Tomorrow, Make Me Yours by Kaoruko Miyama

Description from NetGalley:

Yuki is a quiet, average boy who falls head over heels for the confident and cool Hayato in his new high school class. The two hit it off with an easygoing friendship, but when Yuki realizes that a female classmate has a crush on his friend, he tries to put some distance between them. As his feelings come to a head, he finally confesses to Hayato... who confesses right back!

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My Review:

I admit I am a huge sucker for BL manga. It's one of those guilty pleasures you can't get rid of. I was initially nervous to request this as I feel most BL in general, especially, high school ones tend to portray very toxic relationships. This manga definitely did a lot better than a lot I've read, but there were still some very bad tropes.

For one, Yuki is a loner with no friends. I mean not really a big deal, but it makes his insta-love for Hayato very weird for me. They literally start off as friends and within the first few pages of the second chapter, Yuki confesses his love. I understand this is a short manga and things need to progress a bit quickly, but this did not feel smooth or natural at all.

There was also a lot of miscommunication and jealousy that was a bit unnecessary. They were used as the main plot device instead of trying to have a real story about their relationship. I wish I could talk more about Yuki and Hayato more individually, but by the end, I didn't really know much about them at all. Pretty much unmemorable.

One thing I really did like was Hayato's confession. His felt so much more natural. I loved hearing that he felt this way for a long time compared to Yuki's insta-love. I think this would have been a better story if both had feelings from the beginning and then had to navigate the reality of being with someone you like that you didn't think liked you back.

What was also great was that a huge theme was taking things slow which is not something you see often in BL novels. Usually, one moves faster than the other in the relationship and that person just has to be okay with it. Here, no actually meant no which I thought was really awesome.

The art was also very pretty to me. It's what initially drew me to request this manga on NetGalley. Despite there not being a lot of background art in the panels, the characters were done so well that it didn't matter. You saw only what you needed to see. It definitely fit the aesthetic I like when it comes to choosing manga.

Overall, it really is hard to rate Tomorrow, Make Me Yours because it really has some great elements it just missed the mark. I think if the plot was a bit more interesting, this would have been an immediate hit, but with only miscommunication and jealousy being pretty much the only thing making the plot move forward, it just fell a bit flat. It really isn't a bad read but if you're looking for something amazing, this isn't it.