I find the concept of an age gap interesting in romantic stories set in Japanese culture. Obviously the reality of this one would be more controversial than wholesome irl, but that's manga for you.
The only real gripe I have is the sister. I'm very much over the sister-in-love-with-older-brother shtick. It's not cute, even if it's played off as a childish crush and doesn't turn into blatant incest.
They're in high school. She's referring to herself in third-person and seems to have closeted romantic affection for her older brother. Time to call your local therapist/child pathologist!
Anyway, one thing this work has me pondering is the artist/authors choices for censorship(self-imposed censorship?). From what I've seen, most rom-com manga that is "ecchi" and not "smut"(actual sex scenes, detailed nudity) sticks to drawing breasts either with or without nipples(usually without). There's plenty of fan service here, but every scene in a bath or whatever is drawn "semi-nude"(no nipples or pubic detail)...
Except for chapter 29(not a spoiler, this happens in EVERY romcom):
It's your usual "losing your swimsuit top in the pool" gag, but in the 2 panels showing Hiiragi topless, the mangaka drew her nipples. Every scene with her topless before and after this is drawn without nipples. It honestly makes me wonder why this scene specifically was given the extra detail yet the rest of the series wasn't. Does this happen a lot? Have I just only seen such a discrepancy with this manga? Does it have something to do with publishing rules? I have no idea. Maybe the author thought the idea of being exposed in public would hit harder if the breasts were fully detailed. I can only assume.
