Tokyo Boys & Girls, Volume 1 Book

Slice of life and romantic drama shoujo manga typically isn't my thing. However, this popped up in my suggestions on here and on a whim I purchased a copy, because I vaguely remembered having thumbed through volume 1 in high school when at a friend's house and raiding her manga shelf.

I will say I really like the art style here; it's not what I'm used to in manga or anime and it's a refreshing change of pace in that regard. The story...eh, I could take it or leave it. It definitely sets up for a super-angsty teen romantic drama, with aspects of slice of life on the side. At present, many of the characters feel slightly one-dimensional: they seem to be defined by one or two mentioned character traits, and it doesn't feel like those get expanded upon as the story progresses throughout the volume. Granted, it is just the first volume, so perhaps more depth and personality to everyone is shown throughout the series as a whole?

I'm not sure what else could be said without directly giving spoilers as to the events in this volume. So I will leave it at, if you don't care for teenaged romantic drama, then skip this one. If that's right up your alley, then I think volume one here is at least worth a read.

Will I continue with the rest of the series? At present I'm leaning towards "no". It's not that I'm not intrigued to see what happens, but based on ratings and reviews for the later volumes that I've seen [both on here and on Amazon], it looks like the series doesn't wrap up well and has a lot of issues. :/