A review by yvernell
Sesame Salt and Pudding, Vol 1 by Yufuko Suzuki

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

😐

I think I liked this? I felt weird reading a lot of this, and it might just be because of the age gap but I can't be sure. The younger partner, the woman, is twenty-two, and I think the older partner is in his early forties? This manga is certainly very cute, if you aren't thinking too hard about it, but I kind of couldn't get over the fact that she married (not a spoiler, it's the set-up for the whole story) someone old enough to be her father.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content

If you read, or used to read, romance manga fairly frequently, you'll know what I mean when I say this manga does that thing where one person in the couple initiates sexual contact (specifically, putting his hand up the back of his partner's shirt, which makes her jump uncomfortably) before asking or really looking for signals that they can go ahead. After this, he does initiate actual sex, which she agrees to, but not after insisting she needs to shower first, which could feel to sensitive readers that she's trying to say no without saying no - she isn't, to be clear - but it might make some readers uncomfortable.