When Will Ayumu Make His Move? Vol. 17

When Will Ayumu Make His Move? Vol. 17

The new will they-won’t they romance from the creator of Teasing Master Takagi-san is here! Ayumu is in love with his senpai Yaotome, but he’s sworn not to confess his feelings until he can beat her at the board game shogi… The problem is, his love is obvious to Yaotome, and she can’t stop trying to trick him into breaking his vow! Fall in love again, fans of Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro, Komi Can’t Communicate, and Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie!

Yaotome’s the cute president of the shogi (Japanese chess) club at her high school, and she’s pretty sure that her underclassman Ayumu, the only other member, has a huge crush on her. They get together to play shogi every day after school, but no matter what she does, she can’t seem to coax or trick him into confessing his feelings! What she doesn’t know is that Ayumu has made a pact with himself to reveal his love after he’s beaten Yaotome at shogi for the first time. Yet there’s one big issue with this plan…he really sucks!

This lighthearted comedy teaches the reader how to play shogi (better than Ayumu) while delivering the laughs readers expect from the creator of Teasing Master Takagi-san!

Biographical Notes:

Soichiro Yamamoto is a bestselling manga author and creator of Teasing Master Takagi-san, which was released in English and adapted into a popular anime. When Will Ayumu Make His Move? is Yamamoto’s second manga to be translated into English, released by Kodansha Comics.

Title Notes:

The next gag-filled romantic comedy from the creator of Teasing Master Takagi-san, which has more than 4 million copies in print worldwide and led to a successful anime adaptation dubbed and released by Funimation.

Fits perfectly alongside other “teasing/cool girl” manga now experiencing a boomlet, like Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro and Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie.

Teaches how to play shogi (Japanese chess), with every chapter followed by a basic strategy lesson, at a time when Queen’s Gambit is driving renewed interest in chess and related games.

More details on Soichiro Yamamoto:

Soichiro Yamamoto’s Pixiv account

Soichiro Yamamoto’s Twitter account

Publisher’s Twitter account