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I don't want to write a long review about Shiawase Kissa Sanchoume, simply for the reason that I don't need many words to describe it. Shiawase Kissa Sanchoume is a warm and funny shoujo manga. The romance is very slow, so some readers might get impatient. The manga has a warm and comforting atmosphere which is caused by the sympathetic characters and a humorous, heartwarming plot. The art is very nice and fits the manga pretty well. The characters aren't outstanding, but they don't feel like flat characters and it is hard to hate any of them. I recommend Shiawase Kissa Sanchoume to everyone, who wants tocheer up or just likes to read warm stories. This goes for both genders.

Shiawase Kissa 3-choume is a great weekend read. While I found the characters very likable, the pacing and conclusion could have been very off-putting depending on my mood. If you're looking for some hot shoujo romance, you may want to postpone reading this series. But if you're looking for a steady, more slice-of-life kind of feeling, then I can highly recommend it. The main character, Uru, falls into a reverse-harem kind of situation where everyone surrounding her is captivated by her effervescent positivity. Even as the reader, I was attracted to her wide smiles, extroversion, and boundless energy. It was anice break from the more quiet, melancholic heroines I've recently gone through. She actually has some personality that makes you think, "Oh, yes, I can see why a story would be centered around such a person." Of course, the mangaka had to make her romantically obtuse in order to string along the various storylines, but that's not such a bad thing. The pacing of this series is bizarrely life-like. Rather than skipping from holiday to holiday and vacation to vacation, the entire series spans less than a year. Characters reference "yesterday" much more often than "a few days/weeks ago," which is uncommon in shoujo. The mangaka introduces so many complete characters that upholding all of their side stories keeps her busy enough without having token episodes like Christmas, a beach day, or a trip to the amusement park. In fact, you should be surprised to learn that there is no "first day" chapter, which seems like a staple ingredient to any successful shoujo. While unconventional, I think that this actually speaks to the quality of the series' characters. Their realism carries along the story naturally, and you can genuinely buy into most of the relationships. Selfishly, I will note that I was dissatisfied with the romantic conclusion, even if you can see it from 100 miles away. By chapter 1 you know whom Uru prefers, but as the series progressed I was more convinced of the merits of the other males. I think the mangaka became aware of this, too, as she constantly sets up Uru's coworkers as "formidable opponents"...not distinguishing the eventual winner. As a result, the mangaka kind of copped out in the last 5 chapters and made suitor #2 leave the scene, essentially crippling him as a romantic interest. I preferred him, so I was particularly annoyed. Considering the quality development of all the relationships, I feel like the readers deserved more detailed and conclusive endings. All in all, I was disappointed by the ending, but did not regret reading the series.

^^ i find the story fun..the love square between Uru-Shinsou-Ichirou-Sou is so cute (^^) both shindou and uru are too slow at determining whether it's love they're feeling or >Shindou>>Uru (little animal) >Uru>>Shindou (big brother)..^^ -ichirou's habit of sleeping when hungry and never ever gets up 'til fed is soo funny!..^^ -uru and ichirou's wierd poses cracks up some laughter too..^^ *baa baa black sheep--pose!..^^ --the abekawa brothers also brightens the art because of their smiling faces..unlike ichirou and shindou who are expressionless..(but cute at the same time which also adds up more admirers)..^^ --so overall..OUTSTANDING!..\m/!

First thing, first. If you don't have patience, you won't get to what this manga is really about. This is the type of manga that repays you, if you get to the ending. I started reading it as a cute shoujo with cliche after cliche, but what I got in the end was tears, both of sadness, first, and joy. As for the characters and story as a whole is just a generic one for a manga, with stereotypes, but that doesn't take anything away from it's charm and great ending. So even though the art is not great and the characters aren't developed properlyuntil the second half of the manga. The twists and turns will put a smile on your face while you'll cry. By now, I should have foreseen something like this, but I had no idea that a cute manga like this could get so emotional.