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Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon

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Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon
First tankōbon volume cover
欠けた月とドーナッツ
(Kaketa Tsuki to Dōnattsu)
Genre
Manga
Written byShio Usui
Published byIchijinsha
English publisher
MagazineComic Yuri Hime
Original runMarch 18, 2019May 18, 2022
Volumes4 (List of volumes)

Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon (欠けた月とドーナッツ, Kaketa Tsuki to Dōnattsu) is a Japanese yuri manga written and illustrated by Shio Usui. It was serialized in Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime from March 2019 to May 2022. It is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment.

Plot

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In an effort to make herself seem "normal" to her friends and coworkers, Uno Hinako throws herself in makeup, fashion, and falling in love. But despite her best efforts, all her attempts at "normal" romance with men keep falling flat. A new normal emerges in the form of her connection with Asahi Sato, a sensible woman whom Hinako works with, just as she begins to fear that she might be alone forever. What starts as respect slowly moves into something more intimate.

Publication

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Written and illustrated by Shio Usui, Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon was serialized in Ichijinsha's Comic Yuri Hime from March 18, 2019, to May 18, 2022.[2] The series was collected in four tankōbon volumes from January 2020 to July 2022.

The series is licensed for an English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment.[3]

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 January 17, 2020[4]978-4-75802-076-3February 23, 2021[1]978-1-64827-074-1
2 November 18, 2020[5]978-4-75802-183-8August 10, 2021[1]978-1-64827-246-2
3 September 17, 2021[6]978-4-75802-296-5June 28, 2022[1]978-1-63858-112-3
4 July 15, 2022[7]978-4-75802-443-3March 21, 2023[1]978-1-63858-688-3

Reception

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The series has received positive reviews. Anime News Network gave the first and second volume of Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon an overall A− rating,[8][9] praising that series for tackling how adult deal with self identity. Silverman noted in her review of volume 2 that Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon was among another current yuri title, Whisper Me a Love Song, that appeared to have a protagonist that exhibited signs of being on the asexual or demisexual spectrum. While praising this from the point of view of representation, they did worry about the "conflation of homosexuality and asexuality in manga about queer characters" but were open to seeing how the series progressed with such themes.

Erica Friedman of Yuricon gave the final volume an overall rating of 10 out of 10, praising the series as a whole and remarking that "this manga checks off so many of the things that makes a good manga for me – adult women building different kinds of relationships with the women around them, emotional intimacy of differing kinds with those women and adult women breaking free of the constraints put upon them by society, family and themselves."[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Series: Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon". Seven Seas Entertainment. Seven Seas Entertainment. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "Donuts Under a Crescent Moon Manga Ends Serialization in May". Anime News Network. April 25, 2022. Archived from the original on July 14, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "Seven Seas Licenses Failure Frame, Donuts Under a Crescent Moon, Dungeon Toilet, Dai Dark Manga". Anime News Network. July 3, 2020. Archived from the original on July 4, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  4. ^ "欠けた月とドーナッツ(1)". Ichijinsha (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  5. ^ "欠けた月とドーナッツ(2)". Ichijinsha (in Japanese). Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  6. ^ "欠けた月とドーナッツ(3)". Ichijinsha (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 14, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  7. ^ "欠けた月とドーナッツ(4)". Ichijinsha (in Japanese). Archived from the original on July 14, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  8. ^ Silverman, Rebecca (June 13, 2021). "Review: Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon GN 1". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 14, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  9. ^ Silverman, Rebecca (September 17, 2021). "Review: Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon GN 2". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 14, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  10. ^ Friedman, Erica (May 15, 2023). "Doughnuts Under A Crescent Moon, Volume 4". Okazu. Archived from the original on July 14, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
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