The seventh and final volume of tMnR’s Yuri drama manga If I Could Reach You (Tatoe Todokanu Ito da to Shite mo) will be released in Japan on January 18. The series ended its four-year-long serialization in Comic Yuri Hime in October 2020.If I Could Reach You follows high school student Uta who, on the day of her brother’s wedding, realizes she is in love with her new sister-in-law, Kaoru. As she struggles in vain to get over her feelings with the assistance of her friends, her relationship with Kaoru becomes more complicated and distressing. The series is tMnR’s first serialized work. It has received positive reviews from critics for its artwork and depictions of deep, complex emotions and pain too often experienced by queer people. I reviewed the first three volumes and found it to be “A phenomenal and emotional devastating Yuri manga…beautifully told. It is rare for a manga to so effectively and effortlessly communicate the wretched feelings of its characters.“The first five volumes of the series are published in English by Kodansha Comics.You can check out If I Could Reach You in English today: https://amzn.to/2XDsLa4Reading official releases supports publishers and creators. YuriMother makes a small commission from sales to help fund future coverage.
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