An author tries to be innovative with his work and give more depth to romcom manga and he gets crucified for it...
This manga is great, don't let the softies that reviewbombed it tell you otherwise, life isn't always a clear straight line, love is COMPLICATED, this manga didn't "betray" anybody, god forbid a manga try and be interesting. Go back to your rent a girlfriends and dress up darlings tourists...
Is what I want to say, but let's keep things objective.
The art is great, it's about as good as you could have it for a romance manga, it's clean and simple, easy to look at and
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 Alternative TitlesJapanese: 今さらですが、幼なじみを好きになってしまいました More titlesInformationType: Doujinshi
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: Aug 12, 2024 to ?
Theme:
School
Serialization:
None Statistics Ranked: #171012 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #5721
Members: 3,778
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Nov 9, 2024 Not Recommended Informative  Preliminary
(26/? chp)
This manga isn’t particularly bad, but I cannot, in good conscience, fully recommend it. At this point, it feels like a poorly executed bait-and-switch. It’s clear that the author intended to build up a readership before abruptly and disruptively changing the manga’s tone purely for shock value.
To be clear, genre shift isn't a bad thing. In fact it's a trope that was present in some of the best medias that came to us from Japan. However, those shifts require a good execution to avoid alienating your audience. In most successful examples, the tone shift typically respects some or all of the following principles: 1. The ... 
Aug 26, 2024
8.1/10
I didn’t know this manga got a MAL page, but I guess it did — this review is off the top of my head, and I didn’t reread the manga to make this, so take it how you will. I’m also only bothered enough to do this because I feel like this manga is over-hated and misrepresented due to some rather questionable decisions via the author in the plot. Yes, this manga starts off as a light, cute romcom depicting teenage romance/crushes, but it’s not overbearingly “cute”; not at the cuteness stage where darker topics become completely nonsensical. The plot is also nothing short of amazing, as ... 
Sep 23, 2024
Fumiaki Maruto did it. He baited a legion of romcom expecting readers just to dump trauma on their heads...and get his most recent work review bombed.
Was it inevitable? Well, kinda. If you've read any of Maruto's works, you'd know there's no way he'd go for a pure romcom. Perhaps some people came across 'Imasara desu ga...' by the line of the manga's illustrator - he seems to be known for lighter, fluffier serializations. The plot expectations never lie on the artist, though - it's all on the writer. And Maruto's always been obsessed with drama queening through his storytelling. If you felt betrayed by the tonal shift, ... 
Feb 10, 2025
So it’s definitely a series that shocked me, I did not see that coming. Was I dissatisfied and disappointed not really, I’m very curious to see where it leads to, but one thing I know is that it’s going to be a very messy, emotional story, but again I got to give it to the author they really shocked me with the twist. I’m hoping this manga gets a proper serialization, if you’re someone who loves cutesy vanilla manga I recommend you don’t read this one, but aside from that i like the series and hopefully It can get even better throughout time
Oct 21, 2024
Do you like cute, fluffy rom-coms? Yes? Great. Do you also like more dramatic stories with a bit of an edge? Yes? Great, then this is the manga for you.
I think it's fair to say that the recent score-bombing of It's a Little Late says a lot less about the quality of the manga than it does about the fragile and overly-sensitive nature of a large section of the manga community. Or, to be as charitable as possible, it says that a lot of those score-leavers would answer "yes" to my first question and "no" to my second. I think it's also fair to say the ... |
