Ren'ai mangaka

I approached this series with no expectations. With such a cheesy title, what could it possibly give me? Even the plot is corny. In fact, everything that happened was corny, but it was really great, fun, with great energy. Yoshioka and Suzuki had divine chemistry between them, great dialogue, and they faced all the clichéd obstacles together beautifully, overcoming them in a non-clichéd way that made my heart leap. Basically, I feel like the writer of the source material, or the screenwriter, took every possible cliché he knew and threw it at the characters' feet. The characters may have stumbled, but then they continued on as people and not just clichés. I enjoyed them immensely, looked forward to them every week, like I was in cliché heaven without the unpleasant aftertaste that clichés can leave. I know, I keep repeating myself, cliché cliché cliché, but I'm just an excited fangirl about it. A great story about building relationships between a girl who attracts bad guys, a mangaka who's always locked up at home, a boy who lost his father, and the world around them. Aside from the romance, we get comedy and drama and most importantly, a bit of self-reflection toward the genre – without even a stroke of fan service! The beginning of the last episode was particularly great in this regard. For me, it was the highlight of the spring season (although Ichikei no karasu is also pretty good). (29/06/2021)