Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is not supposed to be a deep, thought-provoking manga. Quite frankly, I love that about it. It's light, humorous, interesting, and -- I have to admit it -- I love the main guy character. XD It's one of my all-time favorite shoujo mangas. The artwork is really pretty, too. And, EXTREME PLUS: it doesn't glorify rape, which is something I've found too many mangas do. The main guy character keeps his hands to himself, even when he's stuck in some precarious, cliche situations. :3 So.. 10/10 for me. I love it. <3 (Even though the ending was so quick... Bah.)

I had watched a bit of the drama, so I decided to get in the original source. Turns out this is a pretty fun manga to read, and my first time reading a shoujo/bishounen manga. Even though I'm not into that genre and some of the "shonen-ai" parts made me cringe a little, the delivery was generally set up so that it would not weigh too heavily on the reader and move on. The characters, especially the heroine, were likable if a bit cliched. In the end it's worth a read, maybe even for the more open-minded straight guys.

The story dragged on for too long, maybe due to lack of progress in the relationship(s). If there were more humor or even significant events, perhaps it would have been more enjoyable.

Mizuki's constant doubts slowly grew to be grating. I can understand being naively obtuse as part of a character but her level was over 9000, causing me to dislike her more and more. It didn't help too that either through pretending things are okay or because things went right over her head, she ended up hurting people around her. All these may even be tolerable if not for my next point.

My main grouse would be the art going downhill. Somewhere around Vol. 19 or 20, Mizuki actually got uglier. Unfortunately, the boys also went the same way come Vol. 21 or 22. I still finished everything but it wasn't easy with that retrograde art.

I quite liked this manga, especially the characters and I think the slow romance and the ending worked really well, but I do kinda wish she went and saw Sensei again. It was abit long and I found it dragged on abit but it's still worth reading!

Honestly, one of my favorites. Some parts might have dragged on too long and some loose ends STILL haven't been tied up yet, but whatever. It's still adorable. And it's gender-bender. C'mon, what more do you want?

Okay, so I know that this is an overdone cliche, and I know that the ending drags out a little too long. But at present and ever since I laid hands on this particular manga, I have fallen in love with it. This is the THE manga that got me started into the whole shoujo, cross-dressing, reverse harem, all of the above romances and whatnot.

As many would comment, the artwork is beautiful. It was a little longer than it needed to be, but I couldn't help feeling a bit sad when the ending came around because I loved this series so much. It was funny in the right places and romantic and cute in other places. And it's full of bishie goodness.

The characters were awesome, most of them unique, and Umeda Hokuto-sensei oozed of delectable, sexy bishie-ness (despite, and in spite of, his orientation).

... Last updated on January 9th, 2009, 12:13pm

I had seen both dramas a while back so when i started reading the manga i felt like i had done things backwards....not to mention that the first volume was like a rewatching of the dramas. Although it seems both dramas followed the manga closely there were some minor and one "Big" part that was never included in the dramas which i was happy to see. The story was so much funnier in the manga perhaps because actors can sometime exagerate too much while drawings are different. The art was also quite good, i really loved all those bishies.

I have re-read the manga after a few years, and it's still just as good, even after the happy glow has gone. I have to watch the drama's remake though to see how i feel about it this time.

For those that say that they have read similar stories that were better. You should realize this was the first of its kind, so actually the others found inspiration from this classic story.

... Last updated on January 17th, 2012, 9:27pm

One of my favourite manga of all time. Inspire me to watch the japanese drama which is also a favourite of mine. The entire storyline is great, wonderful for shoujo fans and actually for everyone. The lead character is really nice and someone everyone will just luv to watch. Not the mention the bishies, lots of them. The ending was also quite perfect.

Hana Kimi is in my on-hold list like about...5 years or so. during that time i picked it up several times. imo that manga it's not suited for readers with insufficient patience for shoujo manga.

... Last updated on February 16th, 2016, 4:24am