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Review: Kiss Him, Not Me!, Vol. 9

Kiss Him, Not Me!, Vol. 9 Kiss Him, Not Me!, Vol. 9 by Junko
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This volume was so hilarious!!!! I kid you not, it had me laughing from page ONE! And I am not exaggerating when I say this volume literally had me HOWLING (in the sense of screams and also laughter. Sometimes simultaneously, sometimes independently). I was really glad that my parents were in the basement and my brother was in the shower so I could be as obnoxiously loud as I wanted without them calling the police for bloody murder. It was a very, very fun time.

The howls were not only brought upon by this volume being funny, but also by it being quite juicy. Junko comes up with such juicy and hilarious scenarios that always catch me off guard in the best way possible. This is a series you can never get bored with.

The chapters in this series are released monthly in Japan, therefore they're longer so they put only four chapters in each volume. This lets the volumes be published in shorter intervals that can keep up with the volumes of weekly published series. These volumes only have around 150 pages per book (as compared to 195-205 being the usual page count for weekly series' volumes) but it actually didn't really feel like it.

It didn't feel really small or anything, and didn't take me less time to read than any other manga. Time flew by in a flash, and I couldn't believe how fast time had passed by the time I had finished reading. That said, while I was reading the pace was really great and it felt like it lasted the perfect length of time.

This is a fantastic series that I would STRONGLY recommend. Pick either the anime or the manga, they're the same, just go with your preferred medium. If you watch the anime make sure to read my series review after you've finished it, because I let you know what chapter the anime leaves off so you can continue with this great series!


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

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