I didn't really enjoy the first story to be honest. I doesn't make sense to me. I mean, I think it was just there for the sake of being there. The plot is a joke. Really. I hate it. The characters were just there for the sake of being there as well. The couple doesn't make sense either. The feelings weren't there. I could even say this is very far from Junko's usual stories.
As for the second story, the plot was great. I love it, in all fairness. I'm so moved with it especially when the first guy saw his friend together with this co-club member and seemed to be kissing until they noticed they;'re presence and stuff. It was so dark and heavy. I was swoop away by it, until the ending came. And all of the sudden, it became annoying. And useless. And I didn't saw it coming, that she'll be ending the story with that kind of ending. It disappoints me until now.
Then the third story. I wasn't not that eager to read it all anymore because I have this feeling that it might end up having the same oddness from the first two. I started reading... yeah... a friend being possessive, mistaken it as love after finding out his best friend's going out with someone already, having a capable other friend as a love adviser... and I was thinking that it might end up like the the best friend was just testing the first guy if he'll be jealous and then confession then happily ever after. But it didn't happen. What happen is that he was totally rejected by the best friend (unconsciously). And to my surprise...it turned to be something else. Gosh! I started re reading it again just to understand them all clearly and when I ended up reading the ending, I was like... THIS IS THE BEST STORY OF THE MANGA! The characters were all there, the plot is quite cliche at the start and though the twist would seem quite off, as you progresses, all you could just read is something heavy but a heartwarming story. The plot is there not because it has to be there but because it really has something to tell the readers. This is the real work of Junko for me. I'm so captivated with it.
So Yep. I'm giving this a rate around 7, but as for the last stort, I'll rate it as 10! 😀