I believe it was the first time ever when I had the pleasure of reading a story centered on a natural, believable highschool female, in this kind of setting. I absolutely love her aloofness and her ability to discern the importance of things at such an early age. The fact that she doesn't really care about most of the things that teenagers rage about is a real breath of fresh air.
However, when building these kind of characters it's kind of hard to create an intrigue around them, without ruining them with melodramatic changes. I mean, you'd have to be really REALLY skilled writer in order to pull that off.
So the main reason I graded this with an 8 is because the story is way too uneventful, even for a slice of life. On the other hand, Kiri, the relationship with her father and cat and the warmth of her surroundings are really relate-able (to me at least) and I believe they are strong redeeming aspects of the manga.
I'm not crazy about the art, but I assume because it's that specific style (just like Mars?) that I just find hard to digest.
That being said, give it a try and cherish one of the few heroines that aren't annoying, don't cry every two chapters and don't blush all the goddamn time.
