Ive been following this and super loved it for this cute and silly story. But the plot twist in the most recent chapter was sickening and gratuitous...it's one thing to reveal what happened, but it was definitely sexualized this gross abuse that happened. I'm really disappointed.

Niyama is one of my favorite mangaka, and I've been eagerly awaiting this!!! Instant buy. While this starts as a "blackmail trope" it quickly turns into a romantic story that's also very hot. Manami, the protag, is surprisingly endearing and earnest which made my heart beat as he fell in love. The side story was cute, weird and funny!

It's weird calling a book where they've had sex since the first chapter a slow burn but honestly it is!! I've been so into this series, but the emotional investment of "will they won't they" has dragged on too long that watching one side think the other isn't interested has become daunting. Cute characters and their relationship is great (over time) but the "playing dumb to feelings" feels sort of beating a dead horse after one side has admitted their feelings NUMEROUS times. Sex scenes were hot for a while, but unfortunately theyve become a bit stale like a vanilla married couple.