Living-Room Matsunaga-san #7

Two faces drawn close together in an almost-breathless moment — the bespectacled, sharp-featured Matsunaga-san and a flushed young woman on the verge of something unspoken — this seventh volume of Keiko Iwashita's Living-Room Matsunaga-san captures the series' tender romantic tension at its most compelling. The soft pastel palette and the characters' intertwined hands hint at feelings that have been quietly building, making this a deeply satisfying installment for anyone who has followed their slow-burn story. A lovely addition to this 2021 Kodansha USA release.