While it may not be up to everyone's tastes I think what makes this manga so incredible is that it is insanely straightforward and when it comes down to it the story is just your natural old romance with no stupid sub plots, no fanservice (kinda) and I find it don't drag anything out like for example characters getting into arguments which get resolved very maturely and quickly. Or confessions which get handled really well and characters who initially start of weak or closed off who with time with the guidance of the ones they love develop massively into better people. Its honestly the most wholesomeromance not just exclusive to the GL genre I've ever read or I suppose in some better sense its one of the most mature manga I've read.

For my own personal taste what I loved is that the first major half of the manga leading up to Nagi and Mashiro's confession was almost exclusively focused on them. I mean like the side characters quite literally got hardly any moments, the only real moments they do get serves to push Nagi and Mashiro in the correct direction. The second half I didn't like as much since the sudden jump away from the main couple to focusing on the 4 side characters kinda threw me off (Or 3 since the teacher don't get too many moments), I think it was written well and they're all unique in their own regard but me personally I would have preferred if the whole manga kept that focus on Nagi and Mashiro. Which I mean even in the second half they do get a lot of moments and chapters together but that's just my own selfish wants it don't take away from how amazing the series was at all.

My main takeaway of course is the development of the main characters Nagi and Mashiro, the other girls are great in their own regards too but particularly Nagi and Mashiro are the better written pair imo. Their development felt so natural and was just a treat to see how Nagi broke out of her shell and came to appreciate school for something outside of just the need to study and how Mashiro could face her weak constitution through Nagi and come to live a normal schoolgirl life. The deep-rooted issues they had within them just gradually went away as they spent more time together and learned more about eachother and love.

And their was over half the manga left to show them dating, of course thats when the side cast took more of the spotlight but Nagi and Mashiro had plenty of chapters to show their relationship plus their devotion to eachother was really special amongst all the couples in the show considering they'd from time to time say how they probably couldn't live without eachother.

Rambling aside my main praise is that its just a natural romantic story with no real silly dumb troupes or overextending any drama. Everything gets handled at a great pace and its just a really fluffy read. My only real complaint is that it wasn't longer but there's not much you can do about that.

A really good read if you want a break from any romance's with over the top or extremely dragged out confessions. Its just a wholesome and fluffy story of love and maturing as a person