Kiss Him, Not Me 3

The new character briefly introduced at the end of  Kiss Him, Not Me 2  becomes a new friend in volume 3, and her presence is a welcome addition for shaking up the relationships with a bit more conflict.Although Kae first met Shima at a comic convention where Shima was cosplaying, it turns out that they go to the same school. (Yay for manga coincidences! Which is actually called out in the book, amusingly.) Shima is amazing. Everyone wants to be her friend. Her house is like a fan museum. She has all the manga Kae wants to read. AND she’s a talented artist.All the boys competing for Kae’s attention are jealous, while Shima seems too good to be true. I’ve seen perfect boyfriends in manga before, but this is a clever take on the perfect friend. And anyone who likes boys’ love stories — or things that make fun of them — will appreciate how the girls interact with the guys.The main occurrence in this installment, though, is one of those ideas where it seems so perfectly obvious in retrospect, but I wouldn’t have guessed it was coming: Kae gains back the weight she lost to become cute. The guys have to then confront how they feel about her. Are they so shallow as to only want to be around her when she looks pretty (as defined by cultural stereotypes)? Will Shima show them up again by reacting in a more substantial way?It’s a great twist with plenty of opportunities for humor yet expanding the characters along the way. Those kinds of options are my favorite parts of this series by Junko, when you get the comedy but with something more substantial underneath as well. (Review originally posted at ComicsWorthReading.com.)

i had to cover my mouth to lower my laughter volume. it was just too funny! this is thee best of the series so far. i loved seeing the guys squirm like that and the poses... my mouth hurts from smiling so hard. and to see my favorite guy fall in love one more time with her and prove it by making her soooo happy in the last page. priceless!

My teenage daughter loves this series so she gives this book a 5 star or 2 thumbs up. I am not into this type of book so I have to rely on what she says for the review.

daughter loved it

The anime is so cute and the book is even better!

Read the first 2 digitally and got the physical copy for this one. Love having the physical copy. It's nice and small.

Awesome shipped pretty quick even tho it was xmas time very satisfied

~4/5I can’t believe how good this series is. I just love it.We meet a new character in this volume: Nishina, a girl, who writes doujin. She’s practically Kae’s girl crush, and Nishina hits on Kae unashamedly. Kae still doesn’t know how to handle this, but she is in heaven with Nishina’s BL-similarities.The boys are thrown for a real loop, though, when Kae gains her weight back. At this occurrence, we see what boys are really in this for Kae, not for her looks. I do like that this is used in a humorous way, even though a couple of the guys are jerks about it. But it proves that there really is only one guy in this for her, who’s fallen for her for real. And I’m already a fan of him.I like that this also shows that the way Kae looks isn’t that important. Nishina finds appeal in Kae no matter what she looks like, that Mutsuma is just a great friend, and that Kae doesn’t really care. She’s not self-conscious at all, doesn’t care what her body looks like, and I love that.I love this series. I’m hooked. Gimme more.[More of my reviews are available on my blog, Geeky Reading, to which there's a link on my profile.]

really love the kiss him not me series !! this volume was my favourite so far!! [minor spoilers:] I really really loved the romance between shima and kae for real was so enticing!! \\(><)// would recommend hundo percent ^_^ 👍

Good quality, easy to read

Fue un regalo para mi sobrina, le fascinó

Lo compré como regalo para una amiga. Le encantó, cuando lo leí personalmente también me gustó mucho. Ideal para aquellos que disfruten del anime en general y un poco de yaoi/yuri.