Well, I really like mangas that take a realistic view on relationships and don't jump to conclusion right away but there was something lacking. Sometimes there were no progression in the relationships for very long chapters, only complicated names of dishes and stuff. And then, when they change theme into feelings, there is suddenly whole chapter only about this. The peace was just weird.
What's more, there was really too much drama.
I get the drama in Kenji-Kaneko relationship, since they both had to be broken to pull off this reason for a break up. I mean, it looked like an ideal one, I couldn't imagine how Kenij could fall out of love with her and be with Momoe and when she slept with Kaoru I really thought maybe mangaka will let them be together, yet it still didn't feel right. Actually, the whole plot with Kaoru, since the attempted suicide, was just bad. Before his character was very nicely made but afterwards it was terrible. She saved him once and suddenly, there was nothing about him being sad. They were such a good friends but then they didn't spoke once since he hired her. Come on, mangaka made him talk only when it was convinient for her relationship development with Kenji. And they even gave hints of him being in love with her without realising, just to don't say a word about it.
There were many useless side-plots that were just boring and hard to read, just to squeeze everything in last chapters, without even properly finishing the series.
Frankly, if you want to read how a girl succeeds in a man-oriented job, being cheerful and sweet, yet not having all the boys fall for her, this manga is for you. Also, if you like cooking, I guess you will like it too. I don't, so I was counting more for some nice romance but that's just not this. Maybe it's really the cooking theme, cause another similar manga about theather has hit it off right away with me and I loved the slow romance there. With this one, I was pushing myself to read it
cause I was curious about the Kenji-Kaneko split.
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