no offence but the latest chapters, the girl was a slut.

So, after reading that, do you still wanna read on? I know it might be close to real life, but for effing sakes, she KNEW she still liked the main guy. SUCH a slut. Would've given it 8 or 9, but after reading that, it immediately sunk to a 3. EDIT: read Criminal Intent's comment, similar to mine, and totally true about having extra 3 volumes of bullshiet and how the characters go 180 degrees. FK. so pissed i wasted my time. NOW, it just sunk to a 2.

... Last updated on January 24th, 2011, 9:03am

that was pretty bad :? The story doesn`t have any backup. The reactions of the characters aren`t right as well. I was to keep reading at least until 10th chapter however ... It`s just too horrible :<

I enjoyed this manga. I think it was very emotional and you can relate it to real life in someway.
There are alot of relationships in the world that are just like this. I'm so glad this wasn't one of those "She'll end up with her first of everything" type of manga.
I like to read those but then that makes me kinda jealous of those girls because that doesn't happen in real life.
Life is unexpected and everything that happened in this manga was unexpected. Rushed but I never saw it coming.
I have more to say about this but lol I'm not good with explaining what I am trying to say.
I kinda understood Kotone but her actions were ridiculous.
I do know a lot of girls though who do what they do because they are lonely. But now they aren't lonely anymore and have a little someone to take care of.


The ending was to rushed though. That's the only thing. I understood it but it didn't fit at that point of the story.

since I don' really like this kind of manga (I read it all only because I was somehow reading it from the start), that's mostly the reason for my rating...however, it was interesting enough to finish it all...what i didn't like was that it started like sweet romance, rushed into smthng terrible and then worse, and just in few chapters - everything is great again and the end. period. finito. fin.
see what i mean? kinda rushed

In the beginning I really enjoyed the plot. But as it progressed the different relationships were extremely frustrating. I really wished for the happiness of Hiyori and Sasamoto but then I began to get frustrated with how they ran away from each other.
The latest chapters have really been very depressing and the only reason I continue to read on is because I want to know who ends up with who.

but...depressing. I read this manga first and fell in love with the interesting start. my nerves went crazy when the trio of weird love-triangle/childhood friendship surfaced. I love Hiyori's character, but I hate everyone else's. She doesn't deserve to be pressured upon walls when she's has cute characteristics.
And...this manga has a resemblance with the plot that Parfait Tic has. Although this has rather darker theme and plot than Parfait Tic, but I'd rather keep re-read the latter than this. The mature, realistic plot is too depressing it's almost mindbreaking. Nevertheless, the author is very good at turning tables. As a reader, the switches are reasonable.

This should have just ended at volume one, to be honest. The following volumes just get progressively more and more ridiculously melodramatic and, in the end, absolutely spoiling the central characters for me. All but the character who needed to change changed, and for the worse.

When it started out, this manga was in the 8 or maybe 9 range, but then in the last 2 or 3 volumes it gets way too over the top. The series should've ended at 4 or 5 volumes but the mangaka felt the need to pointlessly stretch it out 3 extra volumes w/ asinine melodrama.

I love drama and it was acceptable for a time but then the mangaka just piles on the schmaltz. All the characters do a complete 180. Mizuno turns into a whiny b*tch, Ren loses all common sense, Hiyori becomes a flakey wuss, and Kotone somehow becomes a tragic heroine (? what the hell). I've noticed a trend w/ most female mangaka in that they seem to have an issue w/ making bad people... well, bad. Needless to say, this is usually the way typical teenagers act, but a story has to have some sense of character consistency.

Art: 7
Story: 6.65
Lasting Impression: 8

... Last updated on November 23rd, 2010, 8:46am

dying by chapter 5..
things happen too fast, with too little history behind it...everything is fueled by sudden impulses -.-;
heartfelt tears and "glowing" smiles (that come along with the half page *shine* that makes the other characters go goggled eye...like this "O.O" ) all come veryy spontaneously.

its hard to sympathise with anyone but Yuuma, who is a side character that doesn't have many scenes or even say much for the matter.. LOL, doesnt that say something? but wait, there aren't any thoughtful lines anyway..
other than the trivial daily talk...the lines that are highlighted are:
(happy side) "this is destiny" "i-i like him!" "im so happy" *happy tears*
(sad side) "i cant do this anymore" "thank you for everything" "you liar!" *sad tears*

soo...i agree with the criticism that the characters have communication problems =.=; 'lack of all verbal skills' - when they have something in their minds, they are either too cowardly, or lack the skills to actually talk to each other about it...and instead they try to convey it through their actions, and the three top actions are: running away, crying and grabbing each other~ (of course they then shout some things to hurt the other person, without explaining why the heck they are saying it)

cant help but laugh at all the attempts to make this heartwarming and drama-worthy.. shouldn't they label this as a comedy? too cliche...and predictable...Kotone is just this 2D selfish girl with no sense of morals or proper emotions - and the guys are just miraculously oblivious to it.

- kotone has everyone in the palm of her hands, they dance to her false stories and things get stirred up by just this one little sad girl...she doesn't seem to have ANY good points at all? is that realistic? even Hitler had a scarce few things that can be said to be good (like saving the german economy...) but this girl... =_=; she's like an empty human filled with all the bad things we dont like..(she cant even be called particularly pretty....)

- sasamoto is like a playboy that isn't smooth enough or sweet -_-;
something like Bokura ga Ita's Yano or Aishiteruze Baby's Kippei are awesome playboys that you can easily imagine falling in love with because of their sweet attachment to one girl...but sasamoto...has none of these endearing traits -_-

all in all, i would say that this is a very good portrayal of immature and unrealistic infatuations.
its too idealistic to think that they could understand each other without saying much -_-; but actually i dont think they had much to be understood anyway...too flat =.=;...
such transparent characters....
and humans aren't transparent.
i can sum this story up with one word:
"shallow".
thats my opinion.
lol intemango's link poor communication kills sums it up perfectly too

sigh...the story line itself can explore many twists, and its alright for many coincidences to happen (which there are MANY here)...and the only thing that would save it from being condemned for bad plot would be amazing characters that we can sympathise with~ characters that aren't so predictable and 2 dimensional, or it'll all fall apart..
i'm giving it two because it could have been done worse and the art is alright.

... Last updated on October 10th, 2010, 8:26pm

I just started reading this series and I gotta say it's quite unexpected..
I really dislike stories with this kind of relationships...

Arrg!!! I really hate Kotone - she should just back off...

It pisses me off when they broke up!!

But I still like the story.. I really hope Karen and Fujisaki would end up together...
On the latest chapter I wish that Mizuni is not the dad.... TT_TT

... Last updated on October 21st, 2010, 1:15am