This is the break I've been looking for, far from the idealized romance stories that plague the Japanese medium, no, far from storytelling in general, we have the most realistic take on relationships I have ever seen. Nothing over dramatic, nothing over romanticized, based off the relationships I've been in IRL, this is truly the most accurate representation of heterosexual mating practices I have ever seen in media.

The manga accurately portrays how women will always tease men over the most little of things, and will always try to distract men with some leading question then hit them with the real puncher while you're distracted! Quite literally in one of the chapters where Nagatoro randomly pokes at the MC's sides, something that I have experienced a lot in my relationships can verify is fairly shocking and painful, and that women love to strike at you when your guard is down, teaching me to always make your girlfriend walk in front of you so you can keep an eye on them to make sure they can't catch you with your guard down.

The character designs are fantastic as well, Nagatoro is the primary lesson being taught in the story, being designed very good-looking and cutesy, the plain-looking MC puts up with her shenanigans. I believe this to be an allegory to real life where the insecurities of less attractive partners cause even the best of us to give in to their charm and let them get away with these things, prompting to try and get away with bolder and bolder escapades (see: men dating gold diggers or women dating abusers). The cute design of Nagatoro doubly serves to represent how attractive people can be modern day Sirens, and the definition of looks can be deceiving.

Overall, I find this manga to very realistically portray relationship dynamics and is a MUST read for people to learn how to protect themselves from abusive partners because at some point, power dynamics WILL shift and lean towards one person.