Jul 2, 2013
This manga is pretty fast-paced and kept me on the edge of my seat. I read it in one night because I was so anxious to find out what was going to happen next! The characters also develop in a very believable way. You get to see relationships strained by jealousy, fondness formed by making sacrifices for somebody, and the different ways people deal with stress. I really got attached to the characters - loving them, hating them, cheering for them, booing at them, and cheering for them all over again.
One thing that really irked me with this manga was the
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art. It's not bad, but all the characters look like high schoolers from Sailor Moon or something! It's impossible to determine their actual age. This makes it a little difficult to take some situations as seriously as I would if they looked like the adults they are. Youhei especially looked younger than what I guessed he should be.
Also, [spoiler alert!] Kaori is supposed to be pregnant for a good portion of the manga, but she never *looks it*! Because so many other aspects of the story are very true-to-life, I was a bit disappointed by this. I mean, at one point it mentions she is 30 weeks pregnant but she still looks like a freakin' twig! I have several friends that are about that far along right now and they are huge! So at times that was very distracting from the story. I would get all involved and forget it was just a manga, then you'd see Kaori talking about "the baby" but still extremely thin and it jerked me back to reality.
Finally, the ending was wrapped up a bit too neatly and wasn't even close to what I expected, based on how the manga had unfolded so far. It was like the mangaka thought, "Oh, I'm bored and I just want these two to get together, but I'm fresh out of good ideas so I'll end this in the most *unrealistic* way ever! Teehee!"
Overall, great manga. It was definitely worth the time I spent reading it. But be forewarned that the ending is not satisfying.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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