I really enjoyed this manga. Is it something brand new and exciting, not really. It's your standard shoujo in that your couple gets together relatively quickly and then face various conflicts. Despite this, you should definitely give this a read. I would have to say this in shoujo done right. The romance is believable, the characters are lovable, the humor is great, and the conflict is realistic and not obnoxious. Besides, who goes into the shoujo genre looking for something other than cliche love stories? That's basically what defines it. haha

Personally, what i think makes this stand out is definitely the characters. I felt that they were all very well developed and it gave the story a very real feeling which was nice. The male lead is just adorable. He's the more childish type, being called a baby monkey, but it's not like that's all there is to his character. He has his occasional serious moments too. If you're sick of shoujo with perfect male leads, you'll love him. The female lead is you're cool/cold type, but she's well rounded in that this isn't the only aspect of her personality. And well the romance between them is just adorable and awesome.

I also loved the way in which they went about the conflicts in this. They were done nicely, and were realistic conflicts. It wasn't you're typical crazy obsessed girl who's going to come and steal the guy or anything, and the way in which characters reacted to the conflicts was believable as well.
Also, the classmates are hilarious. I laughed so much at the reactions to the "idiot couple"

The ending was nice too. Not you're typical everything in the world is now perfect ending, but still satisfying. It ended the way I wanted it too.


... Last updated on July 7th, 2011, 7:02pm

Have to go with the rest of the reviewers that it's a pretty decent read. Sure it's nothing mindblowing, but it's an overall nice read.

The heroine isn't a retarded bubble head who cries every other page. Nor wavers from person to person. She's level-headed and actually uses her brain.

Only thing I disagree is with the reviewers and their sympathy for Atsu, except for pinkfizz's.



... Last updated on August 16th, 2011, 7:58pm

Finally a Shoujo heroine with taste and brains! Haruna knows what's good for and goes for it, no wavering dumbo here.

My only gripe is ATSU. He and to be honest, the rest of the group, treat Macharu like crap. He stabs him in the back and insults him all day long and he is seriously supposed to be sympathetic to the reader? Seriously? He brought down the series because he is so selfish and terrible.

Other than him, it's a great manga.

a good feeling left after reading this, i believe. really bittersweet to me, because i will miss the characters... which is weird, because around volume 6 i got reallyyyyy bored of reading about their everyday life and had to come back to it haha. but i really will miss the 'idiot couple'. and atsu, and all the friends.. the end had such open-ness, i loved it, and it made me feel a sad feeling all the same.



this was a good manga with good characters. like the previous person said, no real deep thoughts behind it (although there were realistic problems for the characters - parents, college, etc. i liked how time passed, and the complications were not too dramatic, but everyday problems. i also loved seeing the relationship progress. oh, and laughing out loud was fun too!

... Last updated on June 17th, 2011, 8:06pm

Agree with pinkfizz. Without Atsu this story would have been better. IMO, the author was reluctant to make Macharu's best friend a serious love rival and propel this story into a typical love-triangle. I'm glad the mangaka didn't fall into this trap.

Wonderful female lead. Quite surprised to find a good head on her shoulders. Haruna isn't a perfect heroine, which makes her that much more interesting. She doesn't fall into any stereotype beside tsundere, but her other personality qualities add another dimension to an otherwise static character.

Macharu is also not a completely an energetic airhead. Given the right circumstances he can achieve character growth with contrivances of the usual rom-com.

Decent artwork, good story, excellent gradual development. Worth the time spent to read all eight volumes.

I love the characters. For once the heroine is not ugly or irritably shy. The heroine is the pretty and cool one in the relationship and the guy is not a total dork. Macharu is really cute especially in his obvious love for Haruna. I also like Atsu, the "other guy" in this. The problem is that the story gets boring after a while. It's still worth reading.

... Last updated on March 7th, 2010, 3:04pm

Nope, not typical at all. I find the humour unique and there are some unpredictable parts that serve as original flavouring.

There are some parts that are a bit tedious and doesn't really add to the main story...but the unexpected and exciting jumps forward in the relationship makes up for it.

The art is good, the plot sweet/good, the pace...so far i would give it an 8. Not moving fast enough, in my opinion The characters are really cute and real. They're developments are visible and intriguing.

Definitely worth a read.

though....I havent finished this so i cant make a solid conclusion. But I love it so far

... Last updated on February 8th, 2009, 6:08am

Got every high points you may be looking for a good manga. Almost all characters are likeable (despite their flaws which makes them more not less) there are a couple of ppl that would have been completely left out and wouldn't have changed the outlook of manga but i think that is ok i mean just because there is someone drawn in a manga shouldn't make him/her a hero/heroine in his/her own-right. Art is likeable, story actually starts from somewhere and goes to a place it even has a decent ending! i do wish there was an extra which we could see the ppl we came to know in a future time like ten years.. but its still enjoyable even like this.

"Because you were there"
Pretty sweet line. It kind of explains the whole feel of the romance of the story. The reason why the romance was so good was because it was realistic, while also being the kind of love one would want to experience: caring, passionate, companionship, and an overwhelming sense of desire to be around the other person.
Haruna and Macharu the "idiot couple" forever <3

I have to agree with what a few of the other reviewers have said so far, this is an enjoyable and well-done series that does a good job of not overindulging in various shoujo tropes found in a lot of other stories. Haruna in particular is a fun character to read about, she doesn't act much like most other shoujo heroines I've seen and thankfully doesn't get all dramatic at the drop of a hat.

I think I just liked this series because it felt oddly realistic. Sometimes people get together and doubt themselves the whole time, especially in high school. Both of our main characters have a tough time coming to fully love one another and even though they are dating relatively early in the series it still takes them a while to feel like a proper couple.

Some minor complaints, like at times the other classmates just felt like an annoyance. I don't know why they didn't just leave them behind a few times. That and Macharu's best friend kind of felt like a huge asshole while he constantly tried to steal Haruna every chapter. At some point I don't know why someone didn't give him a talk about being creepy.

Even though this is not at all the most exciting I romantic story out there I still liked it. The characters were fun and I felt like the story was funny and romantic even if it's not the best ever. I recommend this if you want to read a shoujo manga but are sick of the girls being whiny and crying all the time