Honey So Sweet, Vol. 1

Honey So Sweet starts with a “romance of intimidation” setup but quickly reveals the boy is actually a “looks like a delinquent but actually totally sweet” type. I can get behind that. A couple more misfits are added to the outcast clique in typical fashion. The lead girl is a bland audience surrogate.

There's nothing revolutionary going on here but it's very fluffy and pretty and those things have become increasingly rare in manga! It hits all the right notes with me.