I always will be a sucker for a meet cute story. Our two MMC meet by chance learning their names/nicknames both share relation to the number 8. The premise of the story is cute but the pacing felt a little off, I wanted more tension and build up of emotions but it felt like a light switch went off and everything was just happening.

A cute meet cute story but a series I likely would not continue.

Meh. For some reason this manga just didn't spark my emotions. It felt like there were a lot of filler panels and the slow buildup just didn't have a *spark* for me. Maybe it's because the language puns/mishaps don't translate directly? But even beyond that, I just didn't feel enough chemistry between the two leads.

It's also worth mentioning that the characters all look very similar. Eito Hachi's friend both have dark hair; Hachi and Eito's friend both have light hair, with only subtle style differences. This made it hard to track who was in some of the scenes and made me feel less attached to the main love interests.

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THIS WAS SO CUTE AAAAAA!!
Loved it loved it loved it. Loved everything about it.
The perfect blend of the final year of high school, finding out who you are and experiencing first love. I miss them already, I want more.
The only issue I had was I think with the Netgalley app? There were blue and red guide lines on the page and I couldn’t figure out how to turn them off but it wasn’t a huge issue.

A few cute friends to dating about 2 Asian boys who have similar names. One has the grumpy, standoff-ish personality and the other is all sunshine. Just enough drama to make you see it through to the end.

There would definitely be people who like this book, its just not personally my thing. I found it rather slow despite being rather short.

This was such a quick and sweet read. Loved the main characters and their friends. I only wish it was longer, so I can enjoy these characters and their world a little more.
I will surely be picking up this author's other work.

I am a fan of Nagisa Furuya's work, mostly due to how laid back it is. This was her Japanese debut title so I'm really happy that it is finally available in English (10 freaking years later). The story revolves around 2 boys, both of whom have nicknames involving the number 8. Eito is an introvert while Hachi seems more outgoing but they soon become friends. At least until Eito realizes that it's not friendship he wants from Hachi. To be honest the story is a pretty basic and straightforward "boy meets boy, boy falls in love with boy, boy freaks out and distances himself from other boy, other boy realizes he's in love with boy, boys make up, the end" story that is really typical of Furuya and non-mature BL in general. But it was relatable in a lot of ways and the art work is exactly what I've come to expect from this mangaka. My only real complaint is that you have to read all the way to the end of the bonus chapter to see one single kiss and that is all you get, though again, this is pretty typical, especially for a one shot. Anyway, it's worth a read.

I loved the manga.
The characters slowly get to know each other and develop feelings for one another in such a sweet and adorable way.
They met because of their name, but we see throughout the manga that they have much more in common.
There's no drama (thank you very much), and it focuses on the characters' feelings and them understanding it.
It really is a beloved book in which we feel the love with them.

Such a cute manga!

I loved how they bonded and kept making excuses to bump into each other and become friends then something more it was very cute and romantic

Thank you #netgalley for this early copy

Akito 'Eito' Tachinana and Tomoya 'Hachi' Hatta are drawn into an unlikely friendship, despite their different studies and classrooms, by their similar nicknames both involving the number eight.

The only complaint I have is that some of the characters are drawn very similarly - Eito's best friend looks like Hachi and Hachi's best friend looks similar to Eito- which was sometimes confusing.

Number Call was a quick and cute one shot! This manga is very light on the BL and builds more on the friendship relationship of the two boys that any explicit BL scenes. It's very chaste. A cute and cozy read for any school romance lover or fan of Nagisa Furuya's other works.

An absolutely adorable story of two boys bonding over their name and eventually becoming closer than friends. This story was a very sweet and cute romance and how they meet over and over again clearly looking for excuses to keep talking to each other was just so adorable. This manga is a must read for any queer manga lover especially for those that want a more quieter and wholesome type of story.

I've recently started getting into manga's and graphic novels and this one did not disappoint. I think the story was cute and heartwarming, although I definitely wished for more scenes between Eito and Hatta. I'd love to see more of their study sessions or just interaction of them getting closer, especially after they officially get together.

One thing I do worry about, because it confused me at first, was differentiating the characters better. I absolutely love the art style and I'm not sure if this will be printed in black and white or not, but I was very confused at first with Eito and Kisshy. I saw the cover art of the eBook was color and the brothers (or cousins?) had a different color hair but honestly, they were hard to differentiate too.

Thank you so much for allowing me to read this though. I really enjoyed it, especially as an introduction back to manga!

This was adorable! The art is not anything out of the ordinary, but it's nice, and the story is pretty straightforward. I liked that the melodrama was low and the characters were very cute. I enjoyed this!

A sweet story about two high schoolers who share a strange connexion with the number 8, leading them both to unexpectedly become closer. Feels very slice of lifey, very wholesome. Overall a cute little one shot with clean art, a clever premise and a cute but standard plot.

It makes sense that this was Furuya’s first manga volume (and it’s just getting translated late, after later works became popular) - I had trouble differentiating between the characters, particularly Akito and Kisshy, which was not an issue I had with any other of Furuya’s work. The gimmick in the story is also not one that English readers who aren’t at least passingly familiar with Japanese language would understand, though it does get explained more thoroughly in the translation notes.

I was also left a little unsatisfied with what would happen next, particularly since Eito and Hachi are both graduating and heading off to college; but that’s something that always gets me - I don’t like when a story ends with the confession when a lot of the real challenges come later.

Though I do like that Furuya’s characters never have that moment of “ew gross I like someone of the same gender?” It’s always just taken at face value.

This was super cute! I appreciate when a one-shot queer manga doesn't take forever to deal with the queer panic but instead stays focused more on the characters getting to know each other. This has a unique premise that brings two main leads together. It was sweet and didn't have a ton of drama. The art is pretty but nothing extraordinary, but it's perfect for the story.

Overall, I'm glad this was a one-shot since I don't think it would do well as a full series, but it was a quick, cute read I would recommend!

A cute bl romance with much to offer, I do wish we had more of their relationship after high school but this was a great end either way. I would highly recommend to anybody who are fans of soft bls.