That's a pretty rare occurrence and indicative of just how much I enjoyed this initial offering. Once I started reading, I made it through the first volume and immediately jumped on Amazon to order the next two. Refreshing.īecause of this maturity, I was far more invested in the book than I had expected to be (it's been sat on the shelf for a month waiting to be discovered). The art here is tasteful, it's certainly no Saki the Succubus, just two adults in a natural setting making love in a romantic and passionate manner. There are scenes of sex throughout the book, and unusually for manga, initiated by the male lead - not for Yamada the nervous virgin loser in awe of some flirtatious babe, a trope that populates so many other books. He's sensitive to Asoka's insecurity and does his best to mitigate it in as thoughtful a manner he knows how. Likewise, Natori is handsome but odd, and his serious stare is always amusing. Reika Tsubaki, Natori's no-nonsense boss looks to be an interesting thorn in the side of our love-birds, and stammering Ichonose, his co-worker, drops an interesting cliff-hanger at the end of the first volume.Īrtwork on the book is fantastic - Asako's plain-Jane persona is very much in the vein of Anastasia Steele (without the daft name obviously) and Kintetsu Yamada's art perfectly captures her nervous energy. It's clear that the author realised he needed to round out his cast, as other employees are quickly dropped into the story to complicate proceedings. Subsequent chapters deal with Asakao's lack of self confidence and Natori's obsession with smelling his partner. The last time I saw a Japanese romantic comedy get the initial pairing out of the way this fast was the sublime Kare Kano (His and Her Circumstances). Thanks to the author's original intent of creating a one-shot story, the first chapter moves at a cracking and exciting pace, with both of our leads accepting each other's eccentricities and becoming a credible and endearing couple. Will her love life be My Chemical Romance or Fifty Shades of Spray?Īs an older manga reader, I was delighted to see a more mature love story at play here. One fateful meeting with the company's perfumery superstar, Natori, changes her romantic trajectory, as he seems overly excited and enamoured by her natural scent. Something of a wallflower with a perspiration problem, she keeps to herself in the finance department. Asako works for a famous toiletries company called Liliadrop.
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