I finished this manga a few weeks ago but I decided that this was worth reviewing because this is probably the first shoujo manga I absolutely fangirled over. I'm not really a manga reader but I'm slowly getting into it and the shoujo genre is one of the best choices I picked (obviously 'cause I'm a girl).

The manga is by Sakisaka Io who's also the author of Ao Haru Ride (which I will be making a review on probably a few days after the manga is finished) and Hal. It follows the story of Ninako Kinoshita who's an inexperienced 15-year-old that's clueless about love. She then gets into a random encounter with the quiet but popular Ren Ichinose on the train. After a series of events that makes them draw closer to each other which mostly happens coincidentally, she falls in love with Ren but soon finds out that he's already in a long-term relationship with someone else. As the story progresses, she learns to cope up with this problematic first love of hers and her growing as a person.

I know the plot is so cliché (even I thought it was cliché at first) but you'll never know unless you try. This manga not only has cuteness and fluffiness, but drama as well. I feel really bad for Ren's friend though. Oops. :v I also literally felt the pain of Ninako, too. The story development is great. There are times when I get to fall in love with Ren, too because he's my type of guy. :v The random encounters between Ren and Ninako are too cute to handle. ;w; I always get amazed everytime I finish a chapter from this manga. Like seriously, sometimes you can't tell if it's expected or unexpected at a certain point. It just makes you curious! I can't believe some (kind of) typical shoujo manga could make me feel this way. The ending really gave me feels that were too hard to hold in resulting to me crying like a hopeless romantic. I highly recommend you read this cute manga.

Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

Also, a live-action film of this will be released on March 2015! I'M ABSOLUTELY SUPER EXCITED OMG HOLD ME