After losing her older boyfriend, the beautiful Hibiki is in complete shambles. So, when she’s confessed to in a rather strange way by her childish classmate, she isn’t sure how she should react.
Before we start the review…
What’s the Japanese level?
I rate this as an intermediate series. To see my reasonings for my rankings, please click here!
Who wrote this manga?
This manga was written by Tsutsumi Kakeru.
Info about the series
- This series is complete at 14 volumes in Japanese.
- There is currently no English version.
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What’s this series about?
Ever since she hit puberty, Hibiki has had the attention of the men around her. Whether she wanted it or not, she could always feel eyes on her. Because her chest is large, many men search for any reason to talk to her, and most treat her as though she’s much older than her actual age. One of these older men, her tutor at cram school, took things a step further when he began dating her.
At her high school, she’s notorious amongst the boys. With her chest being larger than average, she’s seen as one of the “sexiest” girls in school. When news spread that she and her older boyfriend broke up, the atmosphere at school became a little restless. Before she could do much of anything, Hibiki is confessed to by one of her classmates. He doesn’t ask her to be his “girlfriend”, though, rather his “lover”. She turns him down politely, telling him she couldn’t possibly date someone while she still has feelings for her ex. He takes this as a challenge, and promises to help her forget all about her older ex-boyfriend.
The two of them end up agreeing to a trial “one-month relationship” period. During this time Hibiki does her best to catch feelings for her classmate, as he’s actually a rather kind person. The classmate in turn does his best to show his earnestness.
My thoughts on this volume
I really felt bad for Hibiki the entire volume. She’s treated wildly different from her female classmates, purely because she has a large chest. So much so that even the boy who earnestly confesses his feelings to her seems to be greatly influenced by it.
A large theme of this volume is that it’s important to understand people’s personality, and to not just judge them for their looks. We see this in flashbacks to Hibiki’s relationship with her tutor. While she always felt the need to act more adult when she was with him—eating carefully, having proper posture, generally being demure—she realizes that she didn’t feel “seen” by him. This is compared to her relationship with her classmate Aoyama, while he is also greatly influenced by her body, it’s not the only thing he sees when he looks at her. Hibiki realizes that she doesn’t care about eating messily in front of him, and she can generally relax without worrying about being judged by him.
I did enjoy watching Hibiki and Aoyama’s relationship grow steadily through this volume, but there were a few parts that didn’t resonate with me all that much. While this is a rom-com, I didn’t really enjoy a majority of the comedic bits. The comedy felt a little bit dated—especially with Aoyama getting a nosebleed virtually every time he glanced at Hibiki’s chest. I was able to forgive this though, and found it to be an overall sweet story.
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