suu Morishita

For my birthday back in February, my in-laws decided to give me a collection of
“volume 1’s” of six manga series (carefully curated by my sister-in-law). This was lovely, of course. A lot of other books happened since then, but now I’ve decided to go on a little manga marathon and read all of them. So I picked up Sign of Affection.

The characters were cute and adorable, and made me smile. Romance is not really my genre, but I liked the art. It made the characters’ emotions shine. I liked how being young and uncertain of yourself and falling in love for the first time came alive. I haven’t come across manga featuring sign language before, so kudos to the authors for doing something different.

I did wish that Itsuomi would stop ruffling Yuki’s hair all the time. She is not five, come on. Please…

This manga is light and fluffy, and was a perfect quick read for a sunny Sunday morning.
… (meer)

Oh, wow. Everything about this manga is so adorably cute. I loved the artwork, the sign language, and the international club. It’s also nice to get a story centered around college students.

Itsuomi (love-interest dude) is so tall and a lover of languages. Right now, Yuki, the main character, is just a girl who’s like “why my heart beating like this!?!” lol. But I’m interested in learning more about her. She has such a hyper-focus on the smoothness, elegance, and size of Itsuomi’s hands. Of course, she has to look at them when he’s trying to sign to her, but you can tell when it stops being from necessity to more of a piqued interest.

I didn’t know sign language users could’ve their own distinct styles. In the story, Yuki comments how some characters sign very sharply or strongly. That makes sense. People when they talk have their own distinct styles, so, of course, that applies in all types of communication.

Overall, I’m super excited to read more. aw snap, I already see a love triangle forming. Childhood best friend rarely, if ever, wins. Oushi should give up, but I kind of think they would be cute together too. Itsuomi’s just more direct.

Review of vol 2… (meer)

A rare shoujo series that beat the “miscommunication” allegations! In addition, I was pleasantly surprised that some of the characters acted maturely, such as Oushi, realizing he had ample opportunity to make his feelings known to Yuki and didn’t.

Emma was needlessly annoying here. Girl, stand up. she basically forced him into a pity date for closure. couldn't she have gotten it by phone??? if this wasn't a shoujo, she'd just be rebounding on Shin. But that plot point gets tied up quickly and she’s ushered off elsewhere. Thank you.

Yuki and Itsuomi are still relatively bland, but their love is cute. Yuki (tries) to take a more dominant role this time around.

-1 for Oushi’s friend with the bloated fish lips. God awful design.

I hear this series may be getting an anime adaptation soon, so that’s exciting.

3.5… (meer)