@gmayor61
Not exactly, I can think up some manga that went past beyond the relationship status quo and it did much better, even than this one. Heck, there are lots of manga having the estabilished relationship as the premise, and they did just fine. The problem with this particular manga was that the premise was done and tired even before the confession, and the author mitigated with cute scenes here and there but it never really reached that peak. Simply because he focused on these two lovebirds, instead of other manga with equally the same and arguably a worse one-off premise like eh.. you know, something-something communication, which introduced other characters and side ships. I can see this mangaka coming up with excellent prompts but lacking the innovations or creativity to extend much beyond that. He will learn, I hope.