This series is ... just okay. Very cute, but basic story with an uninteresting romance.

It's important to write and spread well-researched stories that have characters with disabilities in the forefront. I love how Yuki's deafness is explored and how she reacts to the world around her (and how others react to her in turn).

However, as a romance series, I find the romance extremely lacking. I don't think there is a lot of chemistry between Yuki and Itsuomi. I'm having difficulty thinking of interests they share or conversations between the two of them that wasn't about their relationship or feelings towards eachother. What I'm getting at is that it's hard to understand why they like eachother (beyond finding eachother attractive) and what they would talk about.

Perhaps this is just me but I found Itsuomi boring. It's nice to see an older manga character with tattoos and an interesting hobby (traveling). But I found him boring and a bit unlikeable. Which also soured my opinions on Yuki and Itsuomi's relationship.

It's cute, I'll continue reading as the chapters release. But I definitely don't consider this an amazing manga.

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(Cette review est disponible en français un peu plus bas.)

Yubisaki to Renren could have been a great manga, too bad it's lacking everything a shoujo manga should have.

I love the idea of following a deaf character and not focusing on her handicap only. Yubisaki to Renren follows Yuki's daily life with her boyfriend and... that's it, I guess. Sure, she has friends such as Rin (uni student) or Oushi (childhood friend) but we know so little about them it feels like they don't even exist. Rin's only character trait is to be in love with Kyoya, Oushi's is to be jealous of Yuki and Itsuomi's relationship, Yuki's is to be in love with Itsuomi and Itsuomi's is... well... that is a very good question actually. All we know is that he's hot, popular and likes to travel. Which could have been great, again, but as nothing really interesting happens around his hobby it just feels like it's a detail. Maybe we'll learn more about this passion later, but I feel like after 5 boring volumes the author could have given us something. Sometimes he leaves, sometimes he's back but we don't know much about what he does when he's away.

This would have been fine if the romance was at least interesting but Yuki and Itsuomi's relationship feels extremely shallow. She falls in love because he's handsome, he falls in love because she's cute and it happens so quickly they were already going out before I could memorise their names. Yuki is cute but shy, like any boring shoujo protagonist and Itsuomi is just boring.

There are some good points: the art is really pretty and I love that this isn't just about Yuki's handicap but about her normal life, but it's not enough to make a good manga.

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Yubisaki to Renren aurait pu être un très bon manga, dommage qu'il lui manque tout ce qu'un shoujo devrait avoir.

J'adore l'idée de suivre un personnage sourd et de ne pas se concentrer uniquement sur son handicap. Yubisaki to Renren suit le quotidien de Yuki avec son petit-ami et... c'est tout en fait. Elle a des amis, comme Rin (une amie à l'université) et Oushi (son ami d'enfance), mais on en sait si peu sur eux que c'était comme s'ils n'existaient pas du tout. Le seul trait de caractère de Rin est d'être amoureuse de Kyoya et celui d'Oushi est d'être jaloux de la relation entre Rin et Itsuomi, celui de Yuki est d'être amoureux de Itsuomi et celui d'Itsumomi est... c'est une bonne question. Tout ce qu'on sait c'est qu'il est beau, populaire et qu'il aime voyager. Ce qui aurait pu être intéressant, encore une fois, mais comme rien ne se passe autour de ce hobby il donne l'impression d'être un détail. Peut-être qu'on en apprendra davantage sur sa passion plus tard, mais j'ai le sentiment qu'après 5 tomes d'ennui l'auteur aurait pu nous donner quelque chose à nous mettre sous la dent. Parfois Itsuomi part, parfois il revient, mais on ne sait pas vraiment ce qu'il fait quand il est ailleurs.

ça n'aurait pas été si grave si la romance avait au moins été intéressante, mais leur relation est terriblement vide. Elle tombe amoureuse parce qu'il est beau, il tombe amoureux parce qu'elle est mignonne et tout se passe si vite qu'ils étaient déjà en couple alors que je n'avais pas encore retenu leurs prénoms. Yuki est mignonne mais timide, comme n'importe quel protagoniste de shoujo ennuyant et Itsuomi est juste ennuyant.

Il y a quand même quelques points positifs : le dessin est vraiment beau et j'aime beaucoup que l'histoire ne soit pas juste centrée autour du handicap de Yuki, mais plus autour de son quotidien. Mais ce n'est pas suffisant pour faire un bon manga.

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