Status: 8 Volumes (Complete)

Haruna Aizawa has to transfer from her high school because she is tired of the rumors about her dad, who went to prison. He is a politician who was caught doing something illegal. Anyway, Haruna likes to compare her new school to a monkey mountain, how they all act like monkeys, how they band together, and sometimes fight and get back together again. There is a boy in her new school that even acts like a baby monkey (no he isn’t a real monkey), his name is Macharu Yamashita. Everyone calls him a monkey and teases him.

(Left) Macharu (Right) Haruna The main characters of the Manga.

I actually really liked the female main character, she was once popular at her school and other girls looked up to her, she is not weepy or annoying. But what I liked most about her is that she didn’t go “Kyah!” every time a hot guy walked by, and she didn’t fall for the school’s most popular guy Atsu, although he did try to go after her. Which kind of sucked since his best friend is Macharu (the aforementioned baby monkey). Atsu is an interesting character you never know if he is trying to help Macharu and Haruna, since he does things to help them out, but he also does things to make them fight and feel awkward around each other.

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It was nice to see a girl that falls for the guy that is actually a nice guy and not a jerk that is hot, and she is not indecisive about her decision. Which is something most Manga girls are; indecisive. She is not overly emotional, if anything she sometimes comes across as cold since she doesn’t like to express her feelings, but in reality she is a caring person. I also liked Macharu he has a complex because of his height and wants to be taller than Haruna. He helps Haruna open up more and make friends with all their classmates (a bunch of weirdo’s with no lives that like to make fun of their relationship), and she helps him to accept himself how he is.

Its kind of sweet to see how he becomes more confident, and how hard he tries to make their relationship work. And later on in the Manga, there is this one scene I really liked, when Haruna’s dad tries to get her a fiancée he grabs her and rides away to the sunset (on his bike…lol) and takes her to his house. The Manga is basically about the 3 years of high school and all the ups and downs their relationship has, it wasn’t the best Manga out there but it made me laugh and it was sweet to see how their relationship grew in those three years…

(Left) Atsu (Right) Macharu This is one of the scenes that I mentioned where Atsu, kind of messes with Haruna and Macharu’s relationship. Despite the way he acts he really does care about Macharu.