Io Sakisaka

A new romance from Io Sakisaka, leading shojo manga creator and author of Ao Haru Ride! Four friends share the springtime of their youth together. Fast friends Yuna and Akari are complete opposites—Yuna is an idealist, while Akari is a realist. When lady-killer Rio and the oblivious Kazuomi join their ranks, love and friendship become quite complicated!

Love Me, Love Me Not

Briar's Reviews

Love Me, Love Me Not, Volume 1 by Io Sakisaka is an adorable, romantic manga that should be on everyone's must read list of 2020.

One day, a handsome man who likes like a prince from Yuna's dreams comes into her life! That same day, Yuna's best friend Satchan moves away but she meets a new friend named Akari. Akari and Yuna become quick friends, but it's suddenly obvious they have very different views on love and live. Akari wants Yuna to date her childhood friend, while Yuna believes true love is very different. 

Along the way, we watch Akari and Yuna take very different paths towards the love department. Plot twists unfold to reveal some information we would never expect...

Manga like this is always fun. The pictures show a lot of emotion and the story unfolds itself naturally. This manga is far more contemporary romance and drama than the typical fantasy manga I read, but it was still an absolute delight! I found myself glued to this manga and unable to put it down - in fact, I binged the whole thing in one sitting.

My positives:
1. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful, adorable and fantastic! 

2. Two opposing points of views on love. The heroines of the story idolize love in very different ways and I truly liked seeing two different perspectives instead of having just one forced on us. Bonus points!

3. The themes shown throughout this book was truly intriguing - the takes on love, friendship and jealousy. 

4. The DRAMA in piece 4. My goodness.

My negatives: 
1. This volume had multiple "pieces". I kind of wondered if this book was broken up like comic books are and then put into one giant volume. Either way, I was a little confused but it didn't impact my view of the story at all.

Overall, I really enjoyed this manga and I would love to continue it if given the chance. I've missed the fun romantic side of mangas and all of the drama that ensues.

Five out of five stars.

Thank you NetGalley and VIZ Media for giving me this wonderful opportunity to pick up this book early!

A new romance from Io Sakisaka, leading shojo manga creator and author of Ao Haru Ride! Fast friends Yuna and Akari are complete opposites—Yuna is an idealist, while Akari is a realist. When lady-killer Rio and the oblivious Kazuomi join their ranks, love and friendship become quite complicated! Akari begins to see Kazuomi in a different light. But Kazuomi seems completely uninterested in love, and he’s very different from Akari’s usual type. Rio learns that Akari is attracted to Kazuomi, and Rio’s state of mind makes Yuna’s heart ache.

Love Me, Love Me Not, Vol. 3

Love Me, Love Me Not, Volume 3 is a cute romance brought to us again by VIZ.

If you love adorable, fluffy romance and drama, this book is perfect for you! It's a super sweet high school, YA influenced romance. It's utterly adorable and kind of a guilty pleasure read.

Three out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and VIZ for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

Rachel Isaacson

I really enjoyed this first volume and I will definitely be continuing the series.

This manga follows two unlikely friends - Yuna and Akari - who have completely different views on love. I love their friendship so much, we definitely need more great female friendships in manga. I love how even though they have different views, they get along still so well. They genuinely care about each other and want to help each other. It's so precious.

The ending of volume 1 was so interesting, it's a trope that some people won't like, but I didn't mind it. I'm interested to see how this resolves in the next volumes!

Love and friendship have become quite complicated for these four friends. Akari and Rio’s father is being transferred overseas. Rio wants to stay in Japan to be with Yuna, but Kazuomi thinks Akari should go live abroad even though they’ll be apart. What will Akari ultimately decide? -- VIZ Media

Love Me, Love Me Not, Vol. 12

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shelby mosel

Fast friends Yuna and Akari are complete opposites—Yuna is an idealist, while Akari is a realist. When lady-killer Rio and the oblivious Kazuomi join their ranks, love and friendship become quite complicated! -- VIZ Media

Love Me, Love Me Not, Vol. 1

Stef

Love and friendship have become quite complicated for these four friends. Yuna has fallen in love with Rio, but he has feelings for Akari that he’s never been able to express. While Yuna keeps his secret, Akari makes a move on the person she’s interested in. -- VIZ Media