Unmei no Hito ni Deau Hanashi
How I Met My Soulmate

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WOW wow okay it’s been a hot minute since I’ve rated anything 10/10. I didn’t really know what to expect as I just stumbled on this one a few hours ago and binged everything available. THIS IS WHAT I WANT IN A ROMANCE STORY!! I’ve been trying so hard to find something like this one. It’s only 11 chapters right now but each chapter is jam packed so I highly recommend picking it up even though it’s unfinished.

STORY
The story is awesome. It doesn’t frustrate you with any of the cliches or tropes commonly found in similar stories. It’s very mature & set after high ... school. It feels REAL, which is what sets it above the rest in my opinion. The romance is pure, and the characters have great chemistry. I was never bored while reading, which rarely happens. I couldn’t put it down, and I’m excited for future plots that have been set up in the current chapters!

CHARACTERS
I really love the characters. At first glance they don’t seem too different from others, but I think they’re done really well. Our female MC is very kind, wholesome, but also straight forward with her feelings (which makes a great MC IMO!!!) there were times I thought she was going down the very typical routes that I’ve seen in other mangas but she would pull a 180 on me and pleasantly surprise me. Her interactions feel genuine and she’s very likable.

Male MC is HOT and a bit mysterious at first. You are made to believe he’s another “cold” stoic type character but you quickly realize he’s not. I was so happy to see he didn’t follow the same formulas as others. I love how he isn’t overly jealous, solves misunderstandings quickly and trusts our MC.

Second male “love rival” was done very well. I loved learning about him too.

ART
The art is perfect. Super crisp and detailed.

I can’t wait to read new chapters. I hope others see this one and feel inspired to create more stories like it. Set after high school, genuine & realistic interactions, quickly resolved misunderstandings, clear communication etc. It may sound like a boring linear romance but it’s not! There are other non-romantic plots being set up that are very intriguing! I really recommend reading this one.

My ratings on everything is a 10/10 for sure!
( p.s this reveiw is spoiler free )
( .. a tiny spoiler explaining the story plot and my opinion on it though )

Story : 11/10
The plot is very easy to understand and is so good! Its a story about a college student ( Yuki ) who wishes she had a boyfriend, so her friend brought Yuki to the club with her. It is also Yuki's first time going to a club. There at the club, her friend called over her other guy friend. That guy friend also brings another guy, Iori. Yuki's impression at first wasnt ... that good, for he was drunk. She eventually gets his contact number and messages Iori. They both agreed on call to look for the guy Yuki is destined to fall in love with. They meet the next day but Iori looks . . somehow different. She slowly develops feelings for Iori, but who knows what Iori thinks.
I myself am still waiting for the next chapter ( 8 ) but oh my god you have to read this. Iori also tends to "tease" Yuki sometimes and it gets me all flustered. They're both so cute together. Their relationship is also going at a decent pace. Not going too slow nor too fast. But so far it hasnt said anything about Iori's true feelings about Yuki so.

Art : 10/10
The art is very very nice. Theres a lot more detail than you think. I like how the illustrator doesnt really change anything about the characters features. They never look "good" or "bad" sometimes, they always look good and no character has no bad angle fr ! If that makes sense. But my point is I like how the art never looks bad and always has its own speciality in each panels. I also especially love the full body panels. I think the clothing has nice details. I tried my best to explain my opinions on it but it doesnt really make sense ..

Characters : 9/10
So far in the manga, I have had NO bad impressions on anyone. All the characters are respectful and kind. Everyone is understanding, I like it. All the characters have their own special personality! The art style also fits the characters personalities so ^^
I dont have much to say about the characters sorry hh
( Only a 9/10 because I dont have much of an impression on the characters )

Enjoyment : 20/10 ( Tiny but obvious spoiler )
Never have I ever felt ANY boredom reading this manga. Its very interesting and so fun watching Iori trying to help Yuki find her love but Yuki after all loves Iori. Their relationship together built so quickly. They're already so close and I enjoy it.

This whole manga overall ( so far ) is a 10/10! I totally recommend reading it if you're into manga about about older characters not in highschool. I wouldn't say it's more mature than your typical highschool romance manga but still, it's so good :)

being very honest, i found it an extremely mid story.

i started reading this after i saw someone posting a few panels on social media and i thought it looked cute, so gave it a try. up until a bit after the main couple got together, i was enjoying the story a lot. it was fun, the characters were cute, the writing was nice to read, but after that it was just too many lows and too little highs. the main couple got together pretty early on, which isn't necessarily a bad thing if well executed and there are more things to talk about later, and ... that is the start of most of the issues i had with this story.

[spoilers from here on]

the main couple is cute sure, but every single little thing that happens has the FL feeling like an intruder in her own relationship when the ML has absolutely never given her reason to feel so. she keeps listening to words of people she doesn't even know nor are close to the ML and getting sad and frustrated about herself and creating scenarios in her head out of no base whatsoever, simply bc some random person said something ambiguous. it's not even like when the ML gets jealous, bc he has actual reason to do so considering one of her friends has confessed to both of them that he romantically likes her and sometimes does get a little bit too close for comfort. it was alright the first few times considering it's her first relationship and what (was perceived to have) happened with her first love, but after a while it got tiring and frustrating. every single chapter got me wanting to grab her by the shoulders and shake her until she learns to at least try to trust her boyfriend, specially when he never gave her reason not to.

the second main issue i had with the story was the plot with ML's brother. the whole thing with him trying to set up his own girlfriend with his brother (who was never interested in her and is now happily in a relationship) just felt creepy the entire time. it is explained that the brother is fake-dating the girlfriend so she could get closer to the ML but he also says that she "never understood that what she felt for the ML was love and not hatred", which just makes things weirder. i'm not sure if it's the execution that simply did not work for me or the theme in general, but every time it was brought up i felt like dropping the manga and that surely says something about it. and considering that when the brother finally called his "girlfriend" after years of being MIA she started crying, i'm sure there's going to be a point in the story in which she'll tell the brother she has been in love with him for a long time and he was trying to set her up for nothing, but to be honest i don't have the patience to wait until then, considering it will probably take a few more chapters.

[end of spoilers]

although i'm dropping this story, i'm still tagging it as average and mixed feelings bc aside from all the problems, as i said before, up until a certain point i was enjoying myself by reading it, and if that was the end of the story it would be a nice one. it is simply that the rest of it just haven't been it for me.