Kiss Him, Not Me Volume 9
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4.5 • 8 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Once again, it’s me, Kae! It’s so great that the whole group is staying together, and even Shinomiya-kun is opening up more. These friend are more than I could ask for, but if I had to say what I want for my birthday…I’m sure there’s plenty of exclusive anime merch worth wishing for. It looks like the whole gang is fired up to throw the otaku party of my dreams! But the birthday festivities lead to a heartfelt confession from Igarashi-kun, and it’s too big to ignore! Things are also spurred on by the arrival of a gorgeous senpai from the boys’ past……This cool beauty, Kotoha-senpai, has some blunt words for me about dealing with everyone’s feelings. Everyone puts their heart into making me feel special, so I can’t leave them hanging. But can I figure out how to deal with 3D love?!
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Attractive character designs, diverse personalities, and eye-grabbing layouts highlight this manga focused on the life of a fujoshi a fangirl who obsesses over pairing male characters with each other. Kae Serinuma is an unpopular, overweight, pop culture obsessed high school student. After her favorite character is killed off, she goes into a depression spiral that makes her lose weight; she comes out on the other side as a beautiful and thin object of affection of the four cutest guys in her school (whom she "ships" together in her daydreams). This book could easily go wrong, but it's a well-played farce filled with both laughter and empathy, no doubt helped by the fact that the author is a well-established writer of yaoi ("boys love") manga. The boys, especially, are far from tropes. Rather than saying that thin is beautiful, the narrative lightheartedly tackles both the boys' confusion of what to do with a girl who has weird interests, and Kae's struggle to learn how to function like a normal person and yet stay true to her uniqueness when suddenly given the chance.
