A very elegantly drawn historical manga that charmed me from the start with its bibliophilic main characters and their soft glances. :,) It’s a touch insta-lovey: I feel like the two leads grew attached very quickly, but I can also sort of understand how. There is also a “mystery” sort of aspect that is VERY obvious (literally as it was introduced I guessed what it was and was correct) but honestly? I don’t mind it. The whole thing feels like watching an only slightlyyy-historically-inaccurate period show with good juicy drama and I’m vibing with it. ( )

Beautiful art and beautiful story! Heart warming and tragic and poetic and so very alive.
And of course: Super aesthetically pleasing! ( )

A young Japanese woman moves from Nagasaki to England in 1900 in order to meet her favorite author. While she stalks him, she works as a maid for a depressed and suicidal English woman, whose engagement is shadowed by rumors of a shameful relationship with a governess who left the country under a cloud.

All the developments are very predictable as the writing is painfully simplistic and heavy-handed. I should stop here, but I have the second volume on hand from the library, and I'm always the optimist . . . ( )