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A review by reader_fictions
Seven Days: Monday → Thursday by Rihito Takarai, Venio Tachibana
4.0
Pretty sure I'd actually read this before back in my year-long glut of manga when I first started reading it because this one gave me deja vu. Even if it was a reread though, I don't mind the time, because this two volume manga is adorable.
Seven Days is shounen-ai (aka boy love aka basically YA m/m romance). Shino's pretty popular with girls because he's cute and really good at archery and the girls way outnumber the guys at his school. He likes them okay but he hates that they always end up dumping him because he's not the perfect prince they were expecting.
One day, on a whim, he asks out Seryou, a kouhai (aka younger student), who dates the first person to ask him out every week. Shino meant it as a joke, but Seryou takes him seriously, walking him home everyday and buying him food. This premise is super cute, and I like how neither of them really freaks out about the idea of dating a guy: it just kind of happens. Also, it's nice how they accept each other without that expectation of perfection.
What holds this manga back from being a favorite is how much it relies on Seryou and Shino not communicating. They constantly say things because they're upset at the romance having an expiration date that end up hurting the other person and making it seem like they want the romance to end when they don't. USE YOUR WORDS, CHILDREN.
You pretty much get what you want from this story, though: cute boys kissing and being precious.
Seven Days is shounen-ai (aka boy love aka basically YA m/m romance). Shino's pretty popular with girls because he's cute and really good at archery and the girls way outnumber the guys at his school. He likes them okay but he hates that they always end up dumping him because he's not the perfect prince they were expecting.
One day, on a whim, he asks out Seryou, a kouhai (aka younger student), who dates the first person to ask him out every week. Shino meant it as a joke, but Seryou takes him seriously, walking him home everyday and buying him food. This premise is super cute, and I like how neither of them really freaks out about the idea of dating a guy: it just kind of happens. Also, it's nice how they accept each other without that expectation of perfection.
What holds this manga back from being a favorite is how much it relies on Seryou and Shino not communicating. They constantly say things because they're upset at the romance having an expiration date that end up hurting the other person and making it seem like they want the romance to end when they don't. USE YOUR WORDS, CHILDREN.
You pretty much get what you want from this story, though: cute boys kissing and being precious.