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Aug 7, 2021
The Cool Aloof Guy With Long Hair And Icy Eyes is a standard of shoujo romances, and new college student Satomi finds herself immediately susceptible to a classmate with exactly this description. However, this gay little manga decides to ask the burning question: what if the dreamy cool guy was a GIRL?

As pretty much every trope can be improved with lesbianism, I was sold pretty quickly. The cool guy being a girl immediately makes a character archetype I didn't particularly care for 1) funny and 2) unexpectedly super endearing in her moments of awkwardness given the misunderstanding central to her circumstances.

The two women start accidentally dating without Satomi knowing that she's dating a girl, and this leads to a lot of awkward hijinks. It's nonsensical of course, but what sells it is that the characters are genuinely likable and really cute. Don't expect anything revolutionary or genre-busting here. This is definitely a feel-good romp through tropes you know and want. But that's why it's good. It gives you what you want in the cute romance department with a twist of situational comedy and heaps of misunderstandings that are more charming than annoying. There aren't any particular surprises, but there also aren't any GROSS surprises so I count that as a win for an enjoyable, comfy read. It's just good romance, folks!

The art is also quite nice. I particularly was endeared by the couple's character designs and how they reflected their personalities.

All in all, not particularly groundbreaking, but I didn't come here for groundbreaking. The grounding of my favorite comfy romance tropes is enough for me to work with, thanks.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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