Monokuro Shounen Shoujo

I really enjoyed reading this one... it starts off a little slow, but you get really hooked as the world gets more complex, and the relationships develop... The romance between Kureha and Ukyou was subtle but exponential, and I do appreciate a soft love developing between a fight-y couple... and the dynamic between the mains is pretty complex, even if the overall story got a little confused at times... Definitely a love story with not love-triangles… no no. Love chains. Rings upon rings of people who like people who no longer like people who actually never liked people who are in love with other people. But thewriting is great, the characters - Kureha’s main besties: Ukyou, ChouChou and Chigaya - are funny, and have a lot of great development throughout the series and being in an AU with beasts and various kingdoms (since they’re the various princes and princesses of their respective beast kingdoms), there’s a lot of interesting plot lines that get explored. The ending... look I'm not saying it was bad... I'm just salty and demand a do-over..