Wataru Hinekure

Before reading, rip the book in half and throw the first part away. Really, it's for the best. With no interesting way to resolve the book, the author resorts to a stupid and cruel method to spice things up for the final volume, pulling in not one but two of the worst tropes in storytelling by pulling a prank on the reader that involves giving a main character a case of amnesia and then wiping it all away by saying "it was all a dream."

I was so enraged by this tangent there was no way I was show more ever going to enjoy what followed. And it makes me reconsider my opinion of everything that came before, retroactively making me like the whole series less. show less

A busy volume, covering the romantic rival introduced last volume, a romantic relationship among the secondary characters, and more slow progression in the main relationship. It's all quite cute, but it's also starting to feel like it is biding time with tropes -- birthdays, White Day, college selection -- as the teens enter their final year of high school.

The last line is, "It feels like we've got a long road ahead of us," but thankfully the series ends with the three volumes I now have on show more hand from the library. Seems like it's is going to wrap up before it has a chance to sabotage itself by sticking around past its prime (I'm looking at you Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You and Komi Can't Communicate). show less

Amongst all their usual relationship awkwardness, the main couple is forced to deal with homophobia for the first time.

To drag out the story and spice things up a bit, the author also resorts to introducing a new romantic rival. But it's a tsundere character -- my weakness -- so I'm too happy to be annoyed by the trope.

This series is just too cute. This volume had my heart fluttering and doing somersaults. I also couldn't predict this volume at all, it went in different directions, and I loved that. Some series become very predictable fairly quickly, which isn't bad, but sometimes I can lose interest.

Aoki and Ida's relationship is just so pure and beautiful and like I want that. I just love Ida and how he values communication and wants to make sure Aoki talks to him. Then they actually communicate with show more each other. show less