While the title is fun and refreshing, Honey Lemon Soda is a very familiar flavor of shoujo romance, but well-executed and full of novel details. The titular soda is accidentally splashed all over the socially awkward Ishimori Uka (Ichinose Kana, voicing Uka like a far less confident Fern from Frieren) by the lemon-headed social butterfly and semi-bad … Continue reading "Honey Lemon Soda – 01 (First Impressions) – Disobey Your Curse"
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