Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosetekuru
When Will Ayumu Make His Move?

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Hi, I was the proofreader for this series for the past 4 years; from chapter 2 till the end (I'm checking Vol. 16 extra as of writing this) If you've read this in any unlicensed site, I was the one to check the translation before it got typeset. So, since I've been with this manga for so long, I thought I'd give me thoughts about it.

This is a light-hearted Yamamoto SoL. Meaning, mostly one-off chapters, generic romance manga tropes, superficial characters interacting by means of standard manga humor, and big foreheads. If you've read Takagi, you've read this one. Do not come into it ... expecting anything else than a cutesy high school slice of life with some romance tints. And I say tints because the premise is deceiving, there's almost no progression nor it has anything interesting to say about romance when it gets down to its "serious" parts.

Speaking of progression, not only are almost all chapters standalone, you can read the first few, skip straight to the end and not miss anything too crucial in terms of plot. Yamamoto just set the scene and let it ran loose till he didn't want to anymore, and ended it. I'd argue this could've been condensed into two or three volumes, but of course that wasn't going to finance Yamamoto's monk lifestyle. (It's a running joke in the scanlation group that he ended all his series to fuck off to the middle of the woods and live like a hermit swimming in manga money)

Having said that, if you like the characters, and enjoy watching them fucking around in various situations with classic Yamamoto romantic teasing comedy, then you'll have a sweet sweet time. I know I did while checking every script.

In conclusion, that's pretty much it. There's not a whole lot more to this one. You can finish it in a couple days if you really wanted to, but I personally think it's best enjoyed in small bits, otherwise it's just gonna get repetitive fast.

Easy-to-read romantic slice-of-life comedy with cute (but generic) characters. It has become a formula for many mangas, although, this one tries to give it a spin with the shogi angle. It doesn't succeed most of the time.

The main thing I can truly criticise is the length - 17 volumes for this kind of story is way too much - and in top of that, there is not much development of many of the characters (even the main couple).

Another point, it became quite repetitive towards the end - however it kept a fast pace (at least in the last two volumes) and the ending was ... satisfying enough.

Mild recommendation, if you looking for something light, also the artwork is very appealing.

The story is beautiful at the beginning, until it reached chapter 30, I started to feel bored, but I continued reading, and this is the worst thing I have ever done in my life.
Not worth
The story is very ordinary and does not deserve more than 100 chapters
The narration in the story is acceptable
The feelings between the characters are incredibly stupid. They deal with normal situations as if they were stupid or robots. I don't know why.
Do I recommend its cows? no
Why ? Because there is nothing logical about the events
Read anything other than this. This is my advice to you