Noa-senpai wa Tomodachi.
Noa Is My Senior, and My Friend.

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7/10 if you're into lighter rom-coms; 6/10 if you get tired of repetitiveness, rigid 1D characterizations, and forced circumstances.

In all honesty, I enjoyed the first few chapters quite a bit. By chapter 15, though, I'm starting to get exhausted by Noa's hyper every-fucking-thing. I know it's her 'core' personality feature, but I wish the author introduced something extra or at least sometimes toned it down a bit.

MC's ruthless deadpan reactions are entertaining - he manages to escape being over-the-top bland/nonchalant. And, gotta give the author that, the duo's banter CAN be quite funny from time to time.

Unfortunately, the characters are way too one-dimensional to ... keep the series truly entertaining/fresh in its current slice-of-life format.

Also, this one's a personal pet peeve of mine, despite it being prevalent in the genre:

Once again, the 'adult' FMC a) has the design of a teenager and b) is, of course, 'pure' despite having a few exes and soon turning 28.

Meh. I pretty much dislike infantilizing adults in a supposedly more 'mature' office setting. Sadly, this seems to be the standard for most non-josei works.

However, if you're in for a light read? You'll probably enjoy these daily snapshots of the unlikely friendship between a clingy, emotionally explosive FMC and a detached, candid MC. Personally, it's starting to wear on me.

7.4/10


A blunt, emotionally-controlled mc and a mentally-unstable, obsessive fmc surprisingly makes quite a comedic read. However, that’s all it really amounts to because of the major focus on comedy instead of character development.

The characters are pretty one-dimensional, with the occasional “oomph” in their personality when something happens. To put it bluntly, the fmc is quite annoying; realistically, she deserves everything in her circumstance. However, the mc is as blunt and emotionless as they come, which juxtaposes with the fmc’s personality quite well. However, with that being said, there’s absolutely zero chance either character should be romantically involved due to their stark differences and preferences, ... especially considering the fmc is coming off a breakup.

As a comedy manga, this is pretty good due to the idiocy of the fmc; however, as a romance manga, it’s forced and doesn’t quite hit the mark.


Reading Rankings (Portnoy inspired & A Huang Teizan Original)
10 – God’s penmanship
9 – Must-read. Drop everything else.
8 – Instant bookmark
7 – Entertaining
6 – Good to pass time
5 – Why are you reading this?
4 – Bad.
3 – Typical garbage.
2 – My head hurts.
1 – Retirement is a thought.
0 – “Did they even give you a story?!”