a really fast and fun read. the story was cute, funny and the characters likable even if a bit cringey. i was invested in the story and enjoyed a lot reading it

This was very sweet! While I felt slightly frustrated in the beginning due to wanting a little more depth to Kisaragi (I also didn't like how she kept calling herself ugly), I found that I really enjoyed this story. I'm a huge fan of the trope where said popular boy becomes friends with unpopular girl and a romance starts to unfold.

This trope though I felt was unique in how it was presented, which I really liked! I wouldn't say I find reading the same trope boring (because it's my favorite for a reason), but it felt creative in this story and had me very engaged. It probably didn't help that Chigira is one of my favorite kind of male heroes. Quiet, sort of "out of it," athletic, and a kind person when you get to know him. (Granted, they usually are already kind, but the heroine doesn't realize that until she really gets to know them.)

I was bummed when the manga ended because it felt fairly fast paced and found myself getting caught up in these characters lives. It seems like there are quite a few after school activities and enjoy those activities being the setting for a variety of situations (especially the library!). I LOVED the ending, but that cliffhanger had me groan that I'll have to wait to see what happens next. LOL!

Overall, this was a very great read and excited to read more!

*(I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley. All thoughts expressed are my own.)*

OH.MY.GOD! First of all, I wanted to thank to netgalley and Kodansha fo giving me such an amazing opportunity. I never ever would have dream of having this come true from such a Editorial like them whom I admire so much! And it wouldn't have if it weren't for Netgalley💞
So, going to the manga: it was AMAZING. There were something that make me feel like my beginnings with the manga with Aoha, I've been longing to feel this way so much time and couldn't find one until now. The characters oh god, I fell in love with them. They are so cute and special and differents of what I read before that now i dont know what I"ll do until the next volume comes out. The story toó, so unlike others that surprised me in a very happily way. The drawings were so clear and the traduction as well, I felt so lucky reading it in advnce and it was such a pleassure for the ejes toó. A truly beauty. I want to congratulate you all, seriously. It was made beautifully (and please note that for what i said before i mean it. I became kind of critic with mangas since i've read a lot now😅)
So, to summarize, EVERYONE PLEASE READ IT AND FALL IN LOVE WITH THEM LIKE ME!PLEASE, IM MAKING YOU A FAVOR! YOU NEED TO!
And to the publishers: PLEASE dont keep us waiting for vol 2, or i'll die 😭 it goes straight up to my fav of the year.

3.5, rounding up: I'm in the middle but a little on the favorable side for this title. For context, I am trying to read different genres of manga. I haven't read a lot of Shōjo manga and some of the well accepted plot threads and beats are not familiar to me. At first, I felt the story was awkward with the proposal of the one sided love as a fix for Maaya's heartbreak and embarrassment. But, by the end, I found that this story is about her learning to receive love instead of being the one who always gives attention and time and affection. I'm interested to see where it goes with this premise and develops the relationship between Maaya and Chigira-kun.

Sometimes, there is nothing better to distract you from the difficulty of your life than to read a cute manga story with nice characters and a feel good romance.
This is exactly what And yet you are so sweet is about. In this first tome, we are following Maya, a cute high-school student who had the bad luck to fall in love with a fellow student who rejected very harshly her love confession. Depressed, Maya vows to never again confess her feelings and love another person.
But that was before meeting Chihigaya, a popular boy who suggests that she shoud develops one side feeling for him.

The first volume of this manga really put into place all the characters and the story, it read very easily and was an overall enjoyable moment though classic in the shojo world. We already have a glimpse of the characters motivation and the end opened an endless possibility as to how the story will unfold in future volumes.
I will probably pick up the next volume as I'm certainly interested to see where the author will go with the story.

This advance review copy was kindly provided by #Kodansha and #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Maaya is a typical Japanese high schooler. One day, she decides to confess her feelings to a guy she likes, but he brutally rejects her (even calling her ugly). Her handsome classmate hears her talking to herself about her experience and he allows her to pretend she’s his stalker.

The premise sounds strange, but it works. Like the title itself, Maaya and Chigira are wholesome and sweet, and you can see them slowly falling for each other. The art style is adorable too, reminiscent of Yuu Watase (especially the eyes). I’m looking forward to reading the next volume.

#AndYetYouAreSoSweet

Maaya Kisaragi confessed her feelings for the first time ever to Yamada, but he completely rejected her. So, she decides to never confess her feelings to someone again, she will only have one-sided feelings. One day, she meets the most popular guy in her school, Sui Chigira who provides her a solution to her problems. Instead of trying so hard to develop feelings for a random guy, why not start pretending to have feelings for him. But things are more complicated than they seem, and as Kisaragi and Chigira are getting closer, it becomes difficult to only pretend and not to develop real feelings.

I got really excited when I saw that Kodansha was going to publish this one in English since I kept hearing about it. I wasn’t disappointed at all, it checked all the boxes for me.

From what I can tell after reading the first volume, it seems to be a light manga with no unnecessary drama (and girl, we need more of that!). It may seem cliché at first because Chigira is the popular guy at school who is indifferent towards other girls, while Kisaragi is the complete opposite, as she says, she is out of his league. Actually, Chigira did remind me of Yuki, from Fruit Basket. Like him, he is popular and sweet towards the main character. Some people might not like that kind of character but, there were some scenes where Chigira is really cool while some others where he was so sweet towards Kisaragi. Honestly, what more can I ask for?

The author decided to start her manga by talking about the painful side of being in love with someone who doesn’t love you back, which I find interesting. Kisaragi rather be ignorant about the other person’s feelings than have her feeling unrequited. I don’t remember other manga talking about this in that depth, but I might be completely wrong.

As I have previously said, I would recommend this manga if you are looking for a light one with sweet scenes where the characters have a nice relationship.

Volume one starts with Maaya, Kisaragi confessing to her crush. He painfully rejects hers then blasts her on social media, what a jerk!

While Kisaragi is complaining to herself about the situation out loud, something we all do, she’s overheard by the handsome First-Year Chigira-kun. Who tells her she look best when she smiles, I already ship them lol. It’s like every time she says something personal out loud, he just happens to be around. He gives her a proposal to have pretend to have one sided feelings for him, but what’s his motive?

I can’t wait to find out as the series progresses.
Thank you to The Publisher and NetGalley for allowing me to read this ARC!!

I really enjoyed this book. The storyline is really cute and sweet. The characters are loveable and although typically a plot like this could be extremely cringe I felt like the way this was layed out and written as very well done and I was laughing and enjoying reading it instead of worrying and cringing at what the main female was doing or going to do next.
Sometimes books like this can be difficult to read because of naive protagonists but I feel like this book was executed very well and flowed seamlessly.
The art style was quite traditional from what I've seen of these types of books and I found it very pleasing on the eye.
I definitely would recommend this to those with like-minded tastes for romance manga and I look forward to future volumes.

This is a wholesome high school romance manga! If you like this type of reading experience, u shouldnt be disappointed if u pick this book up!
The main girl was kinda annoying (pick me energy!) It was cringey sometimes, but also very precious.
Overall its nothing special or anything, but an enjoyable read.

I wouldn't consider myself too much of a romance manga fan, but I decided to pick this one up because the description seemed quite fascinating, but also confusing... It's set in high school and follows Maaya, someone who finally got the courage to confess to her crush but got rejected and then made fun on social media. Then, Chigira, a popular guy in her school, ends up suggesting that she pretends to have one-sided feelings for him so she can get over it. She accepts it, and soon this fake love evolves into something more. Now, I'm not really sure how this would work in the real world, or how/why someone could suggest something like that.

But, ignoring that, I still will say I enjoyed this manga - I enjoyed it more than what I thought I would. One of the things that I just loved was the art style, which was just so beautiful and encaptivating. The story itself, between Maaya and Chigira, is very cute too and I loved seeing it develop. It was quite cliche to other romance things, but it was still adorable and fun to read. Near the end we're introduced to a new character, and I'd be interested in seeing how the story would unfold in the second volume.

“if you're going to force yourself to look for someone,,, why don't you develop one-sided feelings for me”

okay listen, i hate cliches and i hate the fake love trope but this, i can put all my hatred aside for this alone. i'm a fast reader, and i managed to finish reading this like minutes after i got accepted to read it, and let me tell you, i loved it.

maaya is the cutest little thing ever. she gets so nervous around chigira and but still follows along with everything he says. i just want her happy AH

and chigira, man i want my own chigira, hate everyone except for him.

the story begins after maaya confesses to her crush, only to be rejected and ridiculed online, so she seeks a new person to have a crush on. that was, of course, until chigira, the ladies man that everyone loves, proposes for her to have a one sided affection with him (oh la la).

i can't say much without spoiling the entire plot or at least premise of the first volume but all im saying, this was definitely swoon worthy, and i want my second volume asap like right now.

so cute, i'm going to be obsessing over this.

As someone who hasn't read a lot of manga, I think that this would be a good point to start if you too are new here.
Overall, I think that the description led me to believe that this would be not only about her trying to move on from the old crush but also about making her old crush jealous which wasn't true and is something that I liked. It focused on the female main character and her heartbreak.
While there were a few issues like Maaya Kisaragi being really insecure of her looks, it seems to work well with the story and I think that in the issues of the manga to follow, it could work well in order to develop her character arc.
The other central character was Chigira-kun, he is very popular in school and decides to help Maaya Kisaragi. I think if the whole stalking element would have been an issue for me if it wasn't something Chigira-kun wasn't aware of. But since it was something that they had already discussed and agreed upon, it actually made the whole thing cute.
My favourite part was definitely the ending and I can't wait to continue reading Maaya Kisaragi and Chigira-kun's story.

This was so adorable!!
Maaya has decided that she is only going to have one sided crushes, and never confess her feelings again after a confession goes really wrong.
She confides this information to Chigira, a fellow student in her club at school. Chigira tells her to start having one sided feelings for him, so that she can start smoking again. He's been watching her for a while, and seems to have feelings for her.
As they date without actually dating, Maaya is truly starting to have feelings for Chigira. I think he is the sweetest bean, and that she deserves to be treated like he treats her.
He is the school pretty boy of course, and she doesn't feel pretty at all. She feels like she could never truly be with him.
I am excited for the future of this series!

This was such a flipping cute story! So many times I made lil squels because I couldn't contain how cute it was. I really hope the relationship keeps developing in the next few volumes!
The characters are adorable and so sweet to each other and it's just the absolute best read if you're looking for something light and fluffy.

I received an e-arc of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

3/5 stars

I went into this thinking it was something different than it was which is completely my fault but still found it enjoyable. I thought that this was supposed to be fake dating turn lovers but the proposal is that she pretends to have one sided feelings for this super popular guy. I'm still not exactly sure why he suggested this instead of fake dating so that concept didn't sit as well with me but there were cute romance situations in here and I'm curious as to where exactly this will go. Overall the characters were okay but didn't feel like I got to know them really well through this first volume. I may continue on with this series as there were some cute romance moments but so far I'm unsure.

Thank you to NetGalley, Kodansha, and Kujira Anan for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Maaya confesses to her crush, a one-sided set of feelings, only to be harshly denied and even ridiculed by the guy on social media. Chigira, the most handsome guy in her grade, overhears and suggest she heal her rejection by temporarily having a one-sided crush on him instead, asking her to basically act the same way toward him that she did her initial long-time crush. Is this relationship to remain one-sided? Will Maaya's feelings become more than just a fake?

I really enjoyed this manga. I found it to be heart-pounding, but light-hearted in it's young romance. The art is fantastic and the story is quite intriguing. I would highly recommend for shoujo lovers and I myself may just be out to seek Volume 2!!!

Thankyou so much to Kodansha comics and Netgalley for letting me read this.

Reading it, this reminded me abit of To all the boys I've loved before, with their whole pretend to be going out scenerio.
It was a cute manga, about fear of rejection and unrequited love. I did find it hard to get into to start with but once I got into the story, I really enjoyed it and I will definitely be looking out for the second one.

A cute fluffy love story, that will make you smile ear to ear.

This was pretty sweet, but I am still unsure how I feel about the story line. From almost the beginning of the manga, Maaya only believes in one-sided love feelings because of a heartbreak. That, I can understand but I thought that it was quite weirdly formulated sometimes. This first volume is quite superficial and I hope the next volumes go a bit deeper and develop the characters.
I think this won’t be a long series because you can already see the ending here. Maybe it will surprise us, but for the moment it is quite a classic shojo. I recommend it though because it is a pleasant read and I am a sucker for cute shojo.
3.5/5

Actual rating 2.5

After reading so many good shojo and romance manga this month, this one was a let down.

After conceding her feelings to a guy who doesn’t even know she exists, Maaya is told that she can have one sided feelings for Chigira, a cute and popular boy at school.

My biggest issue with this was that there was no connection. Both characters didn’t feel well developed. Both in their individual personalities and in their friendship/budding romance.

It felt like the author was trying to get from point A to point B and wasn’t focused enough on the actual journey. It just wasn’t believable to me.

I definitely see potential for this to get better, but I don’t think I’ll be continuing in this series.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for providing the E-ARC in exchange for an honest review.