Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
One of the hottest authors in Japan today, makes her English language debut with a story about love, coming of age and hope...at age 30 Mitsuru Kubo (creator of YURI on Ice ) reveals how you never know when fortune will strike. So when love strikes repeatedly to one once lonely person, all at once, she knows it's time to take a chance It could be all or nothing when happiness is at stake Yukiyo Fujimoto's life has been in a rut. He is about to turn thirty and has never held a steady job or had a girlfriend. And at a time when the prospects for hope seem at their lowest, suddenly his phone blows up Out of the blue he is contacted by several women from his past His moteki has finally come Love has struck and cupid's arrow has hit him repeatedly and, coincidentally, all at the same time A former co-worker and music enthusiast Aki Doi invites him to a rock festival and sparks fly under the stars An amateur photographer Itsuka Nakashiba calls looking for advice and companionship. A previous coworker and love interest Natsuki Komiyama reappears in his life mysteriously inserting herself amongst his friends and family And former high school classmate and juvenile delinquent Naoko Hayashida returns to his hometown She no longer looks like a delinquent but has she changed much inside?
Yukiyo may seem to have many options now, but is he ready for love? And are any of these women? The stage for love might be set, but the time might only be right for him to finally grow up
Synopsis
Is a
moteki really a
moteki if every possible romance goes awry?
Yukiyo reaches a point where he has to choose between Itsuka and Aki. Nao and Yuma come to visit Yukiyo in Tokyo, and they all run into Omu-sensei, who makes a shocking announcement. A distraction at work causes Yukiyo to herniate his back, which uproots him from his life in Tokyo. While recuperating at home in the countryside, he finds that he has almost too much time to think about his current situation...
This volume includes 2 bonus chapters from Itsuka's perspective and a possible moteki of her own...