Bye-bye Liberty · review
9
/10
This wasn't a masterpiece but I really, really enjoyed this manga. The mangaka took many classic shoujo tropes and gently, playfully inverted them. The heroine was pretty atypical, having no interest in love but also struggling with this aspect of herself. Her objections to love were valid ones and I really felt like the evolution of her feelings was so realistic. I adored the pacing - there was no insta-love but rather the main couple begins by disliking each other, and this is handled very well - their arguing doesn't feel forced for the sake of a trope. From there, their friendship develops verynaturally.