Soushi Souai
Mutual Love

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This is a really cute manga, I'm really glad I found it. It's the perfect mix of cute and funny. All of the characters are interesting and enjoyable, and the main couple is very cute.

The comedy and way the story moves reminds me a bit of Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge, but this one has more of a romance focus, and a softer sort of comedy. More of a chuckle than a burst out laughing. There's also a lot of nice friendship between the characters, and the main couple is supported by their friends, which is nice to see. The cast of characters is fairly ... solid, a good mix of different personalities that work well together. And I really like the dynamics between the main four or five characters.

The art is simple and clean, which I think fits the tone of the story very well. You won't find lots of flowery backgrounds or other screen tones that Shoujo manga is usually saturated in. It's cute and happy, and the facial expressions during comedy scenes are funny.

Overall, it's a lighthearted, cute, slice of life romance. No unnecessary drama or misunderstandings (at the time I'm writing this, I've read the first volume), just smooth sailing for our main couple. I find it extremely enjoyable, it's just a lot of fun to read. Cute couple dynamics, funny moments, lots of delinquents, good cast of characters and good friendship....I highly recommend it.

This story is cute, funny and romantic at first. There isn't much drama but when there is, it's solved rather quickly (at a good pace). However, the more you know about the male characters, the more you dislike them. It was light hearted in the beginning and now its just not as great.

Most of the story is okay, some parts will make you question the male lead's past (since he didn't really have anyone he truly liked until he met the female lead) but overall you will like all the characters. Especially the female lead. She is straight to the point and communicates.

Edit: I take ... this all back. As the story progresses, the story gets darker and the male characters are all (most) trash

Well first of all, the story's premise is absolutely cliche, you have the classic "Shy girl meets bad boy" type of shoujo. Most of the situations the "couple" gets into are overused and predictable. The romance is undeveloped and feels less credible than it should be. Characters are pretty generic and dull, and most of their actions are predictable and cringy. The art is pretty average, it has a lot of flaws and it feels empty, effortless and dull.

Im giving this a 1/10 because none of its features stand out in the least.
Overall its pretty boring and poorly managed. I Don't recommend it at ... all.

Long story short: cute delinquent x nerd/loner romance turns into full on hollywood yakuza level evil and the wholesome romance turns into a disgusting and uncomfortable shitshow with her as some succubus queen.

First off, about the delinquent stuff. It is beliebeable and enjoyable high school delinquency for around ~40ish chapters. It then turns into some intense thriller about him having to defend her from getting possibly home invaded and raped, needing to have eyes on her 24/7 while taking a beating every now and then. No, I am not joking. It keeps repeating this pattern over and over until around chapter ~90, pretty much right ... before the manga ends.
All characters suddenly turn into evil versions of themselves, revealing more and more fucked up stuff they did in their past (they still are high schoolers, don't forget..). It reads so insanely out there stupid at times. This ties into the romance.

The romance is pretty sweet, well, was sweet when the manga started off. It turns generic pretty fast, nothing unusual for this type of manga. Their dynamic was more than worth it. No biggie, until it is a huge biggie.
She starts her "transformation" into a social butterfly pretty early for this type of manga. It takes some uncomfortable turns early on but there always is something about it that made some, even if not much, sense.
Around the time all characters go rogue, the FL reaches the climax of her succubus-fication. What does that mean? She is a whole different character. Every male character has the hots for her even if the author wants to make us believe that they ~love~ someone else. Not only that, most of them heavily lust for her multiple times, some going as far as forcing themselves onto her over and over- with no repercussion, classic. By now she is not only desensitized, she actively is flirting with everyone that is coming onto her, playful, direct, passive aggressive, it does not matter. She plays along with every male approaching her.
It is that way until the end. Sadly. For every wholesome cute couple moment there is one or two where she is having some fun time with someone else. A true delight.

The art keeps getting worse, starting off nice and detailed and being absolute bare bone minimum like a 4-koma towards the end. I actually questioned if there was another artist doing the art later on but didn't find anything on that.