A romance of convenience between two college women soon becomes the real thing.
Shy Miwa has always dreamed of finding love, but living in small-town Japan made finding the right match difficult—especially since she likes girls! Even going away to college didn’t seem to help, until one day her outgoing classmate Saeko suggests they might as well start dating each other since it’s not like either of them has other options.
At first it seems like things won't work out as their personalities clash and misunderstandings abound. But when their casual friendship starts to become something more, Miwa begins to wonder—can a pragmatic proposal lead to true love?
How Do We Relationship is very silly and cute, but also touches on friendship, compromising in a relationship, communication, the difficulties of coming out to peers, and how to navigate having sex for the first time. It was great to have two characters just... date, rather than the endless will-they-or-won't-they that plagues most sapphic fiction. Miwa and Seako are college students, figuring out their feeling through dating rather than pining, and this manga does a great job at following the ups and downs without becoming too depressing or too saccherine.
