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This manga would be decent, if not for the fact that one-shot of it exists.

The one-shot sets up high expectations for what is to come, which had me in high hopes and overflowing excitement. Characters were brave, the story was very enjoyable and the romance, oh my god, let me tell you. The romance had actually accomplished more in those 40 pages than the whole manga in 91 chapters. One may say that the one-shot was a huge success. Only to be baited by another long-ass slugfest romance shounen, but this time with a sports setting, which constantly goes back and forth and nothing ... really happens.

Well that is not completely true, 'cause on some occasions, when something is finally happening and you think the story is progressing forward, you will get hit by the enemy called 'story trope' followed by a huge sigh of despair.

But not all is gray, because when this manga hits, it hits right, you just need to wait for it and wait some more.

So would I recommend it? Ehh, I guess maybe for the art and two or three side characters, otherwise no.

TL;DR - Read the one-shot and be happy with your life

Minor Spoilers Ahead!

Have you ever thought of watching a walrus talk his way out of gunpoint with such passive-aggressive tone that you start wondering who is actually holding the gun? Have you ever thought of watching an alpaca who is doing capoeira move queixada to lofi-boss music?! Yeah, no... Me neither, but I Frinkin' Love It.

This show has brought a breath of fresh air and is doing it right. Good sounding opening, amazing voice actors, characters which have bigger personality than my future and story with so much potential that I think I just saw new Quentin Tarantino's indie anime project. (Gigguk also mentioned this, ... but I swear I did not know :D, world is really smalll)

This show has really came out of nowhere and it really did not have an impact when I was reading the synopsis during my usual planning of seasonal watchlist, but I gave it a chance nevertheless and I am glad I did. And you should too!

Episode 9. showed, why is this anime in the category of shounen and in my opinion it is really a shame. I wanted to like this anime, but it is slowly becoming distanced further from my hand's reach.

The shounen likes to play into the cards of rivality and I think it is getting slightly noticable that this anime just forces it's characters to get into conflicts. And I just hate it that it is that way.

If you take for example similar anime about making clothes as this, categorized as josei, named 'Paradise Kiss', you can see the potential this anime could have... Well, maybe not...

To ... explain my reasoning 'Runway de Waratte' is not really about making clothes, but more about doing typical shounen stuff in a untypical environment and it is doing a great job portraying it. But. BUT.

Normal 'shounen' guy would not even consider watching this, just because it is an anime about making clothes, which it certainly is not. AND, anime fan who likes shoujo and josei like me is going to feel incompleteness coming from this show.

In the end, this anime is so far a good attempt at going to the different and more special direction than most newly aired anime. But, maybe, just maybe went to far...