It's probably a bad sign when, in a romance story, the most enjoyable parts are when the couple are at work and not when they are actually interacting with one another. The amount of tension they are able to build as Nanami navigates working as a telecaster is actually quite well done (the mangaka clearly did their research for the series and is putting it to good use), but when it comes to the romance of the story its pretty much stereotypes shot right through (old girlfriend, mistaken understandings of situations, "I just can't help it" attractions, etc.).

I really wanted to enjoy this series because I felt it had a novel characterization lined up for Asuka as she is a go-getter business woman who actually wants to get married, quit her job, and be a housemaker. I felt like the dynamics of being a professional and wanting to get married would give an interesting setting for the story, but it's mostly just been dropped in the conversation as an afterthought it feels. The real problem, however, is that I cannot for the life of me discern any reason why the main couple are together - they jump from just getting to know each other and having a basic respect for each other's personality to suddenly "being in love" and dating, and then while dating they literally never see each other (I'm not just saying this - its literally what they are dealing with for several chapters - and also what gives all the good material with them at work). As things progress, you start to seem some more thoughtful reflection by the characters as the main plot line takes on a little more depth, but its done so gingerly and in such small spurts its hard to believe that there is really much substance to the characters. In the end, this is a drop.