pretty artwork!
I received this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
