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manga
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written and illustrated by tMnR. It was serialized in
Ichijinsha's ''
Comic Yuri Hime'' from 2016 to 2020, and is licensed for an English-language release by
Kodansha Comics.
Synopsis
While attending her brother's wedding, Uta finally comes to terms with her crush on Kaoru, her now sister-in-law. Uta enters a new stage of her life having to navigate living with her brother and Kaoru while trying to get over her unrequited feelings. However, as cracks in her brother's marriage begin to show, Uta finds Kaoru confiding in her more and making the process even harder.
Characters
Uta - Voice:
Sayaka Senbongi
:A hard-working high school student who tries to come to terms with her unrequited feelings for Kaoru, a childhood friend and now sister-in-law. She sometimes feels like she is a burden to others because of her mother's verbal abuse.
Kaoru - Voice:
Marie Miyake
:A childhood friend of Uta and Reiichi. She went on to marry Reiichi and live together with him and his sister.
Reiichi - Voice:
Yuya Nakada
:Uta's brother. He and Kaoru dated in high school and married one year prior to the story’s start.
Media
Manga
Power Push
On August 21, 2019, ''Ichijinsha'' released a ''Power Push'' reading of the first chapter, with
Sayaka Senbongi playing Uta and
Marie Miyake playing Kaoru.
Reception
''If I Could Reach You'' was nominated for the 2017
Next Manga Award in the print manga category.
In
Anime News Network
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's ''Fall 2019 Manga Guide'', Rebecca Silverman gave the first volume 3 out of 5 stars. Silverman praises tMnR for avoiding making the story unrelentingly depressing and melodramatic by showing that Uta's has already accepted her love will go unrequited. Faye Hopper went on to give the first volume 4 out of 5 stars, noting that "it deals with complicated, difficult issues with a sensitivity and grace you rarely see, and does so, surprisingly, while being light and pleasant." ''Anime UK News'' gave the first volume 8/10, praising the maturely and respect paid to the depiction of Uta's feelings.
The series has featured on
BookWalker's top-selling manga ranking for 2020.
References
External links
Official English website*
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2016 manga
Ichijinsha manga
Kodansha manga
LGBT-related anime and manga
Yuri (genre) anime and manga
2010s LGBT literature