Monologue Woven For You, Vol. 2 (2025)

Nao and Haruka continue to work out the particulars of their budding relationship and everything is sunshine and rainbows. Provided, of course, that neither of them acknowledges the secrets they’re keeping from one another. Haruka resolves to live in the Nao, but that’s as easy to say as it is difficult to do…

While our leads continue to be very warm and affectionate and their love grows and deepens, the slow, torturous growth of that nasty little weed that they refuse to deal with incubates quietly in the background and slowly begins to extend to the foreground this time out.

This is a very effective look at a very particular potential pitfall of a relationship that feels very familiar. Two people fall in love and begin to plan a life. Initially they are open and free with each other and feel understood, but, even then, the things they don’t say begin to build and build and before they realize it, the time to address everything easily has long since passed because they’re now too invested in one another and scared of what will happen if they do address that unspoken thing.

Everybody has secrets, honestly, but it’s choosing to dwell on them that’s the real problem and, make no mistake, our leads are fixated on them hard. Even worse, this shared secret has them both coming at it from opposite sides - Nao wants to act with Haruka so badly since the latter saved her love of acting.

Haruka, however, has resolved to never act again and comes to terms with it, content to cheer Nao on from the front row as long as she can. Of course, what Nao doesn’t realize until later in the story is that Haruka didn’t just stop acting for no reason - there was a whole incident that incited this change - and that turns the whole situation into a much bigger mess. Especially since Nao hasn’t told Haruka she knows about the latter’s past.

You might think that this is one heck of a bringdown after last volume’s initial throes of adorable yuri romance, but everything I just mentioned is slowly coming out. The main part of the story is still these two being absolutely perfect for one another, just with a shadow that slowly grows over things.

The way the story slowly evolves their partnership is wonderfully organic, feeling a lot more real than other stories that would put certain moments on a pedestal. Here we see how serious things are getting in the quiet parts, like Haruka just handing over her house key, or the way they start to recognize their mutual grocery preferences. It’s really well done.

And these two definitely don’t lack for passion, with at least one very well done sex scene that gets the point across and then some, but isn’t especially tawdry. Not that tawdry is always bad, but it would feel out of place in a story like this (especially after something as cute as that umbrella scene).

There are a few things that I think could have been handled a smidgen better - the revelation that Haruka’s acting career went to pieces over an incident is delivered by a character who kind of shows up, throws this all into Nao’s lap, seems to be pretty snarky about both of their acting and life choices, then leaves.

Even with the likelihood of her knowing something of the incident or being connected to it, it feels like a very awkward segue to get more of that storyline advancing when so much of this volume has been so quietly subtle.

I also really like Nao’s friend Yuri that both girls bond with, although Yuri saying that she doesn’t have interest in women (while supporting our leads) and then that apparently getting tossed out the window towards the end because of her coworker feels a little like cramming more yuri in for the sake of yuri, when this has been one of the rare yuri titles that has featured male characters in it in any capacity.

Still, happiness is where you find it and all that, but it doesn’t feel especially like a character choice and more of an authorial one. That all being said, this is largely confined to the very cute omake that close out the volume and they nearly justify all of that with those pages. And it’s not like this would be the first book to pair every female character with another one, it just seemed a little less yuri paradise than that.

This is, overall, a really good series. It’s not the best yuri ever written, but it’s a really strong one and I like that it’s tackling an aspect of relationships that we don’t necessarily see covered in this fashion. The dramatic turn coming is also a lot more interesting when we see the car crash coming and can do nothing to prevent it, rather than having it erupt from nowhere.

4 stars - cute and fluffy still, but now with an added dollop of dread for what’s coming. A definite step forward from last time, if not completely upwards, and I’m very interested in just how messy this is about to get.

On continue vraiment dans la lignée du premier volume avec des scènes un peu du quotidien du couple qui apprend à vivre ensemble, à connaître leurs émotions et leurs interactions l'une avec l'autre et à intégrer leur cercle d'amies à leurs interactions quotidiennes.

Le "secret" prend toutefois de plus en plus de place au sein du couple, de manière inattendue (à travers des rencontres imprévues avec le passé notamment), mais elles apprennent à dealer avec notamment en se confiant à leurs amies sur leurs frustrations, sur leurs interrogations, sur les désirs au sein du couple et leurs projets de vie. Même si aucun pas n'est franchis à ce niveau de communication au sein du couple, et on sent que ce "secret" ronge nos protagonistes de plus en plus au point d'en affecter le couple et a des impacts bien concrets sur leur quotidien et leur manière d'intéragir avec le monde. Je m'attendais au moins à une ou deux pièces du puzzle de révélées dans ce volume, mais nous n'avons rien.

Je dois avouer toutefois que ce volume était particulièrement difficile à séparer une des amies du couple puisque Yuki à les yeux rouge de l'une et la coiffure brune de l'autre ce qui était un peu mélangeant pour moi pour les distinguer. Les scènes du quotidien était intéressante, pourrait définitivement être formatrice et intéressante comme conseil aux plus jeunes, mais j'aurais aimé un peu plus de développement narratif. Le développement émotif est par exemple impeccable et on a vraiment l'impression de voir le couple s'épanouir par moment et de ressentir ses frustrations tout en voyant la réflexion se développer.

Une bonne lecture, bien qu'un peu répétitive cette fois-ci. Je vais clairement poursuivre ma lecture de la série!

This is such a cute manga! I love the style and that it's full colour - the artist has such a great sense of colour. Haruka and Nao's relationship becomes more intimate in this volume, yet their still keeping secrets about their pasts. This volume builds up to what I assume will be a sequel full of twists and revelations.

Nao and Haruka continue to work out the particulars of their budding relationship and everything is sunshine and rainbows. Provided, of course, that neither of them acknowledges the secrets they’re keeping from one another. Haruka resolves to live in the Nao, but that’s as easy to say as it is difficult to do…

While our leads continue to be very warm and affectionate and their love grows and deepens, the slow, torturous growth of that nasty little weed that they refuse to deal with incubates quietly in the background and slowly begins to extend to the foreground this time out.

This is a very effective look at a very particular potential pitfall of a relationship that feels very familiar. Two people fall in love and begin to plan a life. Initially they are open and free with each other and feel understood, but, even then, the things they don’t say begin to build and build and before they realize it, the time to address everything easily has long since passed because they’re now too invested in one another and scared of what will happen if they do address that unspoken thing.

Everybody has secrets, honestly, but it’s choosing to dwell on them that’s the real problem and, make no mistake, our leads are fixated on them hard. Even worse, this shared secret has them both coming at it from opposite sides - Nao wants to act with Haruka so badly since the latter saved her love of acting.

Haruka, however, has resolved to never act again and comes to terms with it, content to cheer Nao on from the front row as long as she can. Of course, what Nao doesn’t realize until later in the story is that Haruka didn’t just stop acting for no reason - there was a whole incident that incited this change - and that turns the whole situation into a much bigger mess. Especially since Nao hasn’t told Haruka she knows about the latter’s past.

You might think that this is one heck of a bringdown after last volume’s initial throes of adorable yuri romance, but everything I just mentioned is slowly coming out. The main part of the story is still these two being absolutely perfect for one another, just with a shadow that slowly grows over things.

The way the story slowly evolves their partnership is wonderfully organic, feeling a lot more real than other stories that would put certain moments on a pedestal. Here we see how serious things are getting in the quiet parts, like Haruka just handing over her house key, or the way they start to recognize their mutual grocery preferences. It’s really well done.

And these two definitely don’t lack for passion, with at least one very well done sex scene that gets the point across and then some, but isn’t especially tawdry. Not that tawdry is always bad, but it would feel out of place in a story like this (especially after something as cute as that umbrella scene).

There are a few things that I think could have been handled a smidgen better - the revelation that Haruka’s acting career went to pieces over an incident is delivered by a character who kind of shows up, throws this all into Nao’s lap, seems to be pretty snarky about both of their acting and life choices, then leaves.

Even with the likelihood of her knowing something of the incident or being connected to it, it feels like a very awkward segue to get more of that storyline advancing when so much of this volume has been so quietly subtle.

I also really like Nao’s friend Yuri that both girls bond with, although Yuri saying that she doesn’t have interest in women (while supporting our leads) and then that apparently getting tossed out the window towards the end because of her coworker feels a little like cramming more yuri in for the sake of yuri, when this has been one of the rare yuri titles that has featured male characters in it in any capacity.

Still, happiness is where you find it and all that, but it doesn’t feel especially like a character choice and more of an authorial one. That all being said, this is largely confined to the very cute omake that close out the volume and they nearly justify all of that with those pages. And it’s not like this would be the first book to pair every female character with another one, it just seemed a little less yuri paradise than that.

This is, overall, a really good series. It’s not the best yuri ever written, but it’s a really strong one and I like that it’s tackling an aspect of relationships that we don’t necessarily see covered in this fashion. The dramatic turn coming is also a lot more interesting when we see the car crash coming and can do nothing to prevent it, rather than having it erupt from nowhere.

4 stars - cute and fluffy still, but now with an added dollop of dread for what’s coming. A definite step forward from last time, if not completely upwards, and I’m very interested in just how messy this is about to get.

Nao and Haruka continue to work out the particulars of their budding relationship and everything is sunshine and rainbows. Provided, of course, that neither of them acknowledges the secrets they’re keeping from one another. Haruka resolves to live in the Nao, but that’s as easy to say as it is difficult to do…

While our leads continue to be very warm and affectionate and their love grows and deepens, the slow, torturous growth of that nasty little weed that they refuse to deal with incubates quietly in the background and slowly begins to extend to the foreground this time out.

This is a very effective look at a very particular potential pitfall of a relationship that feels very familiar. Two people fall in love and begin to plan a life. Initially they are open and free with each other and feel understood, but, even then, the things they don’t say begin to build and build and before they realize it, the time to address everything easily has long since passed because they’re now too invested in one another and scared of what will happen if they do address that unspoken thing.

Everybody has secrets, honestly, but it’s choosing to dwell on them that’s the real problem and, make no mistake, our leads are fixated on them hard. Even worse, this shared secret has them both coming at it from opposite sides - Nao wants to act with Haruka so badly since the latter saved her love of acting.

Haruka, however, has resolved to never act again and comes to terms with it, content to cheer Nao on from the front row as long as she can. Of course, what Nao doesn’t realize until later in the story is that Haruka didn’t just stop acting for no reason - there was a whole incident that incited this change - and that turns the whole situation into a much bigger mess. Especially since Nao hasn’t told Haruka she knows about the latter’s past.

You might think that this is one heck of a bringdown after last volume’s initial throes of adorable yuri romance, but everything I just mentioned is slowly coming out. The main part of the story is still these two being absolutely perfect for one another, just with a shadow that slowly grows over things.

The way the story slowly evolves their partnership is wonderfully organic, feeling a lot more real than other stories that would put certain moments on a pedestal. Here we see how serious things are getting in the quiet parts, like Haruka just handing over her house key, or the way they start to recognize their mutual grocery preferences. It’s really well done.

And these two definitely don’t lack for passion, with at least one very well done sex scene that gets the point across and then some, but isn’t especially tawdry. Not that tawdry is always bad, but it would feel out of place in a story like this (especially after something as cute as that umbrella scene).

There are a few things that I think could have been handled a smidgen better - the revelation that Haruka’s acting career went to pieces over an incident is delivered by a character who kind of shows up, throws this all into Nao’s lap, seems to be pretty snarky about both of their acting and life choices, then leaves.

Even with the likelihood of her knowing something of the incident or being connected to it, it feels like a very awkward segue to get more of that storyline advancing when so much of this volume has been so quietly subtle.

I also really like Nao’s friend Yuri that both girls bond with, although Yuri saying that she doesn’t have interest in women (while supporting our leads) and then that apparently getting tossed out the window towards the end because of her coworker feels a little like cramming more yuri in for the sake of yuri, when this has been one of the rare yuri titles that has featured male characters in it in any capacity.

Still, happiness is where you find it and all that, but it doesn’t feel especially like a character choice and more of an authorial one. That all being said, this is largely confined to the very cute omake that close out the volume and they nearly justify all of that with those pages. And it’s not like this would be the first book to pair every female character with another one, it just seemed a little less yuri paradise than that.

This is, overall, a really good series. It’s not the best yuri ever written, but it’s a really strong one and I like that it’s tackling an aspect of relationships that we don’t necessarily see covered in this fashion. The dramatic turn coming is also a lot more interesting when we see the car crash coming and can do nothing to prevent it, rather than having it erupt from nowhere.

4 stars - cute and fluffy still, but now with an added dollop of dread for what’s coming. A definite step forward from last time, if not completely upwards, and I’m very interested in just how messy this is about to get.

3.5 stars.

Such a heavy story, yet told with such grace and sincerity.

These two gals are in love. They both have connections to the theater, but the older gal has walked away, and doesn't know her younger lover had followed her work, and knows a lot of her acting days. The older gal, she thinks she's hidden everything. Can these two go back to the stage together, and remain in love?

I don't like how often the plot is being repeated. Like, Nao keeps saying how much it's her dream to act with Haruka together and Haruka keeps saying how she'll never act again. It's kinda annoying, but at the same time I also get it. Kind of? Sometimes we also repeat things too many times in our heads, either because we hate our decision, or we love it, or we're disappointed...

All I really would like to do, is just to go into the book and make them talk to each other. I completely understand why both sides aren't ready to spill their tea, I've been kinda in both situations myself and know how hard it is. But I also know how bad it ends when you choose not to talk and keep it inside, until time reaches you and the truth somehow comes to light, or you grow apart because the lies built a distance between you...
So, just talk.

Since volume 3 is gonna be the last, I don't think it's gonna be a sad ending, but I really really hope they still get to have a heart-to-heart conversation.
I wouldn't necessarily want for Haruka to start acting again, since that'd be way too rushed, unless the author will do a time-skip, but it's important for both of them to be completely honest. And whatever happened in the past, Haruka needs to come in terms with it and face her fears.

Words can't describe how much I love this series. I don't know how many volumes this will be but I hope it doesn't end anytime soon.

Can we talk about the colorful artwork. Not often you see a full color manga.

Seeing a former classmate causes Haruka to think back on her time in theatre. She has a new dream now but her dream is the opposite of Nao's who longs to share the stage with her.

The reason behind Haruka leaving it behind is hinted at but not revealed. And Nao doesn't tell her that she saw her years ago and it was here that helped her decide to continue.

I can't wait for them to talk and share the secrets that they have been keeping from each other. I hope we get that in the next volume.

I enjoyed seeing Haruka and Nao's relationship grow! Neither will accept the fact that they need to discuss their pasts in order to take their relationship to the next level. These useless lesbians are going to be the death of me. Hoping Haruka's theater past is revealed more next volume and I'm impatient lol.

I like this manga so far. It’s so nice to have full colour.Even though I think the romance between Haruka and Nao was a little rushed in volume 1, I love them together.I really want for Haruka to tell Nao about her past and why she quit acting.I’m looking for for them to have a deep conversation about their past!

4 stars. Okay, this volume was better than the first. Nao and Haruka are still keeping secrets from each other but they love each other so much that they don’t want to hurt the other by telling them. Those adorable idiots. The artwork in this is gorgeous and I cannot wait to see what the big reveal is going to be in the next volume. This one was really good.

Still just kind of coasting along for me. They’re cute, but I’m not invested in the drama. I just know that when it is eventually revealed why she left acting, it’s not going to be worth all this build up.

Still cute and wholesome apart from The Big SecretTM. It kinda feels like it can't make up its mind between just nice fluffy slice-of-life and angsty drama (forthcoming since the beginning and never actually coming so far).

Good, cute art, another romance with problems that could be solved by talking to each other -- which, in this case, would feel excessively overdramatic, but also these are actors and I've known a few of them before. Hoping to see them work it out in the next (final?) volume.

Ngl I kind of want to rate this lower because the only conflict is the big secret and it's just really annoying watching them go in angst circles about the same thing 800 times. But also the art is good and the romance is cute so I don't think it deserves less than 3 stars

first time i got the book it was missing two chapters and i had to wait before i could exchange it :’)

very nice tho :D

This is such a cute slice-of-life manga. I felt so much angst in this volume, and I’m here for it.

A lot like the first volume. Tropey and shallow characters and plot devices. Cute drawings and designs. Sweet and harmless. Love that it's all in color.

Yup, this is the one. The first volume was a great start, and this volume builds off that and really delivers a lovely, wholesome read.

Both of these characters are holding back secrets and I can't wait to see them come out!

4.5* stars.