#romantic manga

[lilbabyvalentine]

[its-vicky1]

This is so beautifully hot <3

[sakurasaki321]

I Became the Wife of the Male Lead

[bunny-girl-on-a-white-room]

[delsify]

A gentle kiss~

small manga pt. 2

[fefiemmanouil1]

[justfinishedreading]

The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be-Wife, volume 1 by Iwatobineko

I used to read a hell of a lot of yaoi manga and hardly any shoujo manga, but yaoi plotlines have now started to feel very repetitive, and with the discovery of mangas like Sweat and Soap and A Silent Voice, A Bride’s Story and even The Way of the Househusband I’ve developed a renewed interest in hetero love stories, in particular those told in unique ways.

The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be-Wife is set in a modern fantasy land, one filled with elves and dark elves, animal-human hybrids, cyclops, aliens, regular humans and probably a whole bunch of other odd creatures not yet introduced. There’s no clear lore but all the characters interact easily with each other so their world feels real enough.

This is the story of a blind woman falling in love with an invisible man, it seems like a perfect match as both persons complement each other: he doesn’t need to be worried that his invisibility prevents her from seeing him because she can’t see anyway, and because she is blind she is used to “seeing” in a different way, she can sense when he is the room, by sound, by smell and by other tiny perceptions. She can see him in a way that no one else is able to because they rely too much on vision. From her side she doesn’t have to feel like she is missing out on anything, she can’t see him on a visual level but neither can anyone else.

They are quite a sweet couple together, I was a little worried by age difference, he dresses like a dapper gentleman and runs his own detective agency so it makes it feel like he is a little older, but we don’t really know his age, I’m going to go with early 30s. She on the other hand comes across a bit young, young looking, shy, with not much romantic experience, but towards the end of the volume she starts to dress in a more sophisticated way, because of her inexperience she may have initially come across as young but as she grows in confidence she looks like she could be in her mid 20s.

The only thing I didn’t like about the manga was actually an aesthetic choice, the cover has a very classy colour palette, which I really like, however the inside has one additional colour to the traditional manga black and white, and of all the colours they could have chosen they went with this vibrant greenish teal colour, it doesn’t go with the cover at all. I really hope they try different colours for the interior in future volumes.

Other than that I look forward to continuing this couple’s story.

Review by Book Hamster

[kursed-arcana]

[j-on]

[konayachi]

Eeeeeh?!?! About them: https://konayachi.com/comics#to-you

[lilbabyvalentine]

[its-vicky1]

Look at him haha

[sakurasaki321]

I Became the Wife of the Male Lead

[kindinb00]

[ellionwrites]

Let’s talk about how much Geto (canonically) loved Gojo. He saw Gojo in a way no one else did.

The way that Geto answers this question is deceptively meaningful. Let me explain…

This is a flashback, but we can assume this interaction is roughly 10 years after Geto’s defection, based on Nanako and Mimiko’s (Geto’s adopted-ish daughters) apparent ages. Right around the time of JJK0.

For context, let’s remember that the last time Geto and Gojo spoke as friends (KFC breakup), Geto said this:

Geto was being intentionally hurtful here. He knew that everyone (except him) sees Gojo, first and foremost, as “the strongest.” Gojo is barely even a real person to them; he’s just a savior or threat or deus ex machina.

Geto used that to twist a knife and ask: “Is there actually anything more to who you are than just being the strongest sorcerer?” He knew this would be devastating to Gojo. Gojo’s best and only friend is saying: “even I don’t know if there is anything else that’s important about you other than your strength.”

Let’s go back to Nanako's question.

She sets this question up in an important way. Like every (non-Geto) person, she sees Gojo’s fundamental defining quality as “strong." So, naturally, her immediate sub-question to “who is he?” is “he’s super strong, right?”

She’s asked the question in a way that Geto could very easily answer it: “yes, that’s right. He’s the strongest sorcerer.”

BUT

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Geto gets contemplative. (“Hm…” - he’s thinking about how to answer because “Who is X?” is either a very basic question or a very philosophical question).

He ends up not even acknowledging the second part of the question about Gojo’s strength and instead tells her who Gojo is to him.

Because when they were best friends and even a decade later, he never actually thought of Gojo as just the strongest. Gojo was always something more to him.

“He was my best friend.”

As an adult, an ex-best friend from high school isn’t necessarily someone meaningful to you. Is Geto saying this actually significant? Yes.

This memory (“who is Satoru Gojo anyway?”) is what Nanako remembers as the context to this next thought:

This is WILD.

This thought is during Nanako’s interaction with Sukuna where she is essentially blackmailing Sukuna into helping get Geto’s body back.

She loves Geto so much that she’d risk pissing off the most dangerous curse/demon/sorcerer just to get Geto’s body back. That’s how much she loves him.

But the man who actually killed Geto she will (never fully forgive but) “let things be” with. Because Gojo was Geto’s one and only best friend in a way that was deeply meaningful to him up until his death.

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“Are you the strongest because you’re Satoru Gojo or are you Satoru Gojo because you’re the strongest?” is just what you say to someone you love when you need to hurt him enough that you can stay away from each other.