Doing His Best to Confess, Vol. 01 Review

Natsuaki-kun is aloof, handsome, and popular with the ladies...except to his friends, who know his aloofness is because he's shy and always in his own thoughts. Thoughts always occupied by his oddball classmate, Nashida-san...but try as he might, Natsuaki-kun can't ever seem to get up the courage to confess. Can he find a way to tell her how he feels?!

Review

An e-arc of the book has been provided by the publisher, Kodansha Comics, in exchange for an honest review.

More than anything, the manga projected an extremely funny and adorable atmosphere with a strong emphasis on being a completely comical read.

What makes this manga enjoyably funny is how dense all the characters are. I cannot even comprehend how weirdly stupid they are. It wouldn’t be right to equate such airheaded personality for their age—taking into consideration how all of them are an absolute birdbrain. It didn’t feel peculiar at all how their personalities are. Consequentially, I believe that it gave a strong character for the book itself.

I wasn’t the strongest fan of the art style. It has a weird combination of your circular fluffy shoujo manga drawing with sharp contrast on other aspects that didn’t personally sit right with me. The easier way to say it is that it was a considerable combination of a classic shoujo and yaoi style with sharp features that is laced with a mixture of a more modern airy drawing style.

Overall, I had a good laugh with this manga and I think that it served its purpose in the Com aspect of RomCom. It was a wee bit weak for me in the Rom area but I have an inkling that it will propel itself on the subsequent volumes to come.

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