Due to an accident back in 6th grade, Morimura Nobara becomes hearing impaired and instead gains the ability to understand animals' thoughts. Nobara now lives quietly as a 3rd year middle schooler, but then meets a boy whose voice sounds clear. As it turns out, this boy who can change into a dog was involved in Nobara's accident three years ago. And so with much reluctance from Nobara, Ro stays with her so that they can go back to the way they used to be.
//First things first. I literally LOL-ed when Ro first changed into his dog form. Actually, I laughed a lot of times, too. I liked the mix of humor, fluffiness, and melancholy this manga gave me. It's hard to balance things out, especially when it's light-hearted but there's still drama in it. It wasn't too heavy, but still with plenty of relatable experiences and valuable lessons.
To be honest, I thought the supporting characters believed Nobara way too easily when she claimed she could understand animals' thoughts. It's quite unrealistic, because Nobara herself was in denial even when she saw Ro transforming in front of her, but I'm willing to gloss it over. Hey, it's way too cute to be all critical. I know, it's a stupid reason. Whatever. I also put in the romance tag, even though it feels like there really isn't any. I'm glad it wasn't forced into the plot though, because I don't think Ro is ready for that yet, and so we get an open-end for that matter. Oh well. All in all, it was a satisfying read.//
Kimi to Wonderland