The Flavor of Melon Manga Reviews (P.11)

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大好きすぎる

I love you too much

This review contains spoilers. 絵津鼓先生のストーリーは全部が素敵で、この「メロンの味」も主人公2人の人となりが生きてくる本だと思う。抉るところは抉り、そのあとしっかり優しく埋めていく関係は嫌いじゃないです。私の安っぽい言葉じゃ足りないくらいに素敵です。

This review contains spoilers. All of Ezuko sensei's stories are wonderful, and I think “The Taste of Melons” is also a book where the personalities of the two main characters come to life. I don't dislike relationships where decisions are made, and then they are firmly and gently buried. It's so wonderful that my cheesy words aren't enough.

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素敵なふたり

Two wonderful people

作者様買いしています。絵津鼓先生の作品、大好きです。相手を受け入れて尊重し、ただ傍に寄り添うってなかなかできるものではなくて、とても難しい。そこをふまえながら、ふたりの距離感が徐々に近づいてお互いがかけがえのない存在になるって素敵。ゆっくりじわじわ優しい気持ちになれる作品だと思います。

The author is buying it. I love Ezuko sensei's works. It's not easy to accept, respect, and just snuggle up to someone, and it's very difficult. With that in mind, it's nice that their sense of distance gradually gets closer and they become irreplaceable to each other. I think it's a work that slowly and slowly makes you feel kind.

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最高です

It's the best

最初は漫画的な展開なのにそこからの時間の流れがすごく穏やかに繊細にすすみます二人の関係が徐々に深まっていくのが心地よかったです

At first, it's a cartoon-like development, but the flow of time from there progresses very gently and delicately, and it was comfortable that the relationship between the two gradually deepened

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1番好き

I like it the most

作者買いだったんです。絵柄が変わったということで「どうかなぁ？」としばらく置いておいたのですが、めちゃくちゃ好きなストーリーでした。じんわりとだけど、確実にクルものがありました。深入りしないちょうどいい関係が段々変わっていくの、良かったです。足りないものを補いあってるわけじゃないけど、確実にお互いがお互いの隙間を埋めて関係にとても萌えました。

I bought it by the author. Since the pattern has changed, “How is it?” I left it alone for a while, but it was an insanely favorite story. Slowly, there were definitely things going on. It was nice that just the right relationships that didn't go deep gradually changed. It's not like they made up for what they lacked, but they definitely filled each other's gaps and the relationship blossomed very much.

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萌えるかといわれると…

When asked if you're going to get old...

そうでもありません。が、深い。元々好きな作者さまですがいつもの（というか従来の）ほのぼのしたテイストではありません。今までの作品では匂う程度だった闇をはっきりと孕んでいます。でも淡々としていて、そこが味わい深い。曖昧にぼかしつつ、お互いが足りないところを満たし合うエンディングにじーんとしました。萌はビジュアルで補給。

That's not true either. But it's deep. It's my original favorite author, but it's not my usual (or rather conventional) heartwarming taste. The darkness, which was only smelly in my works up until now, is clearly conceived. But it's light, and that's what makes it so delicious. While vaguely blurring it, I was taken aback by the ending where both of them satisfied what they were lacking. Moe is replenished with visuals.

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作者買い

Buy the artist

絵津鼓先生は作者買いさせていただいてます。買って間違いなし。なんと言っても作画が素晴らしい。登場人物もみんなかっこよくて、可愛くて、家具や服も素敵で何度も読み返してしまいます。絵津鼓先生のお話は、どの人物も何だかとってもリアルで本当にいる人達の物語を覗き見してるような、誰かの人生を切り取ったお話に感じます。今回のお話もとても心が暖かくなりました。

I bought the artist Ezuko sensei. Definitely a purchase. After all, the drawing is amazing. The characters are all so cool and cute, and the furniture and clothes are so wonderful that I read them over and over again. I feel like Ezuko sensei's story is a story that cut out someone's life, as if they were peeking into the story of people who are very real and really exist. This story was also very heartwarming.

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なんだか泣ける

Somehow it makes me cry

すっごく悲し訳でも無いけど、なんだかちょと胸が苦しくなる感じでした。初めから引かれあった訳では無いけど、日常の生活の中で居る事が当たり前で、楽で知らないうちに大切な人になっていく2人がラスト良かった！

It's not really sad, but it felt like it made my heart ache a little bit. It wasn't like they were drawn from the beginning, but they are the last two people who are natural to be around in everyday life, and become important people easily and unknowingly!

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現実味がある

There is a sense of reality

This review contains spoilers. 心と向き合っている作品だなと思いました。途中このまま木内さんが死んでしまうのではと思いました、、、、

This review contains spoilers. I thought it was a work that confronted my heart. I thought Kiuchi-san would die like this along the way...

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絵津鼓さんの作品の中で1番！

No. 1 among Ezuko's works!

絵柄とか、人物の性格とか結構今までの作品と違う気がします。今までは読んでも普通だったというか、単に楽しんで終わっていたのですが、この作品は何度も読み返しています。単純にとても好きです。人物の描き方や間の取り方など素晴らしかったです。え？こんな急に好きな感じに変わるなんてビックリ！という嬉しい驚きです。

I feel that the designs and personalities of the characters are quite different from previous works. Until now, it was normal to read, or rather, I simply enjoyed reading it, but I've reread this work over and over again. I simply love it very much. The way the characters were drawn and the spacing was amazing. huh? I was surprised that it suddenly changed to the way I liked it! I was pleasantly surprised.

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大好き。

I love it.

This review contains spoilers. 穏やかで、優しくて、でも切ない、そんな雰囲気が自分好みで大好きな作品です。木内さんが打ち明ける所は何度読んでも泣けてしまいます。ハッピーエンド？だったので良かったです。穏やかな優しさで溢れていると思いました。

This review contains spoilers. It's a work that I love because I like the calm, gentle, yet sad atmosphere. The place Kiuchi confides makes me cry no matter how many times I read it. happy ending? I'm glad that was it. I thought it was full of gentle kindness.

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人柄が良い

He has a good personality

This review contains spoilers. キャラクターがそれぞれ良い。既に頑張ってる人に頑張れって言わない。相手に期待し過ぎない。自分の考えを平均だとは思い込まない。ただ一緒にいて楽だと思ってくれたら嬉しい。その先に2人が選んだ結婚。とてもしっくり来ました。

This review contains spoilers. Each character is good. I don't tell people who are already working hard to do their best. Don't expect too much from your partner. I don't assume my thoughts are average. I would be happy if they just thought it would be easy to be together. After that, the two chose the marriage. It came very well.

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キスシーンで充分に

Enough with the kiss scene

絵津鼓先生は、どぎつい描写がないのに、十分エモエロいのです。絵柄が大人っぽく変化して、更に何気ないキスシーン（後ろ姿だったりしても）あ～～～♡になります。ここ１年BLを読みだしてふと思うのは、主人公たちのような魅力的な生身の人間って居るけど、自分とは縁のない存在だったなということ。でも、それが垣間見れる（壁）ような感覚になれる作品が好きです。うつむいた受けにたばこ片手でキスに行くシーンが特にささりました。

Ezuko sensei is emo erotic enough, even though there are no harsh depictions. The pattern changes to look like an adult, and it becomes an even more casual kiss scene (even if it's from behind) ah~~~ ♡. What I suddenly think after reading BL for the past year is that there are attractive living people like the main characters, but they had nothing to do with me. But I like works that make me feel like I can catch a glimpse (wall) of it. The scene where I went to kiss someone with one cigarette in one hand was particularly interesting.

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BLというよりも？

rather than BL?

あんまりBLって感じではなかったです。甘くも辛くもなく、ほんのり切ない、そんな雰囲気のゆるゆるとした決して優しくはない、非凡なようで平凡な日常がそこにはありました。魚喃キリコ先生が好きな人とかにBLとは伏せてそっと読ませてみたい(笑)

It didn't really feel like BL. There was an extraordinary and ordinary everyday life there, with an atmosphere that was neither sweet, nor spicy, but slightly sad, relaxed and never kind. I want to let Uonan Kiriko sensei read BL face down to someone you like (lol)

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ふんわり透明で優しい

Soft, transparent and gentle

This review contains spoilers. 木内さんとナカジョーくん、好きで好きでたまらないとかいうような必死な感じはお互いあまり表立って出さないけれど、二人の間には確固たる絆があって、自然と一緒になったような感じでよかったです。外国で結婚して、家族を作ってゆるゆると暮らしているんでしょうか？木内さんは結婚してからまた歌を作れるようになったような気がします。

This review contains spoilers. Kiuchi-san and Nakajo-kun don't really show their desperate feelings of liking and being irresistible to each other, but they have a firm bond between them, and I'm glad they got together with nature. Did they get married in a foreign country, start a family, and live a relaxed lifestyle? I feel like Kiuchi was able to write songs again after getting married.

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素敵な作品

A wonderful piece

絵津鼓先生大好きです。ちょっと久しぶりの新刊だったのですごく楽しみにしていました。今までと、雰囲気が少し変わった感じしますが、今作もすごく良かったです。絵津鼓先生の言葉選びと言うか、漫画の雰囲気がすごく良かったです。読み終わってからもものすごく余韻を感じる作品でした。2人がものすごくラブラブになるとか、そんな分かりやすい終わり方じゃなかったけど、それが逆にこの作品らしくて、2人の関係性に説得力があって良かったなぁって思います。

I love Ezuko sensei. It was my first new publication in a while, so I was really looking forward to it. I feel that the atmosphere has changed slightly from what it used to be, but this work was also really good. Like Ezuko sensei's choice of words, the atmosphere of the comic was really good. It was a work that felt extremely lingering even after I finished reading it. It wasn't such an easy way to understand, like the two becoming extremely lovey-dovey, but on the contrary, it seemed like this work, and I'm glad that the relationship between the two was persuasive.

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期待以上！

More than expected!

This review contains spoilers. すごく…良かったです！途中これどうなるんだ？って心配になって読み急いでしまった。ハピエンで良かった(っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)また読み返してます。雰囲気もストーリーも台詞回しもとても自然でスルスルと心に入ってきます。悩みをドラマクイーンばりに喚き散らさずに、自分と静かに向き合うしかない途方に暮れたような葛藤がリアルです。二人が穏やかに幸せに暮らせますようにෆ╹ .̮ ╹ෆ

This review contains spoilers. That was really... good! What's going to happen to this along the way? I was worried and rushed to read it. I'm glad it was Happien () I'm rereading it again. The atmosphere, story, and lines are so natural that it really comes right into my mind. It's a real conflict where you feel at a loss where you have no choice but to face yourself quietly without spreading your worries all over the drama Queen. I hope the two of them can live peacefully and happily.

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辛かったけど…

it was painful, but...

This review contains spoilers. ナカジョーくんや木内さんのことがわかるにつれ、辛いというか、やるせないというか…ただ、2人が一緒にいるのを見ると、ちょっとホッとしました。それがそれが、ナカジョーくんがお引っ越し。このまま終わるのかと思いましたが、ちゃんと一緒でした。木内さんが言うように一緒にいて楽って大事。2人が心地いい場所を見つけられてよかったなぁ。また、2人が一緒に暮らしてるとこ見たいです。

This review contains spoilers. As I got to know Nakajo-kun and Kiuchi-san, it was hard, or I couldn't do it... However, I was a little relieved to see the two of them together. That is why Nakajo has moved. I thought it would end like this, but I was with you. As Kiuchi says, it's important to be together and have fun. I'm glad the two of them were able to find a comfortable place. Also, I want to see the two of them living together.

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人間ドラマ

Human drama

This review contains spoilers. 絵津鼓さんの新作！上下巻で読み応えあり！これはBLのくくりで留まって欲しくないヒューマンドラマですね〜虚無感や寂しさなどギューッと詰まってて、読むのにこちらも窒息しそう…でも希望もあって…ただただ苦しい話だけでなくて良かった！！

This review contains spoilers. Ezuko's new work! The top and bottom volumes are worth reading! This is a human drama that I don't want you to stay with in BL ~ it's filled with a sense of emptiness and loneliness, etc., and it also seems like I'm suffocating when I read it... but there's also hope... I'm glad it's not just a painful story!!

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なんか深い！

Something deep!

BLものなんだけど、なんかただのBLじゃないというか(語彙力)。男×男っていうより、個×個って感じ☘相手の性別がどうとか関係なくて、その相手を一人の人間として好きになるってこういうことなのかなーと思わされました✨この方の作品は初めて読みましたが、他のレビューにもある通りなんか深くて好きでした?誰にでもある闇とか、悩みとか、そういうモヤモヤした部分を自然と補い合える人と出逢えるのは幸せなことだな！って思えた作品です?

It's a BL thing, but I mean it's not just BL (vocabulary). Rather than a man x man, it feels like individual x individual ☘ It made me wonder if this is what it is to fall in love with that partner as a single person regardless of their gender ✨ I read this person's work for the first time, and as shown in other reviews, it was kind of deep and I liked it? It's a happy thing to be able to meet someone who can naturally make up for the darkness and worries that everyone has! is this the work you thought of?

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明日の自分や誰かのために

For tomorrow's self or someone else

This review contains spoilers. 大好きな絵津鼓先生。発売時に読んでましたが、ゆっくり再読してレビューを書いています。顔見知り程度のただの店の客と店員の関係の木内と中城。同棲していた彼女と別れて行くあてのない木内に頼み込まれ、中城の部屋での同居生活が始まります。淡々と日々を進めながら、彼らのプッと笑ってしまうやり取りや会話の中に、本人達の揺れが伝わる間であったり、仕草であったり、セリフなく表現される深い部分であったりが、先生の細やかな描写で日常の一部として自然に織り込められ、2人の距離感が少しずつ詰まっていく様子が心地よく描かれます。そしてもしかしたら、という疑問と共に少しずつその片鱗を見せていく木内の内面に、引き込まれ感情移入していきます。今日何もなくても、明日はあるのかもしれない。ずっとそんな風に思いながら読み進めている中、途中出てくる駅の場面に胸がギュッと痛くなりました。どちらの立場から考えても怖さを感じて、先生のあとがきを読んで、ああ、もしかしたら似たような事があったのかもしれない、だからこそ、この短い描写の中に現実味を帯びた痛みを感じるのかもしれない、と思いました。自分にも、自分の大切な人にも、誰にでも起こりうるかもしれない事。否定せず、急かさず、焦らず、たまに立ち止まり、ただ寄り添う。言葉にするのは簡単だけれど、きっと難しい。きっと何か出来る事がないだろうかと思ってしまう。そう考えると、中城くんはすごい。無自覚なのかもしれないけれど、きっとなかなか出来ない事。全ての人に当てはまるわけではないだろうけれど、時には肯定すらも必要ない時もあるのだと、知る事が出来て良かったなと思います。2人が歩んだ過程も、そのまま一緒に暮らしていれば互いに埋め合いながら居心地の良さを維持することが楽だったかもしれないけど、そうはしない絵津鼓先生、ああ、やっぱり大好きだな、と心から思いました。最高の描き下ろしのおかげで、大満足なとても幸せな読後感でした。先生も公表を迷われていた時もあったそうですが、同じような境遇の方やご家族からの反響も多くあったらしく、それならご自身の経験した事を話そうと、インスタライブでお話してくださっていました。先生のそのお気持ちがとても素敵だなぁと思います。これからもずっとずっと一ファンとして、応援していきます！

This review contains spoilers. I love Ezuko sensei. I read it when it went on sale, but I'm slowly rereading it and writing a review. Kiuchi and Nakagusuku are just familiar with each other's customers and clerks. They are asked by an aimless Kiuchi to break up with her girlfriend, who they have been living with, and they begin living together in Nakagusuku's room. As they move forward in their day to day, they comfortably depict how the sense of distance between the two becomes filled little by little, as the sense of distance between the two is filled up little by little, in their exchanges and conversations that make them laugh, where their own tremors are conveyed, gestures, and deep parts expressed without dialogue are naturally incorporated into the teacher's detailed depiction as part of everyday life. Then, along with the question of maybe, they are drawn into Kiuchi's inner world, which shows a glimpse of it little by little, and they empathize with it. If there is nothing today, there may be tomorrow. While I was reading it while thinking like that the whole time, my heart ached really hard at the scene at the station that came up on the way. I felt scared no matter which position I thought about it from, and after reading the teacher's afterword, I thought, oh, maybe something similar happened, and that's why I felt realistic pain in this short depiction. Something that could happen to anyone, either myself or my loved ones. Don't deny it, don't rush, don't be impatient, stop once in a while, and just snuggle up. It's easy to put into words, but I'm sure it's difficult. It makes me wonder if there's nothing I can do. Thinking about that, Nakagusuku-kun is amazing. You may be unaware of it, but I'm sure it's something you can't do easily. It probably doesn't apply to everyone, but I'm glad I was able to know that sometimes even affirmation isn't necessary. Even though the two of them walked through, it might have been easier to maintain comfort while making up for each other if they lived together as they were, but I really loved Ezuko sensei, who didn't do that. Thanks to the best drawing, it was a very satisfying and very happy feeling after reading it. It seems that there were times when the teacher was hesitant to make it public, but it seems that there were many responses from people in similar circumstances and families, and then they talked about their own experiences on Instagram live. I think the teacher's feelings are very wonderful. I will continue to support you as a fan for a long time to come!

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