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I can't believe this is rated so low! This is my second review in the 6 years of being on this website. That is how much I believe this is underrated!

First of all I truly believe this manga would benefit from having a "psychological" tag, that is because its not a story about prostitution at all! It is a story about ABUSE!


I really think a lot of people are missing the point, or maybe missed a lot of the early subtle(and less than subtle) indicators that this was an abuse focused story. On a surface level it may appear as the main character is stupid ... or weak, but he's a very strong person for even dealing with what he does. I think what I appreciated about this manga was how it approached the topic in a way that portrays isolated nature of abuse and how the main character isn't even aware of the full extent of his situation. If you ask me it was a very reasonable portrayal of mental and parental abuse, and I know people close to me who had experienced similar abuse.

So, I don't know how to start it, but sorry for my bad english, I'm studying yet.

Story 7/10 - That story could be more developed if this manga had more chapters, because we can think in very different things to integrate in the plot. The idea to have a drama romance involving "prostitution"/payment is really good, in that story could have explorated more the mommy's issues and other people discovering about the girl, and how she had to explain waht she was doing, and how the rival girl get her horrible personality. Also we saw a critic about prostitution, mental problems, money problems and choices ... for the future,. I liked, but I think if it had more chapters that manga could be one of the best drama, but the finish was really good, I liked!

Art 7/10 - It is a good art, there some problems in the outline of the characters and failed a little in their shape, as sometimes it seemed that the protagonist was muscular, at other times skinny, as well as in the main heroine, who in parts had a gigantic bust, in others the waist and shoulders were bigger, but apart from that, the setting is really cool and the expression designs are really, really cool.

Characters 7/10 - Why 7/10? That question has the same answer of the story... if this had more chapters the development of the carathers could be incredible, it's good in the all 23 chapters, but lacked aspects like a more mommy's development about her son's relationship with haru, more haru family problems, how the rival girl get her personality, it can also developed the relantionship of the teacher with Souta, and how the teacher helps him or not, but apart from that, the characters are very well written.

Enjoyment 8/10 - you can read this manga in a few hours and ask for more, is so good to read it, there is something that atracts you to continuing reading, it makes you sad, happy, worried, but it doesn't disappoint you, really easy to read and very interesting!

This is a corny romance with a trite message that despite being a short manga, drags on unnecessarily. The idea for this story is similar to an old passage from the bible. "Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, 'Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all ... gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.'" I am not even religious and I feel like that the passage expresses the idea much better than this manga. At least there is no sappy romance or an incredibly unsophisticated drama.

Reading this manga felt like someone who doesn't have the faintest idea about poverty trying to poorly depict it. The feeble attempt to show the hardship of having little money feels numb when the characters are incredibly shallow and have so little personality. The contrast of trying to portray a realistic setting with such a pretty but flimsy cast is awful. Souta's mother might be the only character with an actual personality, but she is so poorly fleshed out that she ends up being the villain since in this story you are either an angel (like the male and female protagonists) or the devil. She could have been a complex and pitiful character, but instead she is just straight out evil.

This is the type of manga that if you read when you are young, you might think it is deep. But if you are older, most likely you have seen all things trying to be told in the story better portrayed in several other titles and mediums.