I have never been a fan of Minami Kanan's art OR plots (or lack thereof, really), so I'm not sure how the first volume of this ended up on my harddrive. I decided to give it a go, and I heartily regret even bothering. Usually, I'd bear with at least 2 volumes before I decide whether I should give it up or not, but this is just terrible.

Firstly, the characterization is totally inconsistent. Seri is repeatedly referred to, by herself and others, as a "wild girl", tough and rather tomboyish from her karate days. However, not once have we seen her fend off attacks from Tamaki or anyone else. Even if we peg it down to her infatuation with Tamaki, not even the dumbest of people would just sit there and let themselves be undressed and almost raped. Seri throws out the occasional punch and kick, but when push comes to shove, she sits there crying and unresisting. I have my doubts that Seri can even fight her way out of a paper bag.

Secondly, the plot. I'd go in-depth, but there really isn't much beyond what you see up there in the synopsis. Obstacles in the way of annoying, clingy women and good-looking guys (with bad taste, if they like Seri's type) would repeatedly pop up and try to tear Seri and Tamaki apart. It's been done a million times before, and done better; although cliche, a good author could make it feel like something fresh, and tugs at your heartstrings. This just makes you try to flip through the chapters faster.

Thirdly, the art. I find Minami Kanan's art painful on the eyes because there are numerous panels in which the characters' bodies are wackily proportioned (arms too long, hands far too big, eyes and mouth taking up the whole face, etc). Considering the characters are throwing off their clothes in every other chapter, you'd think she'd be better at drawing their bodies, but unfortunately not. To be fair, there are some occasional panels in which Tamaki or Sora look pretty good.

If you're looking for great art, good plots and characters you can like or identify with, then you definitely won't find it here. However, as selenoliber mentioned, if you're looking for brainless smut (rude jerks tearing off the girl's clothes in the name of love, main character almost getting raped every chapter, etc.) and you've already worked your way through all the better smutty stories out there, then you might enjoy this. Maybe.

The part about how they fall in love with each other seemed to be missing...... The plot is quite simple but it's good 4 those who like smutty type of manga........ minami kanan should probably cut down on the smuttyness..

come on! too much drama, and rape for a highschooler!

yeah teenagers got their romance problems, like the b*tch standin' next to me lookin' more nice, the weigh of the girl...

Even rape, but the kind of rape you'll get if you drink too much or if a bartender gives you something in your drink.

I'm sick of readin' this kind of mangas were the girls are all goin' for sex, are they sex addict or something! if it was 'bout rape.

the romance wasn't cute and too dramatic. the mangaka should go to a club at night, or have a party just to watch how teenagers are!

At first, I was hesitant on reading this manga. But nonetheless, I picked it up out of boredom. As I read it, it gave me a glimpse of my first smutty manga. And I liked it. The tale revolved around two childhood friends who eventually fall in love [typical], but a lot of people interfere in this relationship [typical]... and by interfering, I mean sexually [not typical]. These sort of things made me laugh. I wouldn't expect a couple like this to last very long in the real world.

I do wish that there were more "romance", e.g. going out on a date, or some comedy. There were none, just smut, drama and more smut.

This manga is REALLY good, in my opinion. I really liked it. I don't understand why people would disagree. A very good plot was set up very nicely. Even though the end gets a little boring.

At first it catched my attention but after a while it got pretty boring.Just for the sake of ending reading it I did it, so yeah, after reading the whole thing I can still, and even more say it's pretty crappy -_- I give this rating because if you're looking for tons of smut, there you go, that and/or you love foolish/stupid females that go along with rutinary rape ._.

... Last updated on July 5th, 2009, 10:27am

The story was ok at the start, but it quickly degenerated into porn. Ugh...the main girl is spineless and obviously thinks it is ok for any guy to sexually assault or rape her. Every single chapter is just sex sex sex and sometimes rape as well. This should probably be classified as hentai rather shoujo or romance.

Let me just make this really clear : This is Manga not real life!!!
I know sometimes it gets on ur nerves, it did that for me as well but remember ur giving out comments and ur opinions!!

Personally i wouldnt recommend it for ppl who dnt like mature or smutty stuff although i dnt have to say it cuz u'll always get a big warning sigh : " Mature Content read at ur own risk" so if u dnt like it or dnt find the story intresting its ur problem pal. its there if u want it take it if u dnt leave it T.T

The art like most of u said is OK not to mention that Minami Kanan is one of my fav. though some of her smutty work really annoys me.
however ppl who like to see the "cmon lets rape seri every 3 pages" will find it enjoyable....TT.TT

If u want a good one from minami kanan with good art and no smutty stuff u can go for kyou,koi wo hajimemasu

like i said i'm just giving out my opinion like u all are ..

the plot was so so.. the protagonist female was .. eh.


but i liked it anyways- the sick demented part of me just likes watching the lead male get emotionally hurt by other bishounen's actions XD

Read the first 2 volumes and expected it to be light-hearted. This is rather heavy smut, and a lot of it is based on harrassment between the characters. We're definitely entering the boundaries of rape here, on several occasions and the romance often seems to take a bad seat or simply placed in contextually. In comparison, Haru Yo, Koi is rather soft (albeit more graphic). The drama's not bad, but many characters do not seem to learn from the mistakes/situations, so they keep falling into traps they shouldn't have fallen into. Think Hot Gimmick with a couple of steps deeper into the nasty part.

Story's not too bad but not too engrossing either. The pace however seems a tad slow. If you like harrassment-type drama with lots of smut, this is for you.