I received this book from Net Galley and Kodansha Comics in exchange for an honest review.

After finishing this manga, I'm conflicted on how much I enjoyed it. So let's start off with the good. The artwork is great, as is expected of Hiroaki Samura. I really liked the main character here, as Minare Koda has a lot of levels to her. She's kind yet fierce. She's dedicated, but can quickly lash out. She just feels like a very real character, instead of just being a stereotype. I also found the story about how she has the chance to be a radio talk show host after a night of drunk rambling to a stranger pretty intriguing. It's an interesting premise.

Now for some of the problems with the series. The other characters don't feel as interesting as Minare. Many of them fall in to the trap of being their to help push stories along, but not enough back story. To be fair it's only volume 1, but I felt like as a reader, I was left in the dark too much about who they really are.

I also felt like too much, yet not enough, happened at the same time within this first volume. We have this huge surge to get Minare a talk show right as she's losing her current job, then an accident happens and she's back at the old job temporarily. As I was enjoying watching Minare get excited, scared, and anxious for her talk show, then it was just right back to where she was, with another character being introduced. This is just my thoughts, but it felt like maybe Samura got stuck on where to go next, and fell back to something they were more comfortable with to get some content out while brainstorming.

I keep jumping between I liked this volume to being meh on it, so my recommendation is if you're looking for a manga that is a bit more tuned in to reality and less fantasy or gags, this is one you may enjoy. I'll check out volume 2, as I feel its only fair as I enjoyed it enough, and I'd like to see if it can resolve the conflict within myself.

Rating this a 3, but its probably closer to 3.5.