Getsuyoubi kara Kataomoi

If someone were to ask me for a romance or shoujo manga recommendation, I will definitely NOT recommend it. This is by all honesty and purely my own opinion, BAD.

The story do not have any direction or even has no intention of moving forward. The characters were not even given proper introduction to the readers. It is important for me that the characters cultivate some kind of identity of their own by taking out everything about them and show it to the readers. But this manga did no such thing.

Tanaka's purpose was wasted. He should serve as some kind of threat or challenge to the main characters but nah dah. What is this manga for? It is true that the manga is short with only couples of chapter but that is not enough reason to throw every chances of making the story clear and wholesome out of the window and stick with 'romance with no substance' instead.

This series revolves around a "prince" of the high school trying to take a girl away from her boyfriend. It was weak, annoying and I cared so little about the story that I couldn't even be bothered learning the name of the characters. I mainly continued reading because some part of me hoped that the story would get better. Sadly, I was wrong. Sometimes your first impressions upon reading the first chapter of a story are correct, which is very much the case with Getsuyoubi Kara Kataomoi. The only thing going for it is the artwork which was passable. I really cannot recommend it as either an entry shoujo or otherwise.

I would not recommend taking your time to read this story. Just walk away. I know it's short, only six chapters, but many short manga are able to develop a story with plenty of engagement and character depth. Parts of it are cute but without any real character description it didn't move me.

I don't understand how the characters' relationship even starts. It's romance for the sake of romance. The characters go through the motions of love but I don't believe any of it.

The love triangle feels contrived as well. Suzuki's other love interest, Tanaka, is supposed to seem like an obstacle for Ninomiya. He seems like a nice, pleasant guy though. Why shouldn't she date him instead of the lead?

I enjoyed parts of this but I couldn't get into it. I kept thinking of how unrealistic it is. Shoujo manga is supposed to be a little bit of a fantasy, but fantasy should have substance.

I do think the female lead is drawn in a cute way, though the male looks more typical.