Very adorable story. Could have used some better food shots but I think Food Wars spoiled me! The focus is on the characters and their interactions with each other.

Like the first volume the recipes are included.

I'm so torn with this one! It's like I enjoy it but then on the other hand I didn't. It was really strange but I hope that I'll eventually enjoy it more. I love that the father wants to cook for his daughter more but each chapter feels a little disjointed like they can stand alone. I just wish that they would connect more and the plot made s little more sense. I'll keep reading them just to see where they go.

2022 update: 3.5 Stars. I still think that this cute, but I still want the stories to connect a little more. They definitely feel more like short stories than a connected work. I think that the relationship between the father and daughter is great and I definitely appreciate it more now as a parent. He clearly is struggling with with the loss of his wife, but he wants to do everything he can to make his daughter feel more comfortable in the absence of his wife. I'm interested in seeing how the story is going to continue to develop.

I'm so torn with this one! It's like I enjoy it but then on the other hand I didn't. It was really strange but I hope that I'll eventually enjoy it more. I love that the father wants to cook for his daughter more but each chapter feels a little disjointed like they can stand alone. I just wish that they would connect more and the plot made s little more sense. I'll keep reading them just to see where they go.

While I likely will stick with this series for it's cute and expressive art, this second volume was nothing special.

Story: The story's mostly just slice of life with a few bits of an arc of Kohei being a father and moving on with his loss. The cooking isn't really anything special in this either and I got bored easily during those scenes. They do add a bit of fluff to the cooking scenes but usually they're bland. I feel like the first volume had better cooking scenes. Then again I think these kinda scenes are hard to execute in a fun way, unless you're Delicious in Dungeon. There is is a good chapter with Kohei and Tsumugi at a fesitival which I won't spoil, but it makes Kohei a bit more interesting and more of a character.

Character: Probably the weakest part of the comic. Kohei is very bland, but I do think they're making him more round character wise, slowly. Tsumugi is the star of the show, obviously. However she seems to be kept to the side. Kotori is guilty of this too, she barely does anything besides cook in this volume.

Art: The best part. This comic is held up by it's amazing illustration. They're cute and unique, it's hard to think of a comic with a similar art style. It's very expressive too.

All in all, while I bit boring and bland the art makes it definetly worth a read.

Fans of Yotsuba& will enjoy this. It's very similar, but revolves around food. The recipes look delicious, but I haven't tried to make them myself yet.

My problem with the first book was the possibility of Kotori and Kohei getting together. A high school student and high school teacher relationship snuck into a heartwarming story about a man and his daughter didn’t sit well with me. While I liked the first one, I told myself I would stop the series if the romance came to fruition. I’m relieved to say nothing becomes of that and Kotori is just surprised at the paternal figure she has in Kohei. With Kotori’s mom being absent all the time, it’s not surprising that she had such strong emotions in the first volume.

This volume delved into a little bit more about Kohei’s relationship with his wife. The book did a great job conveying the grief Kohei feels in a lot of subtle ways. Tsumugi also showed that she still misses her mother and doesn’t understand how to deal with her grief. At the same time, the book balanced that feeling with light hearted, innocent, and childlike humor. It was very sweet.