A review by draagon
This Lonely Planet by Mika Yamamori

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This volume really puts the age/experience gap between these two on full spotlight. Fumi is such a sweetheart stuck in a very hard position, dating the person whose house she lives in and whose salary she depends on. She can't really speak her mind or have her own space where she can feel completely secure due to these circumstances, and I really feel for her. I'm mostly angry at her father for putting her in this situation, but I also side-eye Akatsuki because he shouldn't have pushed starting this relationship out of his own desire. As the adult, he should've known better but that's not how things work in this mangaka's worlds -- no matter the age, characters are set on the same high-school-esque level of maturity which makes sense for some characters but can be quite frustrating for others, case in point in this volume in particular.