Thanks to NetGalley and to VIZMedia for sending me an e-galley of this manga in exchange for an honest review!

Yuna is an idealist, she longs to find her true love and finds comfort in manga and the idea that her prince will one day come for her. Akari is more of a realist, she believes that if you want to find love you need to make a move. When Yuna finds Rio, a boy that seems to be the prince that she had always hoped for Akari is quick to bring her back to earth. Rio is her step brother and not the type of guy that Akari thinks that Yuna should be pining for.

I felt the first volume of this manga really set an amazing stage for the future issues. We learn a lot about the type of person Yuna is. She only met Akari because Akari ran up to Yuna and asked to borrow money for the train. Yuna was kind enough to offer her money in exchange for Akari's bracelet as collateral. Turns out Akari and Yuna live in the same building.

I liked how they both became fast friends and how Akari has become kind of a big sister for Yuna, she's concerned about Yuna's notions on love and worried that she's going to give her heart to the wrong guy. Namely, Rio, her brother who has a lot of lady drama. I don't know if it's a thing for girls to write random guys notes that they want to date, but that was cute. It might be a cultural thing or those girls are a lot braver than I was in high school.

Love Me, Love Me Not so far is a very sweet story and I want to know what happens. All the characters are generally good and easy to relate to.

Yuna and Akari meet by chance on the day Yuna’s best friend moves away and Akari is also saying goodbye to someone very dear to her. An act of kindness at the train station quickly evolves into a wonderful friendship between two girls who are very different people. Akari is outgoing, direct and believes people fall in love by getting out there and meeting all sorts of people till they find someone who they can fall in love with. Yuna is a quiet, shy girl who rarely looks people in the eyes and believes love is something romantic that just comes over you, like in the shojo mangas she loves to read.

Together they embark on the journey that is the first year of high school. There are classic miscommunications and misunderstandings, rumors and reactions, well, you get the picture. It’s a pretty standard shojo itself.

The art is of good quality and consistent throughout, though I must say I didn’t find anything about it that truly attracted my eyes. You know how some manga has particular pieces that you just have to stare at with envy because someone can draw THAT well. I didn’t see one of those in this book, but again, the art in general was of good quality.

The storyline was, well it was there, and it was alright. I was hoping there would be a little more something going on than there was, and I found that the pacing was a bit slow in the middle, but that ending!!! Of course, there is a massive cliffhanger/plot twist at the end that is totally going to get me to read the next volume just so I know the answer! Ugh. Volume two, I shall wait for you!

A good manga for anyone wanting a more classic shojo with a OMG ending (I secretly hope it’s true cause that would be different, awesome, and slightly scandalous)!

In high school, I read a ton of Manga! All the time! So when I heard about Love Me, Love Me Not, I decided to embrace my high school self and give it a shot! Sometimes you forget how much you used to enjoy doing something!

Love Me, Love Me Not was a really cute story. It had characters that were both likeable and relatable and the way that Sakisaka wrote them, will allow for a lot of depth and growth to be introduced as the story continues! There were the beginnings of typical high school drama and a bunch of teenage angst, but it wasn’t overwhelming, and let's face it, who doesn't love a little drama?!

I’d recommend the story to any Manga fans! It was a quick read with amazingly detailed drawings. The themes could be considered adult, but they were well written from a teen perspective, so safe for any age! If you’re a fan of cutesy romance stories, you’ll love reading Love Me, Love Me Not. As for me, I’ve added a new Manga series tracker page to my reading journal, so it’s time to dive back in!

<i>arc provided by the publisher and netgalley in exchange for an honest review</i>

This was just an okay read for me. There really wasn’t anything special in this that made me fall in love with it, everything was just pretty mediocre.

The characters didn’t seem to have a lot of dimension, at least not until the last few pages. I didn’t really like the insta love aspects to it either.

I probably won’t be continuing on with this series.

2/5 ⭐️

Thank you to NetGalley and VIZ Media LLC for the ebook provided.

Love it, love it, love it!!! Manga has been always brings me to express pure joy while reading it. It’s so natural, so pure, its everyone stories too.

Yuna, a girl who has lack of confidence, always looked down everytime she talked to someone else, made friends with Akari, the attractive girl, so confident and positive, they’re totally different but that’s how they complete each other.

They’re friendships bring them to continue learned about each other weakness’ and support each other. They found love, they expressed each other’s feelings though it wasn’t easy at the beginning. They’re bring the real
value of what is best friends for. I really loved the part when Yuna had to defend Akari for her untrue story and put Akari as as bad person.

Story ike this along with sweet illustration will always stuck in my mind. I’ve been reading manga since middle school, their stories about friendships, loves, real world problems still impressed me until this day.

Love this manga!!!

So I definitely went into this book with the wrong impression. For some reason, I thought it was a girl’s love manga! However, I’m pleasantly surprised by the focus on female friendship.

The art is fresh, and the writing is really good. It left on a cliffhanger that had me wanting to read more!

Super psyched to have received an arc of this now that we’re getting English translations! Thank you to the publisher!

Ao Haru Ride has remained on my favorites list for as long as I’ve been reading manga, so I’m very excited that this work by Io Sakisaka is finally here!

The artwork is beautiful as always, her style is so iconic and it’s refreshing seeing it again.

The story centers around two heroines, polar opposites in their ideals of love. Innocent Yuna, who still hasn’t had a relationship because she’s waiting for her prince. Headstrong Akari, who believes you can convince yourself to fall in love with whoever you choose. Yuna and Akari are adorable, I love their instant friendship and the way they’re already growing. Throw in a childhood best friend and a prince look alike with a surprising amount of baggage, and I just know we’re in for a ride.

The little twist was a little predictable but I can’t wait to continue the series and find out how this little love square goes!

*Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for supplying me with an Arc of this manga*

Enjoyable art style, very cute and easy to read.

Thank you so much for Netgalley for providing an arc for me to review honestly.

This is a pretty basic shojo manga and there were few problems with it. One of them being a problem with the arc file itself. 40 percent of the pages are blank so there isn't much concept to grasp. The art is great but then again, the broken arc file and the plain storyline doesn't make me astonished by it.

I was so excited when I found out that we were getting a new series from the amazing Io Sakisaka. I feel very blessed to be an early reviewer on this first volume.

Let me start of by saying that I am interested to see how readers feel at the trope that is introduced at the end of this volume. But first, let me back up.

We initally meet 2 young women who are polar opposites, but become fast friends over a shared experience. Yuna and Akari are a very unlikely friendship, but enter high school as friends. Yuna discovers that the beautiful blonde boy she has been crushing on for a portion of the summer is no other than Akari's step brother, Rio. Kazuomi, Yuna's life long friend enters the picture and catches Akari's eye.

From here, things start to get messy. There are lots of feelings between these 4 friends. This first volume lays the ground work for how these relationships all interconnect, and then drop the trope bomb on you in the last chapter.

I am very intrigued by the concept of this story, and am definitely looking forward to the next volume. At this point, I feel the series is going to fall into something like Strobe Edge, and end up being complicated, but fun and interesting, and always wrapped up in the beautiful art from Sakisaka.

Ah I loved this! This was so great! I loved so many things about this manga.

This story follows our two heroines, Yuna and Akari who become unlikely fast friends.

I really loved the friendships in this story! Yuna and Akari have a sweet supportive friendship and it’s my favourite part of the story.

I enjoyed the starting of the relationships between the love interests. I’m excited to see where the relationships go.

I’d like to see more of the friendship between Yuna and Kazuomi because it mentioned they were childhood best friends and I’d like to see more of the relationship the two have. I feel like we only got a glimpse of it.

The ending left me shook and I’m excited to pick up the next one!

Love Me, Love Me Not is a warm and sweet manga. It follows two heroines, Yuna⁠—a sweet, shy girl who dreams of a first pure love and Akari, a thoughtful and outgoing girl with more realistic views on love. Despite being opposites of each other with different perspectives on love, the two form a friendship. I appreciate how this manga not only focuses on romance but a positive female friendship as well.

The art is beautiful and clean, which adds on to the excellent story-telling. This manga ends on a cliff hanger which leaves you wanting more. Overall, I enjoyed this manga and I'll definitely continue this series. I'd highly recommend this manga to anyone who enjoys romance and shoujo manga fans.

Thank you to NetGalley and Viz Media for a copy of this manga in exchange for an honest review.

I am cautiously optimistic about this one. The way I see it, it could either be a really cute love square coming of age story, or it could be Domestic Girlfriend without the pretense. Yuna is a little too naive, but I like that the other characters point that out. And Rio isnt as big a jerk as i initially thought he would be.

This manga is a very sweet and cute story about friendship and romance. It’s just the beginning of the series, but already I’m hooked and can see myself wanting to read more about these characters and their relationships. Also, the art is very soft to go with the soft feel of the plot. Would recommend for people who need a little pick me up about two very different girls navigating friendship and the different ways they approach crushes.

Thank you to NetGalley and VIZ Media for the free copy of this manga in exchange for an honest review. My thoughts were not affected by the free copy.

This is a nice start to what looks to be a very cute and sweet manga. I wasn't sure I wanted to request it because I worried this would develop into a love triangle, so I sincerely hope the story doesn't go in that direction. I'm hoping it'll only go as far as misunderstandings and the girls trying to cheer each other on while also protecting each other from being hurt by the boys they like. As long as the female friendship keeps developing and they work through whatever goes on, I'll be happy.

The artwork is very nice and the story so far is good. I relate most to Yuna out of the two girls. I feel like her insecurity and shyness was portrayed very well. I have thought and felt similar things and it's nice seeing a girl like me represented, and I like even more that she isn't teased or forced into situations that make her uncomfortable. All of the characters feel fleshed out with interesting layers. I can't wait to see how they develop from here.

I will absolutely be picking up more of these volumes when they come out.

I received an electronic ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I loved Ao Haru Ride, but hated Strobe Edge. So what do I think of Love Me, Love Me Not?

.........

I LOVE IT! (So far.) yay

Io Sakisaka just has a way of holding your heart and then doing whatever she wants with it. Her art style is so pure and clean and I wish she illustrated every manga ever? Please?

Already from the 200ish pages of this book Sakisaka has my heart firm in her grip, and I’m scared that I’ll be crying at 3am again. (Yes, again. It’s a long story - called Ao Haru Ride. Haha, get it?)

I feel that this story will also be refreshing because Sakisaka has given 2 beautiful, unique perspectives on love in a way that makes you respect both heroines. (Though currently I do like Yuna more.) Already the 4 main characters have so much depth and maturity in them that you just don’t get in some other shoujo mangas.

I eagerly await vol.2 because that ending..... whyyyyyy I can’t take this Sakisaka, but also give me mooooore. I can’t wait to get my heart broken.

Advanced reader copy provided by the publisher on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I requested this manga on NetGalley after I read Not Your Idol Volume 1 and really loved it. It made me want to read more mangas, so I bought a ridiculous amount of manga and I requested more books by the same publishers to see if I would like more of what is coming out. I'm so glad that I requested this manga because I didn't realise it was by the same author that created Ao Haru Ride. I own all of the English volumes that are currently out but I am waiting to own the whole series before I start reading them because I feel like they would take over my life. I feel like this because I have watched the live action movie and I knew that if the mangas made me feel even 10% of the movie that I would obsess over them.

I really enjoyed this manga. It was a good introduction into how the series will progress. It's sets up potential complicated romantic relationships and you can't guess how the story will play out. What sticks out to be about this manga is the friendship between the two main characters. We see their relationship from the start and it is a driving force of this manga and I really liked seeing things play out.

I'm really intrigued to see what will happen next, but I am also sad because I will have to wait to long for the next volume to come out. I would definitely recommend this manga, especially if you enjoy romance shojo manga!

Love Me, Love Me Not Vol. 1 is the beginning of a thoughtful exploration of what it means to fall in love. I enjoyed the contrasting points of view between Yuna and Akari and how they felt about/their approaches to romance. The two male leads and love interests were also appealing in their own ways. I love how sweet and supportive Yuna and Akari are toward each other, and I was proud to see the usually soft-spoken Yuna stand up for Akari in a moment of need. I can't wait to see how the story develops.

I loooooove the artwork in this series -- so delicate and evocative! The story is framed a little differently from what I consider the typical shoujo romance, with more of a focus on the friendship between the two female leads and their contrasting views on love. I hadn't really paid attention to the summary so the plot twist at the end of the first volume genuinely shocked me! I might keep reading in this series -- I'm very curious to know what happens next.

I've enjoyed Sakisaka's work in the past, having read "Ao Haru Ride." "Love Me, Love Me Not" is a fun and engaging story of two high school girls who both have different views of what love is. There are some great moments about not judging others before really knowing them and about the importance communication, but I felt the characters were lacking, considering I didn't have any particular connection to any of the ones introduced in this volume. I hope to have more of a connection with them in following volumes.