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Dec 15, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

んー最高

Hmm awesome

This review contains spoilers. ヒューは本当にいい人ですね。一体どう育ったらこんな素直で優しい人になるの？素っ裸のグラサン姿でエープリルを無視しまくってたときは「遊び慣れた芸術家がウブな小娘にゲームを仕掛けてるんですね！ハイハイ」と思ったけど、全然違って驚きました。地味で取り柄がないと自分で思ってるエープリルの言葉は、性悪のマックスの耳には届かなかったけど、綺麗な心を持つヒューには届くんですね。見えなくなったことに絶望してても誰にも一度も八つ当たりしないヒューが少し人間離れしてるようにも思えて、もしかして盲目って話じたいが嘘なんじゃ…？などと疑ってしまった自分が恥ずかしい。エープリルの言葉に触発されて手術を受ける決意をしたヒューが、見えるようになっても変わらず、いや前にもましてエープリルにベタ惚れで可愛い。元婚約者やっぱり出てきましたねー！でも瞬殺されてて笑いました。そうそう、事故の後逃げたから、ではなく、そもそもタチの悪い女で、愛してさえいなかったことに気付いた。満点の答えでしたね！賑やかで幸せそうな結婚式の写真、未来までずっと変わらずお互いを美しいと語り合う夫婦、あーー久しぶりに心洗われるような甘くピュアなラブストーリーを見ました。最高でした～！

This review contains spoilers. Hugh is a really nice guy. How on earth do you grow up to be such an honest and kind person? When I was ignoring April while wearing a naked glass, I thought, “An artist who is used to playing is setting up a game for a naive little girl! I thought, “Hi Hi,” but I was surprised that it was completely different. April's words, which she thinks are plain and have no merit, didn't reach the ears of the evil Max, but they reached Hugh, who has a clean heart. Hugh, who is hopeless about not being able to see but never hits anyone, seems a little distant from humans, and maybe they want to talk about being blind, but that's a lie...? I'm ashamed of myself for doubting things like that. Hugh, who was inspired by April's words and made up his mind to undergo surgery, doesn't change even when he can see him, and he's more adorable than before. My former fiancé came out after all! But he was killed in an instant and I laughed. Oh yeah, it wasn't because she ran away after the accident, but that she was a bad woman in the first place, and I didn't even love her. That was a perfect answer! I saw lively and happy wedding photos, a couple talking about each other as beautiful until the future, and a sweet and pure love story that washed my heart for the first time in a long time. That was awesome!

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Nov 25, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

表紙に惹かれて

Attracted by the cover

ワイルダーな金髪イケメンとキュートな女の子の表紙に興味が湧きました。彫刻家のヒーロー自身が彫刻のような肉体美でしたね。ストーリーも冒頭からハリーとヒューがそう言う関係かと思わせて…?ピュアで綺麗なラブストーリーで何度も読み返したくなる作品です。

I'm interested in the cover of a wild blond handsome guy and a cute girl. The sculptor hero himself had physical beauty like a sculpture. The story also made me wonder from the beginning that Harry and Hugh had that kind of relationship...? It's a pure and beautiful love story that makes you want to read it over and over again.

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Nov 17, 2025 (PST) | Translate to English

良かった！

That was great!

This review contains spoilers. ヒロインが子供っぽいと揶揄されていますが、むしろ子供だったからこそヒーローも砂の城を造る気になったのでしょう。簡単にできるものはすぐに壊れるけど、芸術家の本能を呼び起こすには良いきっかけでした。一緒に住んでる彼のつぶらな瞳とカラー絵の裸体は眼福でした。

This review contains spoilers. The heroine has been ridiculed as being childish, but rather, it was probably because she was a child that the hero also felt like building a sand castle. Things that are easy to do break quickly, but it was a good opportunity to awaken an artist's instincts. The dark eyes of the guy we live with and his naked body in color paintings were a blessing to my eyes.

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Feb 18, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

とてもすてきなお話でした

That was a very nice story

This review contains spoilers. ヒロインとヒーローの出会いはミステリアスな感じで始まって、ヒーロの目が見えないことから、二人の関係の進み方が幻想的な感じがしました。クライマックスは砂の城の完成とサイクロンが明けた朝の空と海のシーン。世俗の塊のようなヒロインの元BFとヒーローの婚約者が出てきて、彼らを現実に引き戻します。でもその頃にはヒーローの心はヒロインへの愛に溢れていて、ハッピーエンド！津寺先生の作画は本当に繊細ですてきです…白黒の作画なのに、美しい風景や綺麗な花の色が浮かんでくるから不思議です。少女から大人になろうとしているヒロインと、大人なヒーローのすてきな恋のお話でした。

This review contains spoilers. The encounter between the heroine and the hero began with a mysterious feeling, and since the hero's eyes were invisible, I felt that the way the relationship between the two progressed was fantastic. The climax was the completion of the sand castle and the sky and sea scene in the morning when the cyclone dawned. The heroine's former BF and hero's fiancé, who are like worldly hunks, come out and bring them back to reality. But by that time, the hero's heart was full of love for the heroine, and it ended happily! Tsudera sensei's drawing is really delicate and wonderful... Even though it's a black and white drawing, it's strange because beautiful scenery and beautiful flower colors come to mind. It was a story about a wonderful love between a heroine who is about to become an adult from a girl and an adult hero.

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Feb 17, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

これぞHQ

This is HQ

才能溢れる男性に見染められて、愛されるお話。HQならではの色気ダダ漏れヒーローと、素直で真っ直ぐなヒロインの純愛。これぞ王道正統派という感じです。

This is a story about being looked upon and loved by talented men. Pure love between a hero who leaks sex appeal unique to HQ and a heroine who is straightforward and straightforward. This feels like orthodoxy.

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Aug 25, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

読んで良かった！

I'm glad I read it!

ドキッとしました！ハリーの「青はいらねえだろ」や「よく見てくれ青を」、そしてヒーローの「見たくないんだ、汚らわしいものは僕の愛する人たちのいる同じ空間で」ヒーローの言葉は事故をおこし自分を捨てた元婚約者に対するものですが、元婚約者に賠償などは求めていませんし、そう言い切る事がヒロインへの愛情の深さと過去との決別なのか？と思いました。その他も丁寧に描いてあって、わかりやすいし納得いくストーリー展開でした！伏せんは回収されて良い作品でした。さすが津寺先生です！

I was so excited! Harry's “You Don't Need Blue,” “Look Closely, Blue,” and the hero's “I Don't Want to See, Dirty Things in the Same Space Where My Loves Are,” the hero's words are against his ex-fiancee who had an accident and abandoned herself, but she's not seeking compensation from her ex-fiance, etc., and is saying that a break between her love for the heroine and her past? I thought so. The rest were also carefully drawn, and the story development was easy to understand and convincing! Fushisen was a good work to be collected. As expected, it's Tsudera sensei!

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Jun 04, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

さすが異国！

As expected, it's a foreign country!

プライベートビーチとはいえ、全裸で過ごすのね。とそんなところが気になってしまいました。ストーリーは、かわいらしく素直なヒロインにヒーローが癒されていく過程が丁寧に描かれています。

Even though it's a private beach, you spend time completely naked. I'm worried about that kind of thing. The story carefully depicts the process of the hero being healed by a cute and straightforward heroine.

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May 08, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

インスピレーション

inspirations

芸術家。彼は自らも美しい肉体を持った才能ある彫刻家。盲目。同居の男性が甲斐甲斐しい。そういう二人なのだと、ヒロインが思う要素は幾つかあった。感傷混ざる海辺でのヒロインのバケイション。好きだった相手が自分とは遊ぶ気なだけだったと知って。その辛さを思い出させる別荘とは隣同士。その記憶生々しい場所で、ゆっくりできるものなのかな、と思う。しかも、何事かあったその人に近い人物なのだから、もっと頭に警戒信号灯るものだろうが。しかも、浜で変態かもと警戒した人とその怪しげな連れを見かけた翌日、隣の人物情報をうっすら仕入れたところで、話しかけに行くのも、余りに急な転換に感じる。モダンアートに対するヒロインの感想は、全くその通りで、読み手のこちらの日頃の感じ方を代弁してくれている。ただ、その直前の19頁、彼の顔の右近くに入っている右手が変に見える。作品を作れなくなっている芸術家。題材は割とありふれているが、僕は君だけを知らない、という言葉に深さがある。この作品で、ヒロインの叔父も、痛い恋の対象だった人も、彼は知っている。同居人が失明前からの付き合いと彼女はこれで分かる。砂浜に戯れで制作した「作品」のシーンはとても良い。「気持ちを言葉にするのは難しいね」「僕はできないから形にしてきた」「彫刻でー」これらの言葉は多くのアーティストが口にするが、形にするという行為についてを漫画で表現しようというのは、読んでいて伝わる。そして「幸せ」を表現する、ということ。これは、原作者の腕による幸せの文章表現とわかっていながら、コミカライズで頑張る所がよい。しかしヒロインが彼への思いを自覚する中での悶々は、少女漫画のそれである。私は嫌いではないが、子どもっぽいと見る人はいるかもしれない。ヒロインは女子大生設定だから、普通と思うが、こんなとき、HQの読者とはどの層を想定してるのか、わからなくなってくる。キスで酸欠とも言っているし。もっとも、「なんでこんな人に憧れてたんだろう」、これで大人になるのだから少女臭さは弱まる。事故で彼はやはり責めない。取り返しのつかない芸術家生命の致命傷だったら、ヒロインはどうするつもりだったんだ、とは思うがお話だからそこはー。花束のところも素敵な細工で話が美しくなっている。扉絵に繋がってうまい。ヒロイン目が大きいと思ったが仕方ない。4.5。

artist. He himself is a talented sculptor with a beautiful body. blind. The man I live with is worth it. There were a few elements that the heroine thought they were like that. The heroine's vacation at the seaside is mixed with sentimentality. I knew that my favorite person just wanted to play with me. The villa, which reminds me of that pain, is next to each other. It's a place with vivid memories, and I wonder if it's something I can relax. Moreover, since he is a person close to the person that something happened to him, he probably has even more warning lights on his head. Moreover, the day after I saw the person who was wary of being a pervert on the beach and their suspicious companion, I had a slight purchase of information on the person next door, and I felt that it was such a sudden change when I went to talk to them. The heroine's impression of modern art is absolutely true, and it speaks for the reader's way of feeling on a daily basis. However, on page 19 just before that, his right hand, which is close to the right side of his face, looks strange. An artist who is no longer able to create works. The subject is quite common, but there is depth in the phrase “I don't only know you.” In this film, he knows both the heroine's uncle and the person who was the object of his painful love. You can tell by this that she has been in a relationship with her housemate since before she went blind. The scene in the “work” created by playing on the sandy beach is very nice. “It's difficult to put feelings into words, isn't it?” “I've shaped them because I can't do it,” and “with sculpture...” are uttered by many artists, but the idea of trying to express the act of shaping in comics comes through reading. And it means expressing “happiness.” While I know this is a happy sentence expression with the skill of the original author, it is good that they do their best in comicalization. However, the heroine's agony while becoming aware of her feelings for him is that of girls' comics. I don't hate it, but there may be people who see it as childish. The heroine is set as a female college student, so I think it's normal, but at times like this, I don't understand what group HQ readers are expecting. They also say they run out of oxygen due to kisses. However, “I wonder why they admired someone like this,” and since they become adults, the smell of being a girl weakens. After all, he doesn't blame him for the accident. If it was an irreparable fatal injury to the artist's life, I wonder what the heroine intended to do, but that's because it's a story... The bouquet part is also nicely crafted, making the story beautiful. It connects to the door picture and is delicious. I thought the heroine had big eyes, but I can't help it. 4.5.

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May 06, 2020 (PST) | Translate to English

よかった

That was great

素敵だわ。絵もきれい。お話もきれい。嫌な感じも残らない。疲れた時に読みたい良作です。

That's wonderful. The picture is beautiful too. The story is beautiful too. There's no bad feeling left. It's a great read when you're tired.

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容易に作られたものはすぐに壊れる

Things that are made easily break quickly

This review contains spoilers. 冒頭のカラーページにどひゃ～と驚いた。ヒロインエープリルに誤解させておく必要性を十分理解できる色気をビシバシ感じ納得、面白かったというのが感想です。彫刻家ヒーローヒューが盲目となってしまったことを題材にして進むストーリは、彼の葛藤や苦悩はかなり薄い。彼のセリフにはそれらが溢れてはいるがありきたりな感じは否めずそれなり。そしてヒロインエープリルの物思いが相当多いし、ヒューとの間にハリーを置くことで彼女の恋愛の発展に抑止力をかけ、表面的な印象だけの好感ではなく真髄を見ようとさせる作意。作画もなかなかの力の入れ具合。問題は表題の件、後半部分の元婚約者の事を表しているようで、前述したが、盲人としてのヒューのセリフで「見えている人こそが盲目」とあってこの部分の重複になるから無くても良いページに思えるし、表題も変えるべきに思える。中盤でも、嵐の中へ飛び出していくことを繰り返す必要性が今一つ分からない１度でいいだろうと思う。朝焼けのシーンも素晴らしいが、ハリーの繊細さやセンスが分かる「青はいらないだろ」「よく見てくれ、青を」の部分が好きだ。星は4.5。

This review contains spoilers. I was so surprised at the color page at the beginning. My impression is that the sex appeal, which allows me to fully understand the need to mislead the heroine April, was convinced, and it was interesting. The story, which progresses based on the fact that the sculptor hero Hugh has gone blind, has very little conflict or anguish. There are so many of them in his lines, but it's undeniable that it feels commonplace. Also, the heroine April has quite a lot of feelings, and by putting Harry between her, the idea is to put a deterrent on the development of her romance and make her try to see the essence rather than just a superficial impression of likability. The drawing also put quite a bit of effort into it. The question is about the title, which seems to indicate the former fiancee in the latter part, and as mentioned above, Hugh's line as a blind person says “only those who can see are blind,” so this part overlaps, so it seems like a page that is fine without it, and it seems like the title should also be changed. Even in the midfield, I think it would be fine if I didn't understand the need to repeat jumping out into the storm right now. The sunrise scene is also wonderful, but I like the “you don't need blue” and “take a good look, blue” parts that show Harry's subtlety and sense. The star is 4.5.

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Feb 18, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

げーじつか

hey, seriously

ヒロインの現代美術や彫刻に対する考えや感想が興味深くて面白かった。小説をコミックにする時にはこういった芸術は大変だろうな

The heroine's thoughts and impressions on contemporary art and sculpture were interesting and interesting. this kind of art would be difficult when turning a novel into a comic

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Aug 28, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English

俺様に飽きた時はぜひ

Be sure to do it when you get tired of me

表紙絵で悩みましたが内容はとても良く素敵なお話でした。ヒロインは素直で可愛らしく、ヒーローは懐の深い人です。ただヒロインの無鉄砲な所、進路それでいいのか？と思ったので☆4つです。

I was worried about the cover picture, but the content was very good and it was a wonderful story. The heroine is straightforward and cute, and the hero is a person with deep feelings. It's just the heroine's reckless place, is that OK with her career path? I thought it was ☆ 4.

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Jun 05, 2019 (PST) | Translate to English

ヒーローがステキ

Heroes are wonderful

初めて見る漫画家さんで、とても良かった。盲目のヒーローと、お世話するイカツイ男性との仲を誤解してしまったり、出だしから面白い展開で楽しかったです。ヒーローは眼光鋭い大人の男性でカッコ良く、ヒロインはキュートです。何百冊も購入して好きな漫画家さんはもういないと思ってたけど、まだまだ居るんですねぇ。HQ奥が深いなぁまだまだ楽しみが増えました。

This is the first manga artist I've seen, and it was great. I misunderstood the relationship between the blind hero and the good-looking man who took care of him, and it was fun with an interesting development right from the start. The hero is an adult male with a sharp eye and is cool, and the heroine is cute. I've bought hundreds of books and thought there aren't any manga artists I like anymore, but there are still more. HQ is so deep, so the fun has increased.

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素敵です

It's wonderful

ヒーローは事故で盲目となった彫刻家。ヒロインは自分に自信が持てない、でもとても素直な女子大生。ヒロインがありのままの姿で接する事で、ヒーローは再び人生に前向きになります。派手なロマンスではないけれど、心温まるお話です。

The hero is a sculptor who became blind in an accident. The heroine is a very honest female college student who doesn't have confidence in herself. By treating the heroine as she is, the hero will once again be positive about life. It's not a flashy romance, but it's a heartwarming story.

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