thingslucyreads 's review for:

The Summer With You by Nagisa Furuya

2.5

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This series is superficially cute but it's mostly overdramatic and under-developed. The side characters were great and there's some genuinely funny little comedic moments but overall there's nothing of any real substance here.

It's basically not about movies at all, only as a flimsy vehicle for them to be friends in the first place, and there was a super weird crossdressing subplot which only served to attempt to deepen their connection but didnt really add anything in the end, and that could have been better achieved by them...actually talking about their feelings? Having a real conversation? But no.

I wouldn’t have read this second volume if I didn’t already own it, and I won’t be reading the third.