Where do I start?
As my title states, this manga has its good points; there are parts in the comic where I actually found myself laughing aloud (such as the protagonist trying to buy BL manga in public). Unfortunately, I can't use another word to describe this series other than "forced." It feels a bit like it's trying to become the new "Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun" in the world of fresh, 4-koma comedies and that'd be great ... if the humor didn't feel so dry and dull most of the time.
Obviously, there isn't much of a story. It's intended to be a comedy series, after all. In this series, we follow Ryo, a fudanshi who claims to be straight despite his bisexual tendencies (as his friend words it). The concept in of itself is very original.
As for the art, I have a few gripes. First of all, the art in general is lovely; it's quite detailed.
Second of all, the designs aren't as good as the art itself. Just to show an example, there's a childhood friend of a side character who shares a very similar hairstyle to the transgender character of this story. When these two characters are shown in a profile view, it can be hard to tell them apart and that's a bit ... annoying? Bothersome? Regardless, one of them could have at least had screentone added to show some kind of obvious difference between the two.
Moving past the general art and design, when it comes to making a 4-koma series, I personally believe simpler art styles work best in such small boxes (can I really call them "panels"?). When reading this manga, I've found that everything felt crammed together in tiny boxes. For Michinoku's style, the comedy would have most likely flowed more smoothly if she went with having multiple panels rather than taking on a 4-koma style. Rather than seeing expressive characters, most of the illustrations often show tense, flat expressions because there are so few panels for the artist to work with.
I dove right into this manga, expecting it to be hilarious from start-to-finish. So far, it's felt like a rollercoaster that moves at a sluggish speed and doesn't have any loops. A lot would expect it to speed up and become worth the efforts but so far, it's not doing much for me.
It's got an anime adaptation planned ... so hopefully, that'll be better than the story in comic form. I can only hope so. I quite Ryo's best friend, so I wouldn't mind giving the future adaptation a shot to see his scenes at least.