Review based on entire series

Following her move to a new school, Komugi discovers a strange secret which places her firmly in the sights of the popular boys in her class. Due to being isolated in her previous school, Komugi hates the idea of drawing the wrong kind of attention to herself, but now she has no choice. The class idols, Ookami, Fushimi, Aoshi, and Senri, make a point of being involved in her daily life so they can keep their secret safe. 

As the story develops Komugi finds herself developing feelings for Ookami, and Fushimi notices. He doesn’t trust Komugi, so repeatedly tries to intimidate her in order to stop her from falling in love with Ookami. I didn't like his attitude at first, but it’s hard to be angry with him because he’s doing it to protect his friend. In the end, however, his threats mean very little as Ookami rejects Komugi wanting to remain friends only. 

This affects Komugi greatly, and strangely she finds comfort in the one place she never expected, Fushimi, who has slowly begun to fall for her. This time, it is Ookami who notices the relationship building between his friend and the girl of his affection, and it forces him to face his true feelings. But having been unable to cope with her emotions, thanks to Fushimi and Yata-sensei, Komugi runs home to her mother in Tokyo. The only good thing about this is that her absence finally pushes Ookami to do what he should have done to begin with. It gave me the feels. 

But Yata sensei has something to say about that, and sends Komugi and Ookami’s relationship into an unnecessary tailspin. -grumbles-

All in all, I really enjoyed this manga. It was light-hearted and sweet, with a charming little love-triangle thrown in to spice things up. It expresses the conflicting emotions experienced by teenagers as they go through their daily school lives, and fall in love. The artwork was beautiful, the story flowed easily, and the characters were all lovable.

This gets compared to Fruits Basket but as I have never read it (I tried ut couldn't get into it) I just like it for what it is.

It's cute.

3.8

(read 8/13)

The ones I'm interested in:

• The Attack on Titan stuff (Vertical's going to be putting out another novel?)
• Cells at Work! - This one could get old fast, but I like the idea of a manga starring anthropomorphized cells dealing with bacteria, viruses, and more.
• Welcome to the Ballroom - A shonen battle manga featuring ballroom dancing.

The iffy ones:

• The Prince in His Dark Days - I love the cover art, but the premise makes me wary. A poor girl whose father is a drunk and who makes ends meet by conning perverts out of their money meets a rich boy who looks exactly like her. She agrees to live his public life for him.
• That Wolf-Boy Is Mine! - The cover is pretty but generic, and the premise sounds blah. This one caught my eye because of the "in the vein of Fruits Basket" bit, so I'd like to at least keep an eye out for reviews from my favorite manga bloggers.

While reading that, I stumbled across news that Vertical will be trying out something new: light novel audiobooks. They're starting with Kizumonogatari (read by Erik Kimerer, Keith Silverstein, and Cristina Vee) and Attack on Titan: The Harsh Mistress of the City (read by Keith Silverstein and Erica Lindbeck). I'm adopting a "wait and see" attitude. I'm unfamiliar with the narrators, and Keith Silverstein was the only one who came up in my Audible searches.