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Story: 7
The story here is standard shoujo fare, girl finds herself in the unpredictable situation where she must stay in a house full of boys. She finds herself falling in love with one of the boys, and the manga primarily deals with her relationships, and about them finding and following their respective dreams in the face of opposition. All very generic stuff.


The characters are all interconnected, and if you've read enough shoujo manga, there is truly nothing that will surprise you here. Some moments are positively cringeworthy, but these are few and far between what is a pretty heartwarming story despite it's unoriginality thanks to ... the natural pacing of the relationship progress.

Art: 9
The style is very unique, it's far more realistic looking in terms of proportions relative to most shoujo manga, but it has an inky/ scratchy almost edgy feel to it, emphasizing the over the top nature of the characters, and allowing for the more snarky aspects of its humour to positively shine. The facial expressions in this are some of the best I have come across in shoujo manga, they are varied, over the top, and absolutely hilarious. Panels are also used to their full potential here, where placement and repetition along with other small details really help with the humour and overall mood being created.

The designs themselves are also very detailed, character designs are outfitted with accessories and makeup that is specific to their personality and blood related characters also look similar, without making all the characters difficult to distinguish from each other.

Backgrounds for the most part here are done well enough; a fair bit of texture is sprinkled around, and the world is very convincingly presented.

Character: 8
The characters here are what primarily drives the story and what makes this manga unique and recommended. They all have their own memorable quirks which are brought up and developed throughout the story, but they each also have their own distinct personalities, with development that goes beyond labelling them as the smart one, the cool one etc. They all have their pros and cons, but they still all remain very likeable, an impressive feat in comparison to similar "living together" type manga.

The female lead, Shimana, is quite childish, but inherently relatable off the bat. She is outspoken, a little selfish, quite sarcastic, all in all a really well rounded shoujo female lead, something quite rare for the genre. She does tend to suffer from some of that extreme romantic idealism that is inherent in most shoujo, but it's quite toned down and pretty rare.

Enjoyment: 9
This manga is funny. Extremely so. It's one of the few shoujo that I have read which has the honour of having made me actually burst out guffawing, and multiple times at that. Incredibly snarky humour, varied and well developed characters, and inspired caricatures really push this as one of the better shoujo manga out there despite its predictable plot, which is still quite cute in a loveable rom-com way as well.