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After the anime got me hooked (watch it first) I had to read the the manga to know what will happen. Boy, was this a ride!
I didn't expect this manga to hit this gard tbh. I'm a grown woman now and just wanted some heart warming shojo. This manga made me feel a storm of different emotions. Soulcrushing , sometimes to the point where I was afraid to turn the page.
Yes, it dies have shojo tropes but it somehow felt realistic for the character to behave this way - although it made me angry. But that's how people are sometimes.
The little flashbacks to ... middle school times will make you fall in love with the characters even more. Touma just stole my heart.
Overall, this manga was not a simple light felt shojo romance. It made me feel miserable at times, it made me crush at the cast at times, it made me sad, it made me angry, it made me love it. It felt how life itself

I watched the anime many years ago, and finally got around to reading the manga. I think the manga has a strong start, but the anime adapted the best parts of the manga. It is slightly dragged on afterwards, and I do appreciate a slow burn but there was a lot of angst. At the end, it did redeem it to a degree and tied up some loose ends, but I do think it took too long to get to the point, so it was not as satisfying as it could've been.

If you enjoyed the anime, you should consider the manga as there's some ... amazing moments that add context and give you some closure since the anime doesn't finish everything up... however you do have to go through some unncessary angst. If you've read the manga, definitely watch the anime, as it adapts it well.

Ok first of all, I've seen the anime before reading the manga and I liked it. I enjoyed the anime a lot. I wanted more so curiosity lead me into reading it. At first it was alright but the more the story progressed the more it made me wish I didn't read it in the first place.

Story 4/10: The story was basically predictable. I feel like it was lacking. I've lost count of the number of misunderstandings that happened in this story because it was A LOT. Not to mention that the cliche in this manga does not help the story at all. I even ... liked the side couples better.

Art 7/10: Alright, I have nothing to complain about it.

Characters 3/10: Ok lets talk about the main character and her love interests.
Female lead: I swear, she is sooooooo ANNOYING. SHE DOESN'T HAVE A DISTINCT PERSONALITY. I also don't like how she is plastic and indecisive. She for real dated the second male lead because she forced herself to. Later on, SHE GOES LIKE SIKE I ACTUALLY DONT LIKE YOU to the second male lead. SHE DATED HIM FOR LIKE A DAY AND LEFT HIM BECAUSE "she's in love with the male lead" Like girl did you not consider how he would feel???? He was hurt because of this bishy, fishy, plastic female lead's indecisiveness.

Male lead: Ok he's so down bad I don't even want to talk about him. Anyways, This dude is a red flag. He was for real annoying and indecisive. This dude is bipolar :DD Sometimes he's nice, sometimes he's so mean I want to kill him. I almost forgot to mention,he is fr manipulative like he literally rejected futaba and when he saw her dating touma he decided to want to date her wtf. Dude only thinks of himself. Nice qualities right? But in the ending he completely changed?? we don't even get why he changed. and r u saying u can only change if ur in a relationship? wtf. He doesn't even have any redeeming qualities theres nothing to like about him periodt. I really don't get why people love him.

Second-Male Lead: He is a pure cinnamon roll. This guy is what you call a green flag a complete opposite of the male-lead. This guy does not deserve the female lead at all. He deserves better. He is very genuine, kind, handsome as well.

Overall 4/10:
It felt lacking and rushed. Its kind of overrated at this point. The author could've added more plot twists to make it at least interesting. There are a lot more better shoujo mangas out there. This is just a waste of time my friend. I may be the only person who dislikes this but that's alright.