Name: k's review of Yugami-kun ni wa Tomodachi ga Inai by Jun Sakura
Item: Yugami-kun ni wa Tomodachi ga Inai
Rating: 5
Author: k

Jun Sakura

A transfer student at her new high school, Chihiro Watanuki is helped out by a student while finding a place to park her bicycle. After her class introduction concludes, she finds out that her seat is right next to the boy who helped her earlier that day. Her classmates inform her that he is Yuji Yugami, the ace of the Baseball Club. However, they also advise her to stay away from him, as he is known to be a bonafide weirdo and his actions are incomprehensible to most people. Unconvinced, she attempts to interact with him, quickly realizing that he is nothing but a pain to talk to and that the rumors were indeed true.
Shortly afterward, Chihiro gets entangled in a sticky situation with the third-years, but Yuji once again comes to her rescue, albeit for his own self-righteous reasons. Convinced that there is more to him than meets the eye, she is determined to treat him without bias and to live a normal high school life surrounded by friends.

Yugami-kun has No Friends

Yugami-kun ni wa Tomodachi ga Inai

Oh my god they were right. Best ending of all time. As someone who hates when shoujo characters fall deeply in love with the male/female lead aft 5 chapters & would die for them (Like ok romeo U met her last week you are NOT in love) blah blah blah this was so deeply refreshing. My favourite kind of romance is when it's subtle & implied, but never really made a real Thing. i think that's part of why yugami kun does it for me - the way we see their relationship grow not through over the top confessions or tropey stunts but through real development really gets me. really mirrors real friendships/relationships in how you can't pinpoint a time and place you warmed up to this person, or when you crossed the line of stranger to acquaintance to friend to maybe even lover. also really liked how the mangaka widened both yugami and chihiro's inner worlds so they weren't solely focused on each other like even though it was obvious chihiro cared for him he wasn't her whole life & soul. yugami has rakugo. baseball, kadota, his family. chihiro has the handicrafts club, her friendship worries & troubles. you grow fond of these characters not because they're in love but because slowly as the manga progresses you fall a little bit in love with them. Thank u yugami for teaching me about attention resources. Thank you for the stellar last chapter i'm not giving up on the yugami's in love with chihiro but wants heiraku to spell it out to her for him agenda. may they live every day just as they are, and in yugami's words, Never Change. 

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