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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
4.5 stars! This adorable albeit a bit smutty Boys Love manga had me hooked from the the cover alone! I love stories set in bookshops and felt particularly drawn to this one as I used to be a bookseller. Yagi is a cute goat boy who dreams of selling books after having a love of books fostered by an older kid who worked at a bookstore. However, being a goat, it is well known that goats have an affinity for all things paper, so every bookshop on his side of town (the herbivore side) adamantly refuses to let him anywhere near books. Thus, this bibliophile of a goat finds himself on the carnivorous side of town begging for a job. Enter broody wolf boss, Ookami san! He has a special connection to Yagi and is endeared enough to give him a job. Thus sunshine Yagi and grump Ookami devour…I mean…navigate the book world together while slowly revealing their true passion…each other!
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
arc provided by the publisher via netgalley in exchange for an honest review
This was a cute enough little boy's love manga set in a world where demi-humans are divided by carnivore and herbivore. One prominent feature is that goats, who eat books and paper, are often banned from bookshops, but our main character Yagi is a goat who loves to read. He even has the ability to taste the emotions and feelings behind the words on the paper he writes, but the only place he can find a job is in a carnivore-territory bookstore owned by a wolf named Ookami.
For some reason, I could not connect to this book at all. It had some of my favorite tropes so I'm frustrated that I couldn't put my finger on why! I think maybe the characters are a little flat, and the pacing seems a little off. The art style is cute though, and this will be good for people who like opposites attract stories, childhood friends to strangers to lovers, or soft boys.
This was a cute enough little boy's love manga set in a world where demi-humans are divided by carnivore and herbivore. One prominent feature is that goats, who eat books and paper, are often banned from bookshops, but our main character Yagi is a goat who loves to read. He even has the ability to taste the emotions and feelings behind the words on the paper he writes, but the only place he can find a job is in a carnivore-territory bookstore owned by a wolf named Ookami.
For some reason, I could not connect to this book at all. It had some of my favorite tropes so I'm frustrated that I couldn't put my finger on why! I think maybe the characters are a little flat, and the pacing seems a little off. The art style is cute though, and this will be good for people who like opposites attract stories, childhood friends to strangers to lovers, or soft boys.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was an adorable and light Yaoi manga that had a really interesting world, but not much depth beyond it. Yagi is a goat who likes to eat books and can taste the stories inside and the feelings of the authors. Ookami is his Wolf manager at the bookstore. A hidden backstory and love ensues between an adorable herbivore and a gruff but sweet carnivore.
You’ll get what you want from a yaoi, a cute story with some steamy times, but there’s not much to make you really connect to or route for the characters. Which is unfortunate, because the author created a really interesting world with separated but co-existing herbivores and carnivores - almost like Beastar vibes, but it didn’t end up going anywhere.
Short, sweet, Yagi the Bookshop Goat is not a fave, but I still had a good time.
*I received an eARC from TOKYOPOP, LOVE x LOVE & NetGalley in exchange for my honest review*
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Thank you Netgalley/the publisher for the arc of this manga.
This was the wholesome BL that I needed in my life!
The art style is really cute and the characters are adorable as well. I'm glad that there weren't really any big conflicts or any bad guys in this manga, I don't really like that... Give me all the fluffiness and soft feelings thank you!
It does have some smut, so I cannot buy it physically... But yeah it was still a nice and fast read!
This was the wholesome BL that I needed in my life!
The art style is really cute and the characters are adorable as well. I'm glad that there weren't really any big conflicts or any bad guys in this manga, I don't really like that... Give me all the fluffiness and soft feelings thank you!
It does have some smut, so I cannot buy it physically... But yeah it was still a nice and fast read!
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.**
Fumi Furukawa's Yagi the Bookshop Goat is a sweet and spicy yaoi manga intended for adults. Yagi is a goat who loves books and desperately wants to work in a bookshop. Since Yagi is a goat, he tends to be banned from any place selling paper due to his wanting to eat it. When the only bookshop willing to hire him is in in the carnivore zone, Yagi happily accepts employment from Ookami the wolf.
Both the art style and the story of Yagi are incredibly sweet and aesthetically enjoyable. While the story is somewhat surface level, readers do get to understand some of Yagi and Ookami's back stories and how they have gotten to the present day.
I could easily see this story being one people could come back to as a comfort read given the light-hearted vibe and the story being contained to one volume.
I would love to see additional stories set in this world or surrounding this cast of characters as Furukawa has set up so much potential in this world.
Thank you to Netgalley for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This book is absurdly adorable, and sweet enough to give you a toothache. From the premise, I was hooked: A goat boy who wants to work in a bookstore but can't resist eating all the books! The art is very cute and I enjoyed all the character designs with basic animal traits. (Ears on a bear, horns on a goat, feathers on an owl, etc.) The plot and character development never really go beyond the surface level, but I found that I didn't mind very much. I was content to be wrapped up in a fluffy, stress free world of cute animal people. I'd happily read an entire series about Yagi, or at least set in the same universe.
This book is absurdly adorable, and sweet enough to give you a toothache. From the premise, I was hooked: A goat boy who wants to work in a bookstore but can't resist eating all the books! The art is very cute and I enjoyed all the character designs with basic animal traits. (Ears on a bear, horns on a goat, feathers on an owl, etc.) The plot and character development never really go beyond the surface level, but I found that I didn't mind very much. I was content to be wrapped up in a fluffy, stress free world of cute animal people. I'd happily read an entire series about Yagi, or at least set in the same universe.
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Got an eArc from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
If you're looking for a cute and funny and cute (I've said it twice because it's really cute. Now I said it thrice.) manga, this is one of those! I really enjoyed reading this! If you're like me, who also look for a deeper meaning to these kinds of manga, I swear, you can expect to see that here.
Yagi is someone who has been doubting himself but is also headstrong. He didn't give up on wanting to be a bookstore clerk, but the self-doubt of being a goat is looming behind the curtains because goats aren't allowed in bookstores as they eat paper or the book itself. In this fast-paced manga, I'm glad I get to see Yagi accepting and the process of loving himself. Yagi the Bookshop Goat by Fumi Furukawai s a great read!
TW: Sexually Explicit Scene (Two scenes), Death of Parents, Grief, Anxiety, and Depression (search it up for more specifics or correct TW as mine is what I thought is TW while I read it)
If you're looking for a cute and funny and cute (I've said it twice because it's really cute. Now I said it thrice.) manga, this is one of those! I really enjoyed reading this! If you're like me, who also look for a deeper meaning to these kinds of manga, I swear, you can expect to see that here.
Yagi is someone who has been doubting himself but is also headstrong. He didn't give up on wanting to be a bookstore clerk, but the self-doubt of being a goat is looming behind the curtains because goats aren't allowed in bookstores as they eat paper or the book itself. In this fast-paced manga, I'm glad I get to see Yagi accepting and the process of loving himself. Yagi the Bookshop Goat by Fumi Furukawai s a great read!
TW: Sexually Explicit Scene (Two scenes), Death of Parents, Grief, Anxiety, and Depression (search it up for more specifics or correct TW as mine is what I thought is TW while I read it)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual content
Minor: Grief, Death of parent