Tamamo no Koi ・ 玉藻の恋
Summary
When I visited a shrine on the outskirts of town, a fox-eared girl came back to provide!? A heart-filled comedy of Haru, a student living alone, and Tamamo, a caring spirit!
Availability
Physical (used only): Manga Republic・Amazon JP
Digital: Kindle・Kobo・BOOK☆WALKER ・ebook japan・honto
Personal Opinion
Sometimes I want fantastic world building and exciting, deep stories that surprise me at every turn, making me guess what will happen next. Other times I just want something that’s easy to read and sweet as sugar. And Tamamo, kitsune turned maid, definitely delivered on the sweetness front for me.
It’s not a particularly deep story, but Athakaspen over in the Natively forums said the following about it, and I got to agree - I really enjoyed reading it too.
From a language learner’s perspective this is rather easy to read. Tamamo has some easy to figure out speech quirks, and there are a few religious words scattered here and there, but that’s nothing that can’t be fixed with a vocab sheet or a few dictionary lookups.
Pros and Cons for the Book Club
Pros
- Full furigana
- Cute art
- Easy to read
- Natively Level 19 - not too easy, not too hard!
- An adorable fox-eared protagonist
- Only one volume - the story is finished!
Cons
- In physical form, there are only used copies available - and who knows how many are left.
- Only one volume - the story is finished
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Difficulty Poll
How much effort would you need to read this book?
- No effort at all
- Minimal effort
- Moderate effort
- Substantial effort
- So much effort my head might explode
- I don’t know
- I am an experienced reader, so this is not much effort for me