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”How To Grill Our Love, Vol 1” by Shiori Hanatsuka is a love slow-paced, heartwarming slice-of-life and full of delicious-looking drawings. I really want bbq ribs now! Fans of Yuru Camp and any cooking show/manga will enjoy this story. Kenta is on the brink of giving up on finding love. The last three dates have ghosted him, but then he meets Chihiro. Nervous he ends up bringing her to his favorite place – the local yakiniku place, where he tells all about his love of grilling meat. It's nerdy and he's embarrassed, but Chihiro likes his passion, and in return, they create together a safe place, where they can lose their masks, and finally be themself with someone else. But their love story is over too soon when Kenta is getting a job offer which means he has to move to another city. When Chihiro hears of this, she proposes marriage, and so begins their adventure of happily-ever-after love and exciting food adventures by the grill. I can never really explain in words how...

I love Japanese culture but I haven't tasted sushi yet because I am really not good about eating things I don't know what is. I would hate to leave a plate of food because I didn't like it, and all the different names like maki, hosomaki, nori and nigiri are confusing and overwhelming, so no, I haven't ventured into a sushi restaurant yet because it seems more work than pleasure. I am not a very adventurous person, I know. That's why this book seemed ideal! This documentary-graphic novel was an easy must-read to gain knowledge! I hoped to learn a lot from the read – and I did! I love how nerdy this read is. I really got an impression of the art and craftsmanship of creating sushi and I know now that sushi is more than just a piece of fish on rice. The book is non-fiction and drawn as a travel notebook showing and telling what our main characters learn when they visit different masters in the art of sushi. It was cool how in detail it went about the differe...