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This manga is actually your rather generic ecchi/comedy story, it's pretty straightforward with a very simple plot without many twists and a very small cast of characters (actually apart from the 2 protagonists, only another character is of some relevance to the story), which is only partly justified by the shortness of the series.
Yet, despite its obvious limits, i found it really enjoyable due to some factors that helps it emerge from the mass of similar products.
First of all, the romance is pretty good. I'd even say cute, which is really odd, considering the entire premise of the story is that the protagonists are actually ... two big closet perverts (therefore completely justifying the name of the series, which rougly translates into "Strange love").
Second, precisely because the protagonists are actually really perverted despite looking very far from being so (the boy being the usual generic naive yet good-hearted and selfless "nice guy" that happens to be the protagonist in EVERY hecchi manga, while the girl is the amazingly cute girl next door with huge boobs that also happen to be very shy and good-hearted), this leads to very funny situations. The humour comes from the sheer contrast between the apparent naiveness of the characters and their obvious love for feticism and exhibitionism.
Third, the manga avoids the usual (and pretty boring, i may say) cliche of the unresolved sexual tension where EVERYTHING seem to conspire against the protagonists always preventing them from actually doing anything.
In the end, it's nothing groundbreaking nor very original, but it's funny, sexy and even strangely heartwarming in some parts.
The ecchi meter is pretty high, being actually the manga more of a "soft hentai" then actual ecchi. Consider it as a heavily censored hentai, in fact.
As a final, personal consideration, i should add that i found it funny how the story actually reminded me of my first long-term relationship. Me and my girlfriend used to be a little pervy as well and both of us were virgin at the time we met, so we started experimenting a lot with sexy games. We didn't indulge in fetishes as much as depicted in the story, but our attitude was pretty much the same. I may bet my money that the author had a similar experience (or heard about something akin) and used it as an inspiration for the story.