Endou-kun no Kansatsu Nikki

This goes to show that you don't need a complicated plot to have a good time. The story is, in all honesty, pretty average: boy meets boy, they don't get along, "Oh no I'm a little bit gay," both slowly start to open up with the help of the people around them, romance. That's the gist. While it sounds rather cliche and boring, trust me, it really isn't. Somehow, the author has managed to take a very common plot and turn it into something beautiful. I'm pretty sure the story managed to be so interesting thanks to the characters. They're all so beautifully built; with backgrounds thatyou don't know but can sort of sense and figure out for yourself, and character details that manage to come into play without the author having to explicitly point out, "Hey, hey, look, he likes this thing!!" Not to mention that this has some of the most wonderful character development I've ever seen in such a short work. The art is, for lack of a better word, lovely. Hayakawa Nojiko has this simplistic yet beautiful style that manages to enchant you and draw you in without being too busy or loud. She knows exactly when to add details to make a scene more intense, and when to hold back and keep it comfortable and light. She's able to make every character seem lively and expressive, even if they're being as straight-faced as Endou was at the beginning. This manga was easy to enjoy, fun to read, and pleasing to the eyes. Even if it took less than an hour to get through, it was wonderful read, and I wouldn't be too surprised if I decided to re-read it in the future.

I can not express my adoration of this story enough! While the story wasn't necessary a well developed one, it was very good from a single volume manga. The interaction between the characters was adorable and simply made you roll around with glee. Despite the lack of plot, this manga was by no means lacking in content. Hayakawa-san was able to depict so much feeling through the events of the story that words and a straight forward storyline wasn't necessary. Many of the scenes in this Shounen Ai had been expanded and "zoomed in" but rather than make the story boring andrestlessly long, it only offered a more in depth understanding of what the characters were feeling and how they were slowly developing a relationship they both hadn't expect. Overall, I love love LOVED this manga, the art was gorgeous and very detailed, the characters ranged from adorable to brilliant, each equally lovable. (Even the rivals!) My suggestion is that if you prefer fluffy shounen-ai over the typical yaoi full of sex scenes with no substance to back it up (not that there's anything wrong with that LOL) , you should definitely pick this one up!

with tsuda not being able to stop himself from touching endou's hair and pushing endou to cut his hair, we were shown how intrusive tsuda was since the outset. the way he wouldn't stop bothering endou bothered me so much and i felt uneasy the whole time i was reading it. at one point we were told that endou had taken an interest in tsuda long before they sat next to each other, but to me it still wasn't justified. the premise had potential and this could've been cute, but if there's one thing that i like about this manga is how supportive their friendswere.