Author: Karuho Shiina
Volumes: 9 (Ongoing)
Released: 25th May 2006
Genre: Romantic Comedy
The Plot
The story of Kimi no Todoke centres around the socially awkward Kuronuma Sawako, a socially awkward girl whose resemblance to the horror character Sadako causes her classmates to fear her and believe she can perform various supernatural feats such as cursing people. Enter Shota Kazehaya a boy whose open and kind nature is the target of Sawako's admiration and she is even more shocked when he talks to her regularly, soon enough Kazehaya's kind nature and encouragement helps Sawako to gather her courage and start to open up to her classmates.
What's Good
Although Kazehaya encourages Sawako to try harder to make herself understood to her classmates he never asks her to be anything other than herself an interesting change to other romance stories where they seek to eliminate defect's but this fact is never over emphasised and its nice to see that it makes no difference either way when it comes to this manga. The fear caused by Sawako is often played for laughs and is sometimes genuinely funny when compared to some comedy in manga and anime which isn't quite as amusing as portrayed in some cases.
What's bad
The typical 'will they wont they' cliché between Sawako and Kazehaya can be seen as a bit tiresome for people who don't enjoy that sort of thing, especially since both characters quite obviously like each other but seem unaware of it. The manga's idealistic attitude may also be a point of scorn for some people, as most characters are nice enough in they're own way (apart from a few exceptions) meaning that this manga can be a bit idealistic.
Conclusion
Kimi ni Todoke is a sweet manga with an entertaining story and interesting characters, although it doesn't stand out compared to other series but it is certainly a good series in its own way and is well worth a look.
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