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I genuinely love the trope of the 'bitch' archetype becoming friends with the FL. I eat that trope right up.

First off, this is a genuinely well-written and well-paced series. You will have little to no regrets in reading this. I genuinely enjoyed my time reading it.

With that all out of the way, read this if you're a fan of slow burn without all the pesky side drama that comes with it. It's a fake relationship premise, but all the drama regarding misunderstandings and past baggage gets resolved quickly. That could be a pro or con, depending on your tastes. It doesn't frontload a lot of drama, so at specific points, the plot feels too easy, so take that as you will when you read it.

in my feelings rn looking for my own bear of a partner to fall in love with

this manhua out here making me feel single as all hell

Check this out if you're a fan of both genres. Had to bite down on something because my cackling laughter would've woken up my family while reading this. Smart use of tropes: they use it in a way that they also diverge and address all the problematic silly stuff you kind of glaze over cause you're reading that specific genre.

10/10 would recommend

ml has bright glowing red flags and our mc out here representing the colorblind community

your ph balance and cooch bacteria will be all outta whack

when you first read this, you might think it's ripping off other manhua, and maybe they are, but the writing in this one is hilarious, absolutely plowing through these chapters

i love absurdism, and the characters play good balances with each other

give it a read!

I got into manga and anime because of shonen because of my dad, but I developed a taste for shoujo later on. I loved shoujo as a teen cause it was about someone falling for someone, all the warm feelings you get when you fall in love. Growing older, I grew more spiteful of love and experienced my heartbreaks and losses. Shoujo became a bit of a joke to me, filled with bad cliches and disproportionate drama.

I feel like this manga is a love letter to relationships. A reminder of how love can be the simplest thing in the world. It doesn't shy away from the bad stuff but doesn't blow everything out of proportion with unnecessary drama and cliches. It perfectly balances the sweetness against the other unpleasant flavors of love. A slow but sudden fall into loving each other, enjoyed the whole read.

Def recommend this to anyone looking for something sweet. FL did come off a bit much during the first few chapters, but she pulled through for me. She's such a girl's girl, definitely was surprised this was released around the 2000s.

I was also scared that the ML would be the usual case of wet blanket and oblivious, but he's surprisingly proactive in the relationship.

It's decent enough! It had a good start; FL's and ML's relationship was pretty cute, and the art was pretty consistent. It runs into the usual problems the genre has with pacing, and they set up a lot of stuff but can't develop those points well enough that they come out feeling rushed and nonsensical.

FL has agency in what she does; she doesn't have things randomly fall into her lap or get saved by the ML during tense moments. This and the fact that the couple has a v cute relationship are this manhua's saving grace. Enjoyable quick-ish read.