

However, his childhood friend Chie has lately been crying to him about her troubles with love- how she’s in love with a man who is willing to flirt with her, to touch her, to sleep with her, but not love her. The story starts out with Monji, a cute college student with a childlike face and a fairly good outlook on the world. Yakozen is a story that’s somewhat hard to describe, because it’s not as simple as the path to a loving relationship, yet at the same time that’s exactly what it is. Besides, I just generally love talking about this manga.

So far this tankoubon has been getting mixed reviews on other sites (though the reviews nonetheless seem to be on the higher side either way) so I want to throw in my two cents. Obviously I read all of this in drap before so it’s had a long time to sink in, so I figured it would be okay if I write a review after just one read-through of the tankoubon version. Actually, I signed up for ComiComi’s online sign event but I haven’t heard from them since so I don’t know if I’ll get a signed version. Yakozen came in the mail today!! Pretty damn exciting.
