In Japanese pop culture romance stories the trope of a famous love interest seems to be very popular. Even if you go back to early visual novels you will often see an actress/idol or some other form of celebrity being one of the potential options. Whether this is just to add some flavour to the character or if it is a way to make the main character feel like they are important in some way I don't know, but what I can tell you is that recently I have been seeing it pop up more often in romance manga. This series being no exception. Wefollow Ichiji Takuya, a hard working highschool boy, and Saegusa Shion, a former idol who is in the same class as Takuya. The story focuses on how their relationship develops, first as friends and later (likely) as a couple. The manga tries to differentiate itself from its peers by using certain tropes and character quirks but this sadly falls pretty flat due to the lacking execution. The characterisation of Shion is a bit hit or miss. Her awkward quirks are inconsistent and over the top in a way that is not endearing but rather a bit jarring. There is not a baseline for these moments to build on, when she is being quirky that is just her for the reader, we don't get to see what it is supposed to be a contrast to, or atleast not in a way that is convincing. The childhood friend character and the other girl in the friend group are given even less room to develop. There is no romantic tension, no stakes, no atmosphere and no real reason to get invested in the characters. I also think that the art is a bit lackluster. The character designs are simplistic and tend to be a bit inconsistent. The backdrops are also uninteresting and simplistic. Basically, this manga simply lacks an identity and is fuly replaceable by any other story with a similar concept that has a bit more care and thought put into it. Even though this manga is not really bad in anyway, it is consistently below average in the most forgettable way you could imagine.