Sweat and Soap, Vol 4

Today’s post is on Sweat and Soap, Vol 4 by Kintetsu Yamada.  It is 189 pages long and is published by Kodansha Comics. The cover is an illustration of the main characters, Asako and Natori. There is no foul language, mild sex and sexuality, and no violence in this book. The intended reader is someone who likes josei manga, mature love stories, and sweet characters. There Be Spoilers Ahead. 

From the back of the book-  Dinner and Dread.
Natori and Asako are back from their first trip together, a romantic getaway to Hokkaido. But when Asako returns to the office, her anxiety comes back, too, because it’s time to let their secret out and reveal their relationship to their coworkers. Natori sets up an outing to introduce Asako to his teammates in product development. But this is a far cry from the accounting department, and Natori’s coworkers all seem fashionable, ambitious, cool- on a whole different level! Suddenly, those moments spent soaking in the hot spring bath seem so far away!

Review- The blurb is just the first part of the story but the main plot threads in this volume are about Natori and Asako starting to talk about moving in together. Natori brings it up very casually but then they both panic a bit about it for different reasons. Natori is afraid that Asako has misunderstood him and Asako is worried about him not liking her as much once he sees her all the time and lives with her flaws. But as usual with this manga, they handle these problems like adults and talk about them. That is the best thing about this manga, the fact that Asako and Natori act like adults and communicate with each other. I look forward to the next volume. 

I give this manga a Four out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this manga with my own money.