I first read this volume about a year ago, and didn’t exactly love it. I think every book deserves a second chance though, so I decided to give it another read. Thankfully the second time around I was really able to see the charm in this series! So, let’s see where my opinions changed.
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 Mizuki Hoshino. That’s the author of Tiger and Dragon, and Mi ni Amaru Kareshi!
Info about the series
- There are currently 7 volumes in Japanese.
- There is currently no English version.
You can check out this series for yourself below.
What’s this series about?
Sena, trying to ignore her feelings for her classmate Wataya, decides that she wants to try and get a boyfriend for herself. While she could accept the fact that she has feelings for him and see where things go, she knows it would probably spell doom for her. Why? He is a naturally touchy person, and it’s very difficult to determine if he acts a certain way towards people because he likes them, or if that’s just how he is. When she thought the two of them had a moment during gym class, she saw him having the exact same moment with a different girl the next day, and then a male classmate a day later. On top of that, he’s a bit of an air head—even when directly invited to a mixer, he doesn’t understand he’s being invited because girls are interested in him. Admitting you have feelings for such a person would surely spell doom.
So, instead, Sena asks him if he couldn’t set her up with one of his friends. He does, but things don’t work out for her in the end. She’s feeling a lot of big emotions after it ends, and the fact that Wataya goes out of his way to pick her up on her way home causes her to have a bit of a verbal explosion—she confesses her feelings to him. She asks him if he could please turn her down, but to her surprise he confesses that he likes her back. So, the two end up in a one-month trial relationship.
During this trial relationship, Sena realizes that Wataya has had very strong feelings for her for a very long time now. So strong, that now that they’ve both confessed their feelings to each other, he doesn’t know what to do with himself.
My thoughts on this volume
This author has such a talent for writing obsessive but not too obsessive love interests. My original reason for not loving this series was Wataya’s friend and his treatment of Sena, but I was able to ignore him much better this time around.
I really enjoyed Sena’s friends interactions, especially when one friend was heavily warning Sena about the tactics scummy men will use to trap her. I feel like these two friends are some of the more realistic ones in manga when it comes to giving relationship advice, and that Sena really needs them to keep her grounded.
When it comes to Wataya’s character, I did grow to enjoy him a lot more during this reread. He’s portrayed as a natural airhead, who doesn’t really understand the amount of female attention that he gets. I’m choosing to understand this as a “he sees no one but Sena” characteristic, which is a good one in my books. I am afraid that this may lead to Sena getting bullied by some of the upperclassmen girls that are interested in Wataya, but we’ll have to see where the story goes.
I really enjoyed seeing Wataya’s slightly darker side—a specialty of this author, in my opinion. Especially as it perfectly contrasted his usual light and fluffy demeanor. As he’s almost always a golden retriever-type character, this switch up is very effective. We only really see this side of him come out when he gets jealous, and I’m hoping to see a little bit more of it in the coming volumes.
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