I really tried to like this series. It has everything you would want from a shoujo: romance, bishies, comedy....Unfortunately, I just can't get behind the protagonist, Usagi. It seems that the mangaka made her "spunky" to try and compensate for her total lack of abilities. I'll say that she does have appeal as a character, but she is way too useless in the story for my taste--not to mention her quick infatuation with black-haired Hanzou seemed too unnatural for me to want to continue.

If you do decide to read this, I will say that I think there is potential for at least some meaningful character development (though I really can't say for sure based on my brief volume and a half of reading). I realize that having read less than 10% is not necessarily a good reference to make an accurate assessment, but I didn't want to spend anymore time reading it. :/

All this being said, I see the capacity this series has for people to like it because I can't deny that it's well executed. There is a good flow of panels and the translation I read was probably one of the best I have ever read (I found it to be very accurate to the original Japanese).

I further appreciated the classic shoujo art style and skimmed the last few chapters to see how it might have changed for the mangaka. I must say, it looked GREAT! The initial style I found quite cute, but once you get to the end it looks really refined and mature.

If the story and the characters had been less...unrealistically stereotypical...I think I would have really enjoyed this manga.