There’s a significant amount of care put into making this a funny tale which concerns itself with showing Hinana’s full emotional experience even in the early going, and this helped to set this series apart from other series in my mind.A sardonic rom-com manga, Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight is perfect for fans of shojo like My Little Monster and Kare Kano. Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight will be sure to please anyone who has allowed themselves to dream about a celebrity-crush, and to this end this manga spins a warm and thoughtful tale about one girl’s story of coping with those dreams coming true. I hope this becomes more common-place going forward because it made for a more impressive reading experience for me in making the art have just a little extra impact during certain emotional scenes. similar to Viz’s Sig line or Yen Press’ Barakamon releases), and this really helped to accentuate the payoff moments which make use of the full page. It also bears noting that this is the first shojo romance series I’ve read which is printed in large format (ie. As noted above, this is complemented by her expression shifting into a simplified cartoony style during some of the funny bits, and this works relatively well throughout to make it clear when the story is trying to be serious or crack a joke. The art in Kiss Me at the Stroke of Midnight is quite strong, making use of a wider panels to get across Hinana’s expressions effectively in some of the more emotional moments. I’m quite interested to see where this story goes for these two. This plays out in a number of interesting situations as the two get closer, and I genuinely enjoyed Hinana’s struggle to make sense of it all. This is a Cinderella story, but quite happy our Cinderella actually takes some time to think through things in a way that gives the proceeding more depth than if she simply experienced them with little introspection. I liked that we frequently saw her deliberating in a way that a person who had an unbelievable meeting with a celebrity might as she experiences the full range of emotions such as denial, disbelief, and hopeful skepticism. The second part of this volume follows the aftermath of Hinana and Kaede’s fateful first meeting, and the way that Hinana’s feeling were portrayed in a realistic manner stood out to me as particularly impressive. Put simply, Hinana is not a cardboard cutout of a character, making it easy to care about her emotional journey over course of this volume. Additionally, the events of their first meeting also do quite a bit to characterize Hinana as a caring yet conflicted person, and this paid off later in terms of giving her feelings that this volume takes the time to explore some important credibility. For example, we see Hinana act relatively surprised at finding out that Kaede has a penchant for checking girls out, but it doesn’t become defining focus the way that they interact. The seriousness that the story takes itself with is important in creating a credible emotional connection between Hinana and Kaede early on, and I really liked that this was the main focus instead of turning this into another “Pretty-boy has a secret perverted side” story. Hinana’s first meeting with Kaede which really gets this series started sounds silly on paper, but I enjoyed the way that the series leans heavily into Hinana’s emotions with a sense of earnestness.
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