Story: I first found Gentlemen's Alliance Cross while I was searching through my high school library for something new to read. I heard the series was good, so I checked it out. Never did I know I was ever going to be so indulged in this. The story is about a girl named Haine, who her family gave up to another as a baby, which you will learn the real reason than the one she explains in the beginning of the series later on. She goes to a very rich school, but she is still considered an outcast until the "emperor," Shizumasa, the son of the very prestige Togu family accepts her, reluctantly at that, into the student council, where she gains a few friends. The strange thing is that Shizumasa himself seems to be bipolar with Haine. He appreciates her; then, he utterly hates her. She doesn't know why, but she starts to fall in love with him (and you will also learn why he acts so weird later). I bet there's another story like this out there, but this is the first time I ever found a love story like this. I was very intrigued and I always wanted to know more about it. Of course, there are some flaws, but they never stood out like a sore thumb to me. 10/10

Art: The art is also pretty cool, but sometimes, it could be cluttered on some pages. This is drawn by the same person who made Full Moon, so you would expect the stuff to be good, right? It's good, but the clutteredness, like blood spots or flowers, get the way of what is actually happening the scenes sometimes. It's not bad, but I think the artist did too much. No offense to the creator of the series. 9/10

Character: The characters finally have substance. I don't want to reveal too much or else I'm going to spoil the series for you. Haine's life wasn't always so sweet. She always knew that her biological family gave her up, and when she was younger, she actually went through a rebellious stage and joined a gang, there was a term for this, but I forgot what it was. She stopped her gang banging when she met Shizumasa as a child, the person who supposively wrote her favorite childhood book (and you'll understand what I mean by that later). Like I said, Shizumasa is a very weird case. He seems to be two different people at different times (that's a hint). Her friends in the student council are funny. There are two cross dressers who fall in love with either other (that's always sweet), and there is a girl who actually came out as a lesbian for Haine; however, I did hate her at one point. There is always development with the characters, and they aren't stick figure types, which is always great when it comes to writing a great series. 10/10

Enjoyment: I was always flipping pages. I never wanted to put the books down. Honestly, if this series were to become an anime, I would jump on and watch all of the episodes. There isn't much else to say about it because I blabbed about it all above. 10/10

Overall: This is my favorite manga series of all time, and if you want to read it, you will understand why I gave this a rounded up 10 out of 10.