The Flavor of Melon Manga Reviews (P.6)

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Aug 22, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

明日も生きてみようかと思わせてくれます。

It makes me think I'll try to live tomorrow too.

人が抱える”何か”に対する莫大な不安はみんなそれぞれあって、急に好転したりするものではなくて。この物語でも大きく事件や転機は起こらない。けれど、確実に2人が何もなく一緒にいることでお互いにじんわり滲むような愛を知る。愛を伝えることの大切さを知っている人たちだからこそ、不器用ながらも懸命に伝える様は涙が出ました。君とだから一緒にいたいよ、と大切な人に伝えたくなる素敵なお話です。読んで損は絶対しません。明日がちょっと憂鬱な人、なぜか涙が出る人、きっと2人がちょっと背中を押してくれます。ぜひ読んでみてください。

Everyone has their own enormous anxiety about “something,” and it's not something that suddenly improves. There are no major incidents or turning points in this story. However, they definitely know the love that gently exudes to each other when they are together without anything. Because they are people who know the importance of conveying love, I burst into tears as they worked so hard to convey them even though they were clumsy. It's a wonderful story that makes me want to tell my loved ones that I want to be with you. There is absolutely no harm in reading it. I'm sure the two people who are a little depressed tomorrow and those who shed tears for some reason will give me a little bit of a push. Please read it.

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Aug 17, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

静かなお話

A quiet story

落ち着いて淡々と流れるストーリーが好みでした。読んでいると作中の台詞にハッと気付かされたり、共感したり、グサっと刺さったり。。「親だからって期待しちゃ駄目だと学んだ」「分かりやすい愛情って重要」とナカジョー君の放った台詞が自分が子どもの頃に感じた気持ちそのものでした。そして親になった今、違う視点から跳ね返りのように刺さりました。そうだよな、私も子どもに「分かりやすい愛情」をたくさん注いであげようと思いました。

I liked the story, which flows calmly and bluntly. As I read it, I was immediately made to notice the lines in the story, sympathize with it, and it just stung right away. Nakajo's lines, “I learned that you can't expect anything just because you're a parent” and “love that is easy to understand is important,” was the very feeling I felt when I was a child. And now that I'm a parent, it stings me like a bounce from a different point of view. That's right, I also thought I'd pour a lot of “easy-to-understand love” into my kids.

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Aug 01, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

絵津鼓先生！

Ezuko sensei!

絵津鼓先生の作品が大好き過ぎて即買いです！2冊に渡りゆっくり2人が寄り添ってお互いが良い場所になって…静かに涙が出てくる柔らかくて良いお話しです。

I love Ezuko sensei's work so much that I bought it right away! It's a soft and nice story where 2 people slowly snuggle up and become a good place for each other over 2 books... it's a soft and nice story where tears come out quietly.

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Jul 26, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

じんわり泣けた

I was able to cry softly

This review contains spoilers. 表紙がすごく印象的で、ずっと気になっていて、でも、表紙とタイトルから中身が見えてこなくて、好みじゃなかったらやだな、なんて思ってましたが、全然！めちゃくちゃ好きなやつでした。キャラクターがとても良いです。優しい。2人とも色々と苦悩しているんだけど、他人を責めたりしていなくて、どこか自分を責めてるというか…。それに、お互い隠さない！とりあえず聞かれたら何でも話す。よく話す。関係が進んでいっても変わらずに。会話がいいです。お互いを救っているな、と思いました。時より背景が薄いのは、木内さんの見えてる風景なのかな？（絵津鼓先生初読みです。）何も知らなかった2人が、なんでも知っている大切な関係になるまでを丁寧に描いていて、じんわり泣けました。

This review contains spoilers. The cover was really impressive, and I've always been interested in it, but I couldn't see the contents from the cover and title, so I thought it would be nice if I didn't like it, but not at all! I really liked it. The characters are very good. gentle. Both of them are suffering a lot, but they're not blaming others; they're blaming themselves somewhere... Besides, we don't hide it from each other! Anyway, if you ask me anything, I'll talk about it. Speaks a lot. As the relationship progressed, it didn't change. The conversation is good. I thought they were saving each other. I wonder if the background is lighter than time is the scenery Kiuchi can see? (This is Ezuko sensei's first reading.) The two people, who didn't know anything, carefully drew until they had an important relationship where they knew everything, and it made me cry slowly.

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Jul 23, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

暑い夏の日の今、読めてよかったお話

A story I'm glad I was able to read now on a hot summer day

This review contains spoilers. 新刊で出てすぐに買ったのに、手が出せてなかった作品。作者さん買い。親から援助されてる部屋住みでライブハウスのバイトの男と女のヒモみたいにふらふらしてて追い出された男。そんな軽い話だと思ったし、初めはそんなカンジだったのに。なかなかこわい話だった。2人とも第一印象がどんどん覆されていって。そうねー誰しも対外的な自分を作って表現してるよね。周りの人達もけして悪人ではなく。だからって愛してくれるわけでもなくて。自分が望むものが、自分の望むカタチで手に入る人なんてどれだけいることか…。でも、木内の不安定さには恐怖を感じる。元カノもつらかっただろうな。この2人は出会えて救われたのかな？2人が恋人同士なのかわからない。やることやってるけど、なんか家族として一緒にいたい。癒されたい。だけ？ラストは幸せを全面に出してたけど。ま、2人がお互いに幸せならそれでいいのか。

This review contains spoilers. I bought this work as soon as it came out in the new edition, but I couldn't get my hands on it. The author bought it. A man who lives in a room supported by his parents and was kicked out for wandering around like a pimp for a man and woman working part-time at a live house. I thought it was such a light story, and it was just that bad at first. That was a pretty scary story. The first impressions of both of them were being overturned more and more. Well, everyone expresses themselves by creating an external self, right? The people around me aren't bad people either. that doesn't mean they love you either. How many people can get what they want in the form they want... But I'm terrified by Kiuchi's instability. My ex girlfriend must have had a hard time too. I wonder if these two met and were saved? I don't know if the two are lovers. We're doing what we need to do, but we want to be together as a family. I want to be healed. just? The last one was full of happiness, though. Well, if the two are happy with each other, is that OK?

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大人になった今だからこそ刺さる

It only stings now that I'm an adult

レビューやSNS等で高評価だったこの作品、1巻がお値下げを機に購入してみました。絵柄が優しい雰囲気と同じように、BLというジャンルではなくただただ染みるお話でした。何となく接点があり距離が近付いて、情熱や勢いはなくともお互い相手の優しさを感じて傍にいるのが当たり前になる。いないと寂しいと思う。恋ってそんなことから始まるんですよね。blとか男同士とか関係なく、その人がいるだけで息をするのが楽になるそんな存在って大切だと思わせてくれる。ふたりがそれぞれ抱えているものがふたりでいることによって軽くなったらいいなと思いました。自分の足元がいつも暗い気がして、先が見えなくてふとした瞬間瞬間にいま消えたら楽になれるのになって考えたりする時がある、そんな時に過剰な励ましや慰めは必要なくてただただそばにいてくれるだけで少し呼吸が楽になれるそんな人が人生には必要なんです。ジェットコースターのような恋愛も好きですが、この作品のようにじわじわと優しく染み渡るのもいいですね。温かさを感じる。大人になった今だからこそ刺さる作品かなと思います。一読してレビューを書きましたが、読み直してみて☆5に改訂です。

I bought 1 volume of this work, which was highly rated in reviews and SNS, etc., due to price cuts. Similar to the gentle atmosphere of the design, it was a story that simply steeped in, not in the BL genre. Somehow there is a point of contact, and the distance gets closer, and it becomes natural for them to feel the other person's kindness and stay by their side even without passion or momentum. I think I'll be lonely without it. That's how love starts, doesn't it? It makes me think it's important to have someone who makes it easier to breathe just by having that person, regardless of BL or between men. I thought it would be nice if the two of them were holding something lighter by being together. I always feel that my feet are dark, and there are times in my life where I can't see the future and think that it would be easier if it disappeared right now, and I don't need excessive encouragement or comfort at such times, and I need people in my life who can breathe a little easier just by being by my side. I also love romance like a roller coaster, but it's also nice that it slowly and gently seeps in like this one. I feel the warmth. I think it's a work that only sticks to me now that I'm an adult. I read it and wrote a review, but after rereading it, it was revised to ☆ 5.

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Jul 06, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

素敵

nice

絵柄が変わってからの最初の作品！変わる前からすごく好きな作者様ですが、こちらの作品もお気に入りになりました♡すっごくリアルで、とにかく雰囲気がエモいです。

This is my first work since the design changed! I really liked the author even before he changed, but this work has become my favorite too ♡ It's so real, and the atmosphere is just so emo.

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自分でいられる人といっしょにいること。

Being with someone you can be yourself with.

上巻が割引になっているタイミングで購入しました。数日置きましたが、やはり下巻が気になって気になってポチ。上下巻ものの下巻を買わないなんてナイですよね。ワケアリバイトの中城くんとワケアリ家なしの木内さんが同居することでお互いの触れにくいところに少しづつ優しく、ときには強引に触れていく2人。テンポが良く、くすっと笑える会話や雰囲気のある絵柄がすてきな作品でした。

I bought it when the first volume was discounted. It's been a few days, but I'm still worried about the second volume, so I'm worried. It's nice not to buy the lower volume of the upper and lower volumes. Since Wakeari part-time Nakagusuku-kun and Wakeari Homeless Kiuchi-san live together, they are two people who little by little gently and sometimes forcefully touch each other's hard-to-touch places. The tempo was good, and it was a wonderful work with laughable conversation and atmospheric patterns.

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こころにじんわりくる作品

A work that is gentle on the mind

This review contains spoilers. 現在、木内さんと同じような症状があり、日々生きづらさを感じていました。だからこそ、中城くんのような何も言わずにそっとそばにいてくれるそんな存在がどれだけ大事か身に染みて感じられました。あとがきの作者の方のメッセージにも励まされました！

This review contains spoilers. Currently, I have symptoms similar to Kiuchi, and I felt that it was difficult to live every day. That's why I was able to feel firsthand how important it is to have someone like Nakagusuku-kun who can stand by me softly without saying anything. I was also encouraged by the message from the author of the afterword!

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絵が好きです。

I like the picture.

ゆっくりと知り合っていく感じがいいです。ヒューマンドラマ。絵が綺麗。アートで文学的な匂いが漂う作品だと思います。

I like the feeling of getting to know each other slowly. human drama. The picture is beautiful. I think it's an art work with a literary smell.

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これだよ、これ！！！

this is it, this!!!

こういうのが欲しかったんですよ！！邪魔するモブ女性とか暗い過去とか要らないの。人生いろいろ、親や友人、人間関係いろいろ、そんななかで出会う居心地のいい愛すべき存在とは何かを丁寧に描いてて素晴らしい！！！！！！BLの少女漫画っぽさに飽きてきている方に勧めたい！

I wanted something like this!! I don't want mob women or dark pasts to get in my way. It's wonderful that it carefully depicts a comfortable and lovable person to meet in a variety of lives, parents, friends, and relationships!!!! I would recommend it to those who are getting tired of the BL shoujo manga!

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泣けるし温かい

It makes me cry and it's warm

This review contains spoilers. 重いテーマではありますが登場人物のお陰でそこまで暗くならずに読めるのですが、鬱傾向のある人は引っ張られてしまう感覚があるかもしれません。なぜならその描写がとてつもなく理解できるというか、まさにそういう感じなので、ああ本当にこうだなと思うシーンが何度かあるからです。ある程度客観的に自分を捉えられる時期なら読んで大丈夫だと思います。以下感情的な感想です。すべては最後に木内さんが中城くんを抱きしめながら言った言葉に込められていたと思いました。木内さんがゆるやかに救われていく姿に泣きながら読みました。ふたりともが愛おしい。さまざまなものにとらわれない愛の物語だった。木内さんが最初に中城くんが良いと言ったのは、中城くんが自分の本当のことを知らなかったからだというのもあるとは思うけど、中城くんと出会って人となりを知る中でこの人ならという感覚もあったんじゃないかと思う。だって鬱なら自分を傷つけるかもしれない人には近付けないから。救われてくれたのなら本当によかった。本当によかった。読めてよかった。この本に出会えたよかった。また何度も読み返す素晴らしい作品に出会えてよかった。生み出してくれてありがとうございます。

This review contains spoilers. It's a heavy theme, but thanks to the characters, you can read it without getting that dark, but people with depressive tendencies may feel pulled over. This is because the depiction is extremely understandable, or rather, it's just like that, so there are a few scenes where I really think this is the case. If it's a time when you can objectively grasp yourself to a certain extent, I think it's fine to read it. Below are my emotional impressions. I thought it was all contained in the last words Kiuchi said while hugging Nakagusuku-kun. I read it while crying as Kiuchi-san was slowly being saved. They are both adorable. It was a love story that wasn't bound by anything. I think the reason Kiuchi first said that Nakagusuku-kun was good was because Nakagusuku-kun didn't know the truth about himself, but while meeting Nakagusuku-kun and getting to know his personality, I think there was also a feeling that he was this person. That's because if you're depressed, you won't get close to people who might hurt you. I'm really glad you were saved. I'm really glad. I'm glad I was able to read it. I'm glad I came across this book. Also, I'm glad I came across a wonderful work that I reread over and over again. Thank you so much for creating it.

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さざ波のような優しさの作品

A work of gentleness like ripples

This review contains spoilers. 木内さんのうつ描写がすごくリアリティがあってゾッとしました。特に新幹線のシーンでは、木内さんのシルエット1つで木内さんの頭の中に膨大に入っていく雑多とした情報や感情が見えるようで、本当に繊細に丁寧に描かれた作品だなと思いました。天井の複雑なメタリックの網目模様から、じわじわと、でも早急に不安が滲んで膨れ上がる感じがひしひしと伝わってきます。2人の距離感もとてもよくて、ジェットコースターのような恋とかじゃなく、少しずつ少しずつ寄り添っていく2人の姿が温かかったです。とても良い作品に出会えて幸せです。

This review contains spoilers. I was horrified that Kiuchi's depiction of depression was so realistic. Especially in the bullet train scene, it seemed like you could see the vast amount of miscellaneous information and emotions entering Kiuchi-san's head with just one silhouette, and I thought it was a really delicate and careful work. The intricate metallic mesh pattern on the ceiling conveys the feeling that anxiety slowly but quickly oozes out and swells. The distance between the two was also very good, and it wasn't a rollercoaster love, but the sight of them snuggling up little by little was heartwarming. I'm happy to have found such a good work.

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今の時代ならではというか…

I mean it's unique to this day and age...

同じような疾患を持つ家族がいるので感情移入しながら読みました。もしかして作者様もそうなのかな…と思いました。とても細やかに描写できてますね。何度も読み直したくなる作品です。生き辛いご時世だからこそたくさんの人に読んで欲しいです。

There are families with similar illnesses, so I read it with empathy. I was wondering if that was the case with the author... It's very detailed, isn't it? It's a work I want to reread over and over again. I want many people to read it because it's a difficult time to live.

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大人にこそ沁みる話。

It's a story that only adults can enjoy.

ずっと読みたかった作品。やっと読めました。何と言うか言葉が出て来ませんね、色々辛い経験をしてきた大人の人にこそ分かるお話なんではないでしょうか。現実は上手く行かないことばかりだし、辛い時期は必ず訪れますよね。そんな心が弱っている木内と中城くん2人が出会って幸せになるお話を届けて下さってありがとうございます。社会との関わり方、心の繋がり、体温の温かさ、1人では乗り越えられない壁。それぞれ抱える辛さを2人で埋め合う事でゆっくり進んで行ける、誰もが経験した事がある様な(するかも知れない)お話でした。ジャンルはＢＬですがこの作品を読むと性別とか何だったんだろうと思えますよ。自分の大切な人を大事にしようと改めて思いました。

A work I've always wanted to read. I was finally able to read it. I can't come up with words to say it, and I think it's a story that only adults who have had a lot of painful experiences can understand. The reality is that all things don't go well, and difficult times always come, don't they? Thank you for sharing the story where Kiuchi and Nakagusuku-kun, who have such a weak heart, meet and become happy. The way we interact with society, the connection between our hearts, and the warmth of our body temperature are barriers that cannot be overcome alone. It was a story where two people could slowly move forward by making up for the pain they each have, and it was a story that everyone had experienced (maybe). The genre is BL, but when I read this work, I wonder what gender it was. I thought again that I would take care of my loved ones.

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明日から前向きになれる。

I can start being positive tomorrow.

うまく言葉にできません。とにかく読んで良かったと思ってます。この作品だけ何回もレビュー編集してます。私の友人の話なんだけど、て言えるくらい会話とか日常とかリアルでした。その分、心にグサグサと刺さって残ってます。でも、嫌なものじゃなくて、読んだ後は明日から頑張ろうって前向きになれます。何回も読み返すほど大好きです。なんてことない日常の素晴らしさを改めて感じる。とある2人の日常のお話なのに、どの作品よりも心に刺さって残ってます。印象に残った場面や会話がいつでも思い出せます。絵津鼓先生のお話はいつもそう、するっと心に入ってきて抉られて癒される。凄すぎる！描き下ろしがあって良かった！！！読んでほっこりしました。ふたりが幸せそうで、それだけで幸せです。ずっと苗字呼びなのもなんかすごく素敵。長々と語ってしまった。

I can't put it into words very well. Anyway, I'm glad I read it. I've reviewed and edited this work many times. It was my friend's story, and the conversation and everyday life were so real that I could say that. That's why it stuck in my heart and left behind. But it's not that I don't like it, and after reading it, I can be positive that I'll do my best starting tomorrow. I love it so much that I read it over and over again. I once again feel the awesomeness of everyday life. Even though it's a story about the everyday lives of two people, it stuck in my heart more than any other work. You can always remember scenes and conversations that left an impression on you. Ezuko sensei's stories are always like that; they quickly come into my heart, make decisions, and be healed. that's too amazing! I'm glad it was drawn!!! I was relieved to read it. They both seem happy, and that alone makes them happy. It's also really nice to be called by last name all the time. We've been talking for a long time.

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BLというより世界平和的な？

More world peace than BL?

陰も陽も苦も楽も、どちらかが悪くてどちらかが良いって訳でもなく、巡り巡るし、表裏一体だし、ただそこにそうあるだけ。そういう雰囲気が、ストーリー展開や、挟み込まれたエピソード、二人の関係などありとあらゆるところに一貫して染み渡っている。そこに軽快でクスッと笑える二人のやりとりがあり、人間味を感じる。なんだって良いんだよ。生きてることに深い意味なんて持たせなくて。毎日食べて寝る。それを確保するだけで大仕事だよ。。。。。と思ってしまう本でした。

Yin, Yang, bitterness, and pleasure don't mean that either one is bad and which one is good; they go round and forth; they are two sides of the same coin; it's just that. That kind of atmosphere has consistently permeated everywhere, including story development, sandwiched episodes, and the relationship between the two. There was an exchange between the two people who were light and laughable, and I felt a sense of humanity. Whatever it is, is good. Don't let being alive have any deep meaning. I eat and sleep every day. Just securing it is a big job... It was a book that made me think.

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心にしみる

Instilled in the heart

This review contains spoilers. 心にしみいって、泣いてしまいました。二人の感情を淡々と描いていくからこそ、感情移入がしやすいのかと思います。優しいお話でした。そして、亡くなった男の先輩を思い出しました。チャラくて陽気な人でしたが、ある日突然旅立ちました。木内さんを見て、先輩にも黙って寄り添ってくれる人が必要だったのだろうかと、考えさせられました。未だに先輩のことには悔いているので、そこにも刺さる話で、涙が止まりません。

This review contains spoilers. It seeped into my heart and I cried. I think it's easier to empathize because they bluntly depict the feelings of the two. That was a kind story. Then I remembered the man's senior who passed away. He was a charmer and cheerful person, but one day he suddenly left. Looking at Mr. Kiuchi, it made me think that my seniors also needed someone to shut up and snuggle up to me. I still have regrets about my senior, so I can't stop crying because it's a story that sticks right there too.

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それぞれの味

Each flavor

ノンケ遊び人の木内君に居候として転がりこまれた中城君。2人はお店の店員と常連以外接点がなく友人でもない関係だが2人で過ごす時間はとても優しくて。皆それぞれ色々な事を抱えて生きている事、時には干渉せず過度な励ましは不要なこと。色々感じさせられました。心の奥がじんじんしました。書き下ろしがとても良かった。是非見てほしい作品です。

Nakagusuku-kun was taken to live by Kiuchi-kun, a nonke playboy. The two had no point of contact other than the store clerk and regular customers, and they were not friends, but the time they spent together was very kind. Everyone lives with various things, and sometimes there is no need for excessive encouragement without interference. It made me feel a lot. I felt at ease in the back of my heart. The writing was very good. This is a work I definitely want you to see.

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May 18, 2022 (PST) | Translate to English

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絵が変わっていて大人の恋愛になっていました。重いテーマだけど２人の相性が良かったんですね。時間をかけて自然に寄り添う感じにホワッとしました。ラストフライデーのケンちゃんと話が繋がっていてビックリです。どちらも出番少なかったけどw

The picture had changed, and it had become an adult love affair. It's a heavy theme, but the two of them went well together. I was so relieved that I took the time to snuggle up to nature. I was surprised that the conversation was connected to Ken-chan from Last Friday. they both had few appearances lol

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