Manga 149082 Gohoubi Wa Yoru Ni Choudai Suggestion

To be honest, this manga started a bit badly, if I say so myself, However, after a few chapters it became a lot better with it pretty much becoming your typical high school romance later on. The male lead was a bit weird in the beginning, but he is actually no different from other male love interests.

The plot is about our main character Hinano, who encounters someone sleeping in the library while on duty for the library committee. The boy is no other than her childhood friend Haruna. (Hinano actually almost forgot about him. Poor guy). Anyways, what happens is that he kisses her, and ... she becomes flustered and pissed off (which totally makes sense, like who wouldn't). Later on, she comes home and finds out that Haruna will live with her for six months.

The plot has some annoying tropes like love triangles, however, the love triangle isn't dragged out and the second male lead, Kaede, gives up fast after realizing that she has feelings for someone else, which makes him already extremely likable in my book.

I didn't really like it in the first 2-3 chapters, but it became better after a while. The male lead is extremely touchy though. There is nothing sexual going on, just some kiss scenes, so the other review that gave up after two chapters was missing out on some cute moments.

This is just my opinion on the manga, so don't come at me if you don't like it :)

okayyyyyyy where do i even start with this one...

well, i'll be honest. it's been a little while since i've read a good shoujo romance cover to cover. i tend to like most of the shoujo manga i read, simply because it's usually full to the brim with good-hearted fun and wacky antics, even when it does have a dash of cliché thrown in here or there. i also think we can bring up the fact that most people do not know what a cliché is versus what a convention is, y'know?

conventions of a genre, (in this case, the shoujo romance genre) are things that you ... would expect to happen within the genre of story that they're in. in MOST shoujo manga, you expect for the MCs to be in high school, go to see fireworks together, have a big confession scene, and to deal with some type of love rival during the course of the story (depending on how long it is, of course). these are all pretty common CONVENTIONS of the shoujo genre. clichés, however, are things that happen within a story that aren't necessarily functionally part of the story, if that makes sense? they're moreso forced into a narrative rather than actually being utilized in the narrative. such as, in this story, for example: a first kiss being stolen by a skeevy ML, the ML being a weird pervert every time he gets near the MC, the ML negging the MC about being flat-chested... uh. hmm.

yeah.

you can probably see where i'm going with this.

this manga (at least the first two chapters, because i can't find the other 18 and i'm certain they probably won't change my mind) reads like a wattpad fanfiction from 2013. "i have to live with harry styles for 6 months because my parents left the country?!?!" or some stupid shit like that, y'know the type. the type in which every single scene with the male lead ends up with him essentially forcing the female lead into a salacious position? mhm.

well, it's trite. it's been-there-done-that with a extra large side of who-was-this-actually-written-for because i don't think tweens should be reading what is essentially a dry-humping porn book. i mean how lame can you get, let's be honest...? do people actually like this shit? because i simply couldn't give less of a damn about what happens when you present me with something like the first chapter of THIS stinker. i only read the second chapter because it was the only other one available, thank god. you KNOW it's bad when i rated the shoujo manga with the rapists higher than this one LOL.

that being said, if the mangaka came up with better characters and a better plot, it would actually be really enjoyable to read because her style is excellent! i mean it's pretty typical-looking in this genre, but it's probably the best weapon they've got in their arsenal at this point. maybe someday if the author thinks up something less ridiculous and less tween 50 shades-esque pandering-y then i'll give their work a shot, but you couldn't pay me enough to finish thing manga even if you were offering all the world's supply of cash.