Knock me up

Bought this some time ago. Have read the main story couple times now. It is great even, but there is some generic elements that make my eye roll. Main couple is Hime and Shuichi (Shorted to just Shu). Story start Hime is bringing Shu to her parents place for Tea? They don't really tell but it seems to be girl bringing her boyfriend to meet the parents situation. There is tension in the air, because Hime's family wasn't just rich, they were really in the momey. So much so that Hime's father is going to throw Shu out. Being CEO of a snack entraprise, he wants a Hime marry some one how can continue family business. So he berates, Shu to a point where Shu is going to give up. However, Hime decided to tell a lie that she is pregnant. Whole story circles around this lie and consequence of it, without lacking good humor about the situation.

Now, this scene also brings first dent in the story. Why Hime cannot be the CEO? I'm just going to assume based upon Hime's parent home's architecture that old japanese ways, but it is commented upon. Hell, Hime does not bring up why she felt so strong urge to lie in that situation. There is lack of showing why they care for each other. At best, they like each other because they are nice persons. That is very surface level reason for love, they don't seem to share hobbies or anything. I don't even know has Hime educated on anything. But, I didn't think about these things at the first read which does tell how much they matter to overall story.

I do like the art on this. There is this nice smoothness on it. Non of the poses felt like they were over strectched but other that it is actually hard to me to explain what causes this smoothness. After comparing to some other works, here is what I think. Texture used for shadow might have slightly bigger black dots and there is quite a lot of "rub out" when moving from shadowed area to lighted area. Linework still confuses me. Often with persons face you can see other line has been drawn over or under the main line. It is rare to see line have cuts on it for imlied line. It also feels like at least are main characters have this rounded chin. Anyway, only bad thing I say about the art is THAT IS NOT HOW PHYSICS WORK!