I don't read a lot of manga, and I wanted to start trying some, and this has a good reputation so I thought I'd give it a go. It was okay. The main character's a school girl living in a tent after her mum dies, and she's taken in by a local family to help out with housework instead of paying rent. When I say "help out", I mean she's essentially employed as cook, cleaner, and emotional support animal for men who can't get their act together. It's all honestly a bit dodgy, as this actual child is basically being exploited because she's got nowhere else to go.

Complicating it all is that the family are shapeshifters, and change into signs of the zodiac whenever someone of the opposite sex hugs them, and I really cannot fathom how reproduction works here, and have spent frankly too long trying. But I digress... a sort of found family develops, which is mildly interesting, but for the life of me I can't tell Rat and Cat and their endless goddamn issues apart. Nor do I, honestly, care that much. I'm mostly interested in the protagonist, who is dementedly optimistic on a level that makes Pollyanna look suicidal. I can only think it's survival mechanism in her case, though...