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| Art and story (c) Kyoushinsha Cool |
Length: One Chapter - 114 Pages
I'm not going to lie, the art is unfinished, I'm actually not sure it was ever really published somewhere, but if it wasn't any good I wouldn't have read it so I'll just continue on. Despite the fact that it looks very much like it is at the stage before it has been inked, the art is solid. Some of the characters are a bit typical, but they have good personality on looks alone. The expressiveness of the eyes are lost once and again to the sketchy quality of the art, but the emotion gets through very well. Backgrounds come and go, but there is a good majority of them. Clothing is mostly school uniforms, but they still seem well proportioned. Looking at the art alone, I'm sure you may question the worth of reading this manga, but put that worry aside because the style is endearing enough despite it's incompleteness.
Kurume is a petite, cute, rich girl who any boy would love to go out with, yet when she confesses, her crush immediately responds "No." Though she is shy, Kurume won't give up on Harundo, even if he is a delinquent called 'the school's strongest fatass' she truly loves him. He knows though, that she can do so much better than him.Look, if you can't get over the unfinished art nothing I say here will convince you, but I still want to say that you should give it a shot. All it took for me was two pages and I wanted to finish the rest of it right then and there even though I was in the middle of doing a longer review already. RaButa not the typical 4-Koma style as far as the plot goes either, its just plain cute romance set in four panel size pages. I definitely want more of this and I plan on perusing the mangaka's other work to see if I can get it. It really gets you in the heart, despite how genuinely funny it is. Sometimes manga with fat characters are all jokes, well it applies to more than just manga but , I was so pleasantly surprised when this manga didn't just rely on his weight for the humor. Of course there were fat jokes but Kurume's love really sees beyond that and its really how the two opposite character types get to know each other that gives the reader the moments they will remember. Its also where all the feelings come from, too, and there is a lot of that hidden here, too. There is no ending to speak of unfortunately, but all those unresolved issues fade in the glow of how much this story shines. I just can't praise this enough, really, the pacing is really good, especially considering it's format, the side characters are developed, and it isn't just nice-girl-meets-delinquent tropes expected by the premise. Was the art distracting from time to time because you could see skulls underneath the hair or it was a little unclear? Yes, but the story will have you wanting more despite that, and by more I mean like five volumes more when all you get is not even a full volume.
5/5 An excellent read, cute and sweet and funny. The perfect shojo cocktail.
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