Review:
Suzuki is a bubbly girl who's loud and friendly. She secretly has a crush on Tani, a quiet but direct classmate of hers, and the only way she can think to handle it is by being hyper friendly to him, including him in conversations even when the topics (like mascara) likely don't interest him.
Something about the cover art style puts me off and is part of the reason I wasn't really originally drawn to this series. Maybe Suzuki's eyes are a tad too sharp? But then I heard it was getting an anime, read a bit more about it, and decided to give it a try.
This is a really nice, fluffy high school romance. There's a minimum of drama: when Suzuki says something that she realizes Tani might misinterpret and be hurt by, she's finally honest about her feelings and clears things up with Tani as quickly as she can. While there are a few who are surprised when they become a couple, everyone mostly just accepts it and starts expanding their social circles to include Tani more.
Taira, a moody side character, is the closest thing the series has to a negative personality so far, and even he quickly realizes that all his bitter thoughts about social hierarchies are more an internal problem he's got to work on than an actual issue at his school. Then there's Azuma, a jaded girl who has a bad habit of being drawn to bad boys who turn out to be horrible boyfriends.
Tani and Suzuki's movie date was super cute. Tani was the one who remembered all the basic story details, like characters' names, while Suzuki was the one who noticed all the little details in the background that underscored the movie's emotional aspects.
All in all, enjoyable. I'm glad I gave it a shot.
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