Thursday, November 7, 2024

Book Review: Let's Do It Already! vol. 3


Free-spirited Yuri Hasegawa and straitlaced Keiichiro Katsuragi have fallen in love. But his elite political family—producing a line of prime ministers—does not allow male descendants to engage in any sexual relations until they are 18. Can the physically affectionate Yuri and rule-abiding Keiichiro keep their relationship strictly chaste?

Yuri’s attempts at having a normal romance with Keiichiro are thwarted on a daily basis. But now that they’re on their first overnight school trip together in the mountains, they end up in the same bed?!

Let's Do It Already! vol. 3 by Aki Kusaka will be published December 3, 2024. VIZ Media provided an early galley for review.

I had read volume 1 earlier this year and enjoyed it. I unfortunately missed out on the galley for volume 2, so starting off at this one with episode 13 I was slightly lost. It did not take too much to cactch up though.

The teaser situation of "ending up in the same bed" only gets us through the first couple episodes, and then it is so quickly dropped. The rest of the volume focuses on summer break which turns out is not a break at all for Keiichiro. So, Yuri must find ways to make sure they cross paths over the 42 days between school semesters. It is all fairly standard rom-com hijinx.

As with the first volume, what impressed me most is the artwork. Once again, Aki Kusaka has a wonderful eye for style and textures. This is really something that I gravitate towards in the manga genre.

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