This just made me really really happy. I planned on just reading a little bit and go back to doing other stuff throughout the day, but I immediately got sucked into it. It's so good, and sad, and cute. The sex parts weren't as good as they could be but I loved this manga overall!!!

I enjoyed the character development between the two leads. They felt genuine and I could relate to the parental woes. In the end, it was not super different from other romance titles I've read. I could see myself recommending it and potentially adding it to our collection. There are very explicit love scenes that appear abruptly, so warning if you are doing RA to someone with conservative tastes in romance. Overall, a fine, quick read.

I overall really enjoyed reading this book. I think this explores ideas of sexuality, homophobia very well while still maintaining being a romance book. The art was very well done in this book and conveys a lot of emotion. I personally enjoyed the first half of this book more than the latter half. I think it tricky balance between romance and dealing with these heavier topics was unbalanced.
This graphic novel also has graphic sexual scenes in it which I thought could have been dealt with better.

I liked the art a lot ! And even though the story was a bit too angsty for me, it was a quite a nice romance.

I loved this so much. It pulled me out of my slump. I would really recommend it.
I lived the Characters and I really rooted for the relationship.

There Are Things I Can't Tell You by Edako Mofumofu and Christine Dashiell is a LGBTQ+ graphic novel / manga. This talks about gay love, acceptance, societal pressure, taboo, etc.

Kasumi and Kyousuke both are opposites, former one is subtle, reserve whereas the other is energetic and the popular guy. They have been friends since childhood and Kasumi always adored and looked up to at Kyousuke.

The beautiful manga is their love story, their struggles, accepting eachother. Friends to lovers is always beautiful and less cheesy which I enjoy. The graphics are beautiful. The cover is gorgeous. The story is heartwarming. What else does one need? Pick this one up now.
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Thank You to the Publisher and NetGalley for this e-copy in exchange of a honest review.

I was actually completely blown away by "There Are Things I Can't Tell You." Mofumofu writes a beautiful story about two young men battling with their emotions. Kyousuke loves Kasumi but is too afraid to admit it due to an upbringing that made him think being gay was bad or corrupt. Kasumi tries to fill the void of not having Kyousuke by seeing a woman who is married. The tender moments and storytelling were so LUSH and RAW it was incredible! A lot of older adult manga (the stuff that has sex scenes) always seems to base it around the carnal relations, but this was a gorgeous story that also just happened to have a few very sexy and steamy scenes!

I'd recommend this to any adult lgbtq manga fan. It deals with so much while telling an interesting and sweet story. I wish our library had an adult manga section that I can buy this for but I'll just have to grab a copy for my personal collection for now!

This was a fun and cute read. I enjoyed the angst between the characters. The push and pull of wanting to be together, but not being sure of self was well done. The romance was beautiful! I enjoyed the art style as well. I definitely would love to read more by this author.

"There Are Things I Can't Tell You" is one of the sweetest mangas I've read this year. It's got the perfect mixture of angst and fluff timed perfectly within the plot. I enjoyed the dual timeline with the flashbacks to their younger years and thought their relationship was explored pretty well considering the length of the story.

I was a bit disappointed with this manga. The story felt very disjointed and the relationship progression didn't feel natural. There should also be a content warning in the description as there were a few very graphic scenes.

Edako Mofumofu’s There Are Things I Can’t Tell You is a good boy love graphic novel with nice art and a simple but heartfelt storyline. I liked this moving book but I wish the plot and characters were less generic and more memorable.

Kasumi and Kyousuke have been best friends since elementary school. The two are vastly different in personality: Kasumi is quiet and shy while Kyousuke is popular and outgoing. However, as they transition from school days to adulthood, the two must navigate their changing relationship and come to terms with things that they struggle to express out loud.

The realistic plot is well-paced with ample angst, painful miscommunication, and sweet fluffy moments. It is very painful but authentically moving to watch Kyousuke and Kasumi struggle with their sexualities, various societal expectations, and romantic feelings for each other. I really enjoyed their complicated and angsty but ultimately sweet relationship. I also like the satisfying and lovely ending. I really think it fits the characters and their story. I also like the soft and expressive art. Kyousuke and Kasumi are nicely and distinctly rendered as both adults and children.

However, I do think the overall plot is a bit generic. I’ve seen this same storyline many times before and Mofumofu doesn’t really offer anything new or memorable. I also wish the story was a little less repetitive and had some more action. Furthermore, the storytelling is disjointed at times with jarring transitions. Sometimes, I had trouble differentiating between flashbacks and the current timeline. I also had trouble figuring out who was speaking.

Kyousuke and Kasumi are interestingly flawed and authentic characters. Their backstories, especially in relation to their families and how they deal with their sexualities, are realistic and poignant. However, I wish that they were a little more unique and memorable. I feel like I’ve seen very similar characters in many other stories. I also wish Kasumi’s character was a little more developed because I feel like I know much less about him in comparison with Kyousuke. I also wish the book had spent less time on Kyousuke’s daily worklife.

There Are Things I Can’t Tell You is a solid and poignant graphic novel. I liked this moving and realistic book but I really wish the characters and plot were more unique. Edako Mofumofu is promising and I will definitely check out more of their work.




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There Are Things I Can't Tell You is a story about two childhood friends who spend a lot of time together, but each are harboring a crush on the other. Kasumi is quiet, awkward and clumsy but due to popular Kyousuke's friendship, they grow and blossom together.

I really appreciated how this novel presented internalized homophobia as a barrier to the relationship. Growing up, Kyousuke had heard how being gay was wrong, and so he took that in and tried to stay on what felt like the "right" path to him, which included being heterosexual. Kasumi also had to get over childhood trauma of feeling unloved and unwanted. This novel really addressed these topics, which isn't something I've seen a lot of in queer manga and would like to see more of in the future. I wish it would have gone into a bit more depth and unpacked it a bit more, basically had the main characters sit down and have a talk about it, I think that would have shown growth in both the characters and their relationship.

Overall, this manga was considerate, sexy, and full of heart. I'm happy I read it and will be looking out for more by this author!

“I love him. I love him. But...but I can’t”

This story is a quick stroll through A relationship built on years of mutual pining. In an afternoon, you can read through years of misunderstandings despite a deeply close friendship. It features two best friends who desperately in love, though each is convinced that their adoration is unrequited.

Full of adorable domesticity and maddening miscommunication, this love story is a perfect look into a messy but devoted friendship that becomes something more.

Warnings for internalized homophobia and homophobic parental figures.

I am thankful to NetGalley and the publisher for letting me read this!

I was excited to read this yaoi manga as it's been a few months since I last read one and this didn't disappoint. The themes of mental illness, abuse and homophobia act as conflict and are well represented. Seeing Kasumi and Kyousuke deal with the changes in their relationship was endearing and at times sad. This does have sexual content, so I wouldn't recommend this for children. All in all this was a cute and quick read.

Arc copy provided by NetGalley for honest review.

I really enjoyed this manga. I was looking for a manga to read on NetGalley and I was immediately attracted to this one. The cover is just so pretty. I like how the story was about internalised homophobia as it changes from the usual. The characters were quite loveable and very well drawn. I loved the graphism. This kind of love story is really my favourite as they loved each other from a long time ago and finally met again when they were more ready to act. It was really nice to see how they evolved and how their opinion of homosexual romance evolved too.
The story could have been even better if we had seen more about Kasumi’s problem and life and not just about Kyousuke. A little more depth would have been appreciated.

<i>Thank you to Diamond Book Distributors for providing me with an eARC of this graphic novel via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.</i>

4.5 stars

My heaaarrttttt!!! I am not crying; you're crying 😭😭😭

This poignant love story between Kyousuke and Kasumi will leave you wading in a puddle of your own tears. It is tender and sweet with the happiest of endings. Beware that the are some sexually graphic scenes, but it is all consensual and beautifully done. A great little standalone romance with amazing art!

I saw this manga on Netgalley and immediately requested it.
The cover art looked beautiful and the title definitely sounded intriguing.

I really loved the fact that this manga takes you on such a journey with so much emotional twists and turns as you figure out how the characters (Kasumi and Kyousuke) grew up, what issues they are dealing with and how you also get to see both sides of the story, how they view each other and, even though the manga is surprisingly short also shows how to they grow towards each other and the complications of falling in love with one another when life and all of their struggles get in the way.

Oh and the MUTUAL PINING, it was so good! I loved the fact that they were both already adults as well, since a lot of the LGBT+ mangas that I’ve read are about high schoolers, so this was quite refreshing. I also loved the fact that we got to see Kyousuke at work, I mean I loved to read about his designs. There were also a lot of mental health struggles that I could relate to.

One thing that I do have to point out is that sometimes the shift between flashback and present was a bit blurry. So I sometimes had to go back and reread, because it wasn’t always clear to see where on the timeline I was.
However it didn’t bother me enough to put the book down

Overall it’s a cute and angsty LGBT+ manga with heavy themes about childhood friends turning into lovers all the while learning to love and letting themselves be loved.

This manga has been great! I just wanted to get started a bit and maybe finish in the next couple days, but it was so good I couldn't stop reading.
The story is intriguing, very angsty, but also has just the right amount of fluff so that it doesn't get to overwhelming. The characters are well fleshed out and the romance takes a good time to develop. I'm only not giving it five stars, cause miscommunication isn't really a trope I enjoy and there is loads of that in here.
I'm still totally gonna buy a copy of this one for my collection and would recommend it to anyone who's interested in these types of manga.
The art is also beautiful and works well with the story. Just overall a great manga.

"There Are Things I Can't Tell You" tells the story of Kasumi and Kyousuke, who have been friends since their school years. They lost contact for a while, but then, some years later, meet again and rekindle their friendship. And now are very close, Kyousuke caring for the loveless relationship Kasumi is in, and Kasumi also caring for his friend's job and feelings.

This book is a love story, a beautiful one, that doesn't hide that love is what we are looking for here, but more than love, how people express their feelings about it, how we can help others about it or what is needed to understand what other people want, even if they can't put their feelings into words. It is a romance book but without the many pointless side quests many of these books or comics use to have. It is well grounded, with nice touches of humor but not of the over-the-top kind, and with clearly and nicely depicted backgrounds and motivations for its characters. There is too much drama for my taste, though, probably trying to stretch the story a little bit.

The characters are a bit stereotypical, the shy one, and the strong, charming one, but Mofumofu does a great job in making the reader empathize with them. From the very beginning we will start to care about their feelings, about their failures, and to desire that their lives are happy and fulfilling.

The art is also beautiful. Mofumofu has created not particularly original but greatly drawn, and very expressive, characters which helps in bringing their feelings, fears and desires to the reader. But it is not only the humans, everything is of good quality. It should be noted that it is a little bit too graphic in a couple of moments.

Sweet and poignant. Totally worth it.

This was a cute, angst filled, friends to lovers romance and I enjoyed it. The only thing I didn't enjoy was the sex scenes because they were a little too graphic for my tastes.