In my review of Volume 10, I said, “I’m ready for something to lighten up.” Welp, Volume 11 of Tsukiatte Agetemo Iikana ( 付き合ってあげてもいいかな) by Tamifull is not that volume. And here’s the thing…not every relationship people have is a good one or the “right” one. Sometimes things just don’t work out, even if you […]

Life is complex – humans are complex systems and relationships are complex systems made up of other complex systems interacting. Things are always complicated in Tamifull’s Tsukiatte Agetemo Iikana, Volume 10 ( 付き合ってあげてもいいかな) Now that Saeko and Miwa are in relationships with other women, the problems that they had in communication became apparent. They’ve matured, […]

When we first met Miwa, she was unsure of herself. And when we met Saeko she seemed very confident. As we’ve got to know them, we’ve come to understand that Miwa had not had time to process her own needs and desires fully. Now, on the far side of her first serious relationship, she’s coming […]

“The characters and the art have grown, Tamifull’s narrative skills are excellent here. We’ve been with them through a lot…and we’re still here as they enter the next phase of their lives.” In Volume 7, Saeko and Miwa moved on. Still friends, Miwa encourages Saeko in her new relationship. And Saeko encourages Miwa to find […]

When I reviewed Volume 6 I said of that volume that it was like a fever finally breaking. “You don’t feel “good,” per se, but you feel better, somehow.” Well, the fever is gone and Tsukiatte Agettemo Iikana, Volume 7 is the volume I have been waiting for. We have watched Miwa and Saeko go […]