I know this manga is not everyone's cup of tea or slice of cake. The main female character, Tsubaki Hibino, is insecure and quiet girl who fall in love with delinquent Kyouta Tsubaki, who is also her classmate. Before you go far, let me spoil it for you: it's a happy ending.

Mind you, this manga mostly set during their high school period. This fact is what I think that readers might forget. Both characters were never in love before, they never knew what is it like to be in love.

Tsubaki does her sister, Sakura, hair every day so Sakura can look the cutest, yet Tsubaki never did her own hair because she thinks "what for anyway?" Her mother also conditioned that Tsubaki is the clever daughter and Sakura is the pretty one. Every now and then, in real life, we have this kind of parent living around us. Or that it is deep within each of sisters (and brothers) hearts, we all know that kind of feeling of classifying ourselves into groups. Whether it is sensible or not, that is a question for much later in life.

Kyouta on the other hand is a popular, handsome, and free living delinquents from a broken home. His father is abusive and his mother left the family when he was very young. He supports himself by working part time job in a karaoke bar.

So, when opportunity appears, Tsubaki and Kyouta were in a relationship, it is make sense that insecurities shown. Especially from Tsubaki. She was never with a man before and all her life is for study study study. Her insecurities made me hate and love and hate and love her alternately during the entire course of reading this manga series. I feel her insecurities and I understand.

What makes it wonderful is that Kyouta began to understand these bouts of insecurities from Tsubaki. He slowly adapts and accepts it. Towards the end, during his college life, he avoids fan girls asking him to lunch together. He also thrown away that jacket that had been worn by his female co-ed who made Tsubaki jealous. He even chased her all through previously rain soaked Kyoto in just a t-shirt because of that (that must be cold, no?) Although the end (bonus chapter) is a very quick time jump to 6 years after the first ring, which means 3 years after first meeting, so, 9 years after the events in first chapter. We see that for a solid 6 years, most insecurities are thrown aside. Only for a quick moment after Kyouta told that he received a job offer in The US that Tsubaki had another insecurity 'attack'.

This manga made me wonder what happened if I ever be in love with someone for so long during my teenage or high school life. I think most women grow up with lots of insecurity bound them around the ankles. We learn how to be free from experiences of life itself. The more we know about ourself, it is one step more towards freedom. So, when Tsubaki started a relationship with the most handsome student in the school, who is also a reputable player, no wonder her insecurities grow and having trust issues with Kyouta, like, all the time. However, Kyouta is not just playing a receiver, he also gives understanding and patience and also learns. This is what makes this mange an 8 for me. This is a beautiful story, if I had a boyfriend like Kyouta, I will be swarm in jealousy as well and if the boyfriend just does not care, then it will be the end of it.