Momose Akira no Hatsukoi Hatanchuu.

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One? two? three? or perhaps even four? How many chapters does it take for you to get bored of seeing the same thing panning out again and again and again? For me, I am pretty lenient with these things usually; the key word is usually. This doesn't come in the usual. This comes in what we refer to as repetitive.

Story, and it takes the use of the most common and easiest route: working with a predetermined formula every chapter. And for this, the formula is the misunderstandings between both of our main characters. The premise has been taken as the sole blueprint of the story ... thus far, and I can nearly assure you that things will continue like this until even the average reader gets bored out of it, and then the author will decide to introduce some hastily made progression. How the chapter will draw out—you already know that before even opening the chapter, so all you are reading it is for a single endearing moment of our female protagonist blushing. That's it. That is the sole merit it provides if read. Any progress achieved is reversed in the next chapter. I seriously doubt you watch the same turn of events every chapter and still say it is comedy. No, its not. A joke is only funny the first time. The second time it becomes unfunny and boring; say it the third time and you are just being annoying. And it's not even like the jokes are certified knee slappers. The only thing I remember that makes me realise it is a comedy is the scene where she looks like she is about to kidnap him; it's somewhere in chapter 2.

Characters and their designs are decent. Our female lead's design is good, at least. Their personality is still too early to judge, but I can visualize that their development isn't happening any time soon. Female lead is the usual "I try to be affectionate but get misunderstood due to my actions." Male lead experiences the brunt of the behaviour of female lead and is often left scared at the end of the chapter. 

Art and it is probably the sole reason it even is on the radar for some people and is being so heavily praised. The art typically benefits from the employment of several art styles, as it shifts between them based on the scenarios. Incredibly lovely and detailed to look at.

In the end, the author needs to drop the repetitive premise as soon as possible and establish a good plot if he wants the manga to succeed.

HOLY SHIT THIS MANGA LOOKS GOOD! But seriously the art is immaculate and definitely the highlight of the manga for me. This manga follows the tropey plot of "I'm in love with this boy but don't know how to express myself and he keeps misunderstanding me!" Normally I would dislike this, but this manga does a perfect execution of it with constant laughs and witty dialogue. Every character is endearing in their own way and it never gets old watching them interact. The amazing art greatly elevates the physical comedy of the manga and although the plot is lack luster, this manga is focused more ... on the "com" part of "rom-com" so it can get away with it. If you want a cute and funny manga that pleases the eyes be sure to read this one!

Well, it is really good at something. It's just that it's not trying to be that thing. It's a cutesy slice of life manga with low stakes and not much actual drama or stakes involved about a tsundere-ish character and her love interest. The only thing is I don't really know anything about the main character except that he's a dumbass and that she is a himedere. It's not clear why she has a crush on him, because he doesn't just have 0 redeeming personality traits, he has 0 personality traits period. He's a stupid but I guess kind-hearted person who doesn't think before he ... acts.

At least the art is good? Because of the art alone, this series receives praises. In fact, if they halved the page count of each chapter this could be a really good romcom that would get posted on pixiv or twitter. Just 4-10 pages showing some antics with good art. Instead, it tries to be a real manga but doesn't do any of the real manga things. They don't even really establish a dynamic between the two characters except that she's shy and he's dense. In fact, not only is it totally unclear why SHE would like him, it's totally unclear why HE likes her. She wasn't expressed to be pretty when they first met, and she literally ignored him the whole time, so I'm not even sure why he was approaching her.