女ともだちと結婚してみた。

ONNA TOMODACHI TO KEKKON SHITE MITA.

MANGA

STATUS
COMPLETE
VOLUMES
4
RELEASE
October 18, 2023
CHAPTERS
32

DESCRIPTION

Kurumi and Ruriko made a deal: if they were both single in five years, they would marry each other. Five years later, neither woman is attached, so it’s time for a wedding! Marriage is full of firsts, especially for two friends, so they have a lot to learn about each other in their newly shared home. But will they continue this arrangement like two especially close roommates…or will a different kind of love bloom between them?

(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

CAST

Ruriko Aizawa
Kurumi Sera
Rio Arai
Inaho Suzuki

CHAPTERS

REVIEWS

firepaw
75/100
If you're looking for a sweet, low-stakes romance to binge, I Married My Female Friend is a good bet.
Ahhh, married life. Some people feel meant for it, others not so much, and some people... just jump right in and do it anyways.

I Married My Female Friend is a short yuri manga about the classic "in 5 years, let's just marry each other" deal that straight women like making actually coming to fruition. (Helps that it takes place in a version of Japan where same-sex marriage is recently both legal and recognized.) You can read it in a couple hours if you're fast and/or locked in.

The story is sweet, simple, and knows how to contain itself. The heart of the manga is Kurumi and Ruriko adjusting to married life as friends, while also independently grappling with the thought of, "What if this ends? Do I want it to end, if it has to? I don't, but why not?" Despite that, it's more or less free of melodrama. Kurumi and Ruriko have their quirks, but they're very normal people, and more than that, they're friends who really care about each other. They screw up - the delicate balance of how much you can or should depend on your partner is a recurring issue - but neither of them wants their partnership to end, so the effort is made to make things right. The progression of the plot itself too is very well measured. It's easy for a short manga to spend too much time on what it sees as Big Moments and rush everything else, but this manga doesn't really do that. It knows that it only takes small disruptions to the status quo to change it, and it uses that well.

The art is nice. At times, backgrounds would be overly simplified and panels would just be reused rather than redrawn, but when the time was spent making it look good, it looked good. In execution it could seem a little dull to some. There's no flashy panel composition and neither of the main characters are fashionistas (a character introduced later is suspiciously well-dressed, on this point). But once again, this is a very simple story that really only has one job and it does it.

As for the characters themselves, Kurumi and Ruriko are opposites in a lot of ways. Morning person/night owl, for one. That particular trait does almost as much for development as more plot relevant ones do - it's very satisfying to see Kurumi adjust herself for Ruriko in acknowledgement of how much her wife does for her. Ruriko is a treat all by herself, honestly. She's clearly in love with Kurumi from the get-go, and until certain side characters come more into focus, it's difficult to catch that she's a little bit of a hardass. It's sweet to see a character who is so diligent and dedicated to her partner actually have that effort recognized and rewarded by said partner.

On the topic of side characters, once again, all opportunities to introduce melodrama are ignored - each and every one of them is pleasant and supportive, and for the most part the conflict is left for the newlyweds to generate and resolve by themselves. Earlier mentioned well-dressed character is particularly charming, veering just off the side of "annoying kouhai" into an endearing lil' pal you want to see succeed.

If you're looking for a sweet, low-stakes romance to binge, I Married My Female Friend is a good bet. It's nice for lookin' at, nice for curlin' up with, and nice for puttin' down if you need to, too.

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bloominlotus
100/100
when love is simple, sweet, and lovelyㅡusui shio is a whole love genius
this has been so simply so lovely, heartwarming, sweet, wholesome, and adorable.

married to a friend if you two are still single in five years and soon become the happiest person(s) on earth. i think about how sweet the story is. yuri makes me so in love with the trope i didn't find fun at first. i am not really into friends to lovers, i am more into strangers to lovers. love it when they were strangers at first and become lovers the next time they know. but it's always so different with yuri, especially with usui shio's works. their works always contain two persons in love who formed a friendship before. i love how the idea of love they wrote are.. fitting. for me, especially. i love this idea of love that is warm, quiet, and simple. makes me the happiest. reading this has been giving me so much happiness. could read this in one sitting tbh but i saved it for a two days readingㅡno actually i read this in a day. could literally read this forever like i don't ever wanna stop reading this piece. very beautifully written piece.

the warmth of this story and the main characters brought spread all over my body. like a blanket wrapping me on rainy days. started with them being friends who got married to each other. each chapters are a journey of them being each other's wife, living together, and still being friends. all those chapters where they talked, buying each other gifts, eating together, went on dates, comminucating their issues right away, sleep together, even having rio together. all are such treasure. ruriko and kurumi are so cute together i love the way they are so considerate of each other. that chapter when they said even though they are away from each other, they are alone, they are still together. stolen my heart ever since day 1 i am reading this.. :")♡

ruriko has been in love with kurumi since in high school no doubt. kurumi was the one who made ruriko pursue her job now she's so whipped and so down bad since day 1... if that's not the reason why you should read this piece, i don't know what. every around ruriko's world revolves around kurumi and so kurumi's. saying i love you to each other and the end like it's the easiest thing to do i love them so much :") the wedding is beautiful, the art is so pretty like i wanna kiss them both for being the sweetest wives ever.

obviously recommended for those who look for a light read with sweet story. for those who long for a simple and pretty love like them. i love how love can be so simple, married, and living together can be so simple.. they love each other first as friends and as family, as wives, and partner for life. i've been blessed by those beautiful art this yuri gave me. i hope your love can be as beautiful as this yuri manga.. ♡
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