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I've a fondness for stories staged in university. They allow for a more proactive protagonist, a character with a bit more wit and charm that can better explore the space. It opens avenues for more genuine character growth while exploring a setting many associate with evolution and anxiety. It's a chance for an author to write in their own struggles and entrance the reader with drama and tension.

Kanojo, Okarishimasu does none of this. The opening I will admit is fairly strong. Your typical nervous freshman self insert is trying to get a leg up in the world by furthering his education. He's ... new and alone to a world he's unprepared for. It hints at a story of growth and self actualization. But is a bad tell of the actual narrative being woven.

This work is exactly what you don't want it to be, an drawn out melodrama between the two main characters. Kazuya: a spaghetti monster poorly disguising himself as human. Who spends his free time lusting after girls who have turned him down, while blowing his parents money.

I'm not sure if you are suppose to relate to him. The author must genuinely believes he has some relatable quality, I've just no idea what it is. His plights are all self inflicted draaaaaaaaaawn out misunderstandings at best, and legitimately aneurysm inducing destructive judgements at worst. It's gotten so bad in the chapters that the author has to make other characters infuriatingly stupid to bend around our protagonists idiotic bumbling.

The other main character/ love interest is Chizuru, a well drawn but poorly written upperclassman. She's wears two masks: one for her work as a soft core escort, and her more serious one for dealing with classes and idiots like Kazuya. Did I mention he stalks her? He does, to a very disturbing degree. Which I can't figure out why. As shes actively rejects him. Her only interesting quality is her ability to disguise herself by changing her makeup and/or hairstyle. And yes, this ability is played as a straight deception. Thus displaying the level of reasoning/critical thinking/intellect the cast in the show has – None.

At this point I'm not even reading it for the story. Why would I? The author doesn't care, why should I. I'm reading for the hopes of a tragic ending.

The panels read adequately well, and the dialogues is passable. The art is average usually, but sometimes dips lower for unexplained reasons.

I'd recommend skipping this series, it's not worth the time spent on it.