Tonari no Seki no Satou-san

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What I really liked about Tonari no Seki no Satou-san (Satou-san Who Sits Next to Me) is the relationship progress between Yamaguchi and Satou. Yamaguchi is a boy is the silent but cool type and Satou is basically just a bubbly girl who is also a klutz who tends to talk to Yamachi about whats on her mind. At first Yamaguchi would always be annoyed by Satou's rambling but as the story goes and the more he interacts with Satou he finds himself romantically interested in Satou. A big part of the story is Satou's online relationship with an individual who Satou's never met irl, ... only text messages. Upon Yamaguchi hearing this, he became worried as he thought that this individual couldn't be trusted even though Satou likes this individual. Yamaguchi made it his job to not let Satou's smile go away and become a person Satou can fall in love with. He became more friendly towards Satou as a result. I don't want to go into spoilers so I'll end my review by saying that if I lad to describe this manga in one word it would be 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚, wholesome enough to make me cry.

STORY:
The story is a simple love story between two classmates who sit next to each other. There isn't much going on aside from the two's interaction. This is something that provides a change of pace from all the other romance manga that exist.

ART:
Art is nothing special.

CHARACTER:
They have that simple character that makes them easily likeable and relatable. Satou is a bit of an airhead, and might be annoying at first, but she gets likeable easily.

ENJOYMENT:
... It was enjoyable for its simplicity and the fact it has some realistic aspects to it, like liking someone who likes someone else.

OVERALL:
This manga gave me the feels and made me want to root for them. It's a nice read for a change of pace. Don't expect too much though, and you won't be disappointed.

Slight Spoilers?

Honestly, this is a hidden gem of a manga. I really enjoyed it. It's highly relatable especially for me. I've been in the MC's situation (close to the end of the manga), I didn't have that kind of happy ending. Honestly it took a nice twist towards the middle to end part, and didn't just follow the typical troupes.

Yamaguchi as a character is thought out quite well to be honest. His soliloquies were well thought out and helped build him as a character. It goes to show when you are just looking at someone, you can never really understand who they are. When you ... are willing to look beneath the surface, you can find a lot that you may like.

Honestly I don't get why Satou calls herself plain. I thought she was cute. Though I do tend to gravitate more towards plain looking, plain dressed women, because they are often worth pursuing and getting to know. Not to say all attractive women are vain and shallow, far from. I know some knock out drag out gorgeous women who are kind, warm and loving people.

I find the plainer someone looks, the more they are comfortable with who they are, they often grow into kind and loving people as well. It may seem like I am generalizing, and I am to an extent. But Satou has more to offer than she realizes. No matter how ugly or attractive you are, have confidence in yourself, because maybe someone will see whats beneath the surface.

That's the message I take away from this manga. I hope it helps you decide if you are going to read it. Honestly it's quite good. I was going to give it a 7/10, but it was more of a 7.5 out of 10, so I went with 8/10.