Writer/Artist: Shou Harusono
Letterer: DK
Translator: Leighann Harvey
Publisher: Yen Press (Print/Digital)
Publication Date: December 12, 2023
Rating: Teen
Genre: Manga (JPN), Slice-of-Life, LGBTQ, Boys Love, High School, Romance
REVIEW RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5 stars (Strongly Recommend)
Shou Harusono is again with one other great quantity with Hirano and Kagiura, Vol. 4. Refusing to surrender on love, the candy underclassman Kagiura asks that his intimidating upperclassman Hirano let him maintain him on daily basis. After some negotiating, Hirano agrees to ten seconds on daily basis. And earlier than Hirano may change his thoughts, Kagiura requested for 10 seconds of holding Hirano’s hand. Volume three ended with a flustered Kagiura and a pensive Hirano.
Volume 4 begins with Hirano gifting Kagiura mini sweets as a result of he’s grateful for the bar that Kagiura gave him for Valentine’s Day. Happy together with his reward, Kagiura requested for his ten seconds of touching like a boyfriend. After the ten seconds are up, they every head for college. After Kagiura talks to his good friend Niibashi, he thinks he may rely an excessive amount of on Hirano. Likewise, Hirano, who can be conversing together with his buddies, wonders if he’s addicted to Kagiura.
Following the conversations, Hirano finds Kagiura hiding from his buddies in a hide-and-seek sport. Kagiura tells Hirano that he desires to begin waking himself up in order that he doesn’t want to depend upon Hirano a lot. Hirano, nonetheless, doesn’t reply effectively to that.
Pining, pining, and extra pining
While some readers may not like a gradual burn, there’s one thing very satisfying about how Hirano expertly depicts emotions of craving and pining. Once Hirano is aware of Kagiura likes him, he displays on their shared moments. Hirano firmly says he doesn’t have emotions for Kagiura, however on the very least, he is aware of he desires to maintain rooming with him.
Kagiura yearns for Hirano as he waits for him to work out whether or not or not he likes him. When Kagiura requested for a particular period of time, he was allowed to contact Hirano; this added a very tangible restriction to their affection. Kagiura is aware of his emotions for Hirano are romantic, so these ten seconds additional strengthen his affection. For Hirano, every day they share these ten seconds, he’s pressured to face his emotions and contemplate that they might be romantic.
VERDICT: Highly suggest. Hirano and Kagiura continues to be a great slow-burn series. In quantity 4, Hirano and Kagira proceed to work arduous to allow them to maintain residing collectively. They share many candy moments as they discover stability of their relationship. It’s clear they every take care of each other, and I’m having fun with all their healthful interactions as they discover love.
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