Sep 4, 2016
Story
The story is simplistic, one of those that is centered around characters hanging out in one place. It was cute at first, but it didn't really go anywhere, even for this kind of story. For a story set in an adult world, it is quite juvenile in execution.
Sometimes the dialogue's meaning was unclear, and it was often just uninspired conversation between the characters that bordered on feeling like observing small talk between people. The jokes made me smile occasionally, more so in the beginning when the premise had first been introduced and still had the sheen of novelty. They quickly got boring, and
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less funny as the chapters went on. There was no conflict, or climax, really. That's fine, iyashikei does that all the time, but...there was none of the charming captivation necessary to carry out a story in which not much happens. By chapter 25 I almost dropped it, but powered through to the end because I wanted to finish it. The end would have been disappointing if I didn't already expect lackluster storytelling.
Art
The art is just...not very good.
Characters
The characters left a lot to be desired. There was no backstory involved, and their characteristics all blended together for little differentiation between them all except for on the surface, after their initial introduction. They didn't seem to have many ideas, thoughts, perspectives...Seemed quite 1-dimensional to me. Ozawa is introduced as an avid drinker with a sense of humor and...not much else. She remains pretty much that way. Oyamada is even more flat and uninteresting. The relationship between them doesn't portray convincing intimacy.
Enjoyment
I enjoyed this at first because the premise was kind of cute and there was the novelty of what happens at Bonnouji. But if the room's trinkets were not a factor, I wouldn't have continued reading. This aspect became repetitive quickly, and its positive moments were overshadowed by the dragging feeling of reading through something so uninspired. Even so, it did make me smile and did not always frustrate me. It captivated me enough that I wanted to finish the story, though part of that was because I was hoping it would get better...but it never did. A struggle to complete. Not my cup of tea.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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