3.66 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous funny fast-paced
fast-paced

This would have been higher if there was some clear enthusiastic consent going on.

This is one of many examples of shoujo manga where you have your typical plain girl that catches the attention of two beautiful boys. It’s silly and fun and with lots of tropes. The artwork is also nice and clean.

the ml is kind of shitty to be honest
funny relaxing fast-paced

I really enjoyed this one. It was a quick read and gave me such nostalgic feelings of when I was a teenager reading manga. It has a lot of clichés like the White Prince and Black Devil nicknames of the attractive boys in year 1. 

I am excited to pick up the next volume and if you’re looking for a quick romance manga I think you’ll enjoy this one.

I also was told that the later volumes get a little spicy! Excited for that. Haha

A promising start to a interesting series. It was a bit cliche, but still super fun to read. I like the main character and who knows how this will play out, maybe there are more characters to love in this series.

In middle school, Yu Akabane was your typical plain Jane but she decided to completely change once she enters high school. Like the rest of the school, she has a crush on Takumi Shirakawa, “the White Prince”. She is determined to asking him out but she got one problem, his friend Kurosaki aka “The Black Devil” is always close to him. He has a bad reputation and everyone is terrified of him. Little does she know that she is going to move into the dorms where Shirakawa and Kurosaki already live but the latter is going to give her no rest.

If you are looking for an original shojo, don’t bother reading this one. You will find your typical characters, the school prince and the bad guy, borderline bully. And, of course, your love triangle. It was still a nice read though, I mean if you want something quick to read and that you are not excepting too much. I’m curious about which direction the series is going to take since there are already 15 volumes out so far. I’ll definitely continue on with the series.

(Defying Kurosaki-kun #1) has a premise that's not hard to follow, a male lead that is a little too handsy and a female lead that's just not confident enough to be super likeable in the first volume. Read if you like high school set shojo manga. Stay if you want to be suprised by some scenes that almost jump into josei terrtiry--as another review on here mentioned, "steamy scenes".