- #1
I read the first two chapters completely so far, so I wanted to a give a review of my thoughts so far. It's okay, and I don't love it, but I plan to continue to see how it develops.Although her reasoning for wanting a fake boyfriend makes sense, I do think some of the extent they go through to fake it is unnecessary and contrived. For example, the date to the basketball area wasn't truly needed, and I think a true fake couple wouldn't bother going out for a day like that. It's similar with having the literature clubroom be their personal room to meet and plan how to get Yuzu's friends to confess and date - it's not necessary to have a whole room and spend their after-school time in it everyday. They could both just go home, text a plan and be done. It all feels a bit contrived to make them have moments together, especially alone, and artificially build their chemistry. Then you also get moments like her waist conveniently "going out" when she falls on top of him. Yet, she doesn't at least roll over or anything - it's all obviously just to create that scene, and it feels very forced and cheap in my opinion.I also don't love their banter or Yuzu's routine of being narcissistic, and I find it a bit repetitive.But despite all these criticisms, I still find it okay. I like that the two are starting to have some shared joys together like the games (even if I find Yuzu's enjoying of that and his manga to be a bit convenient), like that the two are more honest with each other than anything else, and I also like the mix of popular girl with unpopular boy. The writing is also fairly good, and the characterizations are serviceable, though it needs more time to flesh out the characters before I give a final verdict.