Haruka is a young woman who has set aside her dream – she’ll never act again. But fate has something in store for her when meets Nao, a first-year at her university who is working hard to become the actress Haruka will never be. As they spend time together, they realize they have feelings for one another. Almost before they know it, they are thinking in terms of happily-ever-after. Nao’s dream allows Haruka to love theater once again.

But there is something they are not talking about. Haruka is not confessing that she once was in theater. As a result, Nao cannot tell Haruka that she knows. What stress will this put on their relationship? We’ll have to wait for Volume 2 to find out.

If you love live theater as much as Haruka and Nao, you will probably love this manga. ^_^

I reviewed the Japanese edition of volume back in autumn of 2021 when I said, “Because there is so little conflict, I’d recommend this series for a nice girl-meets-girl story, but for one thing. The art is much too moe for my taste…. I’d vastly prefer this story if it were graced with an art style that captured the actual ages of the characters as we are told them. If you like the uncomplicated facial features (and accompanying lack of facial gesture and expression of the oeuvre,) then you will probably enjoy this.”

Other than the fact that the art simply puts me out of the story, it’s a nice enough little volume. The energy of it is sincere, and I appreciate that the narrative eschewed additional complication. When Haruka’s friend comes across them kissing, Haruka doesn’t prevaricate. If she had, I might have stopped reading. I don’t have time to read that kind of story any more. ^_^

The English edition is full color, just as the Japanese was, which is quite nice. The colors are relaxing to the eye  and the conflict, such as it is, will assuredly be resolved with no more than a little bit of tension.

Ratings:

Art – 6 Adequate, but not a style I feel suits the story
Story – 7 Pleasant girl meets girl
Characters – 7 Earnest
Service – 1? Bathing, some mild, partial nudity
Yuri – 8

Overall – 7

Because we are again working on the Yuricon Store plug-in issue, I will note that Volume 1 is available on Amazon, Bookwalker and RightStuf or a manga store near you. Thanks to the team at Seven Seas for thisgentle, full-color Yuri manga!

Volume 2 will be out in June. You can pre-order it on Amazon or Right Stuf now. ^_^

Thanks very much to Seven Seas for the review copy!