https://ur.com/EOyvRub.jpeg Story: 6/10 Tsuredure Children is the type of story where the creator goes What happens when I make a story with only tropes and cliches and nothing else?. Think of every trope clich you know of in a romantic setting this manga has it Highschool should I really mention this? childhood friends awkward couples insecure couples senpaikowhai pushy boyfriend thirsty girlfriend foreign girlfriend otakus age gap tsundere yandere kuudere wingmen and the newest addition rapper spare me if I missed many. Unless you are on a voyage of the most UNIQUE story youve ever seen you would read this manga. The only gimmick of the story is it full of gimmicks and thats kinda charm but what makes this a little better is when all noncouple characters meet each other. It gives a feeling that the world is actually there constantly moving and alive. Characters: 5/10 Since everyone is defined by tropes youll only remember them by that and theyll stay completely honest with that. Like Oh these are the childhood friends 12 and those are the presidentdelinquent and not like Oh these are KanaChiaki and those are AkagiRyuoko. Thats kinda the point of the story so it shouldnt really be a problem but it is because 1.There are nearly 50 characters. FIFTY for a romance manga. All of them their stories arent exactly related except for the fact theyre in highschool and since each follow its own plot trope and doesnt get intertwined much its really hard to keep track of them. And what makes this even harder is 2.Proceed to the next section. Art: 5/10 Surprise Manga Quiz. Are the 4 characters in this panel quadruplets or not? https://i.ur.com/cRGyTVQ.jpeg Answer: No Then why do they look nearly the same? Now I dont want to say the art itself is bad the designs and drawing style are as cute as the characters themselves but there are 2 main issues. 1.This was one of the only cases when I wanted a color version of the manga because I would really want some colored hair to distinguish the characters but since its more of a financial thing than an artistic thing probably Im not mad about this but its still an issue because you wont have this problem if youve watched the Anime adaptation. Another thing is: 2.Format. The above panel is actually a panel inside a panel in half a page thats how small it is. The only distinguishing factor between the characters especially the male ones is the small difference in their puny facial features then whats the point if its so small to tell them apart? Enjoyment: 8/10 Many would think that being completely formulaic would somehow make something uninteresting and unenjoyable but this manga proves them wrong. One can bash this as much as they want but its really the tropes and clichs that make us feel connected to an otherwise completely unrealistic world. Whether a multimillionaire or a slumdog a poet or an illiterate one should ultimately utter the same thing when one expresses their undeniable feelings to their other half I SHUSHI YOU ask Patty what Sushi means. So just enjoy this cliched story about tropey characters because at the end of the day its the tropes and cliches that we relate to. If it wasnt for the technical flaws and other hiccoughs regarding some character writing this would have been the best at what it tried to do and I wouldnt have to feel a bit disappointed for giving a belowaverage score. Conclusion: Recommended Tsuredure Children is in a sense a safe manga. You go in knowing exactly what wished for and you come out getting exactly what you wanted. Thats all. Also watch the Anime.