No Matter How I Look at It, I Don't Know if I'll Keep Reading This Series
3 stars
The more I read the series (if I remember right, I stopped around volume 10) the more it fell into tired manga tropes, and while the main character I find endearing at times, and empathized with a lot, she got more unlikable as the story went on (though, from what I've read of other reviews, she starts to become more likable in later volumes)
I appreciate what it's trying to accomplish, and can also appreciate the idiosyncratic art style, but I don't know if I'll return to this series any time soon.
Despite all that, I do think this is worth a read, at least the first volume. It is a cult classic for a reason, and I still proudly own the first volume, sitting with the likes of Yotstuba&! and Girls Last Tour on my bookshelf.