An absolutely adorable and lighthearted manga. I cannot recommend this enough for a quick pick me up read.

I am trying to think of how to start this review because I LOVED THIS SO MUCH!!

I've seen plenty of art of Veil, but reading the volume for the first time FAR surpassed my expectations! I adored it so much!! The number of butterflies I felt when reading and the squeals I had were so much greater than I had prepared for and cannot wait to hold this physically!

Outside of my excited feelings, it's hard to compare this manga to anything I've read before because it truly reads like an art book with a touch of story to connect it all. It's an incredible experience as a reader because there are always pages of art between each chapter and then even occasionally a monologue from our lead's perspective. I really really enjoyed the flow of the story and how it was such a visual feast to the eyes!

For our leads, I LOVED them both! I especially love how smitten our police officer is with our girl! This is the second romance I've read with a smitten male lead and I'm thriving! I love how he couldn't take his eyes off of her and was a total (sincere) smooth talker! I also loved our female lead because she is strong, fierce, and fun! She is a wonderful heroine to read about and admire her wanting to experience the world and all its beauty.

Truly, I cannot wait to read more of this series and desperately hope we have fast physical releases because this is one I am very much looking forward to rereading often! Highly recommend it!

*(I received an e-copy via NetGalley, but have had this volume on PO since December. All thoughts are my own.)*

At the beginning it was throwing me off and each section was a different story but regardless I really enjoyed this. The characters are likeable and this was perfect to read on the commute to work.

This is unlike anything I’ve ever read before in a graphic novel or manga. I wasn’t sure at first about it being in color but once I got the hang of it, it’s really a beautiful style. Exploring this couples relationship and friendship is really heartwarming and had me smiling the whole time. What more could you ask for?

Thanks to both NetGalley and Udon Entertaimnent for the ARC copy. This has not affected my review at all, which are my own thoughts.

I caught wind of this manga because i kept seeing individual art of the characters around social media, and then I found out that the author was making little stories (and compiling them in volumes) for said characters. So here we are.
Very grateful that I was allowed to read an ARC of Veil. And, yet, I can't say i enjoyed it as much as expected. Maybe 'cause I hyped it up a bit too much for myself and then it didn't deliver what i wished it had.
To sum up, it's a clear case of: it wasn't you (the manga), it was me (the reader). Still, I'm going to expose what didn't work for me just in case it can help other people looking forward to veil.

Also, just because *I* didn't enjoyed Veil that much, it does not mean that it is objectively bad.l Keep that in mind. Now, onto my actual thoughts.

With a stunning and colorful art, Kotteri gives richness to the story, creating the perfect ambient for the two main characters: He, the police officer, and Her, the runaway heiress. These two meet by chance while doing their respective thins. being on police duty and running away, never better said. After that, he offers her a job that she accepts ('cause she was looking for one) and so they start spending their lives together.

Chapter by little chapter, we see their moments together, getting to know each other, interactions with other characters... Very quotidian, and not with a defined plot but to make the character interact in genuine and cute moments. And while this isn't a bad thing per se for a story to be like, in the case of Veil the scenes shown in each chapter feel disjointed from one another, like the author just got a bunch of moment they have drawn of these characters and put them together to make a first volume.

This, and the fact that there isn't a plot, not even a simple one, for us to follow chapter through chapter, is what make me not enjoy Veil as much as I expected. But I also believe that other people may enjoy it, because the characters are coherent, cute and their developing relationship feels natural in its slow pace. The art, as I said before, is vibrant and colorful and the characters and its surroundings feel pretty natural..
Everything gets treated with care and the promise of the romance may be enough force to drive other people through the manga that are just here for said romance (which is completely valid, just not my style).

Overall, I've read far worse than Veil, so I do recommend it. If you're looking for a cute romance veiled in beautiful art with well defined characters and a well crafted ambient, then this is the one for you.

This graphic novel is so cute. It was nothing like I thought it would be, I thought it would be a long cohesive story instead of individual snippets. I loved these small chapters though, they always had a point to make about the two characters and really gave us insight to how these two people fell in love. Overall the art is beautiful and the characters are adorable. I wish there was a bit more story but it works.

One of my earliest NetGalley reviews was of a translation of a French language comic heavily influenced by Manga. Now here I am here reviewing a Manga that is highly reminiscent of Bande Dessinee. Veil resembles European comics (as opposed to American as well as Japanese) not a little in its almost ostentatious hand-drawnness, loving attention to objects and architecture, slow romantic plot, and color scheme of lovely mostly-black-and-white with occasional spots of rich color (okay, that last I haven’t even encountered in Bande Dessinee). But then again, the world of manga is vast and perhaps it is part of an established vein I am only now tapping.

Veil is the story of Alexander, a policeman in a vaguely early 20th century city, who decides to offer Emma, a blind young woman run away from her wealthy family, a job at the police station. At least that’s the story of the 13 page prologue narrative. From then on, it is it a series of snapshots, almost all two-page and at the most eight-page, vignettes of the two of them in some day to day encounter or other.

The vignettes are gem-like in quality, making profound such small moments as the making of tea, occupying a phone booth, waking from naps. However, these vignettes leave gaps in the context of Alexander and Emma’s lives that are not easily filled. Where is Alexander living? Is Emma’s family still looking for her (this made even more ambiguous by one of the prose passages interspersed though the volume)? Are they romantically involved? It seems like the book could have either given a bit more context before beginning the vignettes, or allowed the vignettes to hold a bit more narrative in explaining changes in Emma’s situation, but instead it hovers awkwardly between the two. Additionally, the portraits of the characters in costume between narrative pages (and stretching longer than the narratives) showcase the author’s breathtaking skill, but sometimes seem a little too luxurious for the lives we otherwise see them living.

In one final note, Emma speaks often of her desire for independence, but this seems often childlike in her boldness and teasing nature. This can potentially be attributed to her sheltered and privileged upbringing, but is uncomfortably close to the stereotype of the saint-like innocent blind woman.

Veil is a work that perhaps has set narrative unity aside in favor of artistic execution--but what lovely execution!

This is such a work of art. I'm obsessed with Her and Him (Emma and Alexander).

The art style is so unique and nothing like I've read before. I will forever be recommending this to anyone and everyone.

Oh, I understand now.

I saw the excitement on Twitter when the license for Veil was announced, but I wasn't aware of it other than the gorgeous covers, and now that I've read this full-color feast for the eyes, I understand...

Veil is a story that's set in snapshots around "he" and "she," little moments in time bookmarked by tiny monologues of feelings and it's just, it's just lovely! The whole thing is lovely. I can't believe I read it early as an ARC and now I have to wait a few weeks to go buy the first volume and make sure it's always in reach of my eyes.

Additionally I'd like to mention that the lettering style is really unique to manga, a tilted, almost handwriter-y font that adds to the sort of light feeling of moving through the lives of these two and I adore it.

Can't wait for volume 2.

Thank you to Udon Entertainment and NetGalley for the eARC!

Thank you to NetGalley for this arc.
This was stunning. Achingly romantic and a visual feast. The exciting colours and mix of bold and delicate lines gave a tantalising glimpse into the intimacy of the growing relationship. It was so unique especially in its use of showing the pov of inanimate objects. I also loved the incorporation of regular prose. I feel honoured to have read this. I’d recommend it to everyone I know.

A police officer who meets a rich, blind woman, and he offers her a job answering phones at the police station; and from there we see vignettes of everyday moments between the two protagonists.

The story and the characters are lovely. The author's style is fantastic, it reminds me of a fashion magazine but illustrated. If an artbook is made in the future, it will be spectacular.

Gorgeous sumptuous graphic design. I want prints of nearly every page to hang in my bedroom. The curious and caring relationship of the leads was delicious.

I have heard about the Veil manga for a while, and over the past few years I have been hoping for it to get an english release so I was excited to be able to review this! I want to thank Udon Entertainment and NetGalley for this ARC!

This manga follows a police officer and runaway heiress that through chance, encountered each other on the street, thus beginning their intertwined story. The artwork for this manga is beautiful and the adaptation to the English format from Japanese is extremely well done. I am happy that the colour found in the digital version will be carried over into print as I found the colour work done by Kotteri is part of the story. Needless to say this is a great slice of life/romance manga that takes the form of vignettes from the everyday life of Emma and Aleksander.

I look forward to reading future volumes of this manga upon it's English release!

Oh my, I fell in love with this with ease. I adore how Kotteri draws not only Emma and Sasha, but the angles, the framing, the intimacy. The short chapters and panels make it easy to fly through.

Thank you NetGalley and Udon Entertainment for the eARC!

Veil is a collection of vignettes and glimpses of the lives of the two main characters interspersed with art and monologues which all all add to the reading experience. The art and aesthetic of this manga is absolutely beautiful and really where the manga shines particularly in Kotteri's use of colour. The scenes between Emma and Alexander are playful and romantic and they are easily endeared to the reader. My only complaint was that it was too short and I was left wanting more (volume 2 here I come)! If you are looking for something that is more plot focused this isn't the manga for you but I personally really enjoyed reading Veil.

Reading this manga is like reading something that you never imagined you could read in a manga. The BEAUTIFUL art style, the artworks at the start and end of each chapter, and the characters' outfits are so GORGEOUS. There are also characters' monologues. I really loved the idea that the mangaka put these things in.


This is my first time reading a full color manga, so I am so excited to read it. The story was good, but I didn't love it as much as I thought I would.


The FUNNY thing is that when I read this manga, it didn't cross my mind that I didn't know the main character's name. I learned that in the last chapter.


Overall, I had a great time with the manga. Will be reading the next volume in the future.


"Thanks to Udon Entertainment and NetGalley for a free e-ARC in exchange for an honest review."

Thank you to NetGalley and Udon Entertainment for the ARC!

A beautifully presented series of vignettes (with a sprinkle of prose and sketches) following the daily lives of Emma, a visually impaired runaway from a rich family, and Alexander, a police officer, after their chance meeting. Kotteri has a clear love of fashion, placing the pair in well-tailored outfits galore accented by use of color. This is a story that trusts the reader to draw their own conclusions about the characters' relationships, though their chemistry and care for each other is undeniable regardless of whether it is platonic or otherwise. I'm curious as to whether or not the status quo will remain the same in the next volumes or if we'll explore Emma's past any further, but either way it's sure to be a treat for the eyes.

This was a unique read. The way the art tells the story in the feeling and look of reading something from a different time. It’s a very pretty comic to read. The art style unique to itself and the story one that feels like your peering into the lives of a couple that have long passed.

I enjoyed my time reading and I’m excited to read Volume 2. If you like pieces that are made in this time, but feel old you will love Veil.

Thank you NetGalley and Udon Entertainment for the ARC!

This was such a Chic manga to read. definitely a lot different than your standard manga in terms of art and style. It very much gives more of a vintager look to it. The stories are short and sweet that give us a look into the life of Emma and Alexander as they work in the police station, and how they navigate with Emma's blindless. Super cute and heartwarming, I'm exited to read more!

Temperature of Orange is Volume 1 in the series.

When a runaway, blind heiress runs into a protective police officer, he gives her a job at the station as a telephone operative.

This was quite different to other manga I've read. The art style took a while to get used too as well. There wasn't much to the story but the little we see of their relationship looked interesting and just as I was getting into it, it finished.