There is a lot of mediocre slice of life manga out there, but when you find something good, let me tell you all, it's something special.

I've just finished reading the last chapter. What a journey. Too many great slice of life gets repetitive, because they are generally stuck in some gimmick. The characters never evolve and even in comedies this can get really frustrating.

"Yugami-kun Doesn't Need Any Friends" is not one of those. It's actually probably my favorite slice of life of all time.

Yugami and Chihiro development throughout the series is amazing. Both themselves as characters and especially their relationship. I really care for them as characters. There is a moment down the line that Yugami heard about some bad news from a blog and the moment really made me upset for her. In the next page, I laughed out loud with her reaction. "Yugami-kun [...]" is that type of manga: I get worried because I care about the characters, I laugh because I understand their situation.

Of course, the main duo is the best thing about the manga, but they also had an amazing cast of lovable, quirky characters that left a strong impression on me. They are among the most endearing casts I've ever seen in a long, long time. The kind that makes you wish you could read more and more about their lives. They are also incredibly funny.

Talking about the humor, this manga is really funny. Yugami's straightforwardness and Chihiro's kindness are used in a way that never gets old. I loved two scenes that explore those character traits: one, which involves Yugami as a baby; other, which involves Yugami and Kadota imagining the interaction between Chihiro and another character.

The baseball scenes are also great. This is coming from a Brazilian guy that barely understands how you even score on baseball. And the baseball is the means to get one great scene between the two main characters that I think about all the time.

The strengths of the manga are the characters, the plot and the humor. The art is not out of this world, but it does have a certain charm. The designs are simple yet remarkable, with Chihiro's derp-y faces taking the cake. The art evolves a lot during the run, something that I always find fascinating to see.

Jun Sakura's manga was supposed to run for just one volume at first. It ended up with 16 volumes. I will be looking forward to whatever they write next, if it has half the charm of "Yugami-kun [...]", it will be already worth the time.