3.5 Stars

This story was just, okay to me. Not good and not bad either.
I really liked the premise enough and I like Miss Kawakami's writing style, but the story and the characters kinda fell flat for me as I kept on reading.

I saw other reviewers describe every chapter as feeling like an episode of a TV show and I think that's the perfect way to describe it. I just don't think that formula worked for me personally as the repetitive nature and lack of development from the characters fell flat for me.

Spoiler

Hitomi's conflicts with Takeo were especially a chore to get through, like girl...please.

But I would love to continue reading more from this author and will probably pick up Strange Weather in Tokyo next!