Kono Kaisha ni Suki na Hito ga Imasu or Can You Keep a Secret? is sweet no bs no contrivances just a pure and honest and simple representation simulation of love. A perfectly cute little romance story between coworkers trying to hide their relationship from the other people at their company keeping it a secret being a better option than having everyone know and then having the spotlight on them and it just being a big thing. The premise of them keeping it a secret actually isnt that important in the grand scheme of things and it starts to sort of fade into the background as the series progresses or rather instead of informing story arcs or drama it just serves as the backbone to the story a contextual foundation on which to set things. And so the ambition of the story is pretty casual and laid back and its clear the author just wants to focus on romance rather than on plot points of interest or constructing compelling drama. As a result the romance is allowed to breath and exist without being hampered down by useless and frustrating contrivances or boring forgetful arcs. Its not without conflict of course but its light. The realistic portrayal of lovers hiding their relationship from their coworkers naturally running into problems from time to time and of people in love and even more naturally running into problems from time to time. But still its light. Very cute art very cute character designs adult relationships no high school garbage but still the sweet innocence of awkward and shy people exploring new love and growing with it. So many of the panels made me stop in my tracks at how freaking cute and wholesome they were I swear to god. This manga is the dream of a romance where each person is so powerfully in love with the other cant stop thinking about the other is in utter bliss when in the presence of the other. And I know theres a lot of us out there dreaming about that very thing ourselves in our quiet and lonely corners of the earth. We may never find love ever in our lives and you know what thats pretty sad but at least you have romance manga? Every day in your miserable little loveless life you can kick back with a good romance manga bust open a beer or something and just wallow in your lovelessness and loneliness until the reaper comes to take you as the reaper does us all. lol im kidding keep trying youll find the right person for you probably. maybe. no promises. its not impossible?? just be a good person and maybe itll work out. okay i only added this paragraph because i didnt have enough characters but whatever. Its simple and pure. I adore it. Each chapter warms and heals me.
80 /100
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