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好きな子がめがねを忘れた #5
The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses 05
A delightfully charming romantic comedy about a boy who only has eyes for the girl who always forgets her glasses!
To prepare for the cultural festival on the horizon, Komura, Mie, and their classmates are hard at work on their project for the big event. But with so much to do, long days turn into late nights at school. Komura gets more Mie time, but she has a curfew! Will Komura be able to help Mie out when she gets into hot water with her mom?!
To prepare for the cultural festival on the horizon, Komura, Mie, and their classmates are hard at work on their project for the big event. But with so much to do, long days turn into late nights at school. Komura gets more Mie time, but she has a curfew! Will Komura be able to help Mie out when she gets into hot water with her mom?!
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Published August 15, 2023
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August 16, 2023
Mie continues to really like Komura. Komura likes Mei, but not himself. The world’s laziest school festival happens, but precious little else. Yes, it’s another volume of The Girl I Like Forgot Her Plot Momentum.
Big props to Komura’s mother, who appears in this volume and basically waves around a beer from the couch while encouraging her middle-school son to get his ears pierced and turns out to be the reason he has his hair dyed. She’s a hoot.
Everything else is so predictable that the ghost of Nostradamus would probably crinkle his nose up at it and nip down to the chip shop for a meal and a pint. This series has more dedication to the bit than Seattle Slew.
Ahem. The school festival is a big nothing, which… is a choice. I never thought I would miss the usual carnival atmosphere and haunted houses, but the middle school version is a craft display and Mei’s flapjack octopus.
In fairness, it does let Komura make it very clear how much he loves how idiosyncratic Mei is, which would explain her behaviours (her dedication to her cocoa is admirable). This is also the only time I’m likely to be fair to Komura this volume.
No, Komura is causing every problem with this series by his constant self-defeating attitude and the billionth time he mutters how there’s no way Mei could like him is about nine hundred and ninety nine million, nine hundred and ninety nine thousand, and nine hundred and ninety nine times more than we need.
And Mei’s waaaaay after him too. Although you’d be hard pressed to figure out why, not that it doesn’t make a game attempt. Komura is the worst type of self-fulfilling loser prophecy - he becomes pathetic because he can’t stop telling himself he’s pathetic.
At least he sort-of grows a pair (he is at that age, you know) over a debacle he causes because Mei’s getting jealous as hell over another classmate who is actually just bugging Komura about Mei. Now, this plays out as a shoe thing, but I was seriously going to drop the book he’s nearly such a jerk here.
There’s a fine line between parenting somebody and letting them flounder and by the time Mei is in tears because of her myopia it’s only after Komura has managed to whiff several chances to just give her a hand. It’s borderline cruel.
This story is pretty harmless, seriously, but it’s got a real issue with being very good. I enjoy it just enough to keep it as a little whatever - I know that’s nigh impossible to believe given my notes there - but, man, I could give you so many better series in this genre.
2.5 stars - maybe don’t let the girl you like cry before you decide to step up, Komura, and you’d be a lot less punchable than you come across this entire volume. Even with its bog-standard mediocrity, this stands out as the nadir of the series thus far.
Big props to Komura’s mother, who appears in this volume and basically waves around a beer from the couch while encouraging her middle-school son to get his ears pierced and turns out to be the reason he has his hair dyed. She’s a hoot.
Everything else is so predictable that the ghost of Nostradamus would probably crinkle his nose up at it and nip down to the chip shop for a meal and a pint. This series has more dedication to the bit than Seattle Slew.
Ahem. The school festival is a big nothing, which… is a choice. I never thought I would miss the usual carnival atmosphere and haunted houses, but the middle school version is a craft display and Mei’s flapjack octopus.
In fairness, it does let Komura make it very clear how much he loves how idiosyncratic Mei is, which would explain her behaviours (her dedication to her cocoa is admirable). This is also the only time I’m likely to be fair to Komura this volume.
No, Komura is causing every problem with this series by his constant self-defeating attitude and the billionth time he mutters how there’s no way Mei could like him is about nine hundred and ninety nine million, nine hundred and ninety nine thousand, and nine hundred and ninety nine times more than we need.
And Mei’s waaaaay after him too. Although you’d be hard pressed to figure out why, not that it doesn’t make a game attempt. Komura is the worst type of self-fulfilling loser prophecy - he becomes pathetic because he can’t stop telling himself he’s pathetic.
At least he sort-of grows a pair (he is at that age, you know) over a debacle he causes because Mei’s getting jealous as hell over another classmate who is actually just bugging Komura about Mei. Now, this plays out as a shoe thing, but I was seriously going to drop the book he’s nearly such a jerk here.
There’s a fine line between parenting somebody and letting them flounder and by the time Mei is in tears because of her myopia it’s only after Komura has managed to whiff several chances to just give her a hand. It’s borderline cruel.
This story is pretty harmless, seriously, but it’s got a real issue with being very good. I enjoy it just enough to keep it as a little whatever - I know that’s nigh impossible to believe given my notes there - but, man, I could give you so many better series in this genre.
2.5 stars - maybe don’t let the girl you like cry before you decide to step up, Komura, and you’d be a lot less punchable than you come across this entire volume. Even with its bog-standard mediocrity, this stands out as the nadir of the series thus far.
April 4, 2024
It’s just so cheesy
April 25, 2024
The rudimentary, pseudo-relationship wrought by secretive meetings, selective touching, intimate whisperings, and the tragedy of a never-ending rumor mill is perilous, inescapable, and weighs several metric tons. Komura and Mie are super close now, but is their relationship's closeness a means or an end? Is this the path toward deeper understanding, or is it the consequence of adolescent intrigue?
THE GIRL I LIKE FORGOT HER GLASSES v5 spins the usual comical oddness of two kids slowly falling in love but not really knowing it: Komura hates that he enjoys speculating that Mie likes spending time with him; Mie unapologetically (clumsily) contrives as many reasons as she can to be near the boy. But as the relationship evolves, a few new wrinkles appear. Komura's niceness ensures other classmates seek his help, too. Elsewhere a window into the Mie family dynamics is equally hopeful and woeful.
This volume does something clever with the school-festival dynamic that most manga don't do. Instead of using the festival as an event around which the whole narrative pivots, the episode, as well as the chatter surrounding it, is shoved into the background. Readers needn't be concerned with who is assigned what task, how they value that task, and how they overcome the class's social subtleties to succeed. Nope. The only thing readers need mind is the fact that Mie is so blind that she doesn't realize her glue stick has dried out. The only thing readers need notice is that Komura's hilariously benign home ec project on display, a pincushion, earns presumptive platitudes for its pragmatism.
As for Mie's home life, readers learn a few interesting notes: Mie's given name (Ai), her mother's taciturn attitude, and her father's more lenient disposition. For example, when Mie breaks curfew (during festival prep), she's a bundle of nerves and eventually caves and goes home. The girl's mother is unflinching when she finally arrives (e.g., "Why were you so late getting home? You didn't even call. Just get in and eat your dinner."), and is even less forgiving after hearing the girl's reason for being late (e.g., "Well, whatever. Go eat your dinner.").
The girl's mother's nonplussed assertiveness no doubt feels cold to any outsider. But in truth, coldness is difficult to translate. But readers encounter some delicious hearsay in that Mie's father is a bit of the opposite; apparently, he regularly bends the family rules to help her out. Hopefully, Komura will get another shot at impressing Mie's parents, minus the stress.
THE GIRL I LIKE FORGOT HER GLASSES v5 spins the usual comical oddness of two kids slowly falling in love but not really knowing it: Komura hates that he enjoys speculating that Mie likes spending time with him; Mie unapologetically (clumsily) contrives as many reasons as she can to be near the boy. But as the relationship evolves, a few new wrinkles appear. Komura's niceness ensures other classmates seek his help, too. Elsewhere a window into the Mie family dynamics is equally hopeful and woeful.
This volume does something clever with the school-festival dynamic that most manga don't do. Instead of using the festival as an event around which the whole narrative pivots, the episode, as well as the chatter surrounding it, is shoved into the background. Readers needn't be concerned with who is assigned what task, how they value that task, and how they overcome the class's social subtleties to succeed. Nope. The only thing readers need mind is the fact that Mie is so blind that she doesn't realize her glue stick has dried out. The only thing readers need notice is that Komura's hilariously benign home ec project on display, a pincushion, earns presumptive platitudes for its pragmatism.
As for Mie's home life, readers learn a few interesting notes: Mie's given name (Ai), her mother's taciturn attitude, and her father's more lenient disposition. For example, when Mie breaks curfew (during festival prep), she's a bundle of nerves and eventually caves and goes home. The girl's mother is unflinching when she finally arrives (e.g., "Why were you so late getting home? You didn't even call. Just get in and eat your dinner."), and is even less forgiving after hearing the girl's reason for being late (e.g., "Well, whatever. Go eat your dinner.").
The girl's mother's nonplussed assertiveness no doubt feels cold to any outsider. But in truth, coldness is difficult to translate. But readers encounter some delicious hearsay in that Mie's father is a bit of the opposite; apparently, he regularly bends the family rules to help her out. Hopefully, Komura will get another shot at impressing Mie's parents, minus the stress.
September 19, 2023
This one was cute. Mie is showing more interest in Kaede and that's nice because she sometimes acts likes she has no personality. I thought Kaede helping Mie out with the gym shoes was very cute and it goes to show how much he cares about her. Mie's home life is a bit interesting. The girl is in high school but she has a curfew at 6pm? Usually when parents are that strict they end up having really rebellious kids, but that is just me.
March 19, 2024
This remains incredibly cute and while we do get some progress with Mie and Komura expressing themselves, there isn't much else going on here. We briefly see Mie's parents and a friend continues to ask about "smooching" I love how wholesome this series is but want just a little more to happen.
August 10, 2023
So cute, I so invested in this blossoming relationship
April 8, 2024
They are just too cute together. Gives me all the warm fuzzy feelings.
June 15, 2024
The Girl I Like Reads Too Much Ligotti And Now She Gets Mad When I Smile
September 26, 2023
My heart! The romantic tension in this volume has definitely jumped up quite a bit, while still maintaining that adorable, chaste, and very innocent feel that the series has been known for. I read it in ONE SITTING and can't wait to see what comes next!
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