Ima, Koi wo Shiteimasu.
Ima Koi: Now I'm in Love

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Ima, Koi eo Shiteimasu stars high schooler Satomi, who is protected one day by a boy named Yagyuu from a molestor. She's determined to get closer to him because she missed her chance to get to know her middle school crush, and the two end up dating.

This is an incredibly superficial manga. Literally the only thing going on is the two are dating, though they and the audience know basically nothing about either of them. Yagyuu finds all these reasons to compliment Satomi anyways, which just feels extra weird to me because he can't compliment her on anything of substance. Perhaps in the author's mind ... these characters do have personalities that may come out as the manga progresses, but that doesn't fix the fact that they've already confessed their love for each other, which just comes off as ridiculous when at the moment they're basically blank slates.

Also there's really no plot to speak of. It's just, first they go to a cafe, now they're going on a beach date. And it's all ignoring the reality of things like school and the fact that they're high schoolers, which is typical for manga set in high school, but this manga takes this problem to the next level. Satomi even spends the night (and for like their third date mind you), almost completely ignoring how that'd be at least somewhat of a conflict in reality since kids have PARENTS. There's a couple of cursory panels for Satomi to ask her friend to be her alibi, and her parents still have yet to make an appearance, though Satomi must have them because why else would she need an alibi? Also despite her spending the night, the subject of actually sleeping together never comes up, nor does seem to ever even enter anyone's minds. It's just so weird, I can't even.

If you want to read about cute fluffy dating, there's surely plenty of shoujo out there that has it, and also characters with distinct personalities, and an actual story with no bizarre leaps of logic.