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I don't think I can write about the story without somewhat giving away spoilers but I shall try my best. The story starts according to the synopsis but changes very quickly due an immediate tragedy. I found the tragedy sad and endearing somewhat but I felt the characters in the story did not address their feelings towards the tragedy as there are some rather large time skips in the manga. The first 3 or 4 chapters have significant time skips ranging from months to years which can make the manga kind of confusing if you don't pay good attention.

Despite this slightly awkward being the ... general story is quite good in terms of romance you don't really know where some things are going which allows you to be surprised and anticipate the new chapters, lets just say that you shouldn't assume you always understand what is going on inside the characters minds.

Some of the characters are more fleshed out than others. The main character (or who I THOUGHT was the main character) is probably the least fleshed out at all, saying that there are only 6 chapters translated into english perhaps he may get some character development later on.

There are other characters such as one of the tsundere brothers who are better developed who I enjoy reading about, he has a very interesting mind set and great character development which in this case is actually helped by the time skips unlike some of the other characters.

I am personally in favour of Yamamoto Kotetsuko's art style in general as I have a read a few of her other manga however I do find often that in her mangas the 'short' guys all look kind of childish and not at all their age group. The main character in this manga looks to be around the same age as some of the younger siblings its kind of weird but his build defies this and makes him look slightly older, its weird really. I wouldn't let the art put you off I would just be wary of this.

Like a previous reviewer has said the premise of the story is pretty common. The male assumed love interest has some sort of disease and knows he's going to die. Where this differs from other plot lines alike I think is the tone of the manga. The tone unlike others of the same kind of theme is a lot more light hearted. Obviously death and disease being the main theme its still slightly depressing but in a more bittersweet way than a pessimistic way.

One of the nicest things about the manga was the way in which the main characters are characterized. The protagonist is ... a little more interesting than other protagonists in shoujo manga while she isn't one of the more typical crying and dependent protagonist she isn't one of the counter-typed, outlandish strong female leads either. She is definitely an interesting character. The same can be said for the main male lead he is also interesting, I wouldn't want to spoil anything about his character but he can come across as a typical 'bad boy' type of character to begin with but he is anything but. Let's say he is more of the typical dependent female protagonist then the main character is.

Though there is an over arching plot and some longer plot lines it is mainly written in a kind of episodic way, each chapter having a different plot line within the larger over arching plot. In some ways its better this way and other ways it not. If you like the kind of episodic way mangas like Usotsuki no Lily is written you may enjoy this one for the same styling.

Based on the fact the manga has yet to be translated completely into English is still ongoing I don't really have a good idea of the entire story but I am liking where it is going. There are a few complexities to the plot that could be explored further that I am looking forward too however there are already 6 volumes of the manga and I don't think given the number of volumes that the plot and story will continue to consistently well written.

In general the art style is quite nice. The characters don't seem to have much variety between being bishounens and bishoujos but despite this its generally quite pretty(?) to look at. Not really fond of how the adults are drawn they all seem to look no older than their mid-30's, where they should look a lot older especially in comparison to the main characters. eg. The protagonists mother looks more like her sister. The art is above average regardless and in collaboration with the well written story and good characters I would say overall, this a good if not very good manga.

3 chapters on update:

Some extra characters have been introduced to develop the plot albeit in a quite cliche way, still enjoying it regardless.

There was a really endearing very short one-shot extra (chapter 9.5) would seriously recommend you don't skip it, made me laugh. Wouldn't have minded a series about them, given that the protagonist was changed a bit. (She was kind of if not very annoying)