At first, it was refreshing to read about a chubby female protagonist (Tsumugi), but the male lead (Tagami) is a bit too possessive and creepy (even he and his friends acknowledge himself as creepy).
Eg: He likes squishy soft things like our chubby protagonist a bit too much. He keeps squeezing her soft parts like some kind of pervert.
The good thing is, normally, he's respectful of her choices when she says no to him, and he considers her feelings. However, he also often says disturbing things to her like "I don't just want to feel up your arms. I want to touch your entire body." Or, he would take off her shirt without her permission AND while she is reluctant to take it off and then he says "NOW I can see you" with her soft jiggly parts exposed (the manga literally says "jiggly" and "soft" btw).
Those kinds of things are a bit too disturbing for my tastes.
This makes Hiyama (the love rival / 2nd male lead) seem like a better love interest for our chubby female lead. Even though he looks like a delinquent, he is more of a gentleman than Tagami LOLLLLL.
And Hiyama is more mature than Tagami. By a lot.
Eg: Because he knows Tsumugi and Tagami are dating, Hiyama refrains from making advances on her.
Eg2: Hiyama is content with Tsumugi and Tagami dating as long as Tsumugi's happy.
Meanwhile, you have jealous Tagami...
Eg: Tagami senses Hiyama's interest in Tsumugi so what does he do?
He questions his girlfriend Tsumugi like this:
"If Hiyama says he likes you, will his words give you more confidence?" after she reassures him she does not like Hiyama romantically.
Who says things like that, seriously? She just reassured him she does NOT like Hiyama romantically! Tagami's just making things messier by complicating a sensitive situation with hypothetical questions.
Tsumugi was honest so she didn't say something like "Hiyama's words won't ever affect me!! only you do Tagami-kun <3!" So instead, she thinks about it and Tagami, assuming the answer is
"yes" from her hesitancy, storms off.
But the thing is, Tagami put her in a corner by using a hypothetical situation like this b/c if Hiyama hypothetically does affect her self-esteem if he confessed, Tagami would feel justified of his jealousy and anger while Tsumugi will feel guilty, even though it isn't cheating.
Why isn't Tsumugi cheating in this case?
Because for Tsumugi, who gets made fun of b/c of her body weight, she has a low self-esteem, so if someone - ANYONE - tells her "I like you" of course it would boost her self-esteem even if she doesn't like that person back romantically and would decline his love confession.
As much as Hiyama seems like the better love interest, unfortunately, it's definitely not likely for Hiyama to end up with Tsumugi, so we can just hope he has a happy ending of his own.
8.5/10 in the beginning, but right now bordering towards a 7 since the male lead Tagami is a bit too creepy (even though he's a nice boyfriend for Tsumugi otherwise), and the story doesn't feel cohesive enough. The story is starting to feel like it's rambling without enough impact or weight in it. It's devolved into a typical shoujo plotline that's a bit bland. Nothing bad, but not the unique story you'd be expecting based on the beginning of this series.
March 2022 edit:
@SodaLiteV1 - we all have our own opinions, but there's no need to diss other people's opinions like that. Also don't assume someone's nationality (or in this case, non-nationality) just because they disagree with you LOL. And please improve your reading comprehension; there was no implication indicating that Tsumugi ought to cheat. Tsumugi had already stated clearly that she did not have any romantic feelings for Hiyama, so for Tagami to keep on pressing her with hypothetical questions was realistic yet immature of him, simple as that. Tagami feeling jealous was realistic, and I have no qualms seeing that presented in boys. However, how one handles their jealousy reveals their level of maturity.
And no, just because Tagami himself and everyone else also thinks of his actions as creepy doesn't make those actions less of an issue or less creepy (obviously). If anything, such a unanimous consensus that his actions are creepy only serves to reaffirm it. To think otherwise is just faulty logic.
And if you really want to read real hard into it (as you seem to like implications), then Tagami's own self-awareness of his actions being creepy ought to lead you to question what his continuation of those creepy actions indicate about his character.
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