Himitsu no Recipe

Himitsu no Recipe
Cover of the first volume
ひみつのレシピ (Himitsu no Reshipi)
Genre	Romance, yuri
Manga
Written by	Milk Morinaga
Published by	Houbunsha
Magazine	Tsubomi Tsubomi Web
Original run	February 12, 2009 – April 2013
Volumes	2

Himitsu no Recipe (Japanese: ひみつのレシピ, Hepburn: Himitsu no Reshipi; lit. "Secret Recipe") is a Japanese romance yuri manga series written and illustrated by Milk Morinaga and serialized in Tsubomi and later in Tsubomi Web by Houbunsha. It's published in French by Taifu Comics.

Plot

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Characters

Wakatsuki

A first-year high school student who joins the cooking club on a whim, only to find herself falling for the president of the club. Though she is attractive and popular, her aggressive sexual advances alienate the president. She is initially terrible at cooking, though she becomes considerably better by the end of the series.

Horikawa

A third-year student and president of her school's cooking club. She cares deeply about the club and cooking in general. While she initially considers Wakatsuki a nuisance, she comes to return her classmate's affection by the end of the series.

Kanbe

The former president of the cooking club and a mentor to Horikawa. Their close relationship causes Wakatsuki to become jealous and possessive.

Manga

Reception

On manga-news.com, the staff gave it a rating of 14 out of 20. On Manga Sanctuary, two of the staff gave it an averaged rating of 5 out of 10. On AnimeLand, the staff gave both volumes a rating of "interesting" (4) out of 6. Erica Friedman gave the first and second volumes overall scores of 6 out of 10 and 5 out of 10 respectively, and considered Wakatsuki's advances to be sexual harassment.

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