Sekirara ni Kiss
A Kiss, For Real

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I had to reread this manga before making a review because I couldn't remember if I finished it or not, haha! Let's get right into the basics.

Story; Nanjou Chitose, a young high-school girl who believes if you aren't loved by everyone then you must be hated by them. So to protect herself from being hated, she created a perfect "mask" that she began to use around everybody (even her own family) that way they wouldn't hate her. On her way to buy groceries for her parents, a young hunk of a man named Kinosuke Itsuke told her a man was trying to take pictures of ... underneath her skirt. Thankful, Chitose after him wanting to thank him for helping her out in the incident... but somehow, this boy doesn't seem to be as nice to her anymore. While talking, she realize's that he'll only respond energetically if she doesn't use her mask. Is this for real? Is there really someone who can figure out her mask? And like her for the way she is? Join the journey of going to an Art Prep School, discovering who you really are, learning to not be afraid of people's opinions (because they don't Fing matter) and that having people like the real you is one of the best feelings in the world. Art; I haven't read any other stories from the Author Fumie Akuta, but I SURE AS HELL will now! Characters; They obviously focused most of their intention of Chitose and Itsuki, but I didn't mind at all! We got to learn about their families, friends and interests which brought a lot of people around to help build them up throughout the story.

Overall, I really enjoyed this manga... not gonna lie, the ending isn't exactly the most satisfying on the planet. IN FACT, I reread everything because I THOUGHT I didn't finish it, when I actually DID and just didn't think that was the ending...
Although the ending was lacking I still loved the build up, relationships (so many butterflies) and conclusion (Universities and stable relationships... what else can you ask for?)

37.5 chapters might not seem like a lot, but GOD DAMN every chapter was packed up full of information and story. I feel like most chapters now a days only have 25 pages per chapter... This bad boy had 40-60 pages PER CHAPTER!!!

Highly suggest this manga if you're interested in art, romance and a read that you'll want to savour after every chapter you read.

Sekirara ni Kiss is a love story revolving around two characters and their relationship with one another (just like every romance) As someone who enjoys reading teen fiction, this is a cliche mess that I enjoyed. The story isn't a web of complex plot elements, nor is it something that a person would enjoy if he/she is into emotional romances, heavy dramas or interesting multi-dimensional characters. Instead, it is simply a romance where the side-characters aren't given a thought to. Granted, I haven't read all chapters (I'm waiting for them to be translated.) but for the 12 chapters that I have read, the story is ... generic and the characters are bland.

Yet, I liked it because sometimes you just want to read something that makes you want to smile at the dumbness of the characters or see two people gradually fall for one another.

Story: (6/10)

Fairly interesting, would be perfect for a comedy or romance if done right, but it hasn't progressed enough for me to want more of it.

Art: a close 7 to a light 8.
The character designs are not very attractive, fairly boring. Backgrounds don't really exist to be backgrounds, the characters are overall pretty bland in design but work well with the setting. Both main characters don't have anything particular design element that makes me notice them or remember them, the art if expanded upon could turn out to be very good and unique. The clothes don't match with the characters, as if it were something of a pattern which they would wear to make it feel interesting, but overall, it is pleasant to look at.

characters: (3/10)
The weakest element in the manga, characters don't have their own unique personalities that make me want them to exist in real life, nor do they have qualities to make them feel like they belong in this setting. This started out pretty good, Chitose seemed to have a persona that seemed really interesting if expanded upon at first, but basically boiled to down to a cookie-cutter shoujo female. The male does have some aura of mystery surrounding him, but never developed. The brother (love rival) serves to be a rival ,and that's what he exactly is if I were to describe him. Chitose would be described for her obsessive love towards the male lead character. The male lead sort of sucks, he rejects any male contact towards her, he makes me feel angry and irritated. Overall, I hate him for his shallow character, and his judgmental behavior.

Enjoyment and overall: 5/10 (mediocre)
The material could've been handled exceptionally well, but failed by every means. Overall, I'd recommend if you like romance, and are open-minded towards cliches.

UPDATE: Latest chapter sucked. My score has been updated from a 7 to a 5.

For someone who rates everything 7 and up, something really has to downright terrible to get such a low score.

List of things that were awful in this manga (I dropped it after 22 chpaters)-

1) The female MC bases her decisions around the other Mc(her love interest) which just shows how delusional and weak she is as a character.

2) This manga has drama which is typical to any shojo manga (love triangle, trauma, childhood friend resurafces, yk what i mean) but it does an awful job using these elements in pushing the story forward.

3) All the characters are annoying as hell. The manga ... also does not do any justice to the side characters and they are just used as props to the story without any real value.

On a positive note the art is great and a handful of scenes are cute.