I love the premise of this and this is a super wacky volume with the same type of comedy that I loved in Princess Jellyfish, but I read a review of the whole series & it looks like the series ends in a way that I know I would definitely not like so... Probably not gonna read the rest of this. ( )

I did like this basing it off the fact that the plot is a bit different than most popular manga, and that the main character is a lot older than the norm. The story was funny and did have it's emotional moments! Some that I feel could be very relatable especially in terms of being stuck with your life and career.

My main problem with it was that I felt a lot of the same situations kept repeating themselves over and over again in each chapter. This made it a bit too predictable and kind of boring after a while, since you could kind of guess what Rinko would do after being faced with a new problem in her life. Things do change up a bit in the final chapter of this first volume, leaving you with a cliffhanger that does make me want to read the other volumes just to see how everything turns out.

I also did appreciate the author adding bonus content with a disclaimer to explain she doesn't feel like all women need is a husband to fulfill their lives. That this is at the end of the day something that was inspired by some friends in her own life. Although a lot of people may find issue with the main character's obsession with finding the right man, I am hoping to see a bit of character growth later on in the series.

I received an eARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. ( )

Well this book is problematic. I enjoyed the hell out of it while reading it, but it really is a setback for 1) feminism, with the main characters considering themselves failures for not being married and taking desperate measures to fix the situation, and 2) the #metoo movement, with two women consenting(?) to sexual relations with men in more powerful positions to further their careers. It is set in 2014, but feels like the '50s.

The author seemed to acknowledge some of this in her afterword, and I'm hoping there is a overall arc to the series that will prove redemptive. ( )

I liked it ok. I wanted to like it a lot more. The characters' obsession with finding a man was grating. There was some funny and art was good. I'll read the next one bc I adore the creator. The end notes from her did ameliorate some if my grumpiness at the story. ( )