Thank you NetGalley for the ARC

When I started this I was a little unsure if I'd enjoy it - I was kind of iffy on the idea of an office manager having multiple ear piercings (like that just seems highly unrealistic, no matter what country the story is set in, for the dress code to demand wearing suits and ties to work every day but having no problem with long hair or piercings). The mechanics of the game they're playing were confusing to me (not knowing much about multi-player phone games), and all the "lololol" and "lmaos" in the text speech were annoying -- I think that's just a translation thing, because I know Japanese people use "wwwwwww" to express laughing, but to me "lololol" just sounds sarcastic or annoying instead of genuine (like the only guys I know who use "lololol" are 4chan creeps). The context of both expressions just don't match up to me, "hahahaha" would have probably been a better substitute.

But once I got further into the story I got really absorbed into it. I was expecting the online vs in-person thing to be drawn out way longer than it was, so when they met up IRL and discovered who each other was so early into the story, I was pleasantly surprised. There is also a lot of miscommunication going on, but I didn't actually mind it, and I do think it makes sense for the characters. There's also a love-triangle thing going on, but I'm sure it'll resolve itself in a satisfying way at some point. Miscommunication and love-triangles are two of my least-favourite tropes, but I think it works well here.

The artstyle is very cute too, and I do like the character designs even if I find Shirase's appearance to be a bit unrealistic for a work environment (we just gotta chalk that up the manga/anime rules and let it go). I like the character's personalities a lot too.

If you're a fan of Cherry Magic I do think this is a good one to pick up, because the humour and ridiculous situations are very similar, while still being completely separate stories.