Akimi Yoshida, 'Utagawa Hyakkei, Episode 9: Bitter Honey', Monthly Flowers, May 2022 Issue, Shogakukan, Released March 28, 2022
Monthly Flowers, May 2022 Issue, Shogakukan, Released March 28, 2022.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B09VDRSHNG
Akimi Yoshida, 'Utagawa Hyakkei: Private Affair, Episode 9: Bitter Honey', pp. 5-50
'Opening color pages, 46 pages. Hidden truths, known secrets. A heart swaying in between—Kazuki and Mamoru visit Kamakura, where their sister-in-law Suzu lives, to visit their stepfather's grave. It seems they enjoyed a brief respite...?' p. 5
Four months later, just like the 8th episode 'Confession' https://note.com/fe1955/n/n15b803681980
this was another 46 pages that were well worth reading.
'Freshly caught whitebait. My sister-in-law's second older sister's husband's family are fishermen, and they gave us a ton of whitebait caught this morning as a souvenir!' p. 6
It's a happy post-script for readers of 'Umimachi Diary' that Yocchan and Section Chief Miwa Sakashita are married.
Are Suzu-chan and Futa-kun also married as of this 'summer vacation'?
What about Shachi-nee and physical therapist Yasuyuki Inoue?
'The tears back then [Tae, 11 years old, Fuchi pilgrimage] were not for sadness. She was angry. Just like now. She was in despair because she couldn't get through to someone no matter what. That's what those tears were.' pp. 46-47
I ended up re-reading the first volume, 'Episode 1: The Prettiest Girl in Town',
Monthly Flowers, September 2019 Issue,
https://www.facebook.com/tetsujiro.yamamoto/posts/2874384849302802
again.
It's as skillful as a montage technique in a film flashback scene.
When I read Akimi Yoshida's 'Lovers' Kiss' (1995-96)
a long time ago,
'I also wrote that it reminded me of the montage in the flashback scene between Jean-Louis Trintignant and Anouk Aimée in Claude Lelouch's film
'A Man and a Woman' (1966)
https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/3699
.'
https://bookmeter.com/reviews/3352823
https://www.facebook.com/tetsujiro.yamamoto/posts/583429075065069
as well.
'In the men-only class at the tennis school I attend, I see all sorts of things about the male society, which is interesting. Or rather, annoying. Flower Notes, Akimi Yoshida' p. 49
'A letter arrived anonymously... Is there someone somewhere who wants to disgrace Rui—? To be continued in the September issue (on sale around July 28!)' p. 50
It's a series that runs three times a year, once every four months, but the 'cliffhanger' on the final page is always amazing.
Bookmeter: Akimi Yoshida's Bookshelf (121 books registered, in order of publication date)
https://bookmeter.com/users/32140/bookcases/11091207
Manga Bookshelf (1562 books registered, in alphabetical order by author name)
https://bookmeter.com/users/32140/bookcases/11091192
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n6487da186705
Akimi Yoshida (1956.8.12- )
'Shikagawa Hyakkei, Episode 10: The Ending Summer'
Monthly Flowers, September 2022 Issue
https://note.com/fe1955/n/nd4ee0aa3d636
Akimi Yoshida (1956.8.12- )
'Shikagawa Hyakkei, Episode 12: Unsolvable Mystery'
Monthly Flowers, May 2023 Issue