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Review: Kiss Him, Not Me, Vol. 13

Kiss Him, Not Me, Vol. 13 Kiss Him, Not Me, Vol. 13 by Junko
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The progression of my face as I read through this volume:
(Read: left to right, up to down)
ScepticalIntriguedLaughingSHOOKLoud LaughterSHOOK part 2Hysterical screaming laughterHappy crying

WHAT HAPPENED????? I AM SO??? HAPPY??? WITH THIS VOLUME??? The last two volumes had been tragic disappointments, to the utmostest of utmost degrees. Kiss Him, Not me! was literally, LITERALLY, one of my FAVOURITE manga, okay? It was up there with the best of 'em, right? But then... volumes... 11 and 12... *shudder* That's when it all went downhill. That's when... (if you've read the synopsis of this volume it isn't a spoiler but if you haven't it is) So that happened, and the series never went back up from there, not really. I was heartbroken. I had so very tragically lost one of my favourites….

Mob Psycho 100, All You Need Is Kill, High School Juliet, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, My Hero Academia

Behold… The awful sight that is my current “Favourites” list on MyAnimeList… That’s how serious it had gotten. I had actually axed it from the list. No Kiss Him, Not me! to be found.

And then… And yet… Here we have volume 13. It was… Amazing. I mean, “amazing,” like, guilty pleasure type “amazing,” you know how it is. It was exactly how I remembered it being in the good old days. It was the series that I fell in love with. I kid you not this volume had me SCREAMING and HITTING THINGS because of how hard I was laughing and because of how funny this shit is. It was beautiful. And you know what, I think I’ve already written at least one very similar sentence in reference to this series in the past. I was so scared that I’d never be able to again, and that I’d have to just trudge through these last two volumes in order to finish the series, but by god THE BITCH (this series) IS BACK.

I kinda want to revisit those “faulty” volumes again, because now I find myself wondering if it had not actually been the volumes’ fault, but in fact mine? Could I have possibly been in some sort of rut that disconnected me with the story and sense of humour so that it no longer resonated with me? It’s possible. I think I may have also been too against… the thing that happened, and that was also making me very bitter since it was very central to the plot. Since I have now had a couple months to digest it, I went into this volume with a much more open mind (and extremely low expectations) and it ended up working out beautifully.

I am somewhat timidly adding this series back to my favourites list, and I hold the 14th and final volume of this series with fearful yet excited hands.


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Volumes: 1, 2, 3-8 (N/A), 9, 10, 11, 12, 13*, 14

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