Love, That's an Understatement Manga Reviews

Nicky Wirefly

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Dec 27, 2024 (PST) | Total Reviews: 1

Story is cute as, favourite style too.

Absolutely love the way this is done. Delinquents it's a classic trope for a reason, right? Done in an adorable manner, with sweet and comedic interactions. An enjoyable read for sure. Can't more heh.

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Elizabeth Elton

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May 20, 2024 (PST) | Total Reviews: 2

Love this one!

Since the other review gave this a 2 (which, no hate, everyone is entitled to their own opinion), I wanted to give a different perspective.

I absolutely love this manga. I'd been reading it on another site for a while and I love how the FL and ML are so different but just fit each other like puzzle pieces at the same time. For me, it had more depth than other manga I've read with clear character development and interesting perspectives. Of course, there are all the usual shoujo tropes, but I'm sucker for that. So, if you want higher caliber shoujo characters and are good with all the usual tropes and cliches, then I think you'll love this one!

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Jul 22, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

止められない！

unstoppable!

どっぷりと沼っちゃいました。この愛はもう止められません！登場人物全て魅力的。心情の描写も最高です！早く続きが読みたい！

It was completely swampy. I can't stop this love anymore! All characters are charming. The depiction of feelings is also amazing! I want to read more soon!

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Jul 12, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

ひかえめに言って、すごく好き

Say it to Hikaame, I really like it

人に頼れないヒロインが少しずつ、心を開いていく。ヒロインもめっちゃかわいいし、ヒーローもすごくカッコいい！なにより、すごく絵が好き。きれいな絵で吸い込まれていく。早く続きが読みたい。

Little by little, the heroine, who can't rely on others, opens her heart. The heroine is so cute, and so are the heroes! Above all, I really like pictures. I'm drawn in by the beautiful picture. I want to read more soon.

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Jul 06, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

えーんかわいい

Eh cute

私自身変態過ぎてTLしか読めないのにこれは読めたああああああ愛を感じてきゅんきゅんするううううううう

I myself am so perverted that I can only read TL, but I was able to read this ah ah ah I feel love and I'm going to whoa whoa whoa

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Jun 25, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

最高です！

It's awesome!

アラフォーですが、禅くんカッコ良すぎてメロメロです❤️漫画は買わずに借りて読んで終わるのですが、今回はハマりすぎて大人買いしてしまいました。登場人物みんな目の保養になります♡大人になった後の2人の話とかもずっと描き続けてほしい🥺

It's Alafo, but Zen-kun is so cool that I'm so smitten ❤️ I borrowed comics and finished reading them, but this time I'm so addicted to them that I bought them as an adult. All the characters are a feast for the eyes ♡ I want them to keep drawing stories about the two after they become adults 🥺

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Jun 18, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

なんて清々しい二人

What a refreshing couple

This review contains spoilers. 何事にもまっすぐだけど人に頼ることが苦手なリサと、周りの人みんなを助けてしまうあったかい心を持った「不良」の禅のお話。禅がリサを称して「武士みたいだ」というのは、本当にその通りなくらい、男前な心意気の女の子が主人公なので、読んでて気持ち良い。禅も「不良」と言いつつ、人のために喧嘩するだけで基本めちゃくちゃご近所さんにも愛されるめっちゃいい子じゃないか。二人に共通するのは義理人情に厚いところかなと思います。という訳で舞台は現代ですが、なんか江戸っ子同士の恋愛みたいな、清々しく、ほっこりあったまる素敵な恋愛が展開されている訳です。ただ今後、リサの受験勉強が本格的になった時に二人の関係がどうなるのか。リサが本当に優先順位をつけられるのか、それに禅がどう行動するのか（彼自身の進路も？）、困難はありそう。

This review contains spoilers. A story about Lisa, who is straightforward about everything but isn't good at relying on people, and “bad” Zen, who has a warm heart that helps everyone around her. When Zen calls Lisa “like a samurai,” the main character is a girl with a handsome spirit, who is really true, so it feels good to read. While saying that Zen is also “bad,” isn't she a really nice kid who is basically insanely loved by her neighbors just by fighting for others? I think what they both have in common is their strong sense of duty. That's why the stage is in the present day, but a wonderful, refreshing, and warm romance, like a love between Edo children, is unfolding. However, what will happen to the relationship between the two in the future when Lisa starts studying for the entrance exam in earnest? Can Lisa really set priorities, and how will Zen act on it (his own career path too?) There seem to be difficulties.

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Jun 15, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

キャラクター皆かわいいです

All the characters are cute

学生時代は遠くなりましたが、楽しめる作品です。こんなストレートな愛情表現する人いないよー。と羨ましく思いながら読んでいます。

My school days are far away, but it's a work I can enjoy. No one can express love in such a straight line. I'm reading it while feeling envious.

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Jun 15, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

ずっと読んでいる大好きな作品♡

A favorite work I've been reading for a long time ♡

This review contains spoilers. 待ちに待った９巻の発売、すごく嬉しいです。作者様、ありがとうございます。禅の優しさ、思いやり、愛が深くて、理沙は本当に幸せだなって思う。勉強ができて優しい理沙、だけど恋には不器用でなかなか素直になれなくて、そんな理沙を変えてくれたのが禅。毎巻、感動のエピソードがあります。９巻では、猫のカオスちゃんのことで、禅が理沙を素直にさせるエピソードが、すごくすごく愛しくて微笑ましかった。本当に、読みながら愛しくてたまらない気持ちになります。カオスも、最終的に禅のお家に来れて良かった♡♡♡これからもカオスは理沙と離れずにいられるし、禅の一家と過ごせて、幸せだね。くまちゃんと冬慈くんも恋が始まるのかな♡読みながら心がほわほわしちゃいました。10巻の発売を心待ちにしています。

This review contains spoilers. I'm so happy that the 9 volumes I've been waiting for have been released. Thank you, author. Zen's kindness, compassion, and love are deep, and I think Risa is really happy. Risa was able to study and was kind, but she was clumsy in love and couldn't easily be honest, and Zen changed Risa. There are moving episodes in every volume. In volume 9, the episode where Zen makes Risa honest about the cat Chaos-chan was so, so adorable and made me smile. It really makes me feel loved and unbearably loved while reading it. I'm glad Chaos finally came to Zen's house ♡♡♡ Chaos will continue to stay with Risa, and I'm happy to be able to spend time with the Zen family. I wonder if Kuma-chan and Fuyuji-kun will start their love too ♡ I felt a sense of relief while reading it. I'm looking forward to the release of 10 volumes.

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Jun 14, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

禅君かっこいい

Zen-kun is cool

This review contains spoilers. 恋わずらいのエリーが好きで、こちらも連載当初から楽しく読んでます。禅君が寺生まれだからか人間力が高くて、少女漫画のヒーローとしては別格と言ってもいいくらいかっこいいです。リサちゃんの失敗を笑い飛ばしてあげるくだりは、理想の上司のようだったし、リサちゃんが禅家に宿泊した時にベッドで話を聞いてあげるシーンは子供を寝かしつけるようで、将来いい親になるだろうなあと想像してしまいました。最新9巻もそうですけど、いつもリサちゃんの話をよく聞いてあげて、ちゃんと言葉にさせて本人に気付かせる、すごく器が大きくて素敵だなあと思いました。将来はお家を継ぐのかな、人生相談にのってくれる人気の住職になりそう。リサちゃんは父と同じ道を目指してるのかな。早く世帯を持った2人が見たいです。

This review contains spoilers. I like Ellie in Love, and I've enjoyed reading this one since the beginning of the series. Zen-kun has high human strength, probably because he was born in a temple, and he's so cool that he can be said to be an exceptional hero in girls' comics. Laughing off Lisa's mistakes seemed like an ideal boss, and the scene where Lisa listens to her in bed when she stayed at a Zen house seemed to put the child to sleep, and I imagined that they would be a good parent in the future. As is the case with the latest 9 volumes, I always listen carefully to Lisa's stories, make them put into proper words, make the person notice, and I thought it was so big and wonderful. I wonder if he will inherit the house in the future, and it seems that he will become a popular chief priest who will provide life counseling. I wonder if Lisa is aiming for the same path as her father. I want to see the two people who have a household soon.

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Jun 12, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

禅がかっこいい

Zen is cool

This review contains spoilers. リサもかっこいいし、お互いが尊重しあっていて良い関係だと思った。よくあるヤンキーと優等生の物語だよな…？と思いつつ、また違った面白さがあるし、まわりも触発されて良い方向に進んでる！カオスかわいい。あと、9巻の、不合格者第一号だなって奴みて、ほんわか幸せだった気持ちが一気に沈んだ！そういうこと言うやつほど落ちるんだよ！と、ブーメラン発言だけど、そう言い返したくなっちゃう。やな感じ。

This review contains spoilers. Lisa is cool too, and I thought it was a good relationship because they both respected each other. It's a common Yankee and Honor Student story...? While thinking about it, it has a different kind of fun, and my surroundings are also inspired and moving in a good direction! Chaos is cute. Also, I watched Volume 9, The Man Who Failed the First Person, and the feeling of being so warm and happy sank all at once! The more people who say that, the more they fall off! It's a boomerang statement, but it makes me want to say it back. that's a bad feeling.

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Jun 11, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

リサになりたい

I want to be Lisa

はぁぁぁぁ。禅がイケすぎてる。禅だけじゃなく登場人物みんな良い！！ほんとうに大好きな作品12月？待てない待てない。とにかくリサになりたい笑

huh huh. Zen is too cool. Not only Zen, but all the characters are good!! Do you really love your favorite work December? I can't wait, I can't wait. I just want to be Lisa lol

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May 31, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

禅リサ最高！

Zen Lisa is awesome!

ふたりともとにかく魅力的。とくにリサのキャラがたいへん好ましくって、作者さんよくぞこんなヒロインを描いてくれたなぁって感慨深い。禅も優しくて懐広くてかっこいいんだけど、この物語の核はやっぱりリサ。武士とか漢気とか言われる強さや勇ましさは彼女がもつ元来のものでそこがおもしろいし魅力でもあったわけだけど、禅と出会って初めてのいろんな気持ちを自覚していく毎に恋する女の子の可愛らしさや柔らかさ、そして何より禅に対する欲もでてきてますますいい感じ。ほんとかわいい。そりゃあふーみんも惚れるわ。まあでも禅リサのふたりは揺るがないと思うし、ふーみんには悪いけどそこらへんは早めに決着してもらって、はやくふたりのその先がみたいなあと。続きが楽しみです。

Both of them are simply charming. I especially liked Lisa's character, and I'm deeply moved that the author often drew such a heroine. Zen is also kind, friendly, and cool, but the core of this story is Lisa. The strength and bravery of being called a samurai or Kanki was her original, and that was interesting and appealing, but every time she became aware of her various feelings for the first time after meeting Zen, the cuteness and softness of the girl she fell in love with, and above all, the desire for Zen came out, and it felt even better. It's really cute. well, fumin will fall in love too. Well, I think the two of Zen Lisa are unshakable, and although it's bad for Fumin, they settled things early, and I can't wait to see where they go. I'm looking forward to the continuation.

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May 04, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

禅がとにかくかっこいい！

Zen is just so cool!

This review contains spoilers. 主人公リサが勉強頑張る自立したかっこいい高校生でそこがまず好印象。そしてそんなリサだから禅が惚れるんだろうな、と納得感しかありません。禅がとにかくかっこいい。キュンキュンします。もはや禅に恋してしまう。久しぶりに少女漫画読みましたが、ここまでハマるとは！ひかえめに言っても、これは過去イチの漫画です。

This review contains spoilers. The main character, Lisa, is an independent, cool high school student who works hard at studying, and that makes a good impression. And I have nothing but a sense of satisfaction that Zen would fall in love with Lisa. Zen is just so cool. It makes me cringe. I'm already falling in love with Zen. I haven't read shoujo manga in a long time, and I'm addicted to it! To put it bluntly, this is the best comic in the past.

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May 03, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

どんどん可愛くなっていく

It's getting cuter and cuter

誰かに素直に甘えたり、頼ったりできない、そもそもその仕方が分からない。分かる！！！！！と共感しながら読んでいて、禅の真っ直ぐな言葉や行動、やり取りを通して、どんどん素直で、ますます可愛い女の子になっていくリサが愛しくてたまりません。リサからスキンシップしたくなって、禅との距離が縮まって、ますます今後が楽しみです！

I can't honestly spoil or rely on someone, and I don't know how to do that in the first place. Understood!!!! I love Lisa, who is reading it while sympathizing with, and is becoming an increasingly honest and increasingly cute girl through Zen's straight words, actions, and exchanges. Lisa has made me want to skinship, my distance with Zen has shrunk, and I'm looking forward to the future even more!

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Apr 22, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

ハマった

Addicted

大好きなマンガです。キュンキュンしたり、笑えたり。恋愛マンガ好きには絶対読んでほしいマンガのひとつです。

This is my favorite manga. It makes me cringe and laugh. If you like romance manga, this is one of the comics I definitely want you to read.

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Apr 12, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

ひかえめに言っても、これは神

To put it bluntly, this is God

This review contains spoilers. ふーみんの人間味溢れる回でものすごく最高でした。禅の嫉妬とふーみんの張り合いたい気持ちとがどちらも理解出来てものすごく面白くドキドキです。もう最高です。りさがいい女の子すぎて好きになるわけが分かりますね。

This review contains spoilers. It was an episode full of Fumin's humanity, and it was absolutely amazing. Being able to understand both Zen's jealousy and Fumin's desire to compete is extremely interesting and exciting. It's already awesome. You can see why Risa is such a nice girl that she falls in love with her.

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Apr 04, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

1巻からずーっと★5なんだけど、

It's been ★ 5 since volume 1,

ここ8巻にきて、長く続いてるからか最初の頃のテーマがぼんやりしてくる。禅リサの『2人は絶対に味方』これが軸だと思うけど。ふーみんがメインになるとリサの男前な感じが際立つ変わりに禅が薄くて…。8巻まさか禅が受験生リサに遠慮する流れかなと心配したけど、『うっし！』と気合い入れてくれて良かったよ～！

I've come to volume 8 now, and the theme from the beginning is blurry, probably because it's been going on for a long time. I think “Two Are Absolutely Allies” by Lisa Zen is the axis. When Fumin became the main character, Lisa's handsome feeling stood out, and Zen was weak... I was worried that volume 8 would be a trend where Zen would refrain from taking the exam student Lisa, but “Wow!” I'm glad they got excited!

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Mar 30, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

1番

number 1

今までは違う漫画が1番だったけど、この作品を読んで登場人物のキャラクターも内容も大好き好きで好きな漫画No.　1になりました。

Until now, the different comics were number one, but after reading this work, I loved the characters and the content, and it became my favorite manga No. 1.

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Mar 19, 2026 (PST) | Translate to English

お互い大好きって感じ

I feel like we love each other

ヒロインのこと本当に大好きなんだな〜ってわかるめっちゃいい溺愛クサいセリフないし、ヒーローのセリフにめっちゃキュンキュン来る。すれ違いシーンもちゃんとお互いを追いかけて、絶対諦めない。話が進むごとにお互い成長してるし、なによりヒロインがミーハーじゃなくて最高！！

There aren't any really good doting lines that make you understand that I really love the heroine, and I get so excited about the hero's lines. They chase each other properly even in passing scenes, and they never give up. As the story progresses, they both grow, and above all, the heroine isn't Meeher, it's awesome!!

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