A gentle romance with possibilities. Kokoro Kijinami is a world class figure skater who gets the yips unless his childhood friend, Chitose Igari, soothes his nerves with a little recitation from their favorite anime right before he competes. But what will happen to Kijinami's career when Igari's office job and her handsome boss start to interfere with the the ritual and the hidden feelings it represents?

The love triangle and inability to communicate feelings is pretty standard for romance manga, but I like the figure skating and otaku elements. I did feel a little overwhelmed by the more than two dozen characters introduced in the first volume though. How am I supposed to keep them all straight? (Rhetorical question. I keep a note sheet of characters, of course.)

I have the next two volumes on hand from the library, and I'm looking forward to diving into them over the next couple days. ( )

Enjoyable but, damn, where are all the gay ice dancers? ( )