I have to say, I usually hate school stories. It gets boring. First thing is school setting, characters who does funny things in their daily life, and that's it. Not enough? Throw in some jealous girls, you get cat fights. Throw in boys and you get comedy about boys being boys who does stupid things. Throw in another girl and you get love triangles. Throw in cliches and you just want to gag. Makes me feel like school stories are for those who are truly bored
So when my friend gave me the files for the anime, I reluctantly start watching it. Within the first episode, I was rolling in laughter. And then I proceed to hijack my computer to read the manga.
Kimi to Boku follows 4 boys who grew up since kindergarten together and are now attending high school. Then a half-Japanese transfer student joins in their group. This is a character-driven story. Their personality is what brings the meat to the table. You have Shun, the feminine boy; Kaname who acts like the oldest within the group; the twins, Yuuki and Yuuta, who somehow the start of comedy most of the time; and finally the Chizuru the transfer student who follows along to make the comedy even more funnier. A girl joins in the group, but I felt like the manga focuses more on the boys and their daily life.
The art is very simple and clean, not a lot of details. It can feel weird at first, but you'll get use to it. The art style truly fit the mood and the feeling to the story. A detail drawing would probably ruin the mood of the reading. So I'll give it a 8.
Like I say, this is a character-driven manga. So it's definitely a 10 out of 10.
Recommend? Definitely. It's one of the few school genre that I approve.