This story was well-told and engaging throughout. I think it will definitely find its right audience and continue to inspire.

This wasn't for me. I'm starting to think shojo style books just aren't for me.
MC gets mistaken as a boy and has the nickname prince - everyone is obsessed with her, then along comes a guy who also is called prince. Naturally they get closer and closer.
Meh, it was fine, I just wasn't that interested in the story.

Yoi Takiguchi has long legs, a deep voice, and a handsome face...in other words, Yoi is such a good-looking guy that most people don't notice or care that she is, in fact, a girl. Indeed, she's had the nickname "Prince" as long as she can remember. That is, until she met Ichimura-senpai...the only person who's really seemed to see her for herself. To her surprise, she's not sure how to handle this new relationship, especially when her newfound friend is a prince himself (and a guy prince, at that). The story of the two high school princes starts here!- Goodreads

I am upset with myself that I took this long to read this manga. I love it, which is funny because it doesn't bring anything new to the table. For instance, if this isn't your first high school boy is actually girl and finally gets the attention of an attractive boy but has to navigate a new identity, then you're going to fall in love with these characters. If this not your first run, you will still fall in love with the characters but it may take you a little.

For me, Yoi, is super pure. She fell into a role that she necessarily want or ask for. But she took it in stride and as someone who went to high school, I don't see any problem with that like and like how she navigated it. I don't have much feelings about Ichimura yet. Beyond the fact that he is very honest, I don't have any one way or the other feelings about it. I am indifferent but I only read volume 1.

Overall, the pace is good. Volume 1 doesn't dragged and the two meet and connect (unwillingly on Yoi's part) fairly soon.

I like this.

4 Pickles

Cute slice of life manga in which a girl who is always being mistaken for a boy because of her more androgynous looks, begins a relationship with a boy who is able to see her for who she really is inside.

Cute and interesting high school love story about a girl who is like a prince and another prince. The first volume was a good introduction to the story and characters and showed us the setting well.
I really like the mangaka so i hope for more.

In the Clear Moonlight Dusk has become one of my favourite reads over the last year. Its dedication to portraying the tentativeness of relationships and the desirability that permeates the first relationship is nothing short of gorgeous. I would definitely recommend this to all lovers of romance shoujo.

While the art style is classic, there is an effortlessness to the storytelling that is sometimes hard to find in romance titles.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kodansha for allowing me to read an e-arc of this title.

Thank you to NetGalley and Kodansha for this ARC

This comes across as a very basic start of a series however it is still very good. Drawing style is beautiful . Will definitely read the next volume.

Yoi Takiguchi is not the typical girl, and no, it's not in a corny way. She's very tall, has a deep voice and her features are a bit masculine, which along with her charming and helpful personality have made her the Prince of the school. But there's a new Prince and he is intrigued by her.

I have to say that while I appreciate when romances go straight to the point, and we don't have to keep guessing whether someone is interested or not, the male lead went from mistaking Yoi for a boy to being obsessed with her. I have no idea if it was intentional or not, and while it's common in these type of mangas, I still felt like I needed to point it out. That got better as the chapters progressed but it was too fast and too much at the start.

What I do love about this manga is the message it sends, both by having Yoi look as well as she does despite what others consider a "boy" look, and not a convencional one for female protagonists in manga, and what having Ichimura, the male lead, show interest in her, does to both her confidence and image. I hope the series continues to focus on that topic and conversation of self-image and identity.

The cover did not convince me much about the art style but it's much prettier inside, at least in my opinion. Moreover, but especially the title, made me have a wrong idea about what this book was going to be about. Is that a reference to something? Why is it so mysterious?

I'm definetely going to continue with the series.

The artstyle was wonderful and the story is pretty compelling from the beginning. I really enjoyed the ways in which Yoi’s androgynous self has no impact whatsoever on her gender identity and is learning to become comfortable in how she lives/looks, and how Ichimura becomes the catalyst for her newly found self-love.

I have to say that the title and the style of the cover made me think this would be something other than your bog-standard high school shojo romance... like maybe vampires or something? No clue why the designer chose that font, as this is in fact a bog-standard high school shojo romance. The art is nice but unless the story is setting up something more interesting in later volumes, nothing new to see here. Honestly I was starting to get a little weirded out by how relentlessly the love interest pursued the heroine after meeting her, and the speed with which they got together made me wonder if this was going to shift gears from romance to escaping an abusive relationship territory... which I do not think was intended, so it's not good that it was giving me that vibe.

1.5 stars

I read the manga a while back and when I went back to my notes to write a review, there were some things that sounded worse that I thought, so I reread it. And yes, it was worse on my second read.

First issue, the nonexistent passing of time. In the first read, I honestly thought that 3-5 days has passed since they first met but nope, the first 3 chapters happen in two days. The main female lead (FL) goes that she's starting to understand the male lead (ML) and I can’t help but facepalm because she just met him yesterday. Moreover, half the book was cringey and awkward. Another inconsistency is how they never met or heard anything about each other when they were both called prince. His house was literally between where she lives and her family restaurant.

The worst thing for me honestly was when the ML confessed that he likes her but not in the “I like you” feeling but more of "wanting to watch you forever" way and I'm just sitting here, wondering what the author was thinking. Did she think this sounded cool and new? Later on, he tells his friends this and they literally tells him that what he’s doing is sexual harassment and that what he feels is more of sexual desire than actually liking FL. Like the author must be aware how much of a creep she's portraying ML to be because of the comment from his friends but is romanticizing it instead and trying so hard to mask it.

I am honestly just shocked at how bad the writing and pacing in the manga is because I have read another work by the author and I don’t remember it being this bad and overly fast paced and the characters acting as if weeks has passed by between them when it was honestly literally been two days! The time between chapter 3 and 4 wasn’t mentioned but I don’t think much days has passed regardless because FL got a fever from a rain shower in chapter 3 and chapter 4 focuses on that. There's a part where ML says there's no blanket when FL has a blanket on already (I was cackling over that page honestly) and then he forces himself on the bed and sleeps next to her for "warmth".

Overall, even though the author’s art style is crazy good and is my type of tea, the whole story was bad. I can’t believe she went to a high school and interviewed students just to give this result. Will I ever pick up the series again? Probably in the future when more volumes are out and with ML getting better with his POV on the relationship since in the end he seems to be starting to see the wrongs in his views.

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with a digital copy for an honest review.

Though the plot to In the Clear Moonlit Dusk can be seen and very cheesy and basic it is still very good in my opinion. I really enjoyed a more masculine female main character that didn't feel too forced or put down other girls for being more fem. The plot was at a good steady pace but never seemed to have a climax, while yes the climax was probably meant to be the confession due to the slow burn it never really stood out. Overall though the manga was a good read and I will look forward to volume 2.

In the clear moonlite dusk is a shojo manga by Mika Yamamori, author of Daytime shooting star.
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I have had the opportunity to read the first volume thanks to Netgalley and I really liked it. Mika's drawing style is one of my favorites, added to the tender story of Yoi and Ichimura, they have made me unable to stop reading. This volume is a bit introductory to the characters and how they know each other, so there is still no proper evolution in their relationship that does not go beyond friendship. Yoi is an elegant girl who does not hesitate to help whoever she needs it, hence her nickname "prince", although deep down she is shy and has not known love first hand. On the other hand, Ichimura is the typical high school flirt, who doesn't know what love is either, but sees something in Yoi that arouses her curiosity.
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I would love for a Spanish manga publisher to give this series a chance, although it is still going through volume 2 in Japan.

This manga follows a girl named Yoi who is somewhat revered and called "Prince" by her classmates because of her tall, handsome, and more masculine features. Nobody seems to actually get to know her below the surface and see who she truly is., especially the boys at her school. Then one day she runs into a boy named Ichimura, who people also call "Prince." He gets to know her and expresses interest in Yoi, which she is very thrown off by because no boys have expressed interest in her before.

I enjoyed this manga, and how lchimura was the first one to treat Yoi as a "princess" even though everyone calls
her prince, which she doesn't expect at all because of how others have treated her. Ichimura definitely really cared about Yoi, which I liked, but I did find him to be a little pushy at times which I personally wasn't a huge fan of.

I will definitely check out future volumes in this series!

rating: 3.5/5

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk Volume 1 by Mika Yamamori is a typical "Not-your-typical-girl" story, except it does it really well! It follows a tall masculine but in a pretty boy kind of way girl called Yoi and her interactions with a popular boy at her school, Kohaku, who seems to be the only one who can recognise her feminine charms.
It has great artwork inside and Yoi has such pretty boy looks I could almost imagine this as a BL manga instead of Shojo!

It does in a way reaffirm gender norms whilst at the same time questioning them, which is an interesting aspect to the story so far. I loved the comic elements and the two main characters' interactions, although once again, a shojo main male lead makes choices that in real life would perhaps get a call from the police! "Like stalking is bad, guys, don't do it! No means no!" Which does detract slightly from this first volume.

Overall, I would consider this a delightful start to a shojo series. The main female lead is a cinnamon roll and is a beautiful person all around.

As always, the author's atwork is gorgeous. I requested an arc of this book through Netgalley because I've read and enjoyed her previous work: Daytime shooting star.
This volume was funny and interesting, so it made me want to continue the story. It's really good for a light read and the artwork is really pretty.

This manga is by the same author that made Daytime Shooting Stars and now, I kind of want to read it. Because I enjoyed this one a lot.
First of all, we have to talk about Yoi Takiguchi. She is so beautiful; I loved the way she was drawn. Moreover, her personality is adorable and kind. She is the perfect heroine I think. She is really the highlight of this manga. I enjoyed the male character, Ichimura, too but for the moment, he is not outstanding or anything. Now onto the story. It is quite basic I would say. There was one small event that kind of deceived me (no spoilers, ask me in dm if you want) but I still got really happy reading this shojo. A very good thing about this manga also are the drawings, I love them.
I recommend to people looking for a cute shojo with great drawings.
3.5/5

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk, Volume 1, by Mika Yamamori is a manga style graphic novel. Yoi Takiguchi has long legs, a deep voice, and a handsome face. In other words, Yoi is such a good-looking guy that most people don't notice or care that she is, in fact, a girl. Indeed, she's had the nickname "Prince" as long as she can remember. That is, until she met Ichimura-senpai, the only person who's really seemed to see her for herself. To her surprise, she's not sure how to handle this new relationship, especially when her newfound friend is a prince himself (and a guy prince, at that). The story of the two high school princes starts here!

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk is a well written and drawn graphic novel. I liked that even though Yoi is cast as a prince, she really does not do anything that marks her as different or masculine. People are just judging her on looks and how she carries herself rather than any actual 'I'm different from other girls' action. She is just trying to get through life being successful in school and with her family's restaurant. Because oft his she has no dating experience and has no idea how to react to Ichimura- which most awkward teens and adult can relate to. Many of us have trouble with compliments and whatnot, which makes the whole awkward dance between the two so relatable and fun. I would have liked a little more of them developing a friendship, or more interaction with friend groups, but I think that the book did give enough that will keep many readers interested and looking for the next volume.

This was a very quick read and was super cute!! I really loved the two main characters and loved their chemistry a lot!! I will defiantly be picking up volume two!

Please be advised I received an advanced reviewer copy of In the Clear Moonlit Dusk volume 1 from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Contrary to most recent popular belief, I don’t just read Yaoi manga. While recently it has been mostly all I read, as it is a completely new world for me, I still dive deep into almost every single genre of manga. However, if there is one genre that holds a dear spot in my heart, it is shoujo. As a girl who grew up on Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura, shoujo was, is , and will always be that girl. I may primary be reading a josie or a yaoi title, I still make time for a cute shoujo every now and then.

When I saw the cover for In the Clear Moonlit Dusk Volume 1 by Mika Yamamori and published by Kodansha, I was under the impression that this would be a shounen ai title. Much to my surprise, I read the description and quickly realized I was wrong. In the Clear Moonlit Dusk stars Yoi Takiguchi, your totally untypical shoujo lead. She is tall, lanky, has a short haircut, and a deeper voice than most the girls in her class. Nicknamed “the prince” by said girls, Yoi stands out as the admiration of her fellow female peers while being ignored by her male classmates.

Yoi isn’t exactly thrilled with her reputation and how she is perceived by both female and male classmates but she just sort of shrugs it off and accepts her fate. Until one day she literally bumps into someone who will make her see things differently, including herself. Dubbed the “other prince” at their school, Kohaku Ichimura runs into Yoi and believes he has come across the most beautiful boy he has ever seen. It isn’t until Kohaku is corrected by his peers that he realizes Yoi is indeed a girl.

The rest of the first volume follows the budding friendship between Yoi and Kohaku. Kohaku is crushing on Yoi but Yoi who is not used to being called beautiful, much less by a boy, is very taken back and on guard. Through their following interactions, Yoi struggles with believe Kohaku’s true intentions and if he indeed is treating her differently or just being nice.

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk immediately tugged at my heartstrings because I truly felt for Yoi. Never having seen herself as “beautiful,” she really struggles with this newfound attention, especially from someone she is also attracted to. For so long her androgynous features have worked against only for now someone to be completely enamored by them is a huge change for her. Yoi clearly has a lot of confidence to gain and it is clear that Kohaku is going to play a big role in opening her eyes.

One of my favorite parts so far about Yoi’s storyline, and that I’m hoping continues in future chapters, is the fact that Kohaku sees her as beautiful just as she is. He is absolutely smitten with her when he confuses her for a boy and upon learning she is a girl, Kohaku is still just as taken aback. Him confusing her for a boy isn’t a cheap shot or causing any issues. I love that so far there hasn’t been a desperate need to show Yoi in “girly” clothes or behaving more feminine. I think In the Clear Moonlit Dusk has a huge potential to be a story that tackles the gender norms, especially in the shoujo genre with this school-age romance. It also seems to be focusing on self-image, dealing with the titles people give us, and learning to create our own.

I’m so excited to continue this series and ship Yoi and Kohaku. I’m counting down to volume 2!