He also manages, in a few short pages per chapter, to convey the personality of each character, although we don't go into too much depth, except maybe for Chika, as the story unfolds. The artwork and character design is simple, but effective, especially when it comes to Satou's facial expressions when shocked, scared or trying to weasel his way out of a corner and he doesn't try to make the characters look overly moe. If anything, they look like 5th graders should.
However, for reasons known only to the mangaka, he's also made virtually all of the stories unnecessarily ecchi. The subject matter should be able to - and does, on occasion - offer enough laughs on its own, without having to resort to pantyshots, glimpses down blouses and so forth (and the scene in the storage shed is just nasty). Admittedly, none of the set-ups are intentional, and the laughs are supposed to lie in the characters' (usually Satou) reaction to, rather than the ecchiness itself, but it is a cheap shot at getting a guffaw and it wears thin very quickly.
Unfortunately, at the end of the day, Kyou no 5 no 2 is no more than a good idea, that fails miserably in execution, which is a surprise (or maybe not) coming from the same author of "Minami-ke."
