I think this series is really quite good, although it is extremely normal, maybe to a fault. It is something I had been looking for for a while, a romance story about adults set in an adult world. They’re not spending a year building up the courage to kiss for the first time lol. Hell, they might even have sex and treat it like a normal thing that adults in relationships do. And that in itself is refreshing, since almost everything I’ve seen up to this point has been set in high school and very juvenile. The main characters are total normies lol. He’s an accountant wholikes baseball (but not so much that it’s weird), and she is in a planning department and likes… Cute stuffed animals I guess? They are just super normal, average people. They are decent and likable though. She is a little bit tsundere and he can be slightly oppositional, but neither of those traits is very exaggerated.

I think their relationship is generally very healthy. They communicate fairly well and there isn’t a lot of pointless, frustrating drama, which I really appreciate. I find it annoying when the conflict in the story seems really unnecessary and easily preventable, and thankfully this one doesn’t lean on that much. They still have some issues to work out of course, but it is mostly just normal relationship stuff, and they handle it like mature adults who genuinely care about each other. I think that is the biggest strength of the series.

As for the biggest weakness, I’m still reading it now but I honestly think it has become a bit boring. Their relationship was more in focus and more interesting towards the beginning, when it was this new thing for them that they were still figuring out how to do. But a few dozen chapters in, they are pretty settled into the relationship, and it is stable and comfortable. There are long stretches where there are no significant developments, or even any tender moments between them. And once there isn’t much interesting stuff going on with them, the focus shifts more to their work. The issue with that is, they just work normal office jobs that they are not particularly passionate about. They want to do a good job because it is their job, but it’s not like they are living out their childhood dreams or have some deeply meaningful personal goals or anything. And I personally don’t find corporate life very interesting for its own sake, but maybe that’s just me.

I think the foundation for the series is rock solid, it’s just missing some element to make it pop. The attempted gimmick is that their relationship is technically a secret at work, which they decided to do to prevent any workplace gossip or drama. But honestly, that ends up being so little of a factor in the story that it barely even matters at all. For long periods of time you could forget that it is even a secret because it just doesn’t come up. There’s very little drama or intrigue generated by their “secret“. And even if it wasn’t a secret, it would probably barely change the way they interact at work, because obviously they would still have to maintain professionalism even if people knew they were dating.

So overall I think the series is very normal, mature and comfortable. Not a lot of weirdness, drama or bullshit. There are some great heartwarming moments, but mostly towards the beginning. As the story goes on and their relationship stabilizes, there just isn’t as much of that going on anymore. I think it is really good for what it is, and if it sounds like what you’re looking for then you will love it.