Keiko Iwashita

After being temperamental and oblivious for the first two volumes, the 27-year-old is now officially lusting after the 17-year-old high school student living in the boarding house with him and starting to groom her for a sexual relationship. So . . . romantic?

Also, a lazy coincidence has two of the boarding house residents independently take secret jobs in the same cafe where a third resident just happens to drop in for a snack. Urf.

When I see volume 4 pop up in the library catalog in a few show more months, I need to remember to pass it on by. show less

Miko, a high school girl, moves into boarding house with a bunch of young adult professionals.

This is a borderline three-star book for me because I like the art, the scenes between Miko and the women in the boarding house, and her desire to adapt and fit into this new setting. But her focus quickly settles on the temperamental book cover designer who presses her into service to teach him what girls find to be cute. Teenage girl crushing on twentysomething man. I never know if these sort of show more books are intended for a teen girl audience dreaming of a mature man or mature men with statutory rape fantasies. I'm left uneasy because when I have come across titles like this in the past, the couple always ends up getting together, which, ewwww.

I have two more volumes waiting for me at the library, and I'll read them hoping the story is going in a different direction than what I'm dreading. show less

Chapters 17 - 20: I loved the chapter in the beginning when Meeko and Matsunaga go to KitneyLand together, it was really cute! I also enjoyed seeing Meeko getting ready for her classes café for the School Festival. It is also nice to see her and Ryo getting along more and how his character is beginning to develop as she interacts with him more. I am looking forward to seeing what happens next.

It's official: our heroine Miko is a 17-year old high school student, and her love interest Jun is a 27-year-old professional publishing designer. And I immediately have to wonder if the English translator or editors adjusted her age up to marginally cut into the creepiness factor. Anyone know what the ages were in the original Japanese version?

That aside, the volume is rather slow, with lots of yearning, some fireworks by the river, a visit from mom, and a group date for Miko with some show more actual high school boys. Nice clean art at least. show less