Scoundrel Scandalous Honey

There was a decent (but predictable) twist that occurs quickly in the story. But the story was a little lacking, the characters just weren't flushed out enough. I did overall enjoy the manga though.

The female lead seemed like she really wanted to be strong but fell a little flat and all the action ended quickly without being drawn out. Making things fast-paced but a little sad. :

I like her heroines, because they're true to their name. They take more action than just melting into embraces! They're fiesty and don't just let hoodlums force themselves on them, they retort to street thugs and they gobble up food someone's food if their own is being stolen from them! Though I really don't know which heroine leaves her drink (offered by a shady sidekick in the first place) unattended!

Anyway, we have Aihara who's a student and model and obviously an attractive piece of meat for boys all over, gentlemanly or otherwise. She happens to catch the eye of this delinquent called Kyou. And she has a bit of a secret infatuation with a very well bred young lad called Hibiki. So since Kyou is apparently head of some street gang, he wants to make Aihara his "woman" and she resists and he asks her to come up with a boyfriend. Hmm, who should we choose to pretend to be our boyfriend for a while. Hmm, that's a doozy. Well, trials and tribulations and plenty of doki doki for Aihara ensue. Though the best part of the story perhaps lies in the surprise, which is really, not something you'd expect! Read chapter 1 to know what I'm talking about.

Artwork's all right. Neither bishi got my pulse racing. Though Aihara looks a little like a 50's ingenue. Nothing novel about the situation, but it's just 5 chapters, you don't expect novel in that much anyway. It's littered with tiny bits of humor here and there, but they don't register unless you're big on sight gags. This is an all right read, though not something you carry with you the next week.