As much as I loved FuriFura a lot it didnt get a 10/10 from me. Ill get to its weak points in a bit but first let me praise it: The Good. The characters 3/4 of them at least... FuriFura is about the relationships of four characters: Yuna Akari Rio and Kazuomi. https://i.ur.com/qff4kve.png Yuna is a sweet girl the perfect pure type for a shoujo heroine. Daydreaming she thinks shell find a fairytale prince spoilerish: she does?? but along the way she finds... a friend https://i.ur.com/PhCpHF8.png Akari is her complete opposite. Grounded more mature. But still nice in her own way. The two become friends very quickly and their friendship is one of the best parts of the story. https://i.ur.com/6keJw9E.png Rio is a prince Akaris stepbrother and this is actually important for the plot lol. They move in Yunas apartment building and become her new neighbours and friends. And yes naturally Yuna falls in love with him. These 3 characters are what moves the plot of the story and what keeps it so interesting. Theyre not the only MCs but to me all 3 of them were evenly written and had enough screentime. They also had enough character development something that sadly the fourth and last MC didnt have... but Im getting ahead of myself The Romance 1/2 of it anyway... 40https://i.ur.com/QuKXHDx.png 40https://i.ur.com/skmIv5Q.png As a characterdriven story and especially focused on the romantic aspect also dramatic FuriFura definitely delivers. Yuna likes Rio who likes Akari yeah I know who likes Kazuomi. I know the face you made when I said Rio likes Akari but let me explain: Rio and Akari knew each other from middle school before their parents got married and they became stepsiblings. He had feelings for Akari for a very long time and the day he decided to tell her unfortunately happened to be the day their parents called both of them to tell them about their new family affair. So Rio had no choice but to shut those feelings away inside his heart and accept his new sister. Akari doesnt seem to notice this and if she did she would pretend she didnt suspect a thing and she worked really hard for everyone to see her and Rio as real siblings. Along the way she meets with Kazuomi who is Yunas childhood friend and one of her new neighbours. She soon falls in love with his carefree spontaneous way of living. Yuna finds out about Rios feelings for Akari and Akaris feelings for Kazuomi and as the good friend and great person she is she supports her friend and acts like a confidant to her crush. She actually feels sorry for him too and is very empathetic with the whole situation which just made me like her more as a character. When Rio finds out about Yunas feelings for him at first he feels sorry for her because he doesnt feel the same way and there he was talking about his stepsister and his crush on her to the girl that likes him. The story has a big amount of angst and drama and a lot of character growth every character has their moment to shine. Except for Kazuomi Every couple ends up together. This might be a spoiler but Im not telling you howwhen it happens plus: I think its good to know. Some manga dont make the couples end up together and quite honestly thats bullshit. So this is a plus The couples moments are cute and romantic it feels good to see them finally get together. At least for one of them they get together at the right moment and we get to see them actually together enough times. The Friendships https://i.ur.com/IB6CmAD.png Naturally the girls became best friends while the boys also became best friends. Theyre all friends with each other and with other characters but their main bro/sis is them. Sometimes a manga has great friendship building but lacks in the romance department other times its the opposite. This one is one of those that has a great balance between those. With all that said let me get to the part that is not exactly bad but not as great as what I previously mentioned. The NotSoGood. It all comes down to Kazuomi... https://i.ur.com/szey68R.png Kazuomi is Yunas childhood friend who quickly becomes friends with Rio and Akari. In the beginning of the story and for quite some time he had ZERO conflicts. He had zero development. He was just the cool guy who seemed carefree and spontaneous the guy who wed pair up with Akari so we could have two couples instead of just one. And really my main complaint is because Io Sakisaka took way too long to start developing Kazuomi. He seemed like a pretty cardboard cutout of a character not much of a real person. But then a little over halfway through we finally got to see his side of things. And honestly... it was kind of underwhelming. The reasons that stop him from pursuing Akari are dumb. His conflicts with his family while real arent resolved in a realistic way. The only friend he talks with extensively is Rio and while I understand that a friendship of the same gender as you is different and sometimes better than a friendship of the opposite gender its like hes not friends with Yuna at all. He never goes to her for advice confides in her listens to her side of the story... nothing at all. Its like his only friend is Rio. Then how come he was presented as Yunas childhood friend?? In his romantic part of the story its like Akari does all the work for them to be together. He doesnt pull his weight even when theres plenty of evidence that they both like each other and should be together. Its to the point that his rival has to tell him: you either make a move or I will. And thats when he FINALLY gets up his butt and goes after her. After an indecent amount of chapters. While Kazukun isnt my favorite character of all 4 and anything involving him could have been better worked with I still loved this story and I still think its a good read. Hence 9 stars out of 10.