Yakumo-san wa Ezuke ga Shitai.
Beauty and the Feast

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Yakumo-san wa Ezuke ga Shitai is about food, sport and love it's as simple as that.
Nowadys we have a lots of shows that try to be too many things and as result they fail miserably, reading this manga make me realize semplicity works the best if done well.

Story: (7/10)
Yamato Shuuhei is a teenage boy who's living by himself to pursue his dream of playing baseball at high levels so he enrolled in a high school known to be really good at it.
Yakumo Shuuko (28 y.o.) is a widow that loves cooking, since the dead of his husband she lost in part that passion, but knowing ... Yamato helped her regain it. It's a slow paced romance, they know each others day by day, start to realying in each others,... It's kinda realistic, which is a good thing in my opinion.

Art: (9.25/10)
The drawings are always well done and clean. It's a bit static because there isnt a lot of "movement" in this manga, the baseball is not the main focus so that's reasonable.

Characters: (7/10)
As the story also the characters are a bit plain, I mean there is nothing particularly interessant about them, that's not a bad thing but in my opinion the author could have made them a bit more different that the usual characters that we see in most of the mangas.

Yamato: he's the main character, he's a highschool student, as far as I remember he has a little sister, which we see in one of the chapters, he's a hardworking guy, also talented in baseball, eats a lot of junk food, that's why Yakumo offers him to eat dinner with her.

Yakumo: she's 28, she has lost the loved one that she met at the university, he was similar to our main protagonist (loved to eat a lot), she's not the flashy type, and never was, she love to cook because she enjoy seeing the satisfied faces of the people after eating her meals.

Enjoyment: (8/10)
A lighthearted romcom, no ecchi, absolutly recommended if you want to read something funny and cute, as previously said the romance develop slowly so dont expect too much too soon, just enjoy for what it's!

Overall: (7.80)
Thanks for reading!

A very comforting, wholesome, feel-good story, perfect for readers who enjoy slice-of-life and food manga.

The main focus of the story is definitely food, so I wouldn't recommend diving into the story specifically looking for romance, ecchi or any dramatic plot. It's simply 89 chapters of Yakumo making food for Yamato.

I binged the whole series in one night and I still go back to it and choose a random chapter to reread purely because every chapter is so comforting. The way that Yakumo is portrayed is so endearing, it just makes me want to sit down and listen to her talk for hours. There is ... never a moment where she is written in a way that is disrespectful to her character or backstory. The food that she makes for Yamato always looks so good and the way that Yamoto enjoys eating everything is so satisfying - it's almost like watching a mukbang video. I really love the way the author draws the characters' expressions and gestures so genuinely. The interactions between the two characters are just so funny, adorable and cringeworthy, which just makes the story even more loveable.

While the story eludes to an age gap relationship in the story, it's very innocent and written in a way that is tasteful and not sexualised. That being said, the author does sometimes draw pin-ups of Yakumo for the chapter titles lol.

As for any cons I will agree with MagicMaterwelon that the story could have explored Yakumo's backstory and emotions more relating to her becoming a widow, or even expanding on Yamato's childhood further to flesh out how and why he developed his independent character trait.

All in all, would highly recommend for an easy, no commitment, light read.

This manga is one word. Satisfying.

There is nothing more satisfying than watching a beautiful woman who cooks large meals for a young hard-working boy who eats every single bite and more.

I drool every time I read this manga. It gives me tons of ideas for what to cook or what to eat at a restaurant one day.

In our day to day lives, we rather eat something we're familiar with and taste good. We forget that we are living and either work or escape to another reality through some medium. This manga really gives the incentive to try new things. To live a better life.

Don't ... let the ratings fool you. You can only truly understand what something is by looking through it yourself.