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Oct 20, 2019
Preliminary (22/88 chp)
Sometimes you just want to read a well executed but extremely old trope. That basically summarizes Kedamono Kareshi. Himari and Oogami have known each other since they were kids, and he was always picking on her due to a stereotypical elementary school crush, while Himari is just upset she's getting bullied. They're reunited in high school, and that dynamic hasn't changed, only now of course their single parents have married each other, making them surprise step siblings.

Like I said, the set up is very tropey. There's probably hundreds of similar shoujo manga out there like this. But I feel like the execution on this one is particularly good. It does a good job of showing what Himari and Oogami are thinking, even when they don't say it out loud. It does a good job at balancing the bickering too. It could easily go too far one way or the other, where you ends up feeling like, why should they ever get together when they hate each other, or what's stopping them from getting together?

The other point I feel is particularly well done is that it's often a disappointment when the bickering couple actually starts admitting their attraction. You came for the bickering couple, but then they often end up being completely lovey-dovey because the author doesn't know how to keep up that dynamic once they're together. As far as I've read, that doesn't seem to be happening.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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