This story is sorta short, being only 25 chapters, the pacing makes up for it though.
(There aren't any explicit spoilers, by the way)
Kase-san is one of the two best romance genre stories I have ever read.
I'll skip the part where I summarize what the basic story is about, and instead go to the reason I wrote a review.
Kase-san is a rare encounter for me when it comes to romance manga, for one very special reason.
This story, their interactions with eachother, all of it feels reasonable, I could be fooled if someone told me it was a true story.
The romance and love feels like it tries to actually make a middle ground between cuteness and realism, to me.
Even with the chapter count of it, it still takes itself slow, it doesn't rush anything other than the very short time skips rarely.
Yes it's very cute, the sweet gardening comittee president noticing and slowly falling in love with the popular track team star from afar.
Even the best friend character, Mikawachi, is always nice to see when she appears, she's not obnoxious or anything bad, but actually feels like the best friend of Yamada. They've both been friends since the start of the school, and they get along well.
I'll stop rambling and get to the actual point though..
The whole story takes place across one and a half year, a very happy school year where they both noticed eachother, met up and became inseperable. (Until you get to the sequel manga)
There is more than just the happy moments though, which is what surprised me when I read reviews for it.
This manga is very emotional, or I am very emotional, cause a LOT of the story content was somber or just pretty sad, pretty much tear shedding.
It is not only happy, but also full of the anxiety you could feel, which I appreciate.
I think it accurately portrays realistic problems that some people can face in a relationship.
I'm not talking about the dumb anime trope where they make weird misunderstandings constantly, but I'm talking about things like not being open enough to eachother. Bottling up bad feelings, and not communicating so you can both help eachother in making the relationship better. That is among the many problems I'm talking about. Of course, there is one certain problem that the manga puts the most focus on, and it is also the climax of the story, but I won't even explicitly say what it is, cause it is such an obvious thing if you think about it for a minute (It could also be a spoiler, actually).
Essentially, before I write too much, I want to say that this manga is great if you're like me.
I like romance stories that take place in a real world setting, during modern times, and the whole thing is actually leaning toward realism instead of just entertainment or badly written relationships.
So, that is why I made this review, so I can highly recommend this to anyone that also likes more realistic feeling romance manga.
