In the Clear Moonlit Dusk Vol. 1

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This is lampshaded in the story because when Yoi is trying to repress and distract herself from her emotions, she goes into excellence overdrive, exuding princely charm. Meaningful Name: Both Yoi and Ichimura are nicknamed "Prince" in their school for similar but still distinct reasons. Dubbed a ‘prince’ by her peers since childhood, Yoi has all but given up on being seen as anything else. Ichimura is so emotionally stirred by it that he has to take a second to compose himself after Yoi leaves. He saw Yoi and was immediately entranced by her beauty, realizing later that he fell in love with her in that very instance.

Amusement Park: Ichimura ends his and Yoi's first date at an amusement park because he enjoys going to them right before they close at night. Love Triangle: The classic example of two people in some sort of romantic relationship and a third who pines over one of the two. It is not included in promotions available to our main range products, as stated in our terms of service. For over a century, Kodansha has relentlessly pursued quality and creativity, which allows us to continuously reimagine what could be. That is, until she bumps into Ichimura-sempai, the school’s other prince (who’s a he) and gets a taste of what it feels like to be seen for her true self.

Instead of interpreting "Yoi" literally as "evening", you can interpret it as "Yoi", the first name of the heroine of the story, thus changing the meaning to be "The Beautiful Yoi's Moon" and referring more explicitly to Yoi and Ichimura's relationship. At Books2Door, we believe that reading is a fundamental skill that every child should have to help improve their vocabulary, grammar, and critical thinking skills. He goes to an all boys school and has played sports for most of his life so he has little experience talking to women and admittedly comes off much colder than intended because of his awkwardness. This is later lampshaded by Yoi's friend in chapter 4 who asks her, "isn't it better for a late-bloomer and beginner in love like you to be wooed strongly by a master of love? Yoi Takiguchi's long legs, deep voice, and handsome face are the perfect recipe for an attractive guy--until people realize she is, in fact, a girl.That said, she's too afraid of a Femininity Failure to even try changing things on her own and is resigned to her fate at the start of the story. The author is more preoccupied about making them look gorgeous and handsome in every damn panel than giving them actual personalities or character. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

While it suits her extraordinarily well, it likely contributes to the Lady Looks Like a Dude incidents she runs into and further characterizes her as being less traditionally feminine than her peers.Ichimura counters that it's good to be a princely girl, because being so, she doesn't have to adhere to all of the gender expectations that other girls must contend with. Foil: Yoi is dark-haired, working class, and despite her frustrations with being treated as a prince, she genuinely is good-natured and chaste, with a strong sense of right and wrong, like an actual Prince Charming would be. Single Girl Seeks Most Popular Guy: Ichimura is well known and swooned over in school as the other prince (despite being at the school for a shorter amount of time, Yoi is the primary prince) because of his good looks and boatloads of money. Our MC Is a boy-ish girl nicknamed "Prince" for her pretty face and mannerisms, paired with a rich playboy type. A male part-timer at Yoi's family restaurant is introduced in the third volume just as Yoi is wondering if she actually likes Ichimura or if she's just being swept away by any guy showing interest in her, with heavy implication that he's going to shake up the Ichimura-Yoi relationship.