That is Hibi Chou Chou for you in a nutshell.
Synopsis
Upon entering high school, the very quiet but extremely cute Suiren becomes the immediate center of attention among the boys, nicknamed the'Takane no Hana' ... but one particular boy does not look her way. The story of a quiet girl and a quiet boy.
STORY 5/10
The first few chapters I was on board the train that was Hibi Chou Chou, until it hit a reoccurring them. It's as slow, so very very painfully slow. I did find the story quiet enjoyable. The pacing was what has let this story down though, It takes the main characters around 15 or so chapters to realize they like one another another 10 to have a date. But if you can over look this you may enjoy this story.
ART 9/10
Simply put, the art was beautiful, nice clean details. The characters were all beautifully drawn.
CHARACTERS 4/10
Even more then the pacing of the story, the characters are probably the low point of the story. Suiren, the protagonist is a beautiful young lady, who doesn't talk to anyone apart from her best friend really. All the boys in school are attracted to her, apart from one boy. Initially, Suiren was so very cute and I enjoyed her as a MC but it comes to a point where being practically mute becomes an annoyance with her inability to relay her feeling to people, it becomes exasperating to watch her struggle. The character development for the MC is hardly present and painfully slow to watch and it isn't long before the trope of her quiet, cute-demeanor starts to wear off.
Kawasumi, the male lead is not much better. He seems to wrapped up in his sports to properly form a connection with Suiren and also comes off as a bit 'cold' or 'indifferent'.
OVERALL 5/10
While being a cute story, I feel that this was dragged out for to long and did not need 75+ chapters to tell it's story. Starting off as an endearing story, the characters and pacing of the plot quickly become this stories downfall.
I wanted to really enjoy this story but I feel it falling short. So I have decided to give this story a 5/10
