The story starts promising and contains interesting development up to a certain point. Later, around the last third of it, it turns into a collection of short stories only loosely bound together by the presence of the main protagonists. And while their relationship reaches some major milestones, the story itself ends somewhat unfinished. A major putdown for me is the presented interaction of the genders. While in general all the girls act like love crazy chicks, they actually end up being literally depicted as such on several occasions. And while the main heroine seems to be the only exception, mostly for comical relieve, even she eventually realizes that being "cute" is her ultimate desire. Okay, I may be exaggerating a bit but the story where the girls want to take the things into their own hands but ultimately are taught by the guys that it's wrong and instead they should be "protected" by them is plain misogynistic. There are a lot of similiar aggravating scenes. I only give it three stars instead of one because I believe that the author didn't really intend this impression, because I know that the Japanese society as such has this problem, because the main story is not that bad in the first two thirds and because there are so many "kawai" moments ^^.
What happens when an all-girls' high school reigning tomboy finds out her school is about to be filled with boys!?
Hanabi Oozora is a rambunctious sixteen-year-old tomboy who comes to the rescue of her less assertive friends--sometimes in exchange for food. So what does she do when, all of a sudden, her all-girls' school is about to be integrated with an all-boys' school?!
She meets and falls in love--naturally--with one of the three most popular and handsome boys in the Student Council, Yasuaki Garaku! Unfortunately, Yasuaki doesn't care for girls... and when the girls' Student Council clashes head-on with the boys' Student Council, Hanabi steps in to become a member - hoping she'll change Yasuaki's mind!
A major putdown for me is the presented interaction of the genders. While in general all the girls act like love crazy chicks, they actually end up being literally depicted as such on several occasions. And while the main heroine seems to be the only exception, mostly for comical relieve, even she eventually realizes that being "cute" is her ultimate desire.
Okay, I may be exaggerating a bit but the story where the girls want to take the things into their own hands but ultimately are taught by the guys that it's wrong and instead they should be "protected" by them is plain misogynistic. There are a lot of similiar aggravating scenes.
I only give it three stars instead of one because I believe that the author didn't really intend this impression, because I know that the Japanese society as such has this problem, because the main story is not that bad in the first two thirds and because there are so many "kawai" moments ^^.