“Because you are here, I am happy.” – 3/5 stars!

Attention! This series contains: cram school, lunchboxes, close friends, angels, and demons.

*Review of the original 8 volumes*

*There will be some spoilers and comparisons to the anime throughout the review! Proceed with caution!*

Misha has just moved in next door to Kotarou Higuchi and swears she will protect him at all costs. Unfortunately, she’s not too familiar with the ordinary world, as she is an angel who has lived in Heaven until recently. She has no idea how things work on earth and ends up causing more trouble.

I finally finished the Pita-Ten manga series!

I watched the anime version a few years ago and I didn’t even know this was originally a manga series, so when I found out I immediately wanted to get my hands on it!

I liked the anime version because it was light and very fun. I thought the story was creative and funny, and I ended up having a lot of fun watching it. On the plus side, it’s also not a very long series, so it was perfect to binge-watch.

In case you don’t know what the story is about, it follows a student named Kotarou. He’s living a very basic life (and kind of sad to be honest), but things quickly change after meeting his new neighbor, an angel-in-training named Misha!

It was interesting to see that there are a lot of differences between the manga and the anime. When I reached the 60-70% mark on the manga, I noticed the mood started to change a lot and the story became more serious and took a different direction. At this point, the story got really confusing and I admit I started losing interest. Some relationships are portrayed differently – some develop and others don’t. It was very interesting to see the different directions the manga and anime take.
The characters were great. I can see a lot of people being annoyed at Misha and the way she talks, but it wasn’t something that bothered me. I guess I got used to it! Kotarou was a great main character, and even though he had a lot going on in his life, he showed a lot of character development throughout the books! All of his friends were amazing and supportive, and I also loved Shia – although her story was a little complex and difficult at times to understand.

The ending was bittersweet. Not exactly a bad ending, but also a little unexpected to be honest. Still, I liked it and I understand the message behind it: we need to be responsible for our happiness and we can’t count on others to give us that! A beautiful message, if you ask me.

Overall it was an okay series! It’s far from perfect, but I still enjoyed it for what it was. I kind of want to binge on the anime again now that I finished the manga.