I read the Indonesian edition that published by Elex Media but since I am lazy to add another edition, I will write the review right here. I think the plot become more interesting. The story feel moving to clear direction. While I love the friendship and the daily life of the character, I feel more interested in their love life.
This is the story of a merry crew of high school boys and the mayhem they get into and cause for one another. And also the girls who love them, like them, and despise them, in no particular order.
I really enjoy this series, which is the only other male-lead shojo I’ve seen besides Hatsu*Haru, though obviously this is not exactly at the level of that series. But it has some great heights if you’re looking for boys being boys.
High school boys are basically useless, speaking from experience, and that will always be the secret sauce that makes this work. This quartet is happy just bouncing off one another doing their thing. They each have a defining characteristic and then their interactions provide the good stuff.
I don’t think any given volume will be fundamentally different, but there’s nothing wrong with that as long as it’s not getting stale and, thus far, that’s definitely not the case.
Tsuyopon is the most dedicated and scholarly of the group, but when his manga deadline looms, it’s the boys to the rescue! Or maybe not so much? There’s a lot of herding cats here, although it turns out cats are easily distracted by racy videos.
Which leads to the others needing remedial classes, but they get done just in time for the beach, in case you were worried. As iffy as I find some of the sentiment in the story, it was a nice touch that Tsutsui wasn’t wearing a bathing suit because no way in hell she’d put herself on display like that, really.
The slow burn between Natsuki and Kobayakawa continues, naturally, and this is the sweet core of the series. He’s too nervous and she’s too shy, so this is naturally taking forever, but it’s charming and I love how everybody (minus Tsutsui) is pulling for them and trying to give them all the space to get there as a couple.
Of course, the dreaded rival rears its head in the form of Mocchi, a guy who’s actually friends with Natsuki. But there’s a lot of conflation here, even if he is definitely making a play, just because it’s equally obvious that Kobayakawa is just being polite. It’s impressive you can tell the difference because Kobayakawa is such a flat character by her nature.
The Matsunaga and Tsutsui… thing… continues, with her acting like a hissing cat and him trying to break down her walls because he just can’t take no for an answer. I would be lying if I didn’t like seeing Tsutsui’s walls come down a little, but as usual I find the notion of fixing her to be super problematic.
Still, it’s a silly fun series that mostly works. Yukirin is the secret best character and I love seeing her interactions with Tsuyopon in general because she’s the energy that he needs to be a bit more caring. She’s such a force at keeping things going just from sheer exuberance.
This is a good cast with a few asterisks and they interact really well together, again, with a few asterisks. I’ve accepted (mostly) that certain parts of this are incredibly old-fashioned, but a lot of what surrounds it is rather good. I’m not upset that there are several more volumes of this to come.
3 stars - like I said, the asterisks are going to keep this sailing along at 3 stars, but the story is often times a cut or two above that and it can be a nice change of pace from the more traditional shojo stories.
Miałem duże trudności z oceną tej mangi, z jednej strony lubię bohaterów, styl i koncepty na każdy rozdział, a z drugiej strony byłem absolutnie wściekły na niektóre z momentów. Mam tu na myśli scenę w której Kei opowiada Natsukiemu jak on wyznałby miłość. Wyznanie to ogranicza się jednak do przypracia dziewczyny do ściany i przymuszenia do wyznania uczuć. Żadne z bohaterów nie potępia w wyraźny sposób tego zachowania. Uważam, że było to niesmaczne, nawet jeśli było to tylko wyobrażenie sytuacji, ale niech każdy podda to ocenie własnego sumienia. Już po pierwszym tomie miałem wątpliwości co do "scen humorystycznych" w jednym z rozdziałów Tomoya z zaskoczenia całuje jedna z bohaterek, która jasno daje do zrozumienia ze tego nie chciała. Uznałem to za wpadkę i jakieś chwilowe zaćmienie autorki, dałem więc drugą szanse. Trzeci tom jednak ją zmarnował i obecnie nie mam chyba ochoty czytać następnych tomików serii. Przykro mi bo "Beztroskie Dni" faktycznie przez większość czasu mi się podobały i były przyjemną serią, która chetnie czytałem w gorsze dni. Nie odradzam jednak nikomu zapoznania się z tą manga, jeśli komuś opisane sceny nie przeszkadzają, będzie się prawdopodobnie świetnie bawił.
I'm so happy we're back to a traditional manga format after a choppy volume 2. There are some really cute moments here, particularly at the beach, some funny (boys sleep over, po-rn, and waking up mom...), some cringe worthy (Natsuki & Spit Girl...although, keeping in mind that it's comedy and likely an extreme enemies-to-lovers trope, it has potential for a lot of character growth for both), and just overall quirky manga teenagers being quirky manga teenagers doing the usual manga teenager tropes. At the core, these boys are sweet and good friends to each other - the girls, too - and it's a cute slice of life/romance/comedy...with whips, fainting, spitting, aloof naivety, and narcissism. (。•̀ᴗ-)✧
Un shojo original dans le fait que les protagonistes soient, non pas des filles, mais des hommes. Les situations dans lesquels nous retrouvons nos héros sont globalement les mêmes que dans un shojo 'classique' mais avoir leur point de vue donnent un regain d'intérêt au titre. C'est divertissant et j'ai passé un bon moment en leur compagnie.
This volume was much better than the previous one. I think I'm more invested in the characters now. In it the boys and girls all go to the beach and have some fun together. They start to get a little bit closer and feel more like friends. I like the slow build to their friendship. Looking forward to the next volume.
Natsuki has a love rival now, so he decides to continue pursuing Anna, even if it’s slowly. We se Keiichi helping a girl when she’s in trouble, it’s a new side of him. I loved the beach scene, they’re all such good friends. Also, Yukirin and Naoe are the cutest, Naoe is shy so he doesn’t express himself very well, except when he’s with Yukirin.