Hanninmae no Koibito
Blooming Love

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I don't usually write reviews, let alone for romances since for me it's more of like a genre similar to a movie that you go to the theatre for just so you can get popcorn. The first thing that might come to mind is that this is manga is very similar to Nagatoro but FMC being drum-maker and not a dick. And though it might not be entirely wrong, it'd be wrong to devoid the author of their credit, as there's something sweet about this one. Like, nothing screams 'youth' more than a limonade at a hot afternoon at summer break.

There isn't much to ... say about the characters yet since it's rather new and short yet, but they're likeable at the very least, and the art is nice and clean. The only thing that confuses me is how early the "will they, will they not?" gets resolved, since when it happens like that, then usually mangas don't last long. And also I kinda get the feeling like the author regretted using a school setting since it feels like it got speedruns throught it.

But all that aside, anyone wanting some dosis of diabetes are in for a treat.

Let's get through the obvious questions you might have first.
Sexual Fanservice: None that I noticed
Romance Progression: Fast
Art Quality: Solid
Diabetes: Yes

Blooming Love feels like a standard nerdy guy and tsundere girl romance at first, but it blooms into a wholesome story about 2 awkward people falling in love. While I did call Ibuki a nerd and Sugisaki a tsundere at first, they don't really fit into those tropes. They are more real and likable than that. A common trait they have is that they work hard in their passions. This makes them more relatable to us real people, who have to sacrifice and suffer to get ... things in life. The mistakes they make in romance are reasonable and natural, and the comedy is usually based on their lack of experience in love and life, leading to a very wholesome and chaotic chain of events.

Speaking of mistakes in love, both of them do have a "love coach". Sugisaki's friend, Himari, and Ibuki's friend, Taki, are both "normies", and they act as the voice of reason in both of protagonists love lives. Their advice is usually solid, but they do have their silly moments, and I love them. Some of my favorite moments are when these two act like a duo to make their friends' love life better.

I think this manga has a good future. We are currently 21 chapters into this, and I'm feeling that the author can pull off a good story.

A 9/10 rating and mixed!?! Yeah, this is a weird one. I absolutely adore and personally love this manga but I honestly can not say "read it!! It is such a good series!!". Why?

This series is pretty much kept alive solely by its characters. The author is going for a hyper realistic approach in how the characters are written and acting but almost every character introduced is a manga level overachiever, just like both main characters.
There is almost no cringy tropes due to the romance coming second. First and foremost are always character development and events to bring forth said development, tons and tons ... of it.

This is where this series will lose most readers and the reason why I can not broadly recommend it- it feels like nothing important happens, ever. There is no urgency and it always ends up with everyone, as mentioned, overachieving when anything happens at all.
The hyper realistic approach works average at best, even if I personally like how this particular manga reads. It gets stale. It is so incredibly normal and mundane at times and, as seldom as it does, whenever something interesting does happen it is brushed aside after 1-2 panels of baiting and we get a skip to immediately after. It is frustrating more often than not. Major relationship progress inbound? 2 panels of blush+handholding and we skip to the next morning of them being pretty much 10 feet apart at all times.
This ties into the romance which also is kept "realistic". Well, I did type that there is almost no annoying tropes but the giga beta MC trope is pushed to the MAX. I personally can deal with it due to there being incredibly satisfying payoff but I can easily see casual readers heavily bashing/hating MC and his relationship with FMC.
As for their dynamic, also in tandem with the overall romance, it is a delight. They are one of the couples I love most in manga at this point in time but, and this is a rather big but, the author is putting on the breaks far too often and in 90% of important bonding and growth moments. They share their most intimate moment yet and what happens? We get a timeskip to the next day where she is standing as far away from him at most times and keeping contact with him to a minimum- no, not because of being bashful or embarrassed. That just is how she is and how they function. Again, I can see this repeating multiple times be insanely frustrating to any reader that is not as invested.
Last thing, timeskips. I just mentioned an example of one but there are dozens throughout only 35 chapters. It is a deliberate choice and most of them are done better than in 90% of other manga but some of them are harsh and unnecessarily long. It feels like some very important moments are missing.
Also, one or two are these "we didn't meet for 5+ months and didn't have any contact at all but it never is really cleared up what happened in that time frame" timeskips that are super popular right now. I hate them and think they are dogshit writing that take away from and insult the main characters every single time. Tbh, I see them as a mistake by any author every single time and just move past it. Happens to the best of us.

But I still love it. There is a different kind of love in this one that is just nowhere to be found nowadays. It sounds stupid and corny but true love in manga hardly ever happens.
But this one scratches that itch. No disgusting love rivals that act borderline criminal, fully devoid of morale. No emotional cheating. No swaying for the sake of it. No need to give agency to tool characters. It just is two people living. Struggling. Overcoming. Fretting. Enjoying. Growing.
I genuinely love them and the author for telling a story that just is told way too rarely these days.