Kuzumi-kun, Can't You Read the Room?

I randomly stumbled across this while scrolling trough some Manga app and I fell in love with it. The story is rather simple and it had a lot of basic things like going to the beach and all that, but it is still really enjoyable and interesting. I immediately connected with Kuzumi, I've seen people (not here) saying that he is boring and he not speaking is frustrating, but as someone who doesn't talk much myself, I loved him. He is adorable and so relatable to me and the random stuff he always does is hilarious. Erika is a good character, too. Sometimes tsundere like,but she isn't annoying and only says that stuff because she doesn't understand what's going on inside Kuzumi and why she likes him so much. The only thing I was disappointed with was that we never got any information on why Kuzumi doesn't talk really, I mean, not everyone has to have a dramatic backstory, but at least something would have been nice. His dad said he's a bit shy, but I disagree with that, he doesn't act nervous at all. The art is so good. I love the character design, especially Kuzumi's. I'd read this again in a few months or years.

First of all i just wanna say that i'll try my best as much as possible to not write any spoilers, also everything about this review is purely based on my own opinion you may or may not agree with me. Story: Have you ever experience in your whole life to fall in love? is it beautiful? well let me tell you why? what if the most popular and prettiest girl in the campus has a thing to the most dull,quiet, and boring guy! sounds like any other romance/comedy/slice of life manga? yes it might sound like that but the story is really interesting, theatmosphere and the situation is well executed. kuzumi a guy who lives a care free life and sakura a girl who always trying to get his attention by insulting him(yep and I recently just realized this that most girls do this to let the other person she's interested to know that she wants to get his attention) but at the end she always got owned by kuzumi . Art: I love the art of of this manga specially those chibi moments of each character and how the detailed the characters have whenever they're showing some interesting expressions. Character: Each chapter of this manga is fun and interesting, not to mention that the side characters are pretty interesting. All of the characters present in this manga is lovable to the point that you might want to see a dedicated story for each individual, Actually no let me rephrase it each characters in the story should have they're own dedicated story as all of them are interesting, at some might think that this character will be a hindrance for the growth of the story but in actual fact this characters are the on who will move our main characters to move out from their comfort zone. They are the best wing man and friend that you can have, they're the one's who help our main characters for they're character development which is pretty interesting and sweet. Lastly the character development for each characters is amazing like woah!!! hahahaha. Enjoyment: I enjoyed every chapter that i completely immerse on it to the point that i don't want other people in my house to see what kind of expression i have as i'm really having a butterfly in my stomach like a person whose in love and the reason behind that is too much sweetness from the story hahahaha!.. Overall: I do recommend this to anyone looking for a lighter and interesting story at the same time, but most importantly to those who are fan of romance/comedy genre who are looking what to read next and for those who want to take a breather outside of they're life or to those who wants to relax outside the genre of cliche harem manga/anime. Lastly this is one of the few manga that i might revisit one day and enjoy once again. That's all for me, have fun reading!!!

The concept of the story may seems simple like any other rom-com and the way story progress with each chapter as their relationship changes, it’s really intriguing. Every characters in the story had an really interesting traits, the story of each character with their romantic-comedy story and along the way how they develop emotions for other was very funny and cheerful. There might be certain change of behaviour in Kuzumi in later chapter so brace yourself because the story ,GitHub get more intense, funny, comedy and romantic. But in the end they didn’t provide much background detail for our protagonist (Kuzumi-Kun). I really want another sequel of this mangabased on the first series and continuing their romance-comedy-marriage story after 7 years of their graduation from high-school.

tl;dr: A rom-com with a relationship dynamic that’s great for comedy but lacking when things get serious. This manga is a comedy focused manga about a high school girl named Sakura, who has a hard time acknowledging her own feelings and constantly does her best to make it seem like she feels the opposite of how she truly feels, but falls in love with her classmate Kuzumi, who never seems to show any emotion at all or any interest in what’s happening around him, making him incredibly difficult to understand . Or to put it more succinctly it’s a rom-com about a tsundere that falls inlove with a kuudere. As far as I am aware, that’s a pretty rare romantic combo and comes with a bunch of interesting dynamics. I’d say that it both enhances both the good and bad of both archetypes, though this is primarily from the view point of Sakura so it much more enhances the tsundere aspects. In terms of the good, in comedic portions I think it resulted in a lot more amusing cute moments involving Sakura as her general confusion on what Kuzumi is doing or how to act around him result in her attempts at trying to get closer to him without revealing her feelings much crazier. The manga especially emphasizes her thoughts during these portions so the comedy manages to hit really well. However, on the flip side, when things are serious and you actually want the plot to move forward, things are much more frustrating and annoying because it’s even more difficult for them to communicate properly. As a result, the manga is at its best during the first half or so when Sakura is basically just watching Kuzumi from afar and everything is treated in a light hearted manner but declines considerably once the relationship development and resulting relationship start being taken seriously. There’s still some great comedy during the second half as well, but it has less of a presence so the comedy is weaker overall. Another problem with their relationship development is that it essentially doesn’t focus on Kuzumi at all. The manga is primarily from Sakura’s point of view so her falling in love with Kuzumi, not acknowledging herfeelings, slowly coming to acknowledge them, and then acting on them, is all fleshed out pretty well and as a result I think she’s a pretty solid and likable character with clear character growth. Kuzumi on the other hand doesn’t get focused on at all, he very rarely says anything, and though he does perform some important actions every now and then that make his feelings and motivations pretty clear, in general he feels incredibly underdeveloped. The only time the reader really gets a proper look into his head is a chapter near the end that’s basically a recap of the entire story from his point of view, but that’s still really lacking in the grand scheme of things. I understand that seeming kind of cold and mysterious is where the appeal of kuudere’s comes from and his complete unpredictability definitely does enhance the humor, but it also results in him just in general not being very likable and changes in his character don’t make much sense or have much of an impact on the reader. In the end, I don’t really like or dislike Kuzumi, I’m just generally indifferent to him beyond the fact that Sakura is in love with him. That Kuzumi is impossible to understand is acknowledged by the writing itself in the last phase where Sakura finds it impossible to really understand what he’s thinking despite how their relationship is progressed. However, beyond acknowledging this, the narrative doesn’t really do anything to correct that, it just kind of says that that’s okay, which felt like a cop out and made that entire portion feel pointless, which made the manga feel like it was dragging on. I would still have to say I enjoyed their relationship and was satisfied with the ending and epilogue even if it was minimalistic as I’m a sucker for long term happy endings, but the relationship never really clicked for me as much as I wanted it to. Beyond the two main characters there are a series of side characters. I thought that they had a good variety of interesting personalities and were decent in terms of how they played into Sakura and Kazumi’s stories both in terms of the serious aspects and the comedy. They also had some decent comedy centered around just them as well. However, when it comes to the actual romantic stories centered around them, I found them pretty weak. To be frank the couplings felt immensely forced. They had their cute moments at times and as mentioned some great humor, but these relationships were focused on so little that they felt really random and like the author decided that they might as well throw them in there. The exception to that is a side character named Wakana, the reasons for which will be obvious upon reading the manga but will not be explained for the sake of avoiding spoilers. The layout of the manga is somewhat interesting. It’s listed as a 4-koma but it’s very different from all the 4-koma I’ve previously read, though that could mostly come down to my own inexperience. 4-koma are usually 8 squarish panels to a page that compose two separate strips that run downwards. This manga is four panels to a page with four rectangular panels running downwards. The 4-koma I’ve read also generally stick to that layout pretty strictly outside of key moments where they abandon it completely with things like full page shots and such. This is constantly breaking the layout in all sorts of ways. 4-koma also generally try to have a punchline at the end of each strip, at least at first. This manga doesn’t seem to even try to do that. There are benefits to having a freer flowing structure as compared to the more rigid but consistent 4-koma, but that’s a discussion beyond the scope of this review. I’m just saying, while this is technically a 4-koma, I don’t think experience with enjoying or not enjoying the standard 4-koma format will have any impact on one’s enjoyment of this manga. The art style is decent I suppose. In general, it’s pretty dull in terms of designs, even for a manga simply about high school. Still, it was decent enough at showing expressions and such that the art never felt like an issue in terms of conveying the story, and though quality was generally not that amazing some of the color art did look pretty good.