Blue Box

Review as of chapter 150

Blue box is a romance sports manga with Taiki as its main character. Taiki falls in clove with Chinatsu who is his senpai and the ace of the basketball club. This story revolves around these two but shifts to the side characters on many occasions too. Taiki is a part of the badminton club alongside his friend Kyo. That's the basic setting of the story.

The characters in blue box (for the most part) are really fun and well written. Instead of the usual trope where its centered around 1 character, Blue box offers more than that. It offers the stories of side characters, their struggles and snippets from their life. My favorite character (probably an unpopular opinion) would have to be Taiki himself. He is a hardworking guy who knows exactly what he wants. What made me like him was his willingness to help people in certain occasions such as when he helped reunite Chinatsu and his ex basketball teammate. That moment made me realize that Taiki was very strong willed and goal oriented. Now don't get me wrong Taiki as a character can be improved but character without any flaws get boring. What's attractive is continuous growth. I really liked the development of Hina in the recent chapters which made her very likable. Chinatsu is a great character too who's not shy of taking initiatives and has good communication skills (good communication skills in a romance series is usually a taboo so). Initially I was definitely not a fan of how Hina acted in certain parts of the manga but her development as i previously said makes up for it.

The story progression is nice but many might find the romantic aspect of the story underwhelming. Things move slowly in this series which is nice (if you're a fan of slow burn). I also felt as if the slow burn was irritating but i do not mind it. There are a few things which I dislike about blue box. Which is the need to develop a love triangle for literally every character. We had Taiki love triangle with hina and Chinatsu and now we have kyo's love triangle with ayame and Saki. I also dislike the fact that author is a fan of causing misunderstandings and not clearing them up till 40 chapters later. Those are a few things I dislike about Blue box. In the very recent chapters I do wish Taiki would take more initiative because it feels as if Chinatsu is carrying their relationship so far.

There are more things to like about this series than to dislike about it. This is a series I would rather read when its finished instead of when its ongoing. One reason is because I'm a curious being and the author tends to leave many questions unanswered for quite some time.

By no means is Blue box the best romance out there but its still very good. The characters continuously grow and reflect back on their shortcomings. The sports aspect of this manga is why you should give this a go, relationships and romance are a bonus. I really like how the story is progressing for the main lead. This is one of those mangas that you know will continue for a long time and I'm here for it.