Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I loved it and I like this kind of shojo with a cute different and interesting characters than your usual. Our heroine Yoi Takiguchi is handsome and looks like a good looking guy which all the girls at her school nicknamed her "the Prince" and keep forgetting that she is actually a girl, then comes Ichimura-senpai who is the first person also called "Prince" to look at her as a girl and makes her feel like one.

That ending killed me and I want to know what will happen next, how is it going to be between the two and what are Ichimura's true feelings.

This was a thoughtful and beautiful read, and definitely left me wanting more! The art is gorgeous and detailed--I found myself mesmerized by the realistic poses and kept coming back to certain pages. The writing is also honest and well done, charting Yoi's insecurities about being perceived as a boy to her eventually opening up to Ichi and challenging him to date her by the end of volume 1. Obviously, these two will go through a lot more before finding a happily ever after, but this first volume certainly sets up that journey.

I also found it an interesting perspective on gender in Japan, particularly when it comes to Yoi's more masculine appearance. It's something I would be interested to see more of in future volumes in even more depth, but for now, this first installment left me satisfied.

Well, first I want to thank Kodansha and NetGalley for this arc. I liked it, but I couldn’t find me getting enchanted by it. The topic was good and cute but idk a little slow. I liked the protagonists very much (the ML was great though 😏). I didn’t liked when some dialogues were repeating, like they haven’t had something else to put and just refilled it with that? For example; on page 73 she is remembering smth from the day before. And they put what he said up but letting the bubble out there all blank. Like ??? They didn’t even bother cleaning that?
And smth that really get me off is how pretty much always 先輩 its traduced “seMpai”. I mean, if you really know japanese you should know they use the N. Its seNpai not seMpai! Its not my first time seeing it and i think you should respect others language and use what they use even in romaji and don’t just try to “occidentalize” it.

Sorry if it took to much but here’s my honest opinion.

Firstly, I'd like to thank Kodansha and NetGalley for providing the e-ARC of this romance (shojo) manga.

Disclaimer: This is an honest review from me as a reader, and it is not because of receiving the ARC or so on. Also, this review is not influenced by my mood before reading, as I read this out of the blue and not forced by anyone/anything (need to clarify this because I am a mood reader most of the time).

Summary:
Yoi Takiguchi is a girl with a tall, lanky physique and a masculine face inherited from her parents. With the nickname 'Prince', she is often approached by girls because of her cool appearance. One day, she accidentally bumped into the another 'Prince' of the school, and that 'Prince' is a guy named Kohaku Ichimura. Unlike Yoi, Kohaku is nothing like a prince, But, when he is close to her, Yoi cannot help but get flustered especially because Kohaku is good with words. All the compliments and acknowledgements that he gave make Yoi wants to distance herself from him. But, can she really ignore the attention that Kohaku gives?

Ratings:

1. Art style: 5/5⭐
This is the art style that I really love especially when it comes to shojo manga. I don't have to say much, this art style is everything I need to make me interested to read the story. It is so neat and clean, and all the characters look really good! If you are searching for shojo manga with pretty art style, this should be in your list!

2. Characters: 4.5/5⭐
In this volume, the story is centered in both the main lead in the story, Yoi and Kohaku. We are introduced to Yoi Takiguchi and Kohaku Ichimura. People assumes that Yoi is fine with being called as 'Prince' and treated like she is a guy, but deep down we know that she wants people to treat her like a girl too. While Kohaku is that rich, handsome guy that we often see in some shojo manga. His character is suspicious for now but I guess his life is not all that perfect. So, I hope that in the next volumes, we will see more of the characters' back story. I'd love to learn more about them!

3. Romance: 5/5⭐
The romance is so fluffy and I can't help but smile a lot while reading the story. Kohaku approaches Yoi without hesitation and even I, am flustered to see his action. I'd really love to see how both of them treat each other as they gradually become close.

Overall rating: 4.8/5⭐
This is highly recommended for those who enjoy romance story. The plot is interesting and the pace is great, which make this an easy read. I will definitely continue reading the series because this sounds like a promising story.

Firstly, I would like to thank Netgalley and Kodansha Comic for providing me with the e-arc of the book.
This review is based on my personal opinion and enjoyment of the book.

I would say this is the kind of shojo romance I'm mostly attracted to. I don't read a lot of romance but I do like some cute and fluffy romance that gave me butterflies and this one delivered ;)
The plot of the story is about Yoi, a girl with a handsome appearance and was always mistaken as a boy and thus nicknamed the "Prince". She accepted the title but at the same time questioned if she ever get to feel like a Princess instead. Then, one day she encountered another handsomely Prince, a rich boy named Ichimura, her senior and soon he starts to take a liking to her. Yoi doesn't know how to react to this and this situation makes her go out of her comfort zone so where does this relationship go next?

Okay, this may sound like a typical romance manga with handsome girl meets handsome boy but I like the premise of the story even though this had been done many times. What I like is we get to see the girl's perspective as Yoi try to come to terms of having a boy seems to be interested in her when she never had this kind of attention before. She's a timid person and a kindhearted one but boys never seems to pay attention to her and thus making her lack in confidence. Ichimura may seems the typical main love interest, a bad boy and doesn't pay attention to girls but suddenly have an interest on Yoi but we see that he noticed her slight changes in emotion and expression and those changes are what caused him to look at her differently. I like the budding romance and would love to continue with the series.

The art style is simplistic and perfectly captured the scenes. I love the clean panels and layouts making me as a reader appreciate the details and I just love reading them.

Highly recommended for those who love shojo manga because this will give you all sort of feelings.

This manga tells the story of a handsome young girl and a handsome young buy in high school who come across each other. While I enjoyed reading this shojo manga it also does not stand out to me compared to others.
The male lead, Ichimura, is very forward to Yoi, our main girl, and while she is swayed by his charms she knows when to hold her own which I like about her. I also love their friends despite them only being briefly in this volume. I know for sure I want to keep reading this manga and seeing how Yoi and Ichimura’s fast paced relationship further develops.

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I wass definitly soo hooked on the concept take of this manga series that I devoured this in less than an hour (𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵). Definitely be continuing this one!

Ooooh gosh I loved this manga so much! The two main characters, Yoi and Ichimura were so good looking, they gave me butterflies lol. The artwork alone was giving you all the romantic tension. I liked the premise of the plot as well and thought their relationship was so cute and sweet. Also that ending omg I can't wait to read the next volume because I must know what happens next and how everything works out!

How can an art style be so beautiful? The cover looked so cool and interesting, and the style itself is absolutely gorgeous. Everyone looks stunning and beautiful, and I ended up gazing so lovingly at it.

The story itself is not bad. I like the premise, although I was getting Monthly Girls Nozaki-Kun vibes. Our MC was almost a mirror reflection of Kashima, but she had her own personality that stopped her being a blatant rip off, but it’s clear where the inspiration came from.

I really enjoyed this. It’s a little slow paced, but I became invested in our main couple. It was cute to see them get to know each other and grow, and I’m interested to see where the manga will take them. The love interest could do with more fleshing out, but I think the next volume might provide more insight.

Overall, I highly recommend this and I hope to read more in the future.

I really liked this volume!

I picked this one up without knowing anything about it. Based on the cover I actually thought it was a BL which fits so perfectly with the theme of the story? I appreciated how the main lead struggled with feminity and her sense of self in a realistic way. I think it's common when you are that age that people keep telling you who you are as a person and how that imagine others have of you might not reflect you as a person.

I really like both main characters, I am so excited to see how their relationship will unfold, what kind of hardships they will meet and who they will be together. I really like their dynamic the chemistry was on point.

The art is also absolutely gorgeous. Which is no surprise considering Mika Yamamori is the mangaka. I actually didn't realize this was one of her works until I logged it into Goodreads and then it made so much sense.

I am very excited too read future volumes, I am kind of sad that I picked this up so early on in the series Yamamoris works are perfect for binge reading!

I was really anticipating this read, and it met, and then greatly surpassed, by expectations! I loved the artstyle, every page was so beautifully drawn. The characters were all interesting, and I am very, very intrigued to see where this story goes!

Thank NetGalley for the e-arc of this manga

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk is about a girl who’s popular for her somehow masculine face, cool vibes and tall too. Often mistaken as boy & also being call as a prince when she is indeed a girl. Until one day she encounters with a senpai that called her beautiful for the first time.

This manga makes me go waku waku & fuwa fuwa all the way! I am in love with the beautiful drawn artstyle and in love with Yoi- chan as well. Her vibes really is gakkoi and i really love her!!,!

Beautiful art, fun storyline and a sweet romance. What else could you want? In the Clear Moonlight Dusk is a story with the gorgeous cool teens you always wanted to be, romance you dream of, and adventure to rival a fairy tale. And it all combines to make you keep turning page after page, wanting more!

I'm disappointed that the main character love interest isn't a boy, but I really do like the way they wrote her. I appreciate that she is a tomboyish girl who is constantly perceived a really cool boy to the point where the whole school calls her "Prince." She carries on the burden of that projection until she meets a rough rowdy boy with a good heart who tells her its ok to be a girl and lean on him.

🎇4.5 stars✨

I managed to read this one in a matter of hours. To say it was a breeze would be putting it mildly. This volume 1 consisted of only 4 chapters, so it felt a little short. That being said, I know how much work and time it takes to complete even one page and/or panel.

The title of the manga is what attracted me towards picking it, followed by its story. At first glance, the colouring of the cover page looked amateur-ish. But that didn't have any effect on storytelling and art style was impeccable. The personalities of our protagonists shine through the pages.

Volume 1 was barely a starter and it ends on a cliffhanger as always. I would definitely pick up the next volumes to see how their relationship evolves.

The queen Mika Yamamori is back with another series!

Yoi Takiguchi is tall and has a rather masculine face, therefore, everyone mistook her for a boy. That’s why she earned the nicknamed Prince at school. All of her female classmates admired her, but she never caught the interest of a guy yet. That is, until she bumped into the school’s other prince, Kohaku. He doesn’t know at first that she is a girl, but still, he finds her beautiful. It’s the first time that she caught the attention of a guy and that he finds her beautiful the way she is.

In my opinion, this series is trying to switch gender norms. Yoi Takiguchi has a boyish face and short hair, the complete opposite of the typical main character of a shojo manga.

The male interest was pretty great too. Kohaku is rather direct and not your mysterious guy that no one knows anything about. It was a nice change for once. A sentence that struck me was when Kohaku says to Yoi that she gave him butterflies. It surprises me since this sentence usually comes out of the mouth of female characters, rather than masculine ones, which I appreciate.

Overall, it was a good introduction to this new series, it didn’t reveal much, so I’m excited to see what the future of the series holds.

I absolutely adored the book, and would love to get it for my teen collection.
I'm excited to see how this continues, and look forward to a physical release of the manga.


In your typical, girl gets confused as a male concept; Yoi Takiguchi is taller than most girls her age, with a face most call 'handsome', and a deeper voice, she is known throughout the school as a 'Prince'. While it's done in appreciation and not as a joke, Yoi isn't used to being treated as a female. That is until she meets the other school's Prince 'Kohaku Ichimura', the only one who sees Yoi for who she is.

As the two hang out more, and get closer, Ichimura's feelings for Yoi grow, and Yoi begins to experience her first love.

Thank you to NetGalley~ and Kondasha for the arc once again

I liked the characters and I thought it was cute. But I'm not quite satisfied with how the manga went. I like when characters are forward but I feel it a wee bit to early with declarations of love after from what I can tell is after not even a week of knowing one another. I also think that some of the male leads behavior is a turn off. The characters joke about sexual harassment and how he's like a stalker. But in all seriousness he doesn't respect female leads boundaries.

Also the reasons for said romance are still shallow at this point. With physical beauty being the main thing that attracts the male lead to the main character. While I'm fine with that being the thing that first attracts him to main girl, other than that I don't feel that his loves have sturdy legs to stand on. With that being said I also thought that I should comment that the art is super beautiful as well. I like the two's dynamic well enough and the ending of volume one was a good cliffhanger that makes me want to pick up a second volume.

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk Vol. 1
by Mika Yamamori
Review

My first thoughts upon finishing this were all— inelegant:
“Omg, I’m obsessed! I love it, I love it, it’s too good!”

— so this review will just be an expounding on these incomprehensible but joyful sentiments.

This is the story of two princes.

(If you’re a first time shojo reader: a prince is any handsome, gentlemanly male in the story; they’re often seen in handsome contemplation and with roses in the background; they’re good at everything they do and they often hold the rest of the world at arms length. To be a prince is to be slightly mysterious )

“A tall, lanky physique and a masculine face inherited from her parents.
Yoi Takiguchi.
First Year High School Student.
Gender: Female. “

This is the story of two princes. One of them, is Yoi Takiguchi, a girl.

It opens up with a classical shojo manga scene — girls running to catch the train before it leaves and a young man, holding the door open for them, all super gentlemanly like with shalalala flowers in the background.

Whose heart wouldn’t skip a beat?!?!

Yoi-Chan is so considerate, gentle and kind! Just last sports day she carried a competitor who had fallen, Princess-style over the finish line!

So princely!

Except that title comes with a downside— Yoi-Chan secretly wants what most high school girls want— to feel like a Princess, to flirt with boys, to fall in love. But how can she ever experience that when she’s so shy and looks like that.

“You’re incredibly beautiful……for a guy.”

After an awkward first meeting with the school’s other prince, Ichimura-sempai. They keep bumping into each other by chance, on stairways, at the convenience store, and at every point he makes his interest clear, even professing to be enraptured by her face!

“It’s like I wanna watch you forever.”

I can’t blame her for feeling all out of sorts with this being the first time she’s been approached (by a boy!) like this! But seeing as she’s a prince too, by the end she’s able to knock him off kilter for once!

A delightful, trope filled romp, showcasing the best of the genre! Not to mention the spectacular art and smooth paneling! This was such a joy to read, with many moments spent giggling and blushing! I’m excited to see where things go from here!

Would I read this again?

I had to! I love it so much!

What was your favourite scene?

I’ve bookmarked so many pages!!! But my favorite (non-spoilery) scene was when Yoi-chan stepped in (with her karate moves!) to save Kohaku from an assailant! She’s so suave!

Would I read the next volume in the series?

I wish it was in my hands right this second!

Would I recommend this?

This is all I’m going to talk about on Twitter for days, I’m going to force everyone to read it and watch them fall in love with these two!


Many thanks to Netgalley and Kodansha for sending this arc to me for review!

IIn The Clear Moonlit Dusk volume 1 is one of the strongest beginning volumes of a manga I’ve ever read. The story is quite engaging and I already love Yoi and Ichimura, as well as their dynamic. Since both characters have a “princely” reputation at their school, they already have a mutual understanding of what it’s like when peers judge them based upon apperance and socioeconomic status. I also love how Ichimiura is very honest about his attraction, perhaps even clumsily so, to Yoi (he tells her she is beautiful before even realizing she is female, in fact), but never acts pushy and is mindful about consent.

The ending of this volume was such a cliffhanger and I’m so excited to read volume two! The art style is wonderful and I’m anticipating some great discussion on themes touched in this first volume, including unconscious bias and breaking gender roles.

Thanks so much to Kodansha and Netgalley for providing me with a free digital copy in exchange for an honest review. The newly English translated In The Clear Moonlit Dusk volume 1 is now available as an ebook!