Shortcake Cake Pt. 2 (with Olive St. Sauver)

A discussion of volumes 7–12 (the second half) of Shortcake Cake by Suu Morishita.

Ashley and Olive are back to process what the heck happened in the back half of Morishita’s series. They discuss Rei and Riku's family drama, Riku and Ten and Chiaki’s relationship (how is Riku not canonically confirmed bi??), the use of tension in Morishita's works, and much, much more. Because so much happened in these six volumes, and the reader is definitely not prepared for all of them.

REFERENCES

• Shortcake Cake is available from Viz Media's Shojo Beat line
• A Sign of Affection, Morishita's current work, is being published by Kodansha
• Other manga mentioned:
  • My Love Mix-Up!
  • Maid-Sama!
  • Ouran High School Host Club
• Other artists mentioned:
  • CLAMP
  • Arina Tanemura
• Truck-kun
• The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
• Bridgerton Season 2
• Jacob and Renesmee from Twilight
• Outro song: "The Streatham Hill Gods" by Danosongs

CONTACT US

• Olive on Twitter: @allofthemanga
• Olive writes for But Why Tho?
• Shojo & Tell on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram