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Amazon Here! Being called a prince sounds like a compliment. Beautiful. Admirable. Someone others look up to. The word carries a kind of shine to it — the suggestion that being seen this way is something to be grateful for. In the Clear Moonlit Dusk spends a great deal of quiet time examining what that word actually costs the person it gets attached to. How a Label Gets Attached There was no single moment when Yoi became a prince. It happened the way these things usua...

Amazon Here! Kohaku Ichimura looks, at first, like someone easy to understand. Good-looking. Wealthy. Comfortable with people in a way that comes naturally rather than being performed. He receives attention from the people around him without seeming to need it, and occupies whatever room he's in with a kind of ease that others tend to notice. He is called a prince — the same word used for Yoi — but it sits differently on him. Where Yoi carries the label with quiet discomfo...

Amazon Here! There is a familiar shape to the shojo heroine. She blushes easily. She loses her words at the wrong moment. She is pursued, protected, chosen — and through being chosen, she begins to understand her own worth. Yoi Takiguchi does not fit that shape. She is tall, with a low voice and sharp features that people have always found striking. She moves through difficult situations without flinching. She helps others without being asked and without expecting anything...

Amazon Here! Some stories enter quietly. No dramatic incident. No sudden catastrophe. Just a morning when someone meets someone else — and finds, without quite knowing when it happened, that returning to before is no longer possible. In the Clear Moonlit Dusk is that kind of story. Basic Information Japanese Titleうるわしの宵の月English TitleIn the Clear Moonlit DuskAuthorMika YamamoriPublisherKodansha (Desert magazine)GenreRomance / Coming-of-AgeVolumes10 (ongoi...

This manga series is a must-read for any fan of the genre! Grab a copy and dive into the story. ⚠️ This post contains spoilers for the full Given series. If you've watched Given and found yourself most tangled up by Akihiko Kaji's storyline, you're not alone. He's the character who keeps slipping out of easy categorization. Not the protagonist. Not quite a side character either. And his love life is — to put it plainly — a lot. This post answer...