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Don't be fooled by the title, Risouteki Boyfriend (理想的ボーイフレンド lit. "Ideal Boyfriend") or the English name: The World Best Boyfriend, it doesn't give you a miracle-like shoujo story of a girl meets OMG I'M SO DEAD awesomely HANDSOME, and COOL, and POPULAR, and MANLY, and GENIUS, and GOOD AT SPORTS, and other YADA-YADA ikemen that descended from heaven.

It's the story of Yusa, who has her ideal boyfriend type is like the above, and Haruta-kun, a poker face classmate and almost has no presence at all in the class, who is not Yusa's type at all. And again, it's not a story of a normal boy ... change into girls' ideal boyfriend, it's the story of that sometimes, what actually you need, what actually can make you happy for the most, what is the best for you, is not what you have imagined and hoped before.

My first impression, the art is cute, as shoujo typical cute. But as I progress, I realized, that the art, the story, the characters, the emotion, the moral value, are not just cute, they are mindblowing. "Don't judge a book by its cover" is maybe created for this manga.


Art: Actually not only cute, the drawings are drawn so well, the emotions are real and we can feel it. I like how the author, rather than by words, put more clues on the drawing. On top note, this manga has the most bone-chilling smile ever in shoujo manga.

Story: Many people got ... irritated reading as the story progress, some drop it out of frustration, and some, even still frustrated, like a curse, can't help but to keep reading. Why? Because it is irritatingly addictive. The flow and pace is good, making us always curious what the hell will be happen at the next chapter.

Character:There is always problem in each chapter, but Nana, though weak at the start (typical Shoujo MC), keep growing strong through all the problems, making us pride of her. Her character growth is real. Yuyu, the antagonist, the source of all problems, is the best antagonist ever. She successfully make so many readers flipping table in their heart and hating her to dead. She is wickedly genius, that we can't help to respect her for that. As the story progress, more reader understand her reason and even come to like her. Shioka, might not the kindest lead male ever, but he is one of the rightest lead male ever. He understands Nana well. Because of his words, Nana can be strong by herself. He even understands that Yuyu too, as he is the only character that Yuyu can't manipulate.

Enjoyment : The romance moments are rare, but that's what make they are so precious, "kyuuuunning" our heart tightly. The girls friendship and sympathy value of this manga amaze me, they are deep. Moreover, the author choose to not put that deepness into words. We can't simply read it, readers have to really thinking to understand that deepness, having us, understand what is the real friendship and sympathy, their forms, and what lies beyond that. As it claims by itself, it really is no. 1 friendship story. It really is standing out where all other shoujo manga are mainly about romance and romance and romance and just then the other thing.

Overall: For me, it is really the best shoujo ongoing, and even in Japanese, it is the most popular title in Ribon Magazine since its debut for 2 years straight (2014 and 2015), I greatly wish for its 3 years straight