I enjoyed reading this manga series once, but I doubt I would reread it...too long and there weren't really any parts that I see myself craving to read again. The art was simply gorgeous, but it did kind of bug me at first how the mangaka fashioned Takeru after a real-life person. Other mangakas probably do the same thing, I just don't recognize who their model/inspiration is.

The story was a little drawn out, but it was a sweet read nonetheless. My biggest complaint was that Kayano cried way too much. It was absolutely ridiculous how much she cried. As a girl, I would feel pathetic if I cried as much as she did (and yes, I am a girl).

I think the mangaka did a good job on the surrounding characters. I liked how many of the secondary characters appeared throughout the story and didn't just disappear after one or two chapters.

... Last updated on March 27th, 2009, 8:36pm

i really enjoyed this manga and i really liked the artwork. i got really hooked on it BUT they main female character is very annoying. she cries all the time about everything. that was my only problem with it.

I really liked the charicters and the story line. I just after i ready it I was left feeling empty. I didn't want it to end and i wanted to read more. I didn't really like the ending. But it was a happy one so that is definintally a good thing! i liked you. everyone should read it!!

It's pretty stereotypical. Just because the heroine isn't as weak as they can be in shojo doesn't make her strong. Read the first 15 or so chapters, got tired of the melodrama, and skipped ahead to read the last five chapters. There's no comedy to leaven it, unless you count laughing in exasperation at everyone's inability to engage in basic direct communication. Didn't mind the art actually. Guess the artist didn't want to draw the same school uniform over and over, so all the characters wear wacky late 90s fashion. A little tempted to page through the middle just for the clothes.

story
err, so two teenagers, the girl older a year or so, become brother in sister. They hide their relationship, because of it, but in the end (after they sleep together), the parents don?t really care. It had too much drama. One problem after another. And they took all of it so seriously. meh. Melodrama.

art
I actually liked the art. People don?t like it, but I think it was good, because it was original. The clothes of people were interesting, and I even liked the faces. It looked kinda strange, but still not bad.

characters
As usually, the main pair were melodramatic idiots. They were always like "oh, we can't be together, for we are siblings", "oh, we can't be together cause you have a fiancé already". I liked more their friends, but, sadly, there weren?t any chapters dedicated to them. Just appearances in the main story. What is so wrong, because the manga had 11 volumes. Is it so hard to make some extra chapter or two about someone other than the main character? Apparently yes.

Enjoyment
Well, it wasn?t really bad. But after a while I got annoyed with the problems. they were also cliché. they weren?t happy together. I don?t even think they got time for a date or something without drama.

Okay....
Es 1999, sé que algunos tags de este manga ya se han visto, pero miren el año, los shoujos escolares enfocando en público femenino están creciendo. Además de agregar que es el primer proyecto de serie manga(con muchos tomos) de esta mangaka.
La gráfica es adorable, muy original y hecha a su manera. La primera sinopsis que leí, es pésima solo se basa en el primer capítulo, da la impresión de que Takeru es un 'chico malo'. Los factores de 'visual kei' en muchas de las portadas me hicieron amarlo más, hubieron partes muy divertidas. Hubiese amado que este manga sea más largo. Quizás me pareció que en ciertos tomos el manga se apoyó fuertemente en alguna dificultad que tenga la pareja, sé que debe haber sido duro Takanashi <3

Takanashi, I love youuu!... A Takeru también u.u'

... Last updated on December 31st, 2013, 10:34pm

The ending was perfect. Yes, the art isn't that great at first, but it improves A LOT. Like, looking between the earlier chapters and the last chapter, you can't believe it's by the same artist. It doesn't change enough that you don't recognize them, though, just enough that they're more beautiful and cleaner. It's a great story, and my heart was so full at the end that it almost hurt. I was THAT satisfied with this story. It's great, beautiful, bittersweet, and all-around one of my favorite manga. 🙂

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Edit 2: Oooooof I'm reading it again in 2020, more than seven years after my initial review, and I just noticed bro is wearing a swastika arm band in chapter 3. Hard pass. I can't believe I enjoyed this so much when I was 16. It did not age well.

... Last updated on July 2nd, 2020, 1:50pm

It's good wouldn't say GREAT but it's good, it hooks you till the end just to see how it goes, but I wouldn't re-read it again. I thought the duration was perfect if it were any longer I would have stopped. I was really hooked by the first chapter and what kind of manga I thought It would be, but as it goes it gets really predictable but I kept reading it. I also didn't like how much the heroine cried in the later chapter it's just...I don't know too shoujo! The art is gorgeous I love how Takeru's hairstyle changes and how his style is drawn really intricate very detailed on his accessories. Well, that's about it really. Anyway I really recommend this manga I thought it was a good read

... Last updated on August 4th, 2009, 2:33pm

Decent plot, reminds me of kanekaro only much lighter in tone. But this isnt really a story i would want to keep rereading. Gorgeous artwork though.

And the hair !! Just gorgeous! Hahahahaha.

If you read it you'd remmember...my FPART: "Laugh for me" "but I can't laugh from nowhere..." "you laughed with yuu-kun" "ok..." and she 'smiles for him and everything's great <3 ;D!

LOVE THAT PART! (: