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Opening the book, I was impressed with the full colour illustration at the front. Quite often these are rendered in English editions as black and white due to costs, but 801 left it in colour . I was really happy to see this, as Yamane-sensei's colouring skills are fantastic, with the shading and tone striking a realistic chord. The story itself is well translated, with prose flowing as elegantly across the pages as the uncensored drawings do. I was very happy to see this, as any awkwardly translated bits would have quite ruined the gently comedic nature of this romantic story. Make no mistake about it, this is most definitely a rom-com, with an elegance and precision that quite reminds me of old time Cary Grant films in flavour. Well, except for the man x man part and the sex, obviously. In fact, even the premise is one that would not have been out of place during the heydey of those old films.