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It's only good if its the first piece of fiction you've interacted with. The most typical of trite children stories. This will never be someone's favorite. It masks the lack of storytelling skill with enthusiasm and passion for the subject at hand, "isn't literature awesome!". It's world isn't vast like it pretends it is, the quirks of different races are nothing more than the same old stereotypes you see in any typical school setting, she's fiery, she's stern; the world building only serves to write a wikipedia entry no one will care to read, not to tell a story, that's why the information is presented ... either through narration, or through non-diagetic encyclopedic like entries. The goal of our protagonist is to become a kafna, the obstacle, their own ineptitude, what do they have to do? we don't actually know. A written test is currently our hurdle, the contents of which are unknown to the audience, this is our only measure of accomplishment


There are no stakes, there are no penalties for failing, and we don't even see him try to improve for more than 5 panels, and I'm not exaggerating on that,he just says to people that he really really needs to. To anyone that can answer me, what happens if he keeps failing? what happens? does he get kicked out of the program? no, because the teachers are understanding and wise and good, so what is he fighting against? himself? he's an eternal optimist so that doesn't work. It's like the author wanted to create the idyllic world they've always had in their mind, but they forgot they were writing a story. A student was set up as a rival for two panels and got immediately told off by the wise old lady. Only in the latest volume do we get a shadow of an antagonist, after 30 chapters; does that not sound that bad? remember these chapters are an average of 50 pages, with some that go well beyond that. Do we actually get anything concrete that involves Theo? no, it's still just set up, it's still just at the teasing stage, remember promises about a grand tale were made, since the beginning, and they're still being made now. Imagine a regular-lenght manga taking 100 chapters before a glimpse of an obstacle. It is tedious

It's ok, if you like the concept you'll probably like it. It's a story of bullying, isolation, and other similar themes that all could be contained in the phrase "bad highschool experience". It is as subjective as it can be, the art depicting those feelings at their most maximalist, their inner world will be spread over the page evey other page. To me, it feels way to over the top; i understand that's the intention, to represent those situations and thoughts as how they felt at the time, not to be subtle or subdued for the sake of making a more realistic story. I think ... it sometimes comes off as goofy, they're so dramatic all the time, everything is dialed up to 100 all the time, even when they're just doing nothing and being normal, it is framed as the most important normal moment of all time. If you know what you're getting into, you're gonna like it 👍

So far there has only been a single volume available, so this is less of a critique and more of an invitation. If you've stumbled here through some chance of fate, and you're wondering if this is worth even opening another tab in your browser and typing its title, I want to say that you won't expend much effort to finish what little is of it, and what you'll find will surely leave you satisfied. It is a project of rare artistic quality and delightful atmosphere from an artist that can conjure panels of fairy beauty, and peer from a shy corner into the fantastical

I appreciate this more than I enjoyed this. It is trying to be something, something a little different to your typical 2 character manga. I'm not entirely sure it quite accomplishes it at a level where I could call it a good story.

Some stories can have quite unrealistic relationships, in terms of closeness, love at first sight, drop everything to be with this person you just met, unroot your life completely because of this dude, that can be quite overwhelming. This does the opposite, but veers too far in its own direction goes back to feeling too strange and frustrating. They want to be close, ... they want to be together but they respect each other's boundaries; they respect them too much, and their relationship ends up feeling limp and unfinished. Its progression chapter-to-chapter felt unfocused and pointless. Overall it feels unfinished. Overall it needed more drama, more conflict, to challenge the characters, and it felt like the author didn't know how to add that here because they made the relationship so very delicate that if it was poked too hard it would simply evaporate, but if that really is the case, is that something worth caring about?

The art is amazing, though. Just by the art alone, I think this is worth reading.

I love when shojo is full gush. All the sparkle, heart-eyes, roses on every panel. And here is on a seinen, imagine that.

I am asking you to give it one chapter, in the first chapter you will know exactly if you're going to like the story. The premise is about a girl who grows lizard-like features on her body when her emotions bubble up. The high jinks that ensue after this are what you'd expect, the scenarios that come to your mind right now will probably happen

In this work you will read a well crafted romantic comedy with a charm that you only find ... with... passion (?). I'm not sure how passionate you can be about something so.. wacky (?). It just feels like she's having fun. She has so much confidence in her jokes; panels that are used as just punchlines are given care and detail that feels beyond what most authors would give it. I can see her hunched over the same drawing for hours and stopping a few times to giggle at it.

There are constantly new elements that are introduced to the story to keep it fresh but it's early in the story to see what kind of payoff they will actually have. So far I don't mind because really the strength of this manga is in the comedy and the relationship that was established early and has steadily been developing. So far anything else has really been just noise and setup for supporting these two elements. I don't mind, I just don't know if any of these extraneous elements will go anywhere. This is not a slight against it, if she tells me this was just used for a chapter and will never be brought up again i will bow down and marvel at her wisdom

I love it, its just great.

its a finely distilled teenage romance, tender and sweet. It features a very idealized couple from both perspectives of gender, a clumsy yet gentle man with not many friends but not antisocial to the point where alarm bells would go off, hes caring and hard working, a little socially stiff, but he does try with earnest intentions. His personal internal issues, which hed rather keep secret, affect his public life such that he is seen as not more than a simple loner, he's more than that but needs the right person to get him out of his shell, so the woman. The woman is his ... social counter part, they may share a problem which causes them to bond. She's a resilient woman, optimistic, and forward in her actions. It gets longer to know her deeper than this, just as it would happen in any other relationship.

it knows what it is and it understands the pitfalls of the genre, mainly a cyclical status quo that develops into tedium. It is not an episodic series, there is a clear linear progression from the first chapter til where I am right now. There is purpose behind the story, beyond having characters hang around. Both characters receive a backstory later in the story and both develop and work through their own insecurities.

I don't want to make it sound like they're flawed of character, they're not, they're ideal. They're not perfect, but it they don't have glaring moral failings or impenetrable feelings. Their inner problems come though external factors in their personal lives.

You should read this if you want a feeling of nostalgia to wash over you. Even if you didn't experience teenagehood as idyllic as this, or you're in the middle of it and you don't see the similarities, there is value in this, because this is basically as good as life gets

This also features some of the best drawn cats I've seen, much care was put into presenting them as more than what they usually are, a cute blob that sits in one pose and maybe yawns. Its clear to me that the author is familiar with cats, and I'd be shocked if they don't have one themselves.There is respect to draw the cat dynamically and with detailed and correct, realistically proportioned anatomy, as you would have done any other character, it is refreshing to see. Its just a cat, it does nothing but be a cat, but i need you to appreciate the cat. I need you to appreciate the cat.

Ok, a song this reminded me of, Beyond by Leon Bridges, its basically that, although the lyrics are more grown, its not about highschool. Maybe just the instrumental.

its a beautiful exploration of femminine feelings and interpersonal dynamics. I say read it. Nothin more is needed. I swear. Irs enough. I dont need to pad it. I promise you ots fine. Its good. its sixteen chapters. Is episodic. seriously its fiiiiine. there is no need to say more, havibg a minimum promotes bloat, writing is supposed to carry brevity. the advice is also bad, readers are absolutely interested in how it made you feel thats the point, thats what a review is supposed to be. You cant speak for them, thats pretentious, if you do that youll dilute your opinions so much itll ... be unintelligly generic and add no value. every review is a personal opinion, to pretend otherwise is a fundamental misunterstanding of writing, dumb, dumb