narutolvr's manga / #6/10(78)

It was a fairly interesting story, but somehow managed to be so saturated with sex that I got a bit irritated after a while. It's just like, this is the 10th sex scene in 6 chapters, any chance we could use the extra pages to develop the plot or characters a little more? The ending fell so flat, and the major confrontation just wasn't there. Wish the author had spent more time on those, rather than showing us the main couple sleeping together or Saiga and his troupe of sexmates.

Like everyone else, I was quite taken aback by the twist in the last chapter, but it was the most interesting overall, if only for the fact that the dialogue made sense.

Interesting arrangement which I think really helped make the story more enjoyable. Let's be honest: the plot by itself is really just alright (though the characters are really very interesting) so the fact that we see them 8 years in the future and then go back to see how they all came together helped maintain my interest longer than a normal pace would have. Tbh, though, I felt the cousin's character was completely unnecessary as he didn't really drive the plot; despite the fact that the 1st chapter seems to set him up as MC, we quickly see that he has pretty much no effect on the other characters. So I guess the author could have either saved herself the time by not including his character altogether, or spent more time on trying to give him a purpose in the story. If all of the relationships/interactions between the characters were the same before and after the cousin comes in, what's the point?

It was alright, I suppose? Really not this author's best work but it was a nice read. Felt like the end came too soon, though.

Didn't care for the main story- the plot was predictable, the characters were dull, and the ending was just a super boring cop-out time skip. But the side stories were relatively interesting, so I don't regret reading it or anything.

Once again, kinda meh. Maybe I'm just not fond of this author? The art was great and the stories were cute enough, but I just couldn't form any sort of emotional connection with any of the characters. I guess it feels like the sex comes too quickly without much emotional buildup, and then the characters just fall in love when they're done. The first story was actually pretty good since we really got to see the characters fall for each other. Also never understood why the 3rd story ended the way it did. Was the woman actually his fiance? Did the MC ever oust her as a psychopath?

Aoi is a countryside girl who falls in love with a Tokyo boy and moves to the big city in pursuit of love (also mostly because her dad got transferred). Along comes her country childhood friend who's loved her forever and a love triangle situation ensues, cue father's interference, lies to naive idiots, etc. Only, this story takes a turn for tragedy and delivers some of the most heart rending final chapters I've ever seen in a shoujo. And so, despite hating the characters, I can't help but love them because, at the end of the day, they're just dummies dumbing the only way they know how. I was totally ready to write this story off after the first 8-10 chapters: the MC was an irredeemable idiot, and all of the male characters were so stuck on themselves and their pride they didn't care how the MC felt in the best of cases, and actively tried to hurt her in the worst. I literally kept reading for the satisfaction of dealing a hearty "sucked!" in my review when I was done. Then it took an unexpected turn and delivered some of the most tear-jerking chapters I've ever seen in a shoujo that I just couldn't bring myself to keep hating it. The MC was no longer a fool; the guys stopped being sociopaths and started to value her feelings, and the overbearing father all but disappeared. At that point I could only think "Aha! This is the story I've been waiting for!" And although the ending left a bit to be desired for me (can't put my finger on it, maybe it was because I didn't feel he ever really got closure after losing both her picture and letter?), it transformed into such a touching story in the last 5 chapters that I was left in tears afterwards T-T And all of the extra stories were comical, or just interesting to read, even if I didn't particularly care for most (all) of the male leads in them.

SPOILER!!!! Like everyone else in the comments, I really had preferred her with sensei. It's not that I'm against her relationship with NAtsu, I just don't think it was ever healthy. I never really saw the transition from childhood bond into adult love, so it was hard to tell where the MC's childish selfishness/sibling love ended and romance began, which made their relationship really unclear for me. I don't mind that they ended up together, I just wished she'd really and honestly tried to go out with sensei and tried to love him, instead of just using him as a replacement father. I'm also not too big on when stories end with a time skip that shows everything wrapping up super neatly- like all of a sudden everyone's married and happy. It's the pain they overcome to become happy that I find more worthwhile to read so it's sort of like a cop out to just give a picture perfect ending lol. But, all in all, it was a peaceful read- I think it expressed the impatience of a teenager really well.

Not bad.

The first story was weird, but I quite enjoyed it. The uke was a pretty bad guy, but the story from his pov was somewhat captivating. The art was weird, though- the seme kept blushing all the time and the way the author drew it was a bit off putting. The extras weren't bad either, but I would have preferred if the first extra was longer and the second was shorter as I didn't find it all that interesting.