I have watched the anime first and I was expecting a funny light story. Oh man, I was very wrong. After finishing the anime (which had a horrible low budget art) I couldn't wait to read the manga.
Story: The story starts off by introducing two brilliant teenagers who pretend to be something else than what they are in real life. Yukino is the female lead who has a twisted second personality and her biggest "enemy" the flawless Souichirou. I really thought this was going to be another romantic shoujo manga with spiced with some humor. Again, I was dead wrong.
First, this story has logical and real emotions from a realistic relationship between the two main characters. I have never seen anything like this before from a shoujo anime. Their love builds up so nicely to the point that they actually decide to get to the next level. This is something very rare in romantic animes as most of them only build-up to the first kiss or just to start the relationship. But not this one. And the best part is that the story only just starts getting more interesting as from that point we getting to know the main male character's real nature and thoughts. I don't want to spoil anything, but it gets very dark. Way too dark for a simple romantic shoujo manga. I loved it!!
Second, all side characters have a real background and story. They are not just side characters, as they are very important to the story. Again it's so rare when we get so much info to get to know other characters than the mains. Any of the side characters could be this manga's main protagonist as they all have detailed personalities. Honestly, this amazed me! We even get to know all the parents and their backstories. This is very rare!
The story overall: I hardly say this to anything, but the story is outstanding. No awkward silly situations, everything realistic, and even managed to be funny. I read the manga straight away after watching the anime and it was one of the most interesting stories I have ever read. 10/10
Art: The art was very good compared to how old is this manga. The only thing that I didn't like that it has a lot of scribbles between the conversations. It made it a bit messy. 8/10
Characters: I would write an essay if I start to analyze all of them. They are great! doesn't matter which character we talk about as they all have their stories. As I said above any of the side characters easily could become the main character of a stand-alone manga.
The main male protagonist's story is so interesting that I couldn't stop reading the manga so I was up until 4am for two days in a row just to get to know him better :D
My favorite was Kazuma. No particular reason simply that he is like an angel, but not in the common anime way. No, he is really something else.
Characters are an absolute 10/10
Enjoyment: I loved it! It left a huge impact on me. I'm so happy that I found it. The only reason why I give a 9 instead of 10 because there were some chapters that I had the urge to skip because it felt disappointing that something interesting going on then Bamm and 5 chapters of something completely different.
Overall: This is a great manga. I really recommend it to anyone who likes mature thinking and strong characters. READ IT! haha 9/10
