Wholeheartedly agree with pshomid... I can't bring myself to continue this series because of the message the author is sending about abusive relationships and rape. Why is her aunt and everyone around her just telling her to grow up and forget about it? He clearly raped her and emotionally abused her on several occasions. The lack of remorse and the aura that shiki presents is even more disturbing. He takes the same position as her aunt, feeling she is childish while the author tries to play him off as the "cool guy" character. He successfully victimizes himself and gets her to apologize to him... This just boggles my mind.
TL;DR I can't read a manga that condones rape.

One of the most irksome things about this manga is that she has not even tried to get vengance and is actually able to talk to him. Honestly, he should rot in hell. I love her as a character though, and her and Youta together is perfect. The author had better now screw it up and pair Riki and her together.
If I were her friend I'd douse him in gasoline so she could light the match and crisp him as black as his heart T_T

... Last updated on June 16th, 2013, 7:19pm

I planned to write a long review of this manga, and it's half-done. I should've known better.. because I think the problem with this manga can be summed up to just one sentence : it's that one of the potential romantic partner in this manga is a rapist (and judging from his behaviour, a serial rapist). And from the recent chapters it can be seen that he's a strong, uh, contender. In a good manga, his place's in the prison. In this manga, his place is in the main character's f***ing office, working beside her (thanks to her aunt).

Which is a hundred kinds of wrong. No matter how good the character development is, that's... totally fucked up. Not to mention that it's the wrong kind of character development --- any story where the heroine's constantly pressured by her colleagues to forgive her rapist and is heading toward it, i.e forgiving (and the word 'forgiving' itself lacks nuance), is wrong.

There are several issues here as well, but the most nauseating one is that. And it's enough to make me stop reading.

... Last updated on January 26th, 2012, 1:57am

I tend not to write comments until the end of a series, but there was one thing that annoyed me in this manga.

Aside from that this is good. Not overly interesting, but okay. Glad that Shuri is finally moving on and not letting her past hold her back although who knows what will happen in the future.

... Last updated on July 29th, 2012, 9:38am

The plot is nice, not very complicated but entertaining. The factors that make me give it such a high rating are :
-good characters and character development. Except for the ex I find them all to be likeable. Well if the ex ever tries to justify himself and shuri accepts it I'll have to stop here. But I hope it won't happen.
-a romance situation that evolves ! At first I thought it would be left till the very end, but it was not the case. And the romance is well done too. Again I hope it will not involve the ex ever.
-good art, though not baffling.
- a good team that works on it. Yes, it does count when you can have new chapters regularly in a high quality, and that you can expect the project won't be dropped. At least for me, so I also evaluate it.

In the end, highly recommended.
I just hope the author doesn't make a blatant mistake.

... Last updated on January 30th, 2012, 10:43am

This series is awesome! It gets everything right. Usually manga with the whole "hatred of men" thing fall flat. But the heroin in this series not only has a legit reason to hate men, she also doesn't magically get over it by falling instantly in love with some hot guy. Even if you don't like shoujo leads who are more the crybaby type, don't let this deter you. The series is called Honey Bitter after all, and her whinyness is justified. (Not to mention, it looks like we're going to get some fabulous character growth throughout the series.) In fact, all the characters and their emotions seem well thought out. Not to mention the male lead is completely adorable.

It's also refreshing that it's not 100% about the romance and the female leads past trauma. There's a nice plot involving detectives and the female leads ESP abilities that keeps the story interesting as well.

I would highly recommend this! Obana-sensi does not disappoint!

The female lead was different but yet intresting.
I felt sorry for Shuri of her experience with a guy.
But yohta seems to be great for her if only she got over her hatred for guys.I can't blame her for hating them but she should only hate Riki because then she would be with Yohta other than that the story is not to bad

One of the best works I've read so far. The characters are realistic and believable. The heroine is a person many readers can relate too. Manga focuses on variety of themes and approaches, it's not just about romance or work, the characters are dimensional.
I do however believe it is targeted at older audience.

... Last updated on March 5th, 2011, 5:18am

Finally, a girl for all the girls to look up to!
i am kind of tired watching those girls who blush whenever a cute guy approach and sleep with a guy just because he wants to...
this girl is more realistic....she still is naive in some point but reasonable...
i love her attutide toward the two guys.........it's like more modern day atttudie girls are like........
totaly recommand
the relationship is sweet too