Kou-2 ni Time Leap Shita Ore ga, Touji Suki datta Sensei ni Kokutta Kekka
I Time-Traveled and Confessed to My Teacher Crush

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Pretty typical rom-com with a time-leap. I enjoyed it, though.

I find the concept of an age gap interesting in romantic stories set in Japanese culture. Obviously the reality of this one would be more controversial than wholesome irl, but that's manga for you.

The only real gripe I have is the sister. I'm very much over the sister-in-love-with-older-brother shtick. It's not cute, even if it's played off as a childish crush and doesn't turn into blatant incest.
They're in high school. She's referring to herself in third-person and seems to have closeted romantic affection for her older brother. Time to call your local therapist/child pathologist!

Anyway, ... one thing this work has me pondering is the artist/authors choices for censorship(self-imposed censorship?). From what I've seen, most rom-com manga that is "ecchi" and not "smut"(actual sex scenes, detailed nudity) sticks to drawing breasts either with or without nipples(usually without). There's plenty of fan service here, but every scene in a bath or whatever is drawn "semi-nude"(no nipples or pubic detail)...

Except for chapter 29(not a spoiler, this happens in EVERY romcom):
It's your usual "losing your swimsuit top in the pool" gag, but in the 2 panels showing Hiiragi topless, the mangaka drew her nipples. Every scene with her topless before and after this is drawn without nipples. It honestly makes me wonder why this scene specifically was given the extra detail yet the rest of the series wasn't. Does this happen a lot? Have I just only seen such a discrepancy with this manga? Does it have something to do with publishing rules? I have no idea. Maybe the author thought the idea of being exposed in public would hit harder if the breasts were fully detailed. I can only assume.

*Contains mild general spoilers*

Kou-2 ni Time Leap was a very interesting manga.

I think it is able to tackle a few interesting topics at a time, and it led to an enjoyable read.

First, most of the manga is just pure wholesome romantic stuff.

There's a lot of the couple randomly getting frisky and flirty while trying not to get caught due to their status difference, and a lot of other cute wholesome moments between the two.

I also liked it that the main characters are both pretty forward and not really dense. No random misunderstandings, no random characters running away from situations. Everything flows nicely, and we ... get some steamy hot romance action in return.

But at the same time, there's a plot and some drama surrounding it. Tackling their relationship "taboo" from the perspective of others, or the more interesting plot line... Is the time travel.

At first I thought it'd be a "one and done" thing with him going back to the past and that's it, but the manga actually makes it that the future isn't so bright, and makes the main character actually try and change the past a couple of times - to make sure his future with beloved Sensei a guarantee.

We are met with different people and different timelines, in a very Steins;Gate manner. Which was something I truly didn't expect.

It ended well though, too, which is nice.

Honestly, it was overall a pretty short read, and I think it was a fun afternoon binge.

8/10

Not sure why im taking the time to write this but here we go:

Story 5/10 - Nothing groundbreaking here, it's exactly what the summary says. Man goes back in time, confesses to his hot teach, she instantly falls in love with him and minor hijinks happen because she's a complete airhead. Every chapter involves secret flirting, almost getting caught, and somewhat amusing but never laugh out loud situations. Not bad, not good. Also, the summary makes this seem more leud than it actually is by constantly inserting the word lover. Might change at some point, but as of the currently released chapters, nope.

Art 8/10 ... - the teacher is drawn extremely well (and really, she's the only reason anyone is reading this), the time traveling MC and his sister are drawn very decently, the side characters are drawn fine to intentionally ugly. The background is fine.

Characters 4/10 - the MC is decent enough for the 22 chapters available, no real complaints. The teacher is a complete airhead, unrealistically so. Very kind and cheerful though. The MCs sister is in love with the MC and is teetering on the edge of being a yandere (her entire personality is based around this), and the teachers sister is probably actually mentally disabled and she gets turned on when a cat licks her face. None of the other characters are remotely important.

Enjoyment 6/10 - its worth sinking some time into if you're looking for a simple romcom with a teacher/ student pairing. If it was like one hundred chapters, I probably wouldn't have finished it if it kept the pacing it's currently going. Unfortunately, judging by how they're trying to make it almost two whole years without getting caught, it's probably scheduled to run more than that. It'll defintely get canceled before that though.

Overall - im giving this a six because it didn't overstay its welcome with only 22 chapters. It's... fine. I wouldnt have made it past fifty chapters at this level of storytelling, even with how short these chapters are. It draws you in thinking it's going to be more risque than it actually is, but it never reaches that point. It's too leud to read in public, but it's nowhere near the level of a hentai with plot.