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As others, I watched the Anime first. I noticed a lot of things I did not like about the anime, however after completing it, having fallen in love with the MC Ren, I decided for the first time ever to read a Manga of my own accord from beggining to end. Sure, that itself is weird. A lot of people complain that this is a clear Chobits rip off. I can barely agree. It has some similiar elements to it, however the development of everything is different. The characters are not close enough for that to be the case and it just feels more unique ... than most of this Genre. However, I speak as someone who loves both Chobits and DearS.

Story - 9 Ok, So i know it seems hard to believe but I love this story. I am a complete sucker for this kind of story, Boy meets Girl is just something I enjoy. No particular reason why. However this one turned out to be different. Just like Toradora! I fell in love with it gradually. it kept pulling me in, leaving bread crumbs of interest to lead me deeper into it. By the end, I was shaking with emotions because I didn't know what to feel.

Art - 9 Ok, some people claim to hate the art for its inconsistancy, Now while I can agree that it has inconsistancies, that is what makes it good. Those chibi sloppy little doodles add so much to it and they just make me laugh. It adds a light tone to contrast the serioues points throughout. The designs of the characters and the backgrounds just drew me in closer to the Manga, What else can I say, its wonderful

Character - 10 Now, I know a LOT of people will disagree because you'll see similiar to older series. But I just love how they progress and regress at stages, How the characters develop themselves and develop others with their own actions, They all learn equally, though some of them have far more development, that is because of the supporting characters developing as well. Not to mention the love of Melon Bread that Ren has. That i just can't not love, its just to funny.

Enjoyment - 10 I absolutly love this Manga, I have so much enjoyment from it as it is the first series I have ever read through and through simply because it pulled me in. I tried to do it with others but it never worked because I could not get invested into the characters or anything else enough. Peach-Pit did a magnificant job with this and I am incredibly happy with the ending. I wish there were maybe 2 more chapters released as specials to show how things progressed through after the end, But hey. I won't complain. Im completely satisfied.

Overall - 9 I can't give it a perfect 10 because the other aspects arn't unanimously 10's I think that the rest of this review can state strongly enough how I feel for this Series as a whole.

Recommendation - Highly, Go in with an open mind and do not drop it if things aren't going the way you want, give it a few. Have a little faith and try to see it at least half way through. However. I strongly advise against the Anime. it was done poorly and brings great shame upon this wonderful peice of art.

Epitome of "I'd probably be rating this much lower if I didn't have some weird nostalgia for it" because this was a very early manga I read as a kid. It's got a weirdly charming art style and design motifs that are really unique and make it fun to look at. But yeah, the story and characters themselves aren't very good. Any interesting premises don't come to full fruition and it never reaches its potential.

All this said I still have some weird fondness for it. It's a mess but it's also dated in a way where it feels like a weird little time capsule. I ... wouldn't recommend it but also I wouldn't like, be jumping in front of it like a bullet telling you not to read it.

This one is similar to Chobits but the female lead is your typical magical girl with angelic face, dynamite body and willing to do anything for the I-only-care-for-myself super-jerk male lead and it's easy to see how the story goes before it starts. Although I like the 'simple' drawings in jokes, the mangaka abuse of this style in this manga (it's like that in all the mangas I've seen so far from this mangaka) and it become annoying to read. No worth the time to read.