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A review by katharine_opal
Tomorrow, Make Me Yours by Kaoruko Miyama
3.0
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!
I wanted to like "Tomorrow, Make Me Yours". I really did. But unfortunately, this manga fell a bit flat for me. The main characters were the stereotype of "The shy boy likes the popular boy". Which is fine, it's a common and popular trope. But you know almost nothing about the characters, so there's no real way to connect with them. You know Yuki is a quiet and awkward boy, who lives with a father who is away on business the majority of the time. You know Hayato is popular and charismatic, and the eldest brother in a large family. But...that's about it. The plot itself is rather thin, not much goes on. The one thing that mildly annoyed me is that the majority of the plot moves only due to misunderstandings between the two main leads. There are quite a few miscommunications between both of them, either due to one making an assumption about the other, or one of them misinterpreting the other one's response. The romance did move just a bit too quickly for me. I know most BL's do that because they're trying to get to the "juicy" bits, but it hurts this story. Also, reading about two teenagers going at it is just a bit awkward. Again, common in BL, but still awkward nonetheless. It was also a very stereotypical "first-time" spice scene. After finishing the manga, I was amused when I realized that the plot blurb for this manga literally tells you exactly what happens in the story. It's not just an overview, it's the storyline of the entire manga, except the last chapter which has a spicy scene. I will say, the art style is lovely though. Nice crisp lines, and nicely defined faces.
I wanted to like "Tomorrow, Make Me Yours". I really did. But unfortunately, this manga fell a bit flat for me. The main characters were the stereotype of "The shy boy likes the popular boy". Which is fine, it's a common and popular trope. But you know almost nothing about the characters, so there's no real way to connect with them. You know Yuki is a quiet and awkward boy, who lives with a father who is away on business the majority of the time. You know Hayato is popular and charismatic, and the eldest brother in a large family. But...that's about it. The plot itself is rather thin, not much goes on. The one thing that mildly annoyed me is that the majority of the plot moves only due to misunderstandings between the two main leads. There are quite a few miscommunications between both of them, either due to one making an assumption about the other, or one of them misinterpreting the other one's response. The romance did move just a bit too quickly for me. I know most BL's do that because they're trying to get to the "juicy" bits, but it hurts this story. Also, reading about two teenagers going at it is just a bit awkward. Again, common in BL, but still awkward nonetheless. It was also a very stereotypical "first-time" spice scene. After finishing the manga, I was amused when I realized that the plot blurb for this manga literally tells you exactly what happens in the story. It's not just an overview, it's the storyline of the entire manga, except the last chapter which has a spicy scene. I will say, the art style is lovely though. Nice crisp lines, and nicely defined faces.