This digital ARC was obtainable via NetGalley for an honest review.

Once again Yukiya Asagi and Miku Sakura show how adorable they are together in volume two of "I Want to End This Love Game". I do think they were a bit bolder in this volume. I hope they will fully confess to each other soon because they are just too cute.

These two "not-lovebirds" are back at it again, continuing their back and forth game of "I love yous." I'm really curious to see what happens as Miku and Yukiya continue to ride the VERY fine, dwindling line of childhood friends to lovers. It's so obvious to everyone around them except themselves, but in this second novel at least the pair seem to recognize that not everything you read in a shojo manga is real! I can imagine the back and forth game will have to end soon- but who will give in first?

Cute, funny, and lighthearted, it's always a warm story to watch a high school love story unfold. 4/5 stars.

Yukiya and Miku are absolute dorks still carrying on with these love game shenanigans. They are taking their stupid game seriously so you can just laugh at their buffoonery. I would like to read more of their dumb romantic misadventures.

Miku and Yukiya push the boundaries of their relationship as they try to make one another blush with more intimate interactions that still remain very innocent.

Not much has changed from the first volume except an expanded cast as you get a better look at each character's home life. Art is cute.

I'm really enjoying this series. It's very fun, the characters are playful, and we are starting to get a bit more time with and input from the side characters (though I'd still like to see them fleshed out a bit more). I loved getting to see more about their history in meeting/becoming friends. This is definitely a manga series I plan to keep reading as further volumes come out. It's a wealth of silly, light-hearted romance and cute moments.

This was really cute, like the previous volume. I'm just worried that it is going to be the same every volume. We need some character development and some movement.

Thank you Netgalley and publisher for the ARC in exchange for the review!

VIZ Media provided an early galley for review.

I enjoyed the previous volume of this series, so I was ready to get more of the story this time.

This collection includes episodes 8 through 15 plus some shorter bonus material that fills in between episodes from the first volume. The pacing here starts out slower with our couple realizing that anything is fair play in this game only to then find themselves completely paralyzed by the possibilities. This does mirror in some ways one of the aspects that occur in with the young and inexperienced.

This volume gets a bit more meta too when it starts referring to the Shojo Manga that Yukiya borrowed from his younger sister and was referencing for dating ideas. This started in the last volume but it continues here. Miku also checks them out and at one point states "we are already tons of shojo-manga stuff - why aren't things progressing?". And this might have been a bit of my challenge with this volume. The story has a solid premise (the "love game") but the characters seemed a bit stuck in a rut. There needs to be growth and movement.

Of course, the last few episodes set up the cliffhanger for the volume. Where will it go from here? Time to wait for volume 3.