Hoshino, Me wo Tsubutte.
The Two Faces of Misaki Hoshino.

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The Author is pathetic, he gave the manga the worst possible ending he could just because he was salty for not getting an anime adaptation. I really liked the manga and I really enjoyed it but the author clearly had no passion for his own work and killed it just out of spite a dick move tbh... The manga was going great and the characters were enjoyable and in some cases, even relatable and I enjoyed the character development. I can't state this enough but the ending was dreadful and was overall disappointing. I don't hate the story but the author. If I see ... a manga from him again I would like to avoid it at all costs

This manga can give you sweet and warm moments. First of are two main characters in here. While reading it I had laughs, emotional moments, a little bit anger and also warm moments like I said earlier.

Kobayakawa is a unsocial male student. He often pretends like sleeping instead of dealing with other students. He actually despises them for being friendly with each other. For him friendship and all the things that come with it are lies. There are reasons for that we learn while story advances.

Hoshino is quite opposite of Kobayakawa, she is social. She has a close circle of friends, seems like whole ... student body likes her and likes her. One thing that picks our interest is her face has a quite make up.

Those to end up with a quite funny circumstance and Hoshino is bound to Kobayakawa because of her make-up. Hoshino has a plain face but with make-up, she becomes the popular Hoshino. Kobayakawa is a quite talented art club student. With Kobayakawa's art club teacher and somehow childhood friend of Hoshino's, they have a mutual connection. Without giving any spoilers, while their friendship evolves and advances more characters from both their current and former lives are involved with them.

Hoshino's character has quite dilemmas but also has many sweet spots, while Kobayakawa starting to have dilemmas also due to his relation with Hoshino.

At first this seems like a dozen other manga stories where a girl is using makeup to hide a plain face and someone helps her out. That's at first. What this really is is a drama that focuses on overcoming self-imposed obstacles. It includes a hefty serving of: "Yes, what you did in the past was horribly wrong, but there are times where you can still make amends and fix the situation. It won't be easy, and may be quite painful, but give it a go."
If you expect light reading, this isn't the story for you. However, ... if you like a good drama that doesn't drown in angst, you might just enjoy this story - quite a bit.

So it has to be said this story is an all too frequent example of a manga author who for reasons best known only to themselves decided to wreck their series with an incomprehensible and thoroughly unsatisfying ending. Sadly, one that goes well beyond a few bitter 'ship' fans that ultimately saw this series being widely deplored both domestically and overseas.

That distaste after reading is all the more bewildering given for most, the author delivers an outstanding story of thoughtful and entertaining character development - quite possibly some of the most interesting within this genre. There is a wide main cast with diverse and complex ... personalities threaded through with an interesting enough plot that doesn't overshadow the characters. For this, the series scores well along with some cute art and genuinely funny story telling at times.

If you're reading, then by all means do carry on as the story is still enjoyably in the most. Just steel yourself for a disappointing end that will make you question the point of 100+ chapters and some frustrating angst in contemplating what the author was thinking when he decided to wrap things up as he did.

That said, there is a small saving grace in the epilogue released post completion. Something done almost to satiate fans and one wonders given it's only a few pages if it was really only done in a vain effort to ensure fans woldn't completely abandon the authors future works.

I binge read this manga in 2 days. So, my experience of it is not the same as the ones who read it weekly.
Overall, I appreciate this manga, but I can see all his flaws. The author lost his way at a part of time but there are still really good moments, the end of the Gal-4 eyes relationship and the end of the baseball guy story. I can say that this 2-side story were better than the end of the MC story.
This manga have flaws but I still enjoy it enough to make this review to not forget it !

Characters : 6/10
MC : you ... think he grows but the mangaka don't think so. And that is how you end up with this ending to prove that yeah, the MC had evolved from chapter 1.
FMC : I don't really appreciate her and she has very little character evolving.
Gal Kanou is a yes and well-done characters with good development.
4 eyes girl : At a moment in the manga the mangaka thought of doing of her not just a classic girl but a girl with a superiority complex but it's just like for 1 chapter and doesn't go anywhere after that. But because of that I really do not appreciate her.
The friends along the way are very cool, especially Takahashi. Very good part with his side story !


Story : First part 7/10 Second part MC 6/10 Second part Manga 7/10
The manga trait homosexuality I think pretty well. There is a side story with a character who is gay and it's well made, I think.

For me this manga has for me 2 endings. There is a first end at the end of the school trip (around chapter 60) and the classic end.
And after the first ending there is 2 different plots going on. The MC plot and the manga plot. Two different things and I kind of prefer the second one (prefer the characters there). It's kind of the first time that I feel this much that there is 2 story going on and they don't even meet up at the end. Not even in the chapter bonus (106.5 omake).

The first part is okay quite well done but the school trip as too much things going on that's where there is one of the best scenes even if this scene made me dislike the MC.

The final ending gives a lot of critics when it came out. But when you binge read it it’s kind of make sense. But even if it makes sense it makes you feel conflicted feeling and I don’t think the bonus chapter really help his case that much… But I still enjoy the story before this ending.

This show still made me tear up a little bit on the last arc (because of the gal and glasses girl chap 102). And my heart goes pounding sometimes but still very little for a manga this long...
And at a part in the manga, I really hate the MC and after that the FMC.

Art : 7/10
I love gals and I appreciate how he drew them. It's more realistic to the classic gal mode than the new one so it's cool to see it !
The art style is kind of normal, like there isn't many extravagant scene but there are still some pages that marked me for the composing and how pretty they were. (chap 102 page 14)

Enjoyment : 8/10
I still had a good time reading it and I would love to read it again with just the best part (gal part and baseball part) or with a little bit more satisfying ending.

In the end 7/10, a mid-manga that I enjoy more than I thought I would !