Story 9/10
I cannot rate is 10/10 it's great but calling this story a masterpiece is a stretch.
Now for the story element: It is a story about the kindest boy who can see people's hearts and isn't afraid to be the first one to reach out and place his trust in someone. This story is about a high school boy who doesn't discern, doesn't discriminate and doesn't judge. This is a story about boy becoming a man who for the first time in his life starts to fear of something happening in his heart, a new feeling that started creeping in from behind that he cannot find an answer to.
This is a story about a boy who is has many flaws, he is a bad athlete, bad at studying, clumsy and void of relationship discernment since he views everyone as family.
With all this the story starts off, we see the path that this young man walks on choices he takes worries he has. In this story, just like in our world people have a lot of problems happening sadly enough even if there is solution due to various reasons they are impossible for us to resolve so with all that we have this young man who comes in to the people in this world and helps them, opens those people's hearts and places light in their hearts.
This story is a mellow adventure that can make even the hardest of hearts to soften up since this story tries to show us that there almost always is a positive solution with a good outcome.
To a less poetic note: This is a story about a kind hearted boy who lacks confidence because he is bad at sports, at studying and is clumsy but due to his kind heart and unique skill he never passes by person in trouble and thus in one of the encounters he meets a troubled girl. He is oblivious to a word called romantic love, though he loves people it isn't a romantic love so in wake of this he sometimes makes people fall for him but this feeling is alien to him.
So with that said girl slowly falls for him but the boy can't answer her since he doesn't know love and thus the story starts.(Though I kinda spoiled first few chapters sorry i simply wanted to convey that there definitely is romance and that it will progress and go somewhere)
Art 6/10
The weakest point of this manga is the artistic element which actually isn't that important here but if we rate it individually it is quite on the mediocre scale. Characters are unique in their appearance but feel like good sketches rather than fully drawn characters, emotional spectrum was also quite lacking. Background, well the same as with characters a lot of primitive background with blanks.
As for panel placement and speech bubbles, up to standard (no confusion reading it).
Character 9/10
Sadly enough i already told you about our Main Lead Machida Hajime the only thing that is left to tell that this manga is concentrating on change and people (meaning makings of real people personas). You most definitely will see character growth here and not only from Hajime but from everyone, you will see how they change after our Main touches them and heals them but the biggest and the hardest growth has of course to our Main Lead who evolved to become something even better, it's a rare sight where in manga boy becomes a man simply because it's a hard transition (even though our Main Lead already is quite mature).
Supports well there are few of them or scratch that, more like everyone our hero helps out (touches), because in one way or another those who he touches change as well as they change him.
Enjoyment 10/10
I read it because i was reading a wholesome manga before this Toorigakari ni One Point Advice shite iku Type no Yankee then after reading it someone in the comment section advised to read this. Well this advice was not a miss it was perfect hit, why is that? Well both Main Leads from these mangas are very kind and loving people who shed light to this world.
Did I enjoy it? Of course 10/10 time flew by and the only feeling that was left with me after reading it is appreciation for this manga and it's author(a lot times i feel sadness), this author finished this manga when it needed to finish it didn't grow in something that scratches your heart as it goes downhill or it wasn't something that was unripe a perfect balance.
Overall 9/10
Would I advice? Definitely, even if you are discouraged by shoujo do not fret, author tried to be gender neutral in regards of desires it didn't delve deep in our gender based desire that can usually hurt opposite genders ego.
