A review by anbar
Takane & Hana, Vol. 1 by Yuki Shiwasu

3.0

I'm conflicted, because this works so well as a light comedy with indications of future character development to flesh things out, but there's still the constant underlying ick factor of her being 16 and him being 26. It could still grow into strong-mutually-beneficial-character-building-friendship territory, but there is the implied expectation that this frenemy-ship will eventually turn into romance, which between a teen and an adult is just...nyerg. :S I know Japan has different attitudes about teen romance, but it still strikes me as a creepy power/maturity imbalance, even if this particular adult is rather immature himself in many ways.
I will pick up the second volume to see how this goes, but I'm still conflicted.