Was a very interesting story and I loved the art.. the main character was very relatable. I liked it more then the film

Seto Utsumi is a solid three stars and it's great they are making a series of it - I can see how this would work with live action actors. Seto Utsumi is about two guys, Seto and Utsumi that are friends, but mostly they just hangout after school. They sit and talk and the manga contains their conversations and there's no real plot. The series is slice of life and the guys are so normal! It's amazing and makes this very interesting and oddly so, different. Konomoto actually dives inside the heads of the guys and both Seto and Utsumi seem so real and understandable. Even when they're not, since that's what being a teenager is about. It's awesome. The lack of direction is both good and bad, since the manga would've needed some red thread to keep it together better. It would be better if it moved chronologically, since it's hard to follow the conversations now. Konomoto uses time (as in the story moves forward), but it's mixed, so that hinders the whole thing.

The art is great and very seinen like, even though this is shounen or that's how I at least interpreted this. Konomoto's line art is precise and powerful making this look very neat and easy to follow art-wise. Both of the guys have lots of facial expressions, which is great and very much needed. There's an interesting atmosphere in the manga too and all these little things make Seto Utsumi very "ready". I just wish the structure would've been clearer, since then this could be four stars easily. I probably need to check the show too!

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

Well, this was quite boring. Yep, I finished it all as, for some reason or another, I just couldn't stop reading. This book contains 7 (plus one, so 8) chapters, and most of the story is this. Two guys, Seto and Utsumi, meet up after school (or during vacation) and talk. Maybe play some badminton once (who plays badminton near a waterway?), but generally talk, talk, talk, talk, and more talking.

And they talk about all sorts of things. From the scary spider that Seto hates, to the girl, Ichigo, Seto loves, to Utsumi's face and how he always looks like he knows everything (which he probably does), to school stuff and bullies, to how to tie a tie (which was by far the most boring chapter).

It was quite fun to see these two get closer with every talk they had, discovering more things about each other, helping Seto with his romance.

The last chapter (with unreleased material) tells us how these two met. It was quite bland as well. :P Utsumi was just spending some time, sat on some steps. Watched Seto (still in football team) run by, and then later sit next to him. And thus began with their talking and talking and talking.

The art was what kept me reading this manga. It was just too good. So many details, the lines were sharp, facial expressions were fun(ny), backgrounds where gorgeous and detailed. I loved it.

But all in all, wouldn't recommend. Unless you really like to read about people just talk. :P

I usually don't read Japanese manga and I didn't watch the movie either. But i wanted to try. It is an okay story for me. It is exactly like description. If you like that kind of story you definetely read.