I like beautiful, smart, and emotionally strong female leads. This female lead has some sort of dark past, which is my fetish. I like protective, capable, act-like-he-doesn't-care-but-he-does male leads. I like partner-like relationship. I like skinships. This manga should've been one of my favorite shoujo manga. But it never did.
I feel like this manga is all flashy without substance. Somehow there's just no real depth. It feels like the mangaka has her own version of perfect heroine and perfect hero in an ideal relationship, but she lacks skill to actually make something great of it. And there're just too many fan-service scenes (you know, the ones that supposed to make you go 'kyaa' or 'awww') that it kinda annoys me. They're just all over the place and too 'in-your-face'.
I have the same sentiment with p3pelepe about the investigation/detective/mystery part of it. I don't understand the importance of the special unit or why our female lead has to be in there. The cases are easy and shallow, but I guess it can'be helped cause it's shoujo. Maybe because of the art-style, I expect something more mature and complex. But at least the author can make it interesting. Some filler-arc with 'mystery spices' in some non-mystery shoujo mangas had been done better.
I hate the art. This is pure my opinion so it will sound annoying, but sometimes the female lead looked like she had a polio. Her legs are too skinny and small compared to her big head. I started reading this manga hearing that it had beautiful arts. I guess it's a matter of preference after all.
I give five because the outline of this manga hits my ideals. What a shame it was only the outline. It's not anywhere you can find lead characters and relationship with such traits.