This was a pretty good series. The pacing was all over the place and the author clearly decided switch gears from SoL gag series to serious romantic drama partway through, but the things that it did well were done very well. Most surprising was how the author managed to portray homophobic bullying without dragging the mood of the series down. The side characters were nice, although they fell into the yuri stereotype of everyone is lesbians, as well as being pretty underdeveloped. It sometimes felt like Kazama and Sumika's relationship should have popped off much sooner and the rest of the series should have spent more time on the rest of their friends. I'd recommend Sasameki Koto to anyone who has read a few yuri romance and is looking for more of the same or for anyone that though Aoi Hana and Girl Friends didn't have enough karate.