In the Clear Moonlit Dusk Vol. 1

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The gap between her public image and her much more innocent and chaste personality is part of what attracted the school's playboy, Ichimura, to her.

Lascivious Beauty Mark: Big Man on Campus Ichimura has a beauty mark near his mouth and is a known ladykiller in school; he hooks up with girls freely and doesn't stay tied down for long. Dubbed a "prince" by her peers since childhood, Yoi has all but given up on being seen as anything else.To her surprise, she's not sure how to handle this new relationship, especially when her newfound friend is a prince himself (and a guy prince, at that). Though the trial period is over, Yoi and Ichimura-sempai realize that navigating their new relationship will be no easy task.

Crush Blush: Yoi's lack of experience and straight-laced behavior makes her already prone to blushing and sputtering at even the slightest bit of flirtation from Ichimura, but as she slowly becomes more aware of her feelings, even the slightest touches turns her beet red, something that Ichimura can't help but notice. But as his bleached hair and piercings indicate, he's much more of a rake than a prince and much like Yoi, he's aware of the mismatch between his personality and the image others have forced upon him and doesn't care for it much. Demelza from Anime UK News praised the story as unique and relatable and the artwork as clean and polished.

This reading is further encouraged because in chapter 3, Yoi compares Ichimura to "the moon reflecting off the water": elusive and hard to grasp, despite appearing so bright and clear. At first he tries to avoid it and downplay his feelings, but soon even he has to admit that he's behaving differently towards her than anyone else. We follow the girl as she sits down with her friend and the two wonder whether they should ask Yoi for his contact info becuase they're smitten. Ichimura is so emotionally stirred by it that he has to take a second to compose himself after Yoi leaves.