I related a lot with the main protagonist (Shino) of this manga. It's about a girl who has troubles of speaking and anxiety. As someone who has trouble communicating with others face to face, I could feel her pain. But I have one big problem with this manga, and I was very unsatisfied with it. It was the ending.
This might have spoilers but yeah. If you don't wanna see spoilers, you shouldn't read this portion:
The ending was very rushed. I thought Shino was gonna sing for her friend who just humiliated herself by singing in the stage. But she just gave a rant, and then boom! It's the future, and she's grown up with a kid. It honestly felt quite lazy. As I'd rather see Shino and Koya fix their problem together, as well as Kikuchi (the guy who made fun of her) become friends, and realize that Shiino doesn't need to be jealous. I honestly wish it were longer, and that would probably make me love the characters more. Since, the fastforward in the future, would make much more sense, than just stopping at the rant, and skipping to the future.
Well, the art was good 8/10
Nothing too new, and some panels were kind of cringey when they try to let the emotion out.
The characters 8/10
, they actually have a lot of potential. I relate a lot to the main protagonist as I said earlier, and I could feel the pain of getting mad or scared at the person who has made fun of you.
Her friend, I find her pretty cool, I love the contrast between the two of them. They both have their flaws, and it's cool how they can be the strengths to their flaws, yet sadly, it wasn't very much experimented on.
Kikuchi, the guy who made fun of her, was quite confusing, but I really wished they worked things out. He seemed cool, and seemed to have good intentions.
Enjoyment 7/10
I really enjoyed this manga, but when I read that ending, I was very disappointed. Or maybe Im just wishing for more.
Update: I look back on this manga since I wanna check out Oshimi Shuzo's tier list, but I think I judge this manga when I was younger. And yeah, I think Shino-chan is annoying at times, but I guess that's how anxiety makes us a bit selfish of ourselves. And it is Oshimi Shuzo's style to have characters have arcs from behind the scenes, you just need to be smart enough to notice the details.
