The fact that this manga is popular is proof that gender double standards are not going anywhere anytime soon.

Mona, the not-so-slightly narcissistic "queen bee" of her high school cannot stand the fact that the new transfer student, Medaka is not swooning over her like everyone else. So she decides to make him fall for her, no matter what. Obviously, since this is a romance manga, she ends up falling for him first instead, but her motivation (at least as far as she'll admit) remains nothing more than to satisfy her own ego.

Medaka, on the other hand is not immune to her charms because he's dense, like so many other male leads. He's not even immune at all, he's just holding himself back - he is training to be a monk, and that means he is forbidden from having romantic relationships. As far as we can tell, he's choosing that lifestyle of his own free will.

Of course Mona does not know this, but it's doubtful that she'd care even if she did. No matter how many times Medaka tells her that he doesn't want to hang out with her, she doesn't back off - and her attempts at seduction can get rather physical at times. But wait, that's not all! Medaka's classmates actually chew him out for being "mean" towards their beloved idol, and force him to at least be on friendly terms with her whether he wants to or not.

While the manga is rather self-conscious about Mona's narcissism and less-than-pure motives, she still gets away with pretty much anything - and the more I read, the more that bothered me, because, let's face it, what she's doing is basically textbook sexual harassment. But she's a girl, so it's apparently okay. Yaaay.

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The story? Great. The art? Damn erotic. The character? Just your average higshcool student with a little bit of spice. The story is about an idol called Mona-Chan trying to seduce one of those pure boys Kuroiwa Medaka. Mona the femal protagonist was always showered with love and affection because of her good looks. When the male protagonist Medaka-kun transfered to the school, she attempted to seduce him with her appeal but was quickly brushed off. She who was never brushed off by anyone before became intrested in the one person that was not intrested in her. After she gets brushed off by Medaka she gets more motivated to make him fall in love with her.

After a few chapters it was revealed that Medaka was a temple boy, which means he was forbided in romance or any worldly desire. He avoided Mona because he knew that he would probably fell in love with her if she was close with him.

Overall:9/10

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