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Honey Lemon Soda GN 2
What sets Honey Lemon Soda apart from its brethren? It's the willingness to understand that it's not a quick or easy thing to break free of the things…
Honey Lemon Soda
Honey Lemon Soda is currently streaming on Crunchyroll on Wednesdays....
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Honey Lemon Soda – Episode 1
A gently fizzy take on a familiar shoujo story that's very human and sweet as a dollop of honey.
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Honey Lemon Soda Episode 1 Review – Soaked In Lemon Soda
What if Uka was actually in love with the soda and not Kai?
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First Impressions – Honey Lemon Soda
Setting aside (though only for a moment) its intrinsic quality as a series, Honey Lemon Soda says something about the state of shoujo anime.
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Honey Lemon Soda, Vol 2
Honey Lemon Soda Volume 2 by Mayu Murata Shy girl in love with popular boy is a fairly common subgenre of shoujo manga, but with the second volume,…
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Second Impressions – Honey Lemon Soda
This series is seriously, seriously shoujo.
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Honey Lemon Soda, Vol 2
Honey Lemon Soda Volume 2 by Mayu Murata Shy girl in love with popular boy is a fairly common subgenre of shoujo manga, but with the second volume,…
First Impression: Honey Lemon Soda
If you’re going to change the things you don’t like about yourself, that which led to relentless bullying during your middle school years and kept you from making…
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Anime Like Honey Lemon Soda
After being bullied in middle school for her shyness being misinterpreted as coldness, Uka Ishimori hopes that she can get a fresh start in high school.
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First Look: Honey Lemon Soda
Manga Adaptation by J.C.Staff Streaming on Crunchyroll Premise Previously bullied in middle school, Uka Ishimori is determined to make her high school experience a more positive one. However,…
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Honey Lemon Soda Vol 1 by Mayu Murata
Honey Lemon Soda Volume 1 by Mayu Murata I was aware that there was a great deal of anticipation when Honey Lemon Soda was licensed, and the first…
Honey Lemon Soda – 02 – Gemstone Dreams
Ishimori arrives at school not sure if everything she experienced yesterday wasn’t just a dream. Even so, she manages to say good morning to Miura, though he isn’t…
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Honey Lemon Soda #01 — “Everybody Clapped”
That's definitely a thing teenagers do when answering math problems. Impressions: The "everybody clapped" scene was about when my eyes rolled far enough back in my head…
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Honey Lemon Soda – 03 – Magic Seat
Taking Kai’s advice, Uka starts taking steps forward. When the class changes seats, she asks Ayumi if they can be friends, only to learn Ayumi has already been…
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Honey Lemon Soda Episode 1 Review: An Emotional Introduction
This episode left me wondering about hidden backstories and potential character growth—and I’ve shared all my thoughts in my review. If you enjoy a romance anime with emotional…
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Honey Lemon Soda Episode 7 Review – Codependency
Let’s just hope that Kai and Uka won’t have a toxic codependent relationship later on…
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Honey Lemon Soda Episode 12 Review + Final Thoughts – A Love Like Lemon Soda
A story about a no one becoming a someone.
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Honey Lemon Soda Episode 8 Review – Phone Numbers
Uka had a phone all this time???
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Honey Lemon Soda Episode 4 Review – Wet Camp
I can relate to Uka in some aspects!
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Honey Lemon Soda Episode 11 Review – Crushing It
It feels like they skipped a few things to wrap things up…
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Honey Lemon Soda Episode 2 Review – A Gemstone
Uka and Kai are warming up to each other.
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Honey Lemon Soda Episode 10 Review – The Kai Introspective?
Kai’s been here since the beginning yet we don’t know anything about him.
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Honey Lemon Soda Episode 3 Review – Expanding Her World
Uka’s awkward, but it’s endearing.
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Honey Lemon Soda – 01 (First Impressions) – Disobey Your Curse
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…
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Honey Lemon Soda Episode 5 Review – Serina Needs Better Friends
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Honey Lemon Soda Episode 2 Review: Heartfelt Growth and Romance
This episode left me wondering about hidden backstories and potential character growth—and I’ve shared all my thoughts in my review. If you enjoy a romance anime with emotional…
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Honey Lemon Soda Episode 9 Review – Overbearing And Overprotective Father
Why isn’t Uka’s mom doing something???
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Honey Lemon Soda Episode 6 Review – Culture Festival At 2x Speed
Come on JC Staff, you can do better than this!
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Why Honey Lemon Soda is the Next Big School Romance Anime
Discover why Honey Lemon Soda is 2025's must-watch school romance anime. Anxiety, growth & a love story that redefines courage. 🍋
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Airy and sweet but missing some zest – Honey Lemon Soda (movie review)
Ah yes, I am back in the realm of those sappy sweet shojo movies. This time being the long awaited Honey Lemon Soda, given that that manga is…
Winter 2025 Impressions: Honey Lemon Soda, Red Ranger Isekai, Baban Baban Ban Vampire
Honey Lemon Soda Short Synopsis: A high school wallflower becomes enamored with a blond-haired boy who later stands up to a trio of bullies on her behalf. Wooper:…
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Reader’s Corner: Honey Lemon Soda, Doomsday with My Dog, and A Galaxy Next Door
Relationships take central focus in this week’s Reader’s Corner: that between would-be lovers and those seeking to take the next step in intimacy; between adventurers who have trust…
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Reader’s Corner: Honey Lemon Soda (Vol. 5), The Remarried Empress (Vol. 6), and The Uncanny Counter (Vol. 1)
It’s a big day for manga, manhwa light novel releases, and we’ve got reviews for you of a number of those hitting shelves today! Romance, slice-of-life, fantasy, and…
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Reader’s Corner: Helck (Vol. 3), Honey Lemon Soda (Vol. 2), and Horimiya (Vol. 16, Final)
Does the abstract nature of Yokohama Station SF translate to manga for? Is Chitose in the Ramune Bottle better as a light novel or manga? Is Suzune Magica…
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Dandadan GN 1
A lot of manga have bawdy humor and fail, but Dandadan manages to make it work by displaying its heart alongside its horror and humor.
Tista GN 1
From the creator of SpyxFamily comes a difficult story, replete with themes of what we owe those who "save" us and just how much power any one person…
Ayashimon GN 1
This volume is packed with everything from yakuza action to twisted backstories to humans against monsters. Does this manga from the creator of Hell’s Paradise manage to bring…
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SINoALICE GN 1
This manga adaptation of the popular mobile game gambles on a risky decision: to deliberately confuse its readers on what's real and what's just a dream.
Centaurs GN 1
Dark historical fantasy doesn't get much better than this.
FANGS GN 1
FANGS is a story that is most likely going to have the most appeal for readers who enjoy both vampires and BL, and it will probably still have…
MonsTABOO GN 1
Take a bit of social commentary on twisted, corrupt adults, add in schoolgirls who use monsters as transformed weapons to fight them, and then throw in a game…
Ayashimon GN 1
Most of us have probably tried it at some point. What “it” means varies, but the definition is always “something that works in my favorite story.” Whether
Higehiro GN 1
Is there actually some insightful character stuff present that looks like it can take full advantage of this arrangement? The answer is surprisingly yes for a good chunk…
Life GN 1
Two decades after its initial release, Life presents a viciously recognizable picture of the social hellscape that middle and high school can be.
Tista GN 1
Before there was SPY x FAMILY there was Tista. Tatsuya Endō's first serialized work shares some themes with his latest – heroine Tista Lone is an orphan who
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Semelparous GN 1
It feels more like the book is interested in gratuitous girl-on-girl groping than in exploring or creating a relationship.
Barbarities GN 1
Barbarities' first volume is an interesting opening to a political BL tale. The politics and the side romance may be a little more intriguing than Joel and Adam…
Helck GN 1
A human makes a play for demon king, stating he hates humankind just as much as a demon should. He just has to convince Red Vamirio, and her…
MAO GN 1
Takahashi's latest seems to borrow elements from her previous popular works, but does it add anything new to her tried and true recipe?