The authors best work and 100% should be rated higher. It’s a nice slice of life where two friends mutually agree that if they’re single by next year at the end of summer, they’ll start dating. The manga basically slowly shows them falling for each other the more they try doing stuff people do in relationships eg. Hand holding, kissing etc. it’s really nice and such a breath of fresh air from the usual friends to lovers troupe. It also takes a steer more towards a realistic type of story opposed to the usual blonde twink x nonchalant black haired dude. It feels more real and I like how you can tell they’re close friends without them shoving it in your face. Although of course I would’ve preferred if it was shounen ai, I get what the author was trying to do and I respect it. Although I want to get this manga in Japanese for myself I am 100% ripping out all the yaoi pages, important to the story or not.
Kagakubu no Megane