Did I come to this expecting some good (or at least cute) couple lovey dovey nonsense with fantasy settings? Yes. Was I disappointed? Somewhat. I didn't realise the fantasy setting would become such a prominent feature of this series.Don't get me wrong, the minute I understood "oh, so there is going to be an actual fantasy story and it's not just going to be an excuse to get these boys together?" I said, Ok, cool, I can get behind that. Props when they are due: the story is quite good and the ending battle/monologue/all of that jazz was satisfying. However, that doesn't mean I forgive the romancestopping completely and unfortunately it kinda does. Yeah, we get some little snippets of couple interactions (and they are great 10/10) but I wanted a) some progress in these interactions, some kind of development and b) more frequently please and thank you.

The characters are wonderful, you really learn to root for them and grow to love them. Their designs? Not as much. There were several points throughout my read that I mixed up characters because as much as I love the authour (she seems so cute in those tidbits we are given to read) Sugiura has two default character designs and she uses them quite frequently. There's a point she has to make one of her characters cut his hair so we can distinguish him from another guy, and that ain't great.

As already said, characters really are lovely and their interactions (not even romantic ones, I'm talking friendships, I'm even talking about passing talk with random npcs) delightful. Made me grin like an idiot in some parts by the charm this series oozed.

That's it's best selling point: the charm this story holds.