"Suki" to Ienai.

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The one feature that pointedly stands out in this story is the kawaiiness of both the leads. Their hair... Ooh so fluffy that I wanted to reach out and run my fingers through them! This of course lends the characters a good degree of personal touch and you sympathise more with their predicament.

Shiina and Kiri are siblings and Kiri while a player-prince in school loves his sister dearly always making her treats and soothing her and giving her rides to school. Only Shiina knows something about him that she shouldn't. That something incites more than brotherly love for Kiri in her and she feels weighed ... down with guilt and shame for such feelings. However, seeing as the newly single Kiri is a commodity all Shiina's friends want a piece of, she's forced to make a decision, whether to reveal her feelings or step out of the way and let her friends confess. Sheesh, that IS a quandry!

I heart the brotherly sisterly relation these two share right at the beginning of the story. Who wouldn't want a brother to dote on them so and brighten their day?! Other than that, the artwork is really sparkly in that Kiri's smile can completely lighten your mood and you smile right back at that bishie! The story progresses at a very realistic pace without being overly shoujo about it and portrays both leads in a very human light in their reactions and inhibitions. Overall I liked every scene regardless of whether it included kisses or not which is rare and in this case fully deserved! If you're feeling low about how meaningless love and affection is, I recommend this tale.

I just completed this adorable little one-shot, and as it took me somewhere in the region of 6 minutes to read through, I can definitely say it was worth the time. Although you shouldn't be expecting a literary epic when you take on "Suki" to Ienai, the timeless tale of unrequitted love perhaps doesn't need much backstory.

As someone in a similar situation (minus the whole brother complex!), I can say that it touched my soul a little, and made me nod with a knowing feeling, "that's exactly how it is", at the suffering of the little sister in the story. That's why I enjoyed it ... as much as I did, likewise anyone who has a crush on someone who is seemingly out of their league will appreciate this one-shot.

But despite this, viewed critically this manga will not stand up to much. The art is very much what you would expect from a clichéd shojo manga, with little flare to it, and many panels are just plain screentones. There is little attention given to detail in the drawing or the plot, this is almost a concept or a girl's thoughts as she is lost in fantasy rather than a story.

However, I'll go easy on it as it is so very short (and rather cute), and settle for a 5. There are most definitely better shojo one-shots out there, but you could do worse than a timid little romance between a young girl and her brother.

It may be just me, but I have an impression this one-shot is a bit too-- appreciated, I guess, among its readers. So oh, very much "kawaii" and cute, and sweet and whatnot. Time to balance this out with some old fashioned cynicism.

This is a classic story of a forbidden incest which isn't really an incest with an obvious ending to it than only a mastermind COULDN'T predict.

The design is same as in other 1,000,025 one-shot shoujos and you know the one I'm talking about. Don't be shy, come forward and say it with me - useless empty space filler.

The entire thing is illogical ... and dumb and chances are that if you like it, so are you. But lets' not dwell upon that.

It is truly incredibly to me that thing like these are still being released and that there are people actually enjoying such thrashy crap as this one. Kindly, read something of quality and stand up for your poor, poor tastes, they need improvement.

There you have it, balanced out.