Review of 'How Do I Turn My Best Friend into My Girlfriend? Vol. 1' on 'Storygraph'
3 stars
Chapter 1 was great! Them being so casually and sweetly close, typical CGDCT-besties, a moe couplet!
But then … one of them starts to feel more than platonic love, and suddenly realizes how couple-like their relationship is, making it difficult to catch a break from blushing and heart-racing!
It's cute to an extent, but I guess not so much my target group anymore. Especially when the other person in the relationship is completely dense! (Although I do think that Yuzu knows more than she shows.) While the other one is constantly gasping for air, not trying to be a tomato all the time.
It doesn't help that she treats this like a math exam, reading books on how to date and love, making plans with her friends, as if this is a criminal case that the police has asked her to solve. I know this is not a new trope, …
But then … one of them starts to feel more than platonic love, and suddenly realizes how couple-like their relationship is, making it difficult to catch a break from blushing and heart-racing!
It's cute to an extent, but I guess not so much my target group anymore. Especially when the other person in the relationship is completely dense! (Although I do think that Yuzu knows more than she shows.) While the other one is constantly gasping for air, not trying to be a tomato all the time.
It doesn't help that she treats this like a math exam, reading books on how to date and love, making plans with her friends, as if this is a criminal case that the police has asked her to solve. I know this is not a new trope, I've read it a hundred times in fact, but because of this, and the fact that I've been through this time waste myself, makes it so frustrating!! Having a 'ba-dump' plus a blush on every page, also spikes up my anxiety …
The lines between a thriller and an angsty romance are quite blurry, if you ask me …
I will still continue to read this because I want to see how they end up together (although I'm sure it'll be very cliché), and because I'm curious about Kosame x Tsubasa.
-24.02.25