ARC received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

You're My Cutie was one of the most adorable shoujos I've read all year! The story follows Madoka, who's obsessed with romance stories about cute younger boys falling for their upperclassmen. So when a cute younger boy starts working part-time at her parents' dinner, the stars should align, but Shikura's face and personality do much at all. At least, not until he starts pulling up the shutters around his heart and the two grow closer.

This manga has such a wonderful natural progression of their friendship and budding relationship, and I loved how both of them were characterized. All the awkward moments of them tiptoeing around each other were so sweet and funny, and since this is a dynamic I don't see often it was really refreshing. I can't wait to read more, since it left off on such a cliffhanger!

❧ 4.75 ★