In this volume we see the friendships between each of the characters further develop and even discover some new secrets.

Much like the first volume, i absolutely sped through the chapters and just couldn't get over how pretty the artwork is!! I was about to comment that I'd love to see an anime for it sometime in the future, but I just discovered that there's actually going to be a feature film coming out on September 18th!!!
Honestly, the best news i've heard all day.

And i can't wait to continue on with the manga series before i watch the film!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers, VIZ Media for providing the eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own

I immediately wanted to read this volume after finishing the first and it did not disappoint! I like seeing the girls' differing opinions on love and how a couple the the characters are handling unrequited love. But most of all I really like the friendships that are developing between the four main characters.

Love Me, Love Me Not, Vol. 2 by Io Sakisaka is a graphic novel continuing a young adult manga story. Fast friends Yuna and Akari are complete opposites—Yuna is an idealist, while Akari is a realist. When lady-killer Rio and the oblivious Kazuomi join their ranks, love and friendship become quite complicated! Love and friendship have become quite complicated for these four friends. Yuna has fallen in love with Rio, but he has feelings for Akari that he’s never been able to express. While Yuna keeps his secret, Akari makes a move on the person she’s interested in.

Love Me, Love Me Not, Vol. 2 is a good follow up to the first volume, but it did not grab me and keep my interest as much as the first. It took me a couple pages to remember all the details of who everyone was and where we left off. Once I was back in the swing of things there were emotions, angst, and teen conflict left and right. Yuna and Akari come to some conclusions and are working toward being more honest with themselves about their emotions, and in some cases more open with others. There were heart wrenching moments, and some that have left me as confused as the characters in the story. I think readers that enjoy character angst and emotional struggles will want to keep reading this series, and will enjoy it.

ARC received from VIZ Media through NetGalley in return for an honest review, thank you.

I love the way that confession was depicted in this volume, it felt so real. Again I really love the different opinions on love between the main characters and I can't wait to see them grow as humans as this series goes on. I feel like their opinions are becoming more mature as this series goes on and I can't wait to see how that changes.

I'm still not a big fan of what happened at the end of the last volume but I can see the story, maybe, moving away from that, which I'm glad at! I also feel like the story is moving really fast and think a slightly slower pace would be better so we get to spend more time with the characters but maybe I just read too fast!

The art style continues to be absolutely gorgeous and I will definitely be continuing this series. Thanks

Our four main characters are back (though I do feel like one was a background character who is becoming a main character).

What to do when you have feelings for your best friend’s brother? And how about if he likes his sister (step) instead of you? For Yuna that answer is tell him how you feel. She isn't surprised when Rio thanks her for telling him, but then again sometimes there are signs of hope. Akari is still oblivious about her stepbrother’s feelings for her but given her own feelings for someone, she is probably better off not knowing.

Super cute manga that does a great job depicting the oh so dramatic love lives of teenagers .

Continuing on in this series, I was anxious to see how the girls’ attitudes about love changed. Rio is caught in a bit of a love triangle and his sister is pining for the one who got away. I found myself cheering for the surprise twist at the end and look forward to volume 3! Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy in exchange for an impartial review!

Thank you to NetGalley and VIZ Media for the free ARC in exchange with my honest review.

I was left hanging with vol..1 with one question “is it her?” Thankfully the answer is revealed in vol. 2, shockingly predictable, and satisfied with it. I love how the author bring Yuna from the meek one into the glowing one, and not instantly happening but with good, grown up process. She’s pure honest but also strong, love how she did inspired Akari in their friendship, where Akari also learned some important things that relates with her personal life and feelings.

Again, I’ll always love manga because it’s pure, sharp and straight to the point story type of. It does moves my feeling a lot whenever the character happened to be so excitedly happy, broken heart in pieces or just having fun with the world. So excited for the next volume of this book, really want to know what will happen with this unique friendship love story.

Love is complicated, and first loves almost never go as planned. In Love Me Love Me Not Volume 2, from mangaka Io Sakisaka and published in English by VIZ Media for their Shojo Beat imprint, we see love through the eyes of two teens, Yuna and Akari. In this series, Yuna is dreaming of fairytale princes and love at first sight while Akari is more down to earth and an advocate for making love happen instead of waiting for it to happen to you. In volume one, we got to know the girls, their personalities, and the love interests who have entered the story, mainly Rio, Akari’s younger brother. However, when the volume ends, we learn Rio’s secret love is Akari and we’re left hanging and thrown for a loop just like Yuna is.

Now, I know what you’re thinking, but the two siblings are not in fact related by blood but instead through marriage. A common trope in romance manga, Love Me, Love Me Not Volume 2 goes beyond that by detailing not only with Yuna’s feelings towards Rio but also diving into his feelings and giving him a solid reason that fleshes out the story instead of using the brother-sister trope as a shock for drama. In this volume, we learn more about Rio and Akari’s relationship as siblings, their parents, and why Rio has not only held in his feelings but why he has them in the first place.

In Love Me, Love Me Not Volume 2, love and friendship gets extremely complicated. It’s clear that Yuna is in love with Rio and while it would be easy to leave this as the center of the story, Sakisaka instead makes Yuna into a dynamic character with a tremendous amount of compassion. While Yuna knows that Rio can’t return her feelings, she doesn’t let that keep her from being the best friend she can to him. There are awkward moments after she confesses in the early chapters of the volume, but instead of avoiding him and fueling more drama, Yuna decides to be what she can be for him and not push for more. It hurts to love, but the real heart of the story is the way relationships that aren’t ideal can still be exactly what you need.

While Yuna is dealing with channeling her romantic feelings into a bond of friendship, Akari is trying to realize what exactly her own definition of love means for her. Akari is the pragmatist instead of the romantic. She doesn’t dream of princes and she doesn’t look for love at first sight. This was quickly established in volume one. Now in Love Me, Love Me Not Volume 2, we realize that Akari is more vulnerable than she lets on and struggling just as much as Yuna to make sense of her emotions. Are infatuation and love the same? And if it isn’t, has she been in love before?

There is a dichotomy between Yuna and Akari that is both wonderfully complex and thinly separated. With Love Me, Love Me Not Volume 2, Sakisaka does a wonderful job of both deconstructing young love and giving readers two characters that while extremely different are both exploring relationships in meaningful ways. There is never a moment where Akari’s pragmatic nature is made to seem fickle or bad and Yuna is never stuck in her naivete nor chided for it. Both girls are valid for their emotions and for their dreams.

Overall, Sakisaka’s Love M,e Love Me Not Volume 2 is a wonderful collection of chapters that beautifully explores bonds between people. The love and friendship in this series are both enjoyable, cute, and contains layers that each character is navigating. If you’re looking for a lovely shojo about young love and the struggles in it, this is one series to move to the top of your reading queue.

Love Me, Love Me Not Volume 2 is available from online booksellers May 5, 2020.

I'm really enjoying this series so far. The four main(ish) characters are all enjoyable, and I'm loving getting to learn more about them while also watching them grow. After the reveal at the end of volume one, it's interesting to see how the characters go on and deal with the situation.

In this volume we get to know Yuna, Akari, Rio, and Kazuomi a little better. Yuna finally is able to confess her feelings to RIo and of corse Rio does not return her feelings. Yuna tried really hard to resolve her feelings so that her and Rio can continue being friends.

I liked watching the characters become more developed in this volume. getting to know more about Rio and Akari's past as well as what makes them feel how they do about certain things in life.

Im excited to see what happens with Yuna as she gets over Rio as well as what time has in store for Akari and Kazuomi.

Another mysterious installment of the quadruple love (rectangle?) saga. This one left me feeling like I am dangling on the precipice of a cliffhanger (again!). The suspense is killing me. I want the third volume ASAP! I wish I could just binge this shojo series like my heart desires so I can find out what happens next.

Reading volume two made me realize just how much I love Yuna as a character. She's just so good, and she's trying her best for everyone, and it's truly lovely to see her start to understand others and their feelings more. I will say, the dialogue in this volume in particular was a bit stilted and I couldn't really understand the scene progression at times? That might be my fault, but it felt as if the story kept skipping around at times, and I'm not exactly sure why. I still do love the art though and I think the story's cute, if you're looking for something nice to read! I didn't actually know this was being adapted into an anime so I will definitely be watching that when it starts airing!

Thank you to NetGalley and VIZ Media for the free copy of this manga in exchange for an honest review. My opinion was not affected by the free copy.

I was concerned that this manga was going to go in the direction of romantic love between step-siblings. I know it's not technically incest, but the idea still unsettled me. However you feel about the possibility of that storyline, this manga is still very delightful if you're a fan of slice-of-life stories. Nothing really exciting or crazy happens-- it's just these kids going through high school and working through their various crushes. A lot of the volume is just characters talking to each other about their lives, their loves, or them going through personal anxieties and memories.

Yuna is still extremely relateable for me. She's so shy and awkward, unsure of herself and putting herself down. I like that the characters are developing and showing more complexity. I would like more out of Yuna's guy friend; at the moment he's just there. Since this volume fleshed out Rio a bit more, maybe we'll get more out of the next guy in the third volume. I hope so!

As long as this manga continues along the same slice-of-life vibe, I think I'll continue enjoying it.

I am enjoying this manga series so far. In this second instalment, we get more insights into the character's backstories and all of my questions from the first book were finally answered!
I will be patiently waiting for the third book.
Thank you Netgalley for the eArc in exchange for an honest review.

This was the most adorable thing I've read lately!!! I love it!!

The art style was amazing and portrayed the feelings well.. I thought it was so cute and I really like their methods of drawing. The art still stayed the same (relatively) when they drew the characters in chibi form, which was impressive. The overall storyline and formatting was well done and pretty clear. Each of the character were pretty well fleshed out, I think.

There are some issues with it though. I don't like the crush between the bro and the sis, but I think that's disappearing. I also can't tell the difference between characters occasionally. But other than those two things, I really like it!!

I was missing more of the friendships between Yuma and Akari, since that was my favorite part of the first volume. But I still really enjoy where this story is taking us. I can't wait for the next volume.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing the E-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to NetGalley, Viz Media, and Io Sakisaka for the opportunity to read Love Me, Love Me Not Volume 2 in exchange for an honest review.

Taking place where volume one left off, this volume revolves around Yuna and her crush on Rio. She finds out the Rio was in love with a girl who ended up becoming his step-sister, so he could never confess to her now. Rio is always surrounded by girls, too. Yuna tries to determine if Rio is trying to move on from his previous love by picking another girl because he's ready, or because he's forcing himself to get over Akari.

Yuna musters up the courage to confess her feelings to Rio. After offering to comfort her if she gets rejected by her love confession, what will Rio do when he finds out the guy she likes is him?!

When Akari's friend's brother, Eiji, comes back from college, she is more than excited. When she dwells over a bracelet he gave her before leaving, she realizes she has feelings for him. When she flakes out on visiting Eiji, worried friend Inui asks her to share why she didn't respond to anyone's phone calls that night, when everyone was worried about where she was. After talking to Inui, Akari has a reevaluation of her feelings.

The author has two protagonists to show two different viewpoints on love, but I am enjoying Yuna's story much more (I think there is more drama there and I am liking the on-edge reading to her story). This is a series I sure wouldn't mind keeping up with!

If you liked the first volume, you'll like this one. There's a love confession, step sibling relationship, and a clueless boy.

After the big reveal at the end of Vol 1, things begin to become awkward between Rio, Yuna, and Akari. Rio and Yuna share a secret together, and start to develop a friendship despite it. This volume gives Akari a lot more page time, and I felt like it helped the flow and understanding of the story significantly. We also learn more about Akari, and who is special in her heart.
This volume helped boost my feelings on the series, which is why I almost always give a series 2-3 volumes before deciding if I want to add them to my collection or not. With that said, I can tell that this is going to have some drama involved, but it is going to be the best kind of messy time!

A continuation of book one! I really enjoyed the read and NEED to know what happens next. This series keeps me on my toes.