When you get down to it, its premise is technically and honestly kinda creepy and weird given the age gap of the two main characters in this romantic comedy. However, I unironically like it. The humor is pretty spot-on, especially when the romance is heavily one-sided (as of yet) and constant rejections are afloat. The manga makes use of the funny shenanigans you'd expect of the fictional romcom genre (or any anime/manga really), so no wonder hilarity ensues.

Even then, the manga is pretty cute and heartwarming in its own way, as the relationship dynamics of each character have so far been fairly pleasant to see. Like, their personalities may seem a bit one note, but it’s exactly the interactions that drive your enjoyment of the fairly simple, comedic story.

It does have its semi-serious moments that dabble with the implications of such an age gap in romance, though. No, it's not about the inherent creepiness of their relationship, but rather their obvious differences in life and romantic experiences—a sentiment understandably more held by the high schooler, Ichika. Other implications are fairly positive, however, and daresay sweet even (e.g. Ryou softening up).

So, having said all that, it's a nice, simple recommendation to anyone who is able to get past the red flags of an age gap in romance and not take this manga very seriously as you would any other romance manga.

Dialogue isn't anything special, but it's the character interactions that continually make me look forward to reading the manga. Definitely give it a read to get some laughs and maybe even some butterflies.

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Personal context: I became interested in the manga after watching the PV, I think. I'm quite sure my first thoughts were something along the lines of, "That's kinda creepy, bro, but I'm intrigued." I did forget about it after a while, though, until I came across it on MAL an hour or so ago and read the 5 most recent chapters. Speaking of which, how on earth have the other reviewers read chapters beyond 25?