Don't leap to conclusions about the age gap content-- 'Aoi-san' is short and sweet at only one volume, and a comedy 'romance' in the simplest form: after their initial misunderstanding, both of the leads are just trying their best to navigate an extremely weird situation in their own way. It's about a young girl's idea of love, having an innocent crush on an adult-- and just how uncomfortable it can be to navigate that delicate situation as the older party.
I rated this as a 7, but think I may bump it up to 8. It's brief and doesn't go anywhere crazy, but it's very earnest
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May 8, 2023
Aida ni Hatachi
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I would love to recommend this, because I love age gap romances with an older female lead. That said... I just can't with this one. The two leads pursue a friends with benefits situation, with him having to juggle his grades and her, and her just trying to get a baby out of him because she secretly just wants a sperm donor. In the two volumes out that are full translations, there's no real chemistry, other than the occasional "I think of him/her a lot"; instead, it's him repeatedly being worried about either premature ejaculation or getting caught, and her telling him to clear his
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