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どうしたら幼馴染の彼女になれますか!?
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Apr 1, 2022 to Dec 27, 2024
6.0/10
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This series had a lot of potential. It was super cute, packed with fluff, and featured some pretty likeable characters. The main issue? Most of the story feels kind of pointless. It doesn’t really push the main characters’ relationship forward in any meaningful way. I don’t mind a good tease here and there—an interrupted kiss or a misunderstood confession can be fun. But when the same trick is repeated for half the series, it gets old fast. Each chapter gives the illusion of progress, only to end up back at square one. This also makes the ending feel pretty unfulfilling and shallow. Another nitpick is that someof the characters looked a bit too similar in black and white, which made it hard to tell them apart at times. That aside, the art overall looked quite good and was pleasant to follow. Despite the flawed storytelling, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy reading this. The pacing is quick, even if the events don’t always lead anywhere, and I never felt bored. And honestly, I’m a sucker for some good ol’ fluff. 6/10 – Fine.
Minami and Yuzu have been inseparable since elementary school. But now that they're in high school, Minami just can't accept that Yuzu may someday get a boyfriend. How come some random guy gets to wake her up in the morning, feed her lunch, take baths with her...? It doesn't take long for Minami to realize that her feelings can't quite be described as "friendship" anymore, but how can she get Yuzu to see her the same way? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
It had a rough start, but a great middle part, and then, unfortunately, a rough ending. The art is cute, the character designs are typical yuri/cgdct, the characters being quite similar but still have distinctive features, and you'll get the typical yuri dating tropes. Festival, fireworks, fever, bath, school trips, school festival … what was not so common was the planetarium and the ski trip. That was cool as a change. Volume 1 was awful. It had a sweet first chapter, but Minami was way too much, too annoying from chapter 2 on! Felt like I was reading a thriller based on her heart beat. Volume 3and 4 were my favorites, the progress there was great! Well, as the other reviewers have said, the progress was more episodic, yes, but it still looked like they were having fun, and Minami finally came down a little in v3. It was actually enjoyable watching them together, after I wondered in v1 how they were bffs for 7 or so years. Even the first half of volume 5 seemed really promising! There were some really cute moments there! <3 But then there was this one moment that should've been the climax, yet it ended up being very anti-climatic. When it came to the verbal confession at the end, I didn't feel anything for them anymore. I didn't need for them to be together as lovers anymore, I would have honestly liked if they didn't end up together and move on from their crush. THAT would've been a mature take! Unfortunately it didn't. As much as I love melancholy, I did not like whatever the author wanted to show at the end. Was it supposed to be more realistic? Good job, but after the extreme blushing from the previous volumes, i do not see why there was any need to bring this down to earth now. Especially cause you'd want readers to keep rooting for them, not achieve the opposite. Maybe it just me, though, I don't know. More often than not, their hopelessness reminded me of 'Adachi & Shimamura'. If you like their awkwardness, you'll definitely like Yuzu & Minami too. The supporting characters were really nice, and our MCs would've been totally done for without Kamiya – the angel! I'm disappointed we didn't get to see more of Tsubasa and Kosame, though.
I really wanted to like this story, the premise was fun, the characters were cute, pretty and fun, the situations were entertaining and the story was fun to read.... but sooner than later you realize of one big problem... it never takes off. I can accept silliness, i can endure clumsiness and i can tolerate unawareness... but what i can certainly not accept is the characters being so obnoxiously stupid.. specially for that long and SPECIALLY when the situation is extremely obvious that it just feels like ragebait at that point. I know that we have to have those "i like him/her but he/she will neverfeel the same" but this manga really takes that and push it way farther than the limit im willing to accept to enjoy a story. At first was cute, but towards the end, specially with the second heroine, the anger in my heart began to grow bigger and bigger because holy sh*t the situations became so impossible to sustain and yet the author still pushed it further. And after all the pain, all the suffer, the pay off is so little to almost none that is just not worth it. And its just a shame because almost every character is just so cute and adorable and pretty and entertaining... but my god the author pushed the concept of unawareness way too far for far too long. There are just way better stories out there to waste time with this one.