Houkago no Idol ni wa Himitsu ga Aru
Everyone's Darling Has a Secret

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This is worth to read for all-developing-characters..

The arts is kinda pencil-drawing-sketchy but the dialogues still readable somehow. But most importantly, I love how the plot-story and the storyline in this manga, the author know how to improvise the storyline every each volume/chap.

The character here (ofcourse the MC) is unpredictable and not too-dense compare to rom-com mangas I have read so far.. He is very straight-forward (at some certainty and situations) which is why the reader just wow or amazed toward this main character.

Talking about female protagonists, she (the idol) has developing-secret-side and intelligences. But when she come to the main character, he doesnt know read ... the room (cant blame him since he never fall in love or never had girlfriend before for the rest of his life). Why female protagonists? Actually, there are 4 of them. I dont think the other 3 characters are the supporting characters.

These 3 female protagonists are:
- Bro-Complex Girl
- Childhood girl
- Cousin-complex girl

So, I can sense that the author might "axe" this plots in a future story/chaps (might be 40 50 60, who knows) by mixing up these 3 females with the idol when it comes to the main character. Plus, these female characters are cute/beautiful/goddess, in my sense.

Lots of What-if and What-If Scenario. The author know how to puzzle up the story, which makes the reader questions what-if the heroin do/dont this, hero do/dont this. Yes, awesome critical thinking.

Basically, I don't feel regret so far reading this, and I wish there is anime-adaption also. Its very satisfy to read, for real. And i recommend this to read.

Story: 10/10
Visual: 4/10
Detailed: 8/10
Characters: 8/10
Emotions: 9/10
Originals: 10/10
Intense: 7/10
Uniqueness: 7/10
Fun/Laughter: 8/10
NSFW: 3/10
Boring/Idling: 3/10

7.7/10


I’ve just had an epiphany when finishing this that the concept of a tutor is quite over done in romance mangas, but putting that bias aside, this is just a solid wholesome manga, a little more and nothing less. There’s not any unnecessary drama nor is there a multitude of side characters that antagonize the main cast’s courage or relationship; now, that can be a good or bad thing depending on what you enjoy more.

Wholesome mangas work for a reason: they have wonderful characters and a “satisfaction” moment. However, for this, there aren’t those really well-developed and set out characters, as the reasoning for ... the doki doki moments don’t quite make sense for the characters, so they are already pretty detached from relatability. That being said, realism isn’t everything in a manga, but the characters still aren’t as deep as you’d like nor is the plot; speaking of the plot, the author doesn’t set up any future events, in other words, the plot is close-minded.

Despite this, the plot works and is engaging, since there is visible progression in each event and conflict. From the singular conflict in each close-minded arc, there’s more and more progression and moments of realization that the characters undergo through visible or subtle change in their actions or thoughts. It’s rare nowadays for there to be plot and character development in a romcom no matter how single-focused the plot is.

Though there are some negative aspects regarding the character and plot depth, the simplicity of each surprisingly makes great chemistry within the main cast. Also, a huge positive is that the art is stunning, which makes the manga all the more enticing and engaging.

Yeah, that’s about it. The manga is a wholesome, good tutor manga with a nice trope. Give it a shot if you like relatively wholesome shoujo-like shounen romance mangas.

You guys know this is just my opinion, right?

Reading Rankings (Portnoy inspired & A Huang Teizan Original)
10 – God’s penmanship
9 – Must-read. Drop everything else.
8 – Instant bookmark
7 – Entertaining
6 – Good to pass time
5 – Why are you reading this?
4 – Bad.
3 – Typical garbage.
2 – My head hurts.
1 – Retirement is a thought.
0 – “Did they even give you a story?!

I TOTALLY love edging, PLEASE GIVE ME MORE.
70 chapters in and theres barely any progress. 70 CHAPTERS OF EDGING HOLY BALLS, REALLY PLEASE GIVE ANOTHER 70 CHAPTERS OF NOTHING. I really wanted to like it, but really? the same thing again? for the 6th, 7th?, 8th time? PLEASE GIVE ME SOME PROGRESS.

For the serious review: The story is generic and slow. Imagine setting up a whole arc of "WILL THEY CONFESS???" right after the prior arc of "WILL THEY CONFESS?" It's like the title should be: "The definition of insanity: Everyone's Darling has a Secret".

Dear reader, If you didn't get the message above. ... Please don't read this, it's not worth the time, not worth the money, don't get baited like me.

On the other hand, if you are the type of person to like 70 chapters of nothing but the same things happening, "2 steps forward 12 steps back, then they spend the next 10 chapters getting back to where they started", then you'll love it.