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I feel like I need to represent the people who gave it a shot and enjoy this show. Sure, this series starts off with typical cheap rom-com vibes, but over the next episodes it begins to stand out from other ones in a good way. It keeps surprising me and making me interested.
Not to say that the plot is unpredictable, but the way it is delivered is WAY better than most romance anime, and can even rival Love is War at some moments (cuz i see a lot of comparisons to that anime).

So my take on this series: plot and characters are basic and predictable, ... but even predictable stories can be great if they are well carried out (like The Eminence in Shadow). Also, the comedy is not bad. Also also, the action was refreshing.

I just hope it doesn't flop towards the end.

Edit: It didn't.

Sooo... I don't usually do this, but I can't sit still for this one.

I thought that this manga was AMAZING! At my stage in manga reading, I'm a bit tired of the typical shonen style stories with typical training arcs and villains that are too overdone. This manga however, starts off as one but doesn't end as one.

At the beginning, the events that occured, even without the atypical shonen developments, really set a good premise for the story. That in itself already gets me points. The potential for a great story is already really big and the author really used that to its fullest.
Every ... time something would happen, the decisions made by the author were always the most interesting ones. Although sometimes bitter, but that's what makes the ending so much more satisfying. Everything presented in the premise was explored rightfully.

In the middle of the story, everything is still fine, like it should be.
But at the end is were it split apart from the rest, I think. The story was a bit rushed, but it doesn't mean that it isn't good. Because of this rush, I wasn't so sure what the author was thinking anymore, as I saw how many chapters were left before the end. And the plot doesn't seem to follow shonen rules. So anything could happen for the ending, which is why I loved it.

As for the actual ending, whether the explanation is far-fetched or not is up to personal taste, I think. For me, it seemed a little far, but not therefore unacceptable. Also, it brought back some realism into the world, which I was not expecting.
Personally, exceeding expectations is something I really look for in manga, which is why I liked this one so much.
However, I will say that it could have been even better with some tweakings here and there.

As for the art, just beautiful! So much detail in everything. And really good character designs.

Overall, a really good fast read (read it in one session) for a lot of action and plot twists and girls.

(Yay, this was my first ever review, please don't judge too much, it is still just an opinion)