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First of all, the story was simply amazing! Despite the genre; ecchi and adult with nudity, its an amazing slice of life manga. The story flows so well, its really detailed so you won't miss a thing or two about what's happening in each chapter.The art is well designed, the character look amazing; the art isn't just decent but the character's expressions, looks and feelings are top class. I personally loved how the illustrator created the design of the main character, it's a decent 16 year old student. Furthermore, the woman Marina has to be in the hot list, I think she's G Cup. Marina ... must be a nadeshiko type I guess, an ideal wife! Enjoyment was fantastic too, every chapter its hilarious and full of romance. Overall, its simply those once in 2 years manga; if the manga ever got animated, I would definetly watch it. I would definetly recommend it this manga! Only regret I have is there is no after story! That's what I dislike about it.

This is a manga that was interesting for what was there between the lines so to speak rather than the actual things focused on in the plot. In terms of premise, it sets up an interesting premise in that a wife comes back to be with her husband in the past, which is a pretty unique relationship and the core of the manga. However, this is also all sorts of strange. Is the person in the past really the same as the one in the future, especially considering the major age gap between them? I would say that even though they kind of are, they really aren't. Hence, her ... being in love with him just based on the future is a very awkward relationship, which casts a shadow over the whole plot. This is resolved over time in a way, in that Rinosuke grows as a character, becoming someone who is capable of being loved and loving in return, and though he still has a personality that is childish in contrast to the future him, Marina still falls in love with him for real. However, this brings up all sorts of other issues. Primarily in that, since she's falling in love with someone who is different for the reason that they are different, that's kind of sort of cheating. Now while all of this isn't explored in such depth as I feel it could have been, it is acknowledged quite clearly, which ends up setting their whole relationship and plot on a very awkward trajectory, and one that doesn't seem to really have any sort of solid and satisfactory conclusion. In the end, the author decides that creating a solution that is satisfying and in line with the tone of the manga was the most important thing to do, and hence the plot bends over backwards in a way that doesn't really make much sense, but manages to reach a conclusion that is satisfying thematically. Hence, while I certainly can't say the plot is perfectly executed, I still think that overall it was quite solid in that it explored a unique relationship quite well, while the ending too was far from perfect it was still right in what the spirit of the ending should be even if there wasn't really any way to do a good implementation of such. There are side stories with various other characters, but they mostly fall flat outside of how they connect to the main relationship. I thought most all of them were jerks too, with the exception of the girl that confessed to him considering she was apologetic after being led around. The art I thought was really good, primarily in that Marina being incredibly cheerful came across very well. 

tl;dr: A manga that sets up a very interesting relationship but has some trouble in how to bring it to its conclusion. 

If you don't like very sweet and cute slice of life or manga that takes a bit of time to understand the character's intentions/thoughts (I was a bit irritated by the MC, though I finally understood how he felt later on and fell in love with this relationship's duo.) This is not for you.

Yes, the storyline is a bit average, though I personally LOVED it because of my love for mommydom and motherly oneesans and younger boys. If you are into oneesans and like women spoiling/pampering boys, this is for you. Although there are your usual anime clichés in this story, I overlooked it and ... still enjoyed it.

However, this manga does have some nude scenes in it. The MC can be annoying, though he is again, a young boy who is not used to love, so take that into mind as you read. This manga is very cute and has such a cute female MC, that I aspire to be like her.

I think this manga is ok. It has a time travel element that made things interesting. The characters were a bit of a miss outside of the protagonists. I get that they were maybe just there to continue the plot and make the MC develop, but it just felt like wasted potential even though this manga had a whole 6 volumes. Some of the characters were just thrown away with no real conclusion and I generally dislike that kind of ending.

I still think it's good if you're looking for a fluffy romance manga. Although this is not PURE FLUFF with some drama here and there ... but a lot of it feels like filler slice of life fluff. Some scenes are very cute.

I wish it had a better ending to the series. I feel like a lot of the mystery were not explained and almost feel like it was axed even though the last volume or two didn't feel rushed pacing wise. Maybe it was axed and I just don't know?