A Side Character's Love Story

by Akane Tamura

Genres: Manga, Romance
Pages: 161
Series: A Side Character's Love Story #8
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Synopsis:

Winter is here, and the first Christmas that Tanaka-san and Irie-kun will spend together as a couple approaches. The two of them make plans to bake a cake together at Tanaka-san's place. As Christmas begins, they're both a little nervous: it's the first time she's invited a boy over, and the first time he's been in a girl's room. In the midst of it, Irie-kun works up the courage to ask for their second kiss... The heat of their love grows stronger in volume 8.

Volume eight of Akane Tamura’s A Side Character’s Love Story is super cute. I know I keep saying that all of it is cute, and it really is, but it’s turbo-charged here. Hiroki and Nobuko spend Christmas together, and also he gets sick and she goes over to nurse him a little. The glasses scene… be still my heart.

In terms of the arc of their relationship, nothing much changes here except that they get more confident with one another, with showing how they care for each other and treating each other as partners rather than just coworkers (something they struggled with even once they were together, at first).

One criticism: arrghh stop taking your masks off when one of you is sick! Wear them properly!

Rating: 4/5