Hoshi to Kuzu is a short, four volume shoujo high school romance manga with likable characters, little drama, and a happy ending. If you want more than that, you're in the wrong place. But if that is the itch you are looking to scratch, then you've come to the right place. The heroine here is a poor-but-driven (mostly driven to make money) girl who encounters love for the first time when she starts falling for a popular (but seemingly shallow... or is he really?) boy. They find themselves as vice president and president, respectively, of the student council... and if you don't see where thisis going, you haven't read enough shoujo manga.

Is it horribly original? Heavens no. Is it jam-packed with action, comedy, or telenovela-style "my lover is actually my long-lost brother who murdered my beloved first husband, but not really because the husband actually isn't dead at all but living with my half-sister in Buenos Aires" drama? Not on your life.

It is full, however, of fun likable characters who meet, get into some minor antics, and fall in love with each other, eventually culminating in some hand-holding and (spoiler alert!) first-name calling action.

You've been warned.