I had a lot of hope for this manga in the beginning, when we were presented with the strong, sassy, and "different" main lead female, Maria Kawai.

Akuma to Love Song does shake off a lot of the stereotypes surrounding shoujo manga, but those irritating cliches remain in the plot. The arcs in this story are all for the drama, and are excruciating to wait out while wholly unlikable and ridiculous antagonists come and go.

The main characters are brilliant; Maria, Meguro, and Yuusuke. And I find myself rooting for the romance in this story, despite all of the complications that are keeping it from actually happening.

But besides them, all of the supporting characters are detestable. There's no room to like the other students, and there is scarce reasoning for the unbelievable behavior of the teacher. They all dislike Maria, and it gets terribly old after a while.