The Summer of You
Ratings8
Average rating3.8
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Ratings8
Average rating3.8
A wistful summer blossoms between two high-school boys finding themselves and each other through a shared love of movies in this moving, dramatic, two-volume BL romance series, perfect for fans of Seven Days, Given, or I Hear the Sunspot. Chiharu Saeki and Wataru Toda are two high school students who share a common hobby: They love to watch movies. After they meet, they become fast friends, until one day, when Chiharu confesses his love for Wataru. Wataru says that Chiharu's confession doesn't bother him, and the boys continue throughout their summer, going to pilgrimages to see film spots from their favorite movies. But the more time he spends with Chiharu, Wataru realizes that he may not only be as unaffected by Chiharu's confession as he claimed to be, but those feelings may also be mutual...
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3 primary booksMy Summer of You is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2021 with contributions by Nagisa Furuya.
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Update: This is just for the 1st vol, not my complete thoughts for the whole series. I plan on rereading it once I give a damn about reading vol 3 because I am Nagisa'd-out.
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Honestly, I really did expect a bit more from this one. I've been on a Nagisa Furuya binge right now and I've noticed they really like slow burn high school romance love confessions (help! we get it! ohmygod!). I also feel like the story in this vol felt empty? Maybe because I kept see this get hyped to hell and back about an emotional slow burn romance that I thought I would get... emotional. Although, because we have 3 vols, having love confession be quick and out of the way so we can get more time with slowly grouping together I'm much more in favor of.
Most of Nagisa's other stuff ended right when they started dating so we don't often get enough time to see them be together. I like that we're getting more time with these two as a couple with this one. I'm interested in continuing this.
This was a quick, cute read about two teenage boys and their friendship and possibly more romantic relationship. I definitely got some mild Heartstopper vibes from this.
I felt a bit lost/confused with Wataru's reactions and thoughts a lot of the time, and it would have been great to get a bit more introspection on how they were feeling since the story was essentially from their point of view.
If you are into queer, highschool, friends to lovers stories, then this will be right up your alley.
***Thank you to Kodansha Comics for providing me with the e-ARC for free via NetGalley for an unbiased review.
