I decided to read this because the author is the same as the one of Shugaku Ryoko - Naisho no Koi which was okay(the hero was nice and cute) and I was in the mood for more shoujo oneshots.
This was just...it made me rethink reading the rest of the mangaka's works. I mean, what is up with the characters?! I don't think the author was going for anything remotely similar to sadomachoism but this is how the manga comes off as, don't get me wrong, I like the occassional BDSM but this just sucked.
Page after page, the interactions between the 'lead' characters were just cringe-worthy(except Yoshida, he was the only one that I didn't hate which says a lot about this).
This was just pushing the "good guys don't get the girl" trope too too much. I like the incorporation of male leads getting jealous in some/most manga but this was just borderline abusive, actually, what am I saying? It is abusive, the way the a**hole treats the girl(the events near the end does little to redeem him).
Sorry. I think my being critical mostly stems from my disappointment at this author.
The supposed male lead? I can't even call him a hero(male leads in romance). I kept seeing him as the antagonist that Yoshida-kun had to save the female lead from. Really...I might, might have forgiven him a little if the mangaka did the typical thing and made Yoshida two-faced so it was clear who the female lead was going to end up with.
Douchebaggery...totally agree with mango123. Despite Aya's a**holery, I couldn't feel anything for the heroine other than pity and "whaddahellgurl?!?"
The page where the guy is supposed to look blush-worthy? He just looks constipated. Yoshida's the kind and simple type but I'd totally take him over Aya any day even though I like jerk/tsundere guys sometimes. (Aya was neither, he's a class A douche bag.)
If it had been a bit longer, maybe the male lead would have had time to redeem himself in the eyes of the reader. Maybe. We'll never know.