A review by half_bloodreader
Love's in Sight!, Vol. 4 by Uoyama

hopeful lighthearted

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

 Rom-com manga
 Blind tsundere FMC
 Reformed delinquent MMC
 Diverse cast (we even have recurring elderly characters)
 Social awareness 

Kurokawa makes an excellent point in this volume, while talking with Yukiko about societal expectations, how to be a benefit for society, and the unrealistic demands of the workforce that I just have to quote the whole thing. Bear with me:

"People who can see are better. Y'know, to hire. Makes 'em easier to work with. And... People who can hear. People who can walk. People with all their parts and no chronic illnesses. People without a kid at home. People who work for dirt and never complain. If your brain's different or you suck at talking or... you have a scar on your face or no work history, then you're trouble!
Some people may be fine right now. But say something changes and they're no longer a good fit. Then out they go.
But the ones that companies think they want are *the rare cases*. So why're they treated as the *standard?*
I think they're rare. Maybe it's cuz I'm a poor kid with no parents. Plus this messed-up face. Society's all about a perfectly normal life. Thing is no one thinks they're rare or special. They think however they are is just how it is. Maybe they don't think it's easy but they believe everyone out to be doing it even if others never had a chance. Because they've only seen one side of what life's about."

Rarely have we met someone who doesn't have a single health or family problem, who has no other commitments but their job, who never gets sick, who is born completely normative, neurotypical, etc... I've been saying for the longest time that normalcy is a fallacy. Yet, here we are, always demanding that people be robots or clones of this idealized performance.

Izumi confesses to her friend Shishio, who's gay, gets turned down, and then he consoles her with "Idk who I'll be in 10 years. Maybe I'll figure out that my sexual preferences are wider than I thought." I know sexual fluidity exists, but... I'm uncomfortable with this take 😬 He's been into men only since he was a teen. He's in love with a man 🤷‍♀️