See You Tomorrow at the Food Court is an episodic slice-of-life manga that I was drawn to because of its cover. I found it weirdly calming with its muted colors, the mundanity of the characters and, maybe, I was hoping it was part of the girls’ love genre. Well, the characters are anything but mundane, and while not a girls’ love manga it does portray a growing friendship between two high school girls.
The book centers around two characters, Wada and Yamamoto, who go to different high schools, but meet every day after school at the food court. The girls have two wildly different personalities leading to some interesting conversations between them. While Yamamoto may look daring, she is actually quite reserved, except when it comes to standing up for her favorite Youtuber and for intelligent alien life. Wada is rather childish and petty. She has a love/hate relationship with a character in her mobile game, as well as wanting to be her favorite character’s only fan.
You come into Wada and Yamamoto’s relationship rather early. They have yet to even exchange addresses. The conversations they have at the food court have them learning more about each other and why they fit so well together. Of course, the fit isn’t perfect and there are some upsets in their growing friendship, but that doesn’t stop them from still meeting up at the food court after school.
There are some beautifully detailed panels in this manga. I found myself flipping through admiring the show more expressive faces. The manga gets emotions across very well, and you’ll have no questions about what a character is feeling. But there are a few questionable panels that had me saying, hmm. There’s nothing graphic, but it did make me question the intent of the author.
Dialogue was sometimes hard to get through. The back-and-forth between Wada and Yamamoto is fast paced and sometimes difficult to follow, but I found this fitting for the characters. I felt I was truly listening in on some high schoolers hanging out. So, I was forgiving on this matter, as I don’t think we are meant to follow everything they say. And if this is not intentional, then I find it works in the manga’s favor.
See You Tomorrow at the Food Court is a good manga for someone looking for something light-hearted and humorous, with a good amount of friendship. I hope the second volume gets a translation. I would love to see where Yamamoto and Wada’s friendship goes from here. show less
The book centers around two characters, Wada and Yamamoto, who go to different high schools, but meet every day after school at the food court. The girls have two wildly different personalities leading to some interesting conversations between them. While Yamamoto may look daring, she is actually quite reserved, except when it comes to standing up for her favorite Youtuber and for intelligent alien life. Wada is rather childish and petty. She has a love/hate relationship with a character in her mobile game, as well as wanting to be her favorite character’s only fan.
You come into Wada and Yamamoto’s relationship rather early. They have yet to even exchange addresses. The conversations they have at the food court have them learning more about each other and why they fit so well together. Of course, the fit isn’t perfect and there are some upsets in their growing friendship, but that doesn’t stop them from still meeting up at the food court after school.
There are some beautifully detailed panels in this manga. I found myself flipping through admiring the show more expressive faces. The manga gets emotions across very well, and you’ll have no questions about what a character is feeling. But there are a few questionable panels that had me saying, hmm. There’s nothing graphic, but it did make me question the intent of the author.
Dialogue was sometimes hard to get through. The back-and-forth between Wada and Yamamoto is fast paced and sometimes difficult to follow, but I found this fitting for the characters. I felt I was truly listening in on some high schoolers hanging out. So, I was forgiving on this matter, as I don’t think we are meant to follow everything they say. And if this is not intentional, then I find it works in the manga’s favor.
See You Tomorrow at the Food Court is a good manga for someone looking for something light-hearted and humorous, with a good amount of friendship. I hope the second volume gets a translation. I would love to see where Yamamoto and Wada’s friendship goes from here. show less
“I’m the dog you saved all those years ago!” said the high energy pet shop clerk to the overworked office employee in this oddly endearing boys’ love manga. But the premise itself wasn’t what had me choosing this book. I shoved this book in my bag without reading the synopsis as soon as I saw the dog on the cover. And I don’t regret it.
The story starts with Inukai going grocery shopping on his day off. He ends up stopping by the pet shop to look at the cute puppies. Here Inukai catches the interest of Hoshi, the overly encouraging pet shop clerk who invites himself right on into Inukai’s life. All because Hoshi believes Inukai saved him as a dog in his past life. Ignoring this red flag as Inukai did, you get a surprisingly wholesome couple, who act as a couple even before they are even in a relationship.
The crux of the story is about Hoshi repaying his savior, but an upset in his view of this situation has him spiraling and taking Inukai with him. But even during emotional upheaval Hoshi is there when Inukai needs him most. And Inukai helps bring closure to Hoshi’s former life as a dog.
The artwork was above average. Characters were well proportioned and easy to tell apart. But it was the little extra that the author put in with C.C., the dog, that made everything better. Like Where’s Waldo I was looking to see what C.C. was up to, even when the scene wasn’t focused on him, but really, what scene wasn’t about him?
The pacing was perfect. There was show more a lot of story packed in this book without it feeling rushed, nor feeling like it was being drawn out. The book even had set-up and payoff, things don’t just happen to the characters, which I find surprisingly rare for a manga. The manga even gives you a little bit of mystery. Did Inukai really save Hoshi as a dog?
The manga is rated for older teens, so what little fooling around there was, was not graphic and was more funny then sexy. The non-graphic sex scene fit the manga’s tone much better than a graphic one would have. I often find some manga would be better off without graphic sex scenes or find them out of place in the story. Instead, this manga takes a humorous look at what pet owner’s need to do to just get laid.
I have no regrets about having picked this book up without reading the back. Having read it twice, I can say I’ll give it another read in the future. This might be my new go to after reading something dark. So, if you want a good pick-me-up that involves a wholesome couple and a sassy gluttonous dog then I would say give this book a read. show less
The story starts with Inukai going grocery shopping on his day off. He ends up stopping by the pet shop to look at the cute puppies. Here Inukai catches the interest of Hoshi, the overly encouraging pet shop clerk who invites himself right on into Inukai’s life. All because Hoshi believes Inukai saved him as a dog in his past life. Ignoring this red flag as Inukai did, you get a surprisingly wholesome couple, who act as a couple even before they are even in a relationship.
The crux of the story is about Hoshi repaying his savior, but an upset in his view of this situation has him spiraling and taking Inukai with him. But even during emotional upheaval Hoshi is there when Inukai needs him most. And Inukai helps bring closure to Hoshi’s former life as a dog.
The artwork was above average. Characters were well proportioned and easy to tell apart. But it was the little extra that the author put in with C.C., the dog, that made everything better. Like Where’s Waldo I was looking to see what C.C. was up to, even when the scene wasn’t focused on him, but really, what scene wasn’t about him?
The pacing was perfect. There was show more a lot of story packed in this book without it feeling rushed, nor feeling like it was being drawn out. The book even had set-up and payoff, things don’t just happen to the characters, which I find surprisingly rare for a manga. The manga even gives you a little bit of mystery. Did Inukai really save Hoshi as a dog?
The manga is rated for older teens, so what little fooling around there was, was not graphic and was more funny then sexy. The non-graphic sex scene fit the manga’s tone much better than a graphic one would have. I often find some manga would be better off without graphic sex scenes or find them out of place in the story. Instead, this manga takes a humorous look at what pet owner’s need to do to just get laid.
I have no regrets about having picked this book up without reading the back. Having read it twice, I can say I’ll give it another read in the future. This might be my new go to after reading something dark. So, if you want a good pick-me-up that involves a wholesome couple and a sassy gluttonous dog then I would say give this book a read. show less
Warning for goat discrimination! In this world goats have a difficult time entering stores with paper products, because they’ll eat them on sight. But as a young billy goat declared, “Goats can be booksellers too!”
The cute artwork of an anthropomorphized goat eating a book while being scolded by an anthropomorphized wolf had me automatically putting this book in my book bag. I didn’t need to know any more than that. And that led to a few surprises while reading.
Yagi the Bookshop Goat is part of the boys’ love genre. A mature one at that. And you wouldn’t know it from the cover unless you have a habit of looking at ratings, or genre tags. For me it was an unexpected bonus, but could be an unpleasant surprise for someone only looking for a cute story about a book eating goat.
Yagi himself is fairly naive and innocent, and is the epitome of the Francis Bacon quote, “Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.” Yagi can eat a book and get a feel for the story within. He has even managed to use this to the bookstores benefit by sorting books by taste. But after the first part of the book focusing on Yagi’s struggles at the bookstore, we then become focused on Yagi’s struggles with his manager, Ookami the wolf.
Yagi is afraid of his manager, even though Ookami has devoted a shelf to Yagi’s favorite books. Even with this obvious sign of devotion, Yagi is completely oblivious and that is how the rest show more of the book goes. Ookami gives Yagi an obvious sign and Yagi misinterprets it. I didn’t find it too frustrating though as Yagi would be the type to be completely oblivious to signs of affection, as he is rather dumb and too trusting.
The sweet and innocent tone of the book did have the sex scenes feeling out of place. It caused me to say ‘wait, what?’ when the first scene came up. I had been expecting awkward confessions and a kiss at most, but what I got was a wolf helping a goat masturbate. This is not where I thought this story was going. But while out of place, the sex scenes weren’t terrible. I liked that Ookami put Yagi first and made sure he wasn’t in any pain. Ookami reigned himself in for the benefit of Yagi. All I could think was I wish more characters were like Ookami.
But my biggest wish for the book is that it would have focused on how hard it was to love something you wanted to eat. Both characters struggle with this, but Yagi’s focus soon turns to his manager and his love of books take a backseat. If you’re looking for a story on a bookshop goat, you’ll be disappointed, but if you want a simple story about a goat with a penchant for eating books who can’t see the obvious then you may enjoy reading about Yagi the Bookshop Goat. show less
The cute artwork of an anthropomorphized goat eating a book while being scolded by an anthropomorphized wolf had me automatically putting this book in my book bag. I didn’t need to know any more than that. And that led to a few surprises while reading.
Yagi the Bookshop Goat is part of the boys’ love genre. A mature one at that. And you wouldn’t know it from the cover unless you have a habit of looking at ratings, or genre tags. For me it was an unexpected bonus, but could be an unpleasant surprise for someone only looking for a cute story about a book eating goat.
Yagi himself is fairly naive and innocent, and is the epitome of the Francis Bacon quote, “Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.” Yagi can eat a book and get a feel for the story within. He has even managed to use this to the bookstores benefit by sorting books by taste. But after the first part of the book focusing on Yagi’s struggles at the bookstore, we then become focused on Yagi’s struggles with his manager, Ookami the wolf.
Yagi is afraid of his manager, even though Ookami has devoted a shelf to Yagi’s favorite books. Even with this obvious sign of devotion, Yagi is completely oblivious and that is how the rest show more of the book goes. Ookami gives Yagi an obvious sign and Yagi misinterprets it. I didn’t find it too frustrating though as Yagi would be the type to be completely oblivious to signs of affection, as he is rather dumb and too trusting.
The sweet and innocent tone of the book did have the sex scenes feeling out of place. It caused me to say ‘wait, what?’ when the first scene came up. I had been expecting awkward confessions and a kiss at most, but what I got was a wolf helping a goat masturbate. This is not where I thought this story was going. But while out of place, the sex scenes weren’t terrible. I liked that Ookami put Yagi first and made sure he wasn’t in any pain. Ookami reigned himself in for the benefit of Yagi. All I could think was I wish more characters were like Ookami.
But my biggest wish for the book is that it would have focused on how hard it was to love something you wanted to eat. Both characters struggle with this, but Yagi’s focus soon turns to his manager and his love of books take a backseat. If you’re looking for a story on a bookshop goat, you’ll be disappointed, but if you want a simple story about a goat with a penchant for eating books who can’t see the obvious then you may enjoy reading about Yagi the Bookshop Goat. show less