Of course, not every story aimed at young men from this year was so action-packed. Sometimes it was about more cozy fantasy, like a hot widow who only wants to feed you good home cooking.
BEAUTY AND THE FEAST (Yakumo-san wa Eduke ga Shitai), by Satomi U. First published in 2016 and first published in North America in 2021.
PLOT:
Yakumo Shuko was a young widow with little to occupy her days until Shohei moved in next door. He's a high school boy living on his own while attending a local school on a baseball scholarship, largely subsisting off school lunches and convienence food. Yakumo starts inviting Shohei to her apartment for dinner, something that reignites her love of cooking and eases both their loneliness. As Yakumo learns more about Shohei, the more their unlikely friendship starts to change...
