Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo

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Synonyms: Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakura-iro, Even if We're Not Friends, The Summer Closest to Heaven, A Kiss, Love, and a Prince, This Love from I Can't Remember When, If I Kiss Her Ring Finger, Chocolate Kiss Kiss

Japanese: くちびるためいきさくらいろ

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 2

Chapters: 14

Status: Finished

Published: Jun 28, 2003 to Jan 21, 2012

Genres: Drama, Girls Love, Romance, Slice of Life, Erotica

Theme: School

Serialization: Yuri Shimai

Authors: Morinaga, Milk (Story & Art)

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Both volumes are a collection of seven short stories each, revolving around an all-girl's school. The first, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapter from the first volume and the first five chapters of the second volume feature the same protagonists.

This entry will reflect the Futabasha edition, which has some chapters re-ordered compared to the previous (incomplete) Ichijinsha edition. See the more info page.

Volume 1:
1. Tomodachi ja Nakute mo. (Even if We're Not Friends)
2. Tengoku ni Ichiban Chikai Natsu. (The Summer Closest to Heaven)
3. Kiss to Koi to Ouji-sama (A Kiss, Love, and a Prince)
4. Itsuka no Kono Koi. (This Love From I Can't Remember When)
5. Kusuriyubi ni Kiss Shitara (If I Kiss Her Ring Finger)
6. Chocolate Kiss Kiss
7. Tsuki ni Negai wo (Wishing on the Moon)

Volume 2:
8. Naisho no Koibito (Secret Girlfriends)
9. Classmates
10. Arashi no Mae (Before the Storm)
11. Honki no Iede (Running Away...For Real)
12. Watashi-tachi no Monogatari (Our Story)
13. Kuchibiru ni Cherries (Cherries For Your Lips)
14. Honto no Kimochi. (Real Love)

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Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo was published in English by Seven Seas Entertainment as an omnibus volume entitled Kisses, Sighs, and Cherry Blossoms Pink: The Complete Collection on June 4, 2013 and in Polish by Studio JG as Miłość wśród kwiatów wiśni since November 12, 2016.

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Jun 27, 2015

ktulu007

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Let's talk about Milk Morinaga, possibly one of the most iconic yuri manga writers out there. She's had a lot of published manga and no anime adaptations as far as I know. Although Girl Friends did get an audio drama. Girl Friends is her best known work, but I'm going to be looking at Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo, which was my introduction to her writing and what got me into it.
Story:

There are multiple stories within the manga. Slightly over half of it, chapters 1 & 5-12 all focus on Nana and Hitomi, two girls who were really close friends until they went to separate ... High schools. After a while, they meet up again and Nana quickly realises that Hitomi has been harbouring feelings for her for a long time. Hitomi confesses, kissing Nana and Nana tells her they don't have to be just friends and kisses her back. So, the two of them become a couple pretty much right away in the very first chapter. The other eight chapters of their story focus on the ups and downs of their relationship. Culminating in a crisis when Hitomi's father tells her that they're going to be moving overseas.

I don't really have anything negative to say about Nana and Hitomi's story. Their relationship develops really well and has a lot of good moments. I also like that the story doesn't focus on how they get together but what's in store for them after it happens. Because, frankly, a romance trying to get drama out of whether or not the couple will get together usually doesn't work all that well since the audience knows how it's going to end. It's just a matter of how it's going to happen. Rather, it focuses on the drama of their relationship and the everyday things that happen to them. It is handled effectively and I do love the ending.
The other six chapters are all one-shot stories set in the same schools that Nana and Hitomi attend and focusing on relationships between girls. Some of which are one-sided, some of which are ambiguous and some of which are reciprocated.

Honestly, the only side story I really don't like is the second chapter. Basically, it involves a ghost possessing a student so that she can spend time with the girl she liked who is now the nurse at the school. The first problem with it is that it's the only story to involve any supernatural elements, which makes it not fit with the rest very well. There's also the teacher and student thing.
The rest of the stories are well written and manage to illustrate some interesting dynamics between the main girls. Some of them are almost problematic but Morinaga is good at treading that line without going too far.

Characters:

I do like the characters in the collection. Aside from the ghost girl. One of the strengths of having several one-shot stories is that Morinaga can illustrate different relationship dynamics among these girls. They're all fleshed out characters as well who feel like they could be real people, with the obvious exception.
Art:

The artwork is really well done. There's a bit of nudity, but it's very much handled tastefully rather than used for tawdry fan-service. Although the girls from chapter four look strangely like Honoka and Nagisa from Futari Wa Precure. I don't know if it was deliberate or not but the resemblance is pretty uncanny.

Ho-yay:

Naturally, this yuri manga is as yuririffic as any you'll find. So, it has that going for it.

Final Thoughts:

Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo is a superb collection. There's one weak chapter out of fourteen. If you're looking for a cute, well-written yuri romance, this has several. As well as some more bittersweet, but still well written stories. I do recommend checking it out if you like romance stuff. My final rating is a 9/10.

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