I absolutely adore this. I love the art, and the light-yet-deep-at-times story, and the oh so smexy bishies, and how many times it literally made me LMAO. The ending left me feeling kinda...fuzzy. And very happy, it was so sweet! And like the reviewer below me said, I totally love how the girls, shockingly, are FRIENDS. They stand up for each other. They stick together. They're not all jealous little [well, you know] who hate the main character for being close to the hottest guys in school. They're proud of her and are happy for her and Yasu. Maybe if the manga had gone on for more time, they could have been another girl vying for his affections or whatever...I did like the ending, but I believe that if it were a little longer, the beginning stages of the Hana-Yasu relationship could have been developed more and along with some more story lines, this series could have maybe reached heights of Hana Yori Dango...(maybe not the legend HYD is, but a little less. Still, pretty big.)
It's so cool how everything between the girl and guy is so not angsty and over-emotional and full of misunderstandings and crap. It only happened in rarely, which really made the story so much better, and it never got to the point of pissing me off. 😀 And I like how Hanabi and Yasu do little things for each other, help each other out, and teach one things the other enjoys. It's a very real relationship, a kind that grows and develops slowly. I really liked how they both listened to each other and then went around doing cute (but so meaningful) things that they knew would make the other happy.
Plus, the female lead is so much fun. Hanabi is so strong and she stands up for stuff she believes in, and she's friendly and completely nuts too, lol. But she has her sensitive and weak moments as well, which are done nicely because it doesn't make you think "Ugh, what whiny little biatch" (again, becuase it doesn't happen every. single. chapter.) But instead you're more like, "Dang, I totally get that." Yay for strong female leads that don't use guys as crutches to walk and yet are not over-exaggerated hard core gangster types :]
I'll give it a 9.6 cuz I felt it was a little too short (I really wanted more, ahaha) and because I thought the beginning was rushed (which is a bit weird maybe, lol). Plus, I think that Tadaka Rie should have developed some of the characters and their inter-relationships a little bit more.