I've read alot of shojo manga before where the younger, female student falls for the older, male teacher. Either the student gets rejected, or the teacher decides to go out with the student. Rarely have I ever seen where the student has to actualy has to work to get the teacher, and rarely have I seen where the younger student is male and the teacher is female.
This is an interesting and refreshing twist on the regular 'I love my teacher' theme, and has a good balance of drama and romance, as well as logical real-life elements to it that brings it up to a whole new level..
The female teacher is about 24, and the male student is about 19. By most standards, he is definately a man, and their ages are close enough for the teacher to be seen as a woman on the same level as he is on a person-to-person basis.
Then we have his friend (best friend?), and the class president. In a cliche move, the class president likes him, and his friend likes her. In a not-so-cliche move, she finds out about the teacher, and some things that would be best left covered-up. But the way she finds out, and who she finds out from, seems to have a grudge against our main guy, and knows something from his past.. and she's blackmailing him with the teacher's career and good reputation on the line! And since when was his friend so good at fighting.. !? Could this all have to do with their past...
;] Overall, a great story so far! and it looks promosing for the future~ Worth a read, even if you're not a fan of teacher x student stories.