Author and Artist: roku Sakura
Publisher: Yen Press (Print & Digital)
Translation: Leighann Harvey
Lettering: Biancapistillo
Publication date: April 15, 2025
Rating: Teen
Genre: Manga (JPN), Comedy, Romance, Life
Roku Sakura’s April Shower Bring May Flowers is another addition to Yen Press’s ever-growing library. In 2019, it was a romantic comedy manga with a total of 12 volumes, and ranked fifth in the Tsunami Nicle Manga Awards printing category. The second volume is featured exactly where Hana and Ugisudani first leave the story of them preparing for the shopping date, and Shenangan continues as usual! This is coverage of the first volume of the beat just in case you miss it!
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The anxiety about Uguisudani becoming interested in Ueno and approaching the boy she admires leads to inviting Hana on “shop day.” The secret mission is to assert her femininity towards Hana and to allow her to accept her inferiority with her ti-ill and unpopular classmates. But of course, here we’re talking about Hana. It’s not easy to penetrate through the thick, condemning mist that distorts her perceptions and interpretations of events.
Also, during Hana’s birthday dinner at a restaurant where Ueno was part-time, Hana’s mom bumped into the base with her first name, and Hana was so brainless that she couldn’t follow the conversation. She even promised to send him food, and who will deliver the goods more than her cute daughter? Hana takes her mother’s food to Ueno’s house where she spends time there. Who guessed that such a simple act had caused Ueno to fall through the rabbit hole of anxiety?
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There’s so much going on with this volume that I had a hard time summarizing it! From shopping dates to the time Hana spent at Kami Ueno’s house and met her younger brother, to concerns about Ueno’s actions towards Hana, sports festivals and Young Live First! A high school student’s life is like a roller coaster, and is equally filled with excitement and worry.
As mentioned in bringing May flowers in an earlier review of the shower in April, I wanted to know Ueno beyond his kindness. We are finally allowed to peek into his character! We don’t get the big picture yet, but it’s only enough to help him make his side to act as he does around Hana.
What I saw helped me warm up to Ueno even more. His integrity stems in part from his simple nature. But what he notices is not the feelings or situations of others, but the social conventions. When she knocks on the door of Ueno’s residence, when he invites Hana to his house, he does so just want to spend time with her. Or, when he tries to ease Hana’s concerns about accessories, he conveys his honest feelings. No, flowery haircuts don’t look strange in Hana.
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For Ueno, these are heartfelt and simple acts. However, upon hearing his classmates casually invite girls to your house or talk about carelessly touching them, the confused boy begins to have a second small interaction between him and Hana. His ti disease ultimately leads to her misunderstanding the signs. Despite Ueno’s decision to simply talk to HANA and apologize if necessary, the busy atmosphere at School Ball-Sports Fest complicates the process even more. Despite the outcome, it’s still great to read the leads that the gut response is to communicate properly!
Ueno kneels in an attempt to speak – grabs a cold foot – misses the cycle of accident, but Hana continues to dig her grave gracefully. She vehemently rejects or denys them for not wanting the inconvenience of others. She reaches that point after a series of assumptions and speculations, but we human folk still can’t read the mind, Hana! It only happens in comics!
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Volume 2 of April Shower ends with a positive and funny note with May Flowers. Our heroes can talk and make things smoother. Ugisudani unexpectedly discovers that she is admiring Hana, and Shinbashi’s friendship with Hana also takes several more steps. Shinbashi has his own agenda, but still! I laughed wildly at how Hana’s egg-shaped game term makes a positive most hilariously misleading!
Continuing, we greet readers with four color pages printed again on shiny paper. Apart from the bonus 4 panel chapter, there is also an additional comic strip with the inner back cover printed with the ticks and monkeys.
I’m not saying there will be any major improvements or downgrades in art style. Roku Sakura’s art is consistent, expressive, charming and entertaining. I would have liked a little more breathing space and a page or two, or a two-page spread where characters, emotions, or moments take up all the space. Shojo Manga artists are extraordinary to highlight these small, but important moments that have been charged, giving readers plenty of time and space to bring in and last for even a few seconds. May Shower brings Mayflowers, Seinen manga and a romantic comedy to boot. While I think you can benefit from pausing here and there, I also accept the density of pages related to the page demographics and genre. Plus, the teenagers in this volume are booked and busy!
The shower in April brings May flowers and continues to be fun and adorable. This series gives you enough to attract readers and enough cover-up to keep you coming more! I’m even more interested in what anime adaptations will look like. It’s become the perfect month for us to read such a series, so when the anime comes out, don’t miss the chance to be one of “I’m already reading the manga”!
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April Shower Bring May Flowers 2 is digitally printed on the Yen Press website and other retailers.
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