i started reading this because i read Yume Musubi, Koi Musubi (which was Awesome!, funny and cute... all the good things that want U to keep reading and when U reach the end ur sad cause it's over). On the second to last page, there is a Postscript with info about the story and the characters and the one that interested me was Shunpei (who was Ao's best friend) as most of the time I had a feeling he had a secret crush on Ao, wondered (so when read in the postscript that Shunpei was not only in Koicha No Osahou, but that the guy that he is in love with is "that guy". of course couldn't stop myself from finding out what's what - and kind of disappointed, not cause it took me a while to figure that Shunpei the teenager is Ooyama Shunpei the kid, or that he was in love with Madoka. That was kinda lovely and cute in its own way.
What i hated (and i'm sure i'm the only one) is Kazuma, he is a dick of the first order, he may not force himself on Madoka, but he's pretty close. what's more i dont get and i guess i never will get, that seemingly straight herdosexuall guys have no problem not only with gay sex, but being the bottom. Not only that if it even seemed like he was trying to "turn the tables" (which is freaking legitimate, given the fact that he isn't gay) and wants to "top" Kazuma, Kazuma's got the audacity to say "oh do i have to worry about my chastity"... like really u fucking DICK!
So yeah, not liking this at all if i'm talking about Kazuma and Madoka, but the rest r not only cool but make this bearable...
Koicha No Osahou (tea For Two)