Sayo Mihashi, a chubby OL, has an odd (slightly creepy?) encounter with her 1 year younger coworker Kubo Itsuki, the office hottie all the women go crazy over, on the elevator ride to work one morning and this is the start of their sweet and romantic relationship!
Chapter one had me a bit worried with how quickly they slept together but the themes of this book are actually pretty wholesome (all the smut aside lol). Some things I’d like to note are: she hasn’t mentioned losing weight or going on a diet, so far! Usually, that’s the first thing that happens in manga with a plus size heroine. Even after they start dating, it doesn’t come up and I’m grateful for that.
Next, Kubo is amazing! There’s a few times when some jealous, female rando will pop up in the background, being obnoxious about how they couldn’t be together because of the female lead’s body and Kubo will go out of his way to be EXTRA affectionate (hold hands, ask her bout going her house when they finish their meal, kiss her), when a waitress tried to flirt he put a stop to it immediately and was like no thanks! More than anything, Kubo doesn’t constantly mention her being soft, fluffy, etc. He just treats her as his girlfriend without making it a fetish and I’m completely satisfied with him.
Honestly, it’s been nice reading a manga with a chubby female lead that’s written as any other normal woman. Mind you, I’ve only read the first 2 volumes but this manga has been running some 2019 and it’s already at vol 8. I’ll update this if anything changes but this is a must read for sure!