Manga Mumbles - Shortcake Cake 1+2

While I was in Canberra last month, I bought the first volume on a whim. So eventually, I got around to reading it and kind of fell in love with the story. That very day, I ended up pre-ordering volume 2 and today it made its appearance. Within a short time, I also have read it and decided that I wanted to talk about how much I enjoy this series, so far anyway.

We follow a young girl name Ten as she moves into a boarding house with her friend and a cast of amusing characters. Here she also meets and gets close to Riku and Chiaki, who may seem to want more than friendship from our lovely protagonist. We also meet and learn about a few more characters who Ten may befriend but then again, need more volumes in order to see what happens.

Now I don’t have much to share on story or characters besides being super sweet, simple and can’t help but adore them. The art is pleasant and it males me want to keep reading so I can absorb the beautiful environment they live in. Heck, it even has some of the most amusing facial features that I haven’t seen in a while, since I do read a variety of manga.  Heck, if I was more of a cosplayer, Ten would be on the top of my list.

It’s funny, it has been a while since I had a series inspire me so much to buy it. As soon as I finished one, I ended up pre-ordering 2, as I originally mentioned earlier and that’s because of how volume 1 ended, on a dreaded cliff-hanger. I really can’t add much more since this is just the beginning of what I hope is an amazing series where it may make me a ball at the end due to making me emotional.

For now, I give it a 4 out of 5 bookmarks.

Since this is just the start and I have to impatiently wait for more volumes, but I can wait for great mangas, it’s a major part of my collecting hobby. If anything, I would like to thank suu Morishita for creating such an adorable manga and being able to read it gives me so much joy. This also extends to Shojo Beat and Viz Media for distributing this series in the first place. I am really resisting the urge to pre-order 3.