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

WOW, I am just blown-away by this gorgeous manhua. I thought I would enjoy it, and though it had a rocky start, I really enjoyed it. I definitely would love to continue reading this series.

In this one we meet two teens Yu-kiu Lau who is a quiet and shy girl who loves to draw and paint and has dreams of going overseas. She just has one problem. When a competition or a deadline appears she cannot draw/paint for life and we see she struggles. She wants to go places, but this is just stopping her. Then there is Ho-yuet Lee, a boy who loves making music and has a bad reputation (though he is really a sweetheart) and a not so fine home situation (a mom who has again divorced and other family stuff). At first I wasn’t sure what to think of either characters but as the story continued and we saw them help the other, she by motivating him to make music and follow his path, and he helping her with her art block/worries as his music helps her. I loved seeing them get closer with each page, see them get better themselves thanks to the help of the other, see them lift each other up and figure out how to make the path they want to walk on a reality. I loved seeing Yu-kiu gain more confident and see her think of fun things and be able to draw/paint. I love seeing Ho-yuet speak up against his mom and get her to understand his dreams.

While the whole school booth/anniversary thing was something I am not familiar with (I have read about it in other manga/manwha/manhua though) I still liked the thought, though haha, I would rather be an onlooker/visitor rather than one actually doing something. But I loved seeing our duo figure things out, make plans, get information and ideas and help about technical stuff, and then rock it. I would have loved to buy some stuff from their booth.

I did think it was weird that the guy was all meh about our duo doing a performance on stage to get more people, but I guess that guy is the stepfather and he is just like that against his stepson. I mean, everyone else had to promote like mad, so why is this different. We had people using cheerleaders, mascots, do a show, and more.

The art was really nice. It gave me Makoto Shinkai vibes with the colours and style and I love that. I also very much enjoyed the fact that the whole volume was in colour. I hadn’t expected that, so this was a delight.

Though that ending? It should be illegal. I want to know. You mean I have to wait? Nooo, at least tell me the results of the booth competition.

All in all, I am very happy about this first volume, it was a bit rocky at the start but I can say I am invested now and I would love more. I would recommend this one to everyone looking for a sweet, motivational, soft manhua.