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I picked up this manga with the expectation that i would drop it within the first few chapters. My thought process was something along the lines of "If you've read one slice of life school romance you have ready them all." To my pleasant surprise this was not the case. With one page per chapter and near daily releases, this manga is low cost high reward read. Not long after finding this manga it quickly became part of may daily routine to the point found myself struggling to maintain my normal rhythm when stopped releasing for a week.


Story Overall: 7/10
Mystery: 6/10
Thrill: N/A
Uniqueness: 10/10

Unlike most stories ... in the same genera, the romance in Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko is more a undercurrent that accentuated a characters personality and drifts the story foreword instead of being the primary focus. Though the story progresses slowly the overall, the pacing is rather fast with each arch spanning somewhere between 5-10 pages. In the end what you get is a collection of interesting situations and witty dialog all created and resolved in the course of 1-2 pages.

Characters: 9/10

Though each character has a somewhat stereo-typical role that would normally earn -1 for creativity, but considering that comedies really heavily on stereo-type and the level at witch they have been evolved into their own person, i can not hold it against the writer. It sure beats a lot of popular anime of our time *cough* Eren Yeager *cough* kirito/Asuna *COUGH* *HACK*. As good as the characters are can cant consider them masterpieces. They are simply very well designed characters.

Art: 8/10

I feel that the manga does a good job extenuating the little gestures and such that emphasizes the existing mood or exposes some character trait that might normally be overlooked. This aspect might be why it is so easy to forgive the stereo-typing.

Enjoyment: 10/10

No complaints here.

Overall: 9/10