Reviews for Run Away with Me, Girl

To say that Kakeochi Girl is just a good manga that would be an understatement. Kakeochi Girl is a heart-wrenching experience that will make you cry your eyes out. This is the first time that I felt seen and represented in a manga. Both protagonists are very relatable and realistic. At first, I thought one of them was just playing with the other's feelings, but then I got to understand how they really feel and what they've been through. The plot is pretty solid and well-written; the characters as well. It felt very realistic to me. The author addressed some interesting topics in this work, suchas compulsory heteronormativity and domestic violence, which can be very triggering for some people, but it's important to the story.

The art is stunning and well-made. It was a great manga to read and it BAFFLES me that has such a low rating. But anyway, I love it. This author has great potential and I'm gonna keep an eye on them.

tl;dr short, heartwarming forbidden-yuri romance with mostly realistic story-telling and poignant moral lessons. Big recommends! On the surface level, Kakeochi Girl is not too shallow, but also not too deep. However, if you put yourself in the shoes of the characters and really internalize how they might feel, it becomes much deeper and much more rewarding. Makimura "Maki" Momo and Oonishi Midori were high school lovers that never really explored their sexuality until graduation when Midori essentially breaks it off, saying it was fun but it's time to pursue normal lives. The two don't see each other again until a fateful encounter 10 years later. Maki isstill taking graduate courses while living with her mom and lamenting her loneliness, while Midori is engaged and pregnant and living that perfect, normal life she wanted. It goes without saying that such matters aren't so simple, and that's what the next 15 chapters explore.

Overall, my enjoyment was enhanced as I really related to Midori's feelings about herself and about life, but the story is still objectively solid. Certain things could have played out differently, but I chalk that up more to the characterization. That's my one real knock on this series, that Maki doesn't really get explored much beyond her relationship with Midori, and Tazune, Midori's fiance, is more of a plot device than a character. I'd care less about Tazune if he was the faceless salaryman stereotype, but Battan tries to give him characterization and parts of that just fall totally flat.

Given the length and quality of the story, this is a strong recommend as you can easily knock this out in an afternoon and shed a few tears along the way.

Kakeochi girl might be my favourite manga. rather than just being about a cute romance, it's actually quite dark, talking about abuse and lgbt+ acceptance. The characters are far from perfect, they each have their flaws and strengths. In the end, they act in a very human and emotion-driven way which is comforting somehow. The story doesn't tell the reader that victims of abuse are perfect cute little traumatised people, it doesn't tell anyone to endure hardships juste because the person imposing them has lived through a lot themselves. It just paints a picture of multi-dimentional characters with varying degrees of agency and the waythey try to better themselves. The kind of lesbian story you know was written by a lesbian <333

A pretty great romance story that toys with one's expectations. I personally really enjoyed how the initial premise painted Midori as a pretty bad person, but learning to see her perspective helped shift that disdain to sympathy, seeing as ultimately it was a plea for help. The leads are very flawed and I think the series did a pretty great job at unrevealing their trauma and issues to the very core. Even the main antagonistic force is portrayed with a certain degree of sympathy, as what shaped his terrible traits was also a good bit of trauma. While the manga doesn't justify his behavior, it allowsthe reader to see where it call comes from, which I think added an additional layer to appreciating the character.

It expertly captures the suffocating struggle of the two leads, such as their issues with heteronormativity, pregnancy, trauma, as well as poor communication. However,it never feels condescending and like it's beating the reader over the head with the moral.

The unique artstyle makes each panel come to life with a degree of magic and whimsy that's hard to find in other series. It's pure joy to look at, adding yet another layer to the whole experience. The imagery of fairy tales, princesses and weddings plays wonderfully into the theme of these women gaining agency over their lives, breaking out of the norm of a world that's been planned out for them, without asking for them permission and making it their own — reclaiming the princess aesthetic from an image of a helpless girl that's only supposed to do what she's told.

While in some places it can feel a bit "happy go lucky", with how things just work out for the two leads, I think it adds that certain degree of hope to their otherwise gloom world. It's an extremely rewarding experience to see the Midori and Maki fall in love once again, but this time with a lot more courage to try and be happy together, in spite of everything around them.

Heartbreaking. Because of how intimately each character and their relationships are realized, anyone could read this and feel deeply. This goes beyond the main couple as motives are clearly defined for the supporting cast. We're given flashbacks and moments alone with everyone. Provided to our understanding of the world of Kakeochi Girl are the beautifully nuanced illustrations and pacing. Hesitation through vacant compositions, a contrasting black sky in a dreamlike moment. Much is said without words. Wowowow. And there's that sparkly shoujo flare without the vanity. Midori shines. This does hit conventions that I've seen in thematically similar works. While there is a unique maturity, Tazune'srole is too well-equipped to sweeten our main couple's inevitable sneaking around.

while it isn't important, this moment of my life feels comparable to the situation Kakeochi Girl presents. I feel spoken to... and other queer people might too. Maybe it'll be ok.

Day 29/30 of the Yurithon: "Wait. That's it?" Those were the exact words running through my head after getting laid, and also after finishing this yuri. Normally, this is due to one of two reasons. One: it was just so good, that I wanted more. Or two: I was just left unsatisfied, and thought more could've been done. For getting laid, it was definitely the latter. But after reading "Run Away with Me, Girl", I can safely say this manga is a case of both. I really enjoyed the relationship between Midori and Maki. The steps taken to rebuild their relationship were logical and flowed prettywell, while still being wholesome and sorta' poetic. Being able to see the perspectives of the side characters just made me root even harder for Midori and Maki to get together, and I think their ending strikes a damn-near perfect balance of cold, hard reality and whimsical and beautiful love. But speaking of endings, this yuri sticks the landing about as well as one of Elon Musk's rockets. If the events from the final three or four chapters were just spread over like eight chapters, I think the manga would've concluded more smoothly. That's not even mentioning the thirteen-year time-skip which was only addressed in one chapter and had no build-up. I liked where the author was going, but it felt like some of the story was just King Crimson'ed away. Resultantly, the final chapter just feels jarring, even if it was somewhat cathartic and beautiful. Either way, I take the good with the bad, and there wasn't so much bad with "Run Away with Me, Girl"; not at all. It was paced pretty perfectly (sans the ending), the characters were compelling, and the art was great. While the first words that popped into my head still remain true for me, there was one thought which just resonated so much louder in my mind: "This is a damn good yuri."

It starts by being such a complicated love story that the ending was hard to believe. In the beginning, we have a main character who is more relatable as she has a non-reciprocated love who she can never forget. I related to her eternally wondering about her former girlfriend. Then when they actually met again, their first moments gave me a bittersweet sensation that this would not end well. So the story surprised me, by showing me the other sides of this second protagonist, and I felt emotionally connected with this character and the story more and more. Artistically, it is also incredibly beautiful. Reading ityou can feel when the characters are falling in love.

Very enjoyable reading =)

really beautifully written story. i haven't read much yuri but reading through yaoi constantly i can say this is a gay love story with realistic characters still living in that dreamy syrup world you want it to when you're looking to read a love story- which i was, and this was the best choice i could've made for something short, sweet, and emotional. it had me tearing up and on the edge of my seat at times, hoping it wouldn't fall into these tropes just for drama- and it didn't, and i wasn't needlessly yanked around. i think the nudity was very tasteful and thatthese are characters that i'll be thinking about for awhile.

absolutely pick this one up. The art style is lovely, the romance and drama is very affecting and never once feels contrived, and the characters and world are mostly quite believable and immersive. I binged it in one sitting (which is something i often do) and even recommended it personally to a few friends (which is something I almost never do). The antagonists have a kind of petty, grounded nastiness to them that keeps this manga from falling in to the kinds of narrative traps that so many others in the genre suffer from, and the protagonists are not exactly perfect people, either. The subject mattertouches on sensitive but very relevant topics, mostly in the sphere of social expectations, coming-of-age, and the usual suspects for adult WLW media... But it's the polish and execution that makes this one stand out for me as a job done right.

I might have given this 10 stars except that I didn't totally love or understand the inclusion of the minor girl or why she'd be hanging out with these two adults who are, life-wise, on the cusp of their 30s. Maybe that's a cultural gap, or i'm just overthinking it...? But her inclusion did feel very intentional and she ends up being pretty impactful, which kept me from dropping it, and i'm glad i stuck with it. This story has one of my favorite endings of any romance manga, which i absolutely will not spoil for you.

This manga is like a happier "gunjou". if you like this you would probably like that too, but it's tragic. This one I'm happy that the ending is so sweet : ) It's definitely predictable and it's not super different than manga's with a similar plot line but it's a fun read and quick to finish. The art style is hard to read at times in certain panels but other than that the full body illustrations are fun to look at especially the endearing moments. I think that it was a bit weird the interaction with Maki's mom when they started dating because I feellike if her sister knew about midori her mom might have already but that's pretty minor.

This was good....until the last 3 chapters. What a tragedy that it had to go completely downhill in no time at all. It seems as if the author(s) were in a massive rush to finish things up. On of the MCs totally changed on the spot. Her POS husband suddenly became devastated, real and oddly human after being an ultra POS the whole manga and then there's the worst part - a 13 year time skip that makes no sense. It could have been appropriate if they had done the skip over 3 chapters or so that leads up to that point. You don't even knowwho the kid is after materializing with the (best) plot device character until about 2/3 of the way through the chapter. It's a real shame because that would have made a fantastic point to explore.

I understand that there are a lot of limitations to these stories and you never know what's going on behind the scenes that leads to what you get in the end, but this was just a really big disappointment. I know there are some people that really like this, so I leave it open as a suggestion with mixed feelings, but I wish I wasn't so mixed by doing so.