I received this book from Netgalley/the publisher in exchange of an honest review.

This was a gorgeous manga which reminded me of Blue Flag. In this one we meet four classmates and see their lives/love lives.

In this first volume we meet Hikari (with the last chapter being the beginning of Ohtani’s part), a quiet girl who plays the French Horn, and is quietly admiring/falling in love with her classmate Ohtani. Problem though? Ohtani seems interested in Hikari’s best friend, the cute Mari. We see how this is for Hikari, at first she is all shipping them, helping them both out, but then she starts to wonder. Is this what she wants? Does she just want to stay on the side lines? I really found myself rooting for her to just try to express her feelings. It helps that Ohtani and she have conversations on the way home, plus also at school, and I just wanted to have something happen between them. ARGH! They really would make a cute couple, you know.
Next to having the problem of should she continue to root/help out her friend, there is also the fact that she worries about her monolids and wishes she had double. This one wasn’t relatable to me, but I can imagine in Asia/for Asian people this would be something to nod along with. For me I just couldn’t entirely understand the deal, Hikari looked beautiful as she is. But I guess there is a whole cultural bit around it. I will definitely be reading a bit more about it when I can.

I loved seeing the four classmates find each other, talk, and have fun together. It was really fun. I liked that there are two sets of friends, Mari and Hikari, Ohtani and Asagiri-kun but they also form one friend group. If that makes sense, haha.

And then there is the mystery of Mari. She is quite shy, but I was always wondering if that was a front or not. Plus, there is a bigger mystery, because what is Mari up to. Where does she disappear to? I am happy that we find out, though of course there are plenty of questions now remaining and I need the second volume!

I am really invested in this manga and I am curious who will be next after Ohtani. Asagiri? Mari? Hikari again (though that would be weird)? I need to know who will start dating who and what is next for these 4!

The art in this one was just absolutely stunning and I loved every bit of it. Some of these are just so frame-worthy!

All in all, I would recommend this one. Fun characters, dash of romance, a girl to root for, and much more. I loved it!