Because I loved Volume 1 so very much, I ran out immediately after reviewing it, and bought Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna, Volume 2 (作りたい女と食べたい女) as a digital release (because as has become increasingly common, my copy was sitting in a storage unit in Japan.) But now that it has arrived and I’m taking time to read it again, I wanted to let you know all about it!

Nomoto-san and Kasuga-san are starting to open up to one another as people now. Nomoto is struggling about not going home for the holidays…well, no, she’s perfectly fine not going, but is fending off her mother and concerned that Kasuga might be. Kasuga confides that she never goes home and her story is very sincere and very her.

But while hanging with Kasuga, Nomoto is finding herself thinking things like…the other woman is cute when she’s eating with such gusto. When she once again is too sick to make food for them, she has a slightly disturbing flashback. This is the chapter that comes with a content warning, as it contains scenes of online harassment and other feelings of societal and internal homophobia and confusion. Kasuga comes over with food and medicine and her kindness is just so sincere that Nomoto thinks to herself how glad she is that likes the other woman. The implication that she like likes her.

They celebrate the holidays together, they make food and eat it. Nomoto and Kasuga playing house is my new hygge. ^_^ I’m all in on iyashikei, feel-good manga. But, more than just a nice manga, this volume has some laugh out loud bits, too Like the night that Nomoto buys Chinese take-out containers and they binge fried rice and fried noodles while watching the America Barbecue Showdown on Netzflix. ^_^

Or the time that Kasuga suggests making fruit sandwiches and Nomoto practically squeals, “What the what? That sound so fun!”

I’m really rooting for these two. I don’t know if there even could be romantic partnering in this relationship, but I’m okay with this story either way. This friendship between women bonding over food is everything I need right now.

Ratings:

Art – 9
Story – 9
Characters – 9
Service – Still saying that the food here are the money shots
Yuri – Let’s edge it up to 4, now that we know Nomoto is in like.
Food – 9 It all look so good. What the what, I could make a fruit sandwich!

Overall – 9

Somebody license this manga, and just inject it into my veins.