Ichido dake demo, Koukai Shitemasu.
I Can't Believe I Slept With You!

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Ichido dake demo, Koukai Shitemasu is a breath of fresh air, and I think might be the best portrayal of a lesbian romance I've seen in yuri manga. Oftentimes there isn't much effort actually given to the process of discovering you might be queer, and the flood of emotions that come with that discovery. Ichido dake demo, Koukai Shitemasu handles the entire process with real respect for its characters. The manga also isn't padded with the annoying tropes of romance manga, there's no padding of will they won't they, instead we simply see characters trying to understand their feelings and come to terms with not ... being straight. There's no pointless edge, or fights, or annoying misunderstandings that could be solved with a conversation. The characters act like people and are so genuine that I can't help but feel like the story and characters must be based on the author's real experiences.

The only problem is the premise makes it pretty hard to introduce people to what has essentially become my favorite romance manga of all time. If you're looking into reading this, I beg of you please don't ignore it because of the admittedly pretty offputting premise. It's short and sweet and 100% worth your time.

I rarely write reviews for Anime/Manga I read however I do want to give my opinions on this one. When I start an Anime/Manga I generally will watch some of it at the moment then leave it and most likely not return, however, this one genuinely made me return. One of the main reasons people dislike the whole Yuri genre is because of how forced the relationships are however in this as you watch you can really understand the hardships they had to go through, there is no time skips then BOOM they love each other, you can really feel the development within this manga ... and that's one of the primal reasons I love it. Despite the fact that Landlady is openly lesbian she still makes sure that Chiyo is comfortable, she makes sure to respect her boundaries and follow through with things that Chiyo wants to do. I feel like that's really something worth mentioning within this manga. As far as pacing goes I HIGHLY doubt you'll ever be uninterested nor bored, there's always something new happening between the landlady and Chiyo or maybe even some background characters as well.

Now let's get into the second part of the review, although I Recommend this, this show is definitely gonna be targeted towards a specific age group since it does contain MANY sexual scenes throughout the manga but hey, it definitely adds onto the character development and in this case, it starts the manga off for us.

I hope this review inspired you to give this maybe a shot!

Cozy gay goodness.

The series is ultimately a cozy read where there isn't too much to it, nor is it horribly bad, it just exists and that is fine.

If you enjoy adorable ladies being cute and getting sexually closer this is for you!

It, unfortunately, starts off with a trope that I don't like; the questionable consent of a one-night stand with a straight character, however as the story goes on it does keep referencing back to that moment in ways that I found thoughtful.

The characters are adorable. Cute. Cozy. They're a hot chocolate on a snowy eve. I want them to succeed and be cute together ... for all eternity. They're such a fun dynamic.

The series is short and, from the afterword in volume 3, I'm not surprised it was cut short. There is so much story that could have been told and at least three side characters that could have had bigger roles, but that's life. With what we have it's a satisfying story focused on how these two characters feel for each other.

There is sex. There is nudity. It's tasteful. Nothing extravagant, but not ignored.

A solid afternoon.