Kareshi Toshishitakei

This manga is a compilation of 3 one-shots. 1st One-Shot (Kareshi Toshishitakei) : Ai (13 years old) and Sou (10 years old) are childhood friends...Then Sou has to leave for America, forced by his father. 5 years later, the two of them meet again, but Sou is different from who he was before... 2nd One-Shot (Gyakuten Valentine): Mizuki is a tomboyish girl and the guys don't really consider her has a girl. What happen when Mizuki is being confessed by her kouhai Johnny-kun? 3rd One-Shot (Kimi ga Hajimete): Haruka is a playboy and Inoue is secretly a voice-actress. When Haruka discovers her secret, the two getcloser... -------------- STORY (6) In general, One-Shots are always too short, and rushed. 1st One-Shot (3 chapters) + It's rare to see this kind of romance (A male younger than the female lead) +/- It could of been really good if it wouldn't be so short and 'rushed'. - Every event goes too fast and you can't really 'enjoy' the story itself. 2nd One-Shot (1 Chapter) +/- Interesting story but kinda cliché - Too short and rushed 3rd One-Shot (1 Chapter) (My least favourite) - Cliché - Too short/ Fast/ Rushed ART (9) In general, nothing bad to say about it. I like that kind of drawings and the characters were easily recognisable. The only bad point is that in the second one-shot, Johnny(2) looks like Sou(1) I know it's hard to make characters look different at some point but I think the author could of done better on this guy. Nothing bad to say about Ai, Mizuki, Haruka and Inoue (they all look different) CHARACTERS (7) 1st One-Shot I really liked Sou and Ai, even if Ai lacked personality, Sou really did have a character development. And together, I think they were really cute and fitting. 2nd One-Shot Mizuki was my favourite character, she was strong and tomboyish but she really had an interesting personality. Under her cover, she really wants to be cute but she has a complex, which makes her really relatable. Johnny was too much like Sou, I couldn't really enjoy him has much as Mizuki. But in the end, they were really cute together. 3rd One-Shot Inoue was really annoying and Haruka was just not lovable. Even in the end, I didn't like both of them. They were not fitting and I just hated their personalities. Too cliché... ENJOYMENT (7) 1st One-Shot My favourite of all (since there was an interesting story, a bit character development, less rushed than the others one-shots, etc.) My only regret is that it was too short. 2nd One-Shot My second favourite one...The story wasn't too cliché and I really liked Mizuki. Strong females are always fun to read. 3rd One-Shot Least favourite...I really didn't like it. Too cliché, was just about to throw up when the story ended. OVERALL (7) Even if there is some good point, I have to count every bad point too, and for 3 different stories. Which makes it really difficult. I think the first 2 stories are worth to read, if you have free time. And I recommend the 3rd story only to those who really enjoy clichés and annoying characters. Hopefully this review helped ^^