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One Piece
One Piece
One Piece
One Piece review
One Piece
Apr 17, 2021
One Piece review
CONTAINS ONE FAMOUS SPOILER AROUND CHAPTERS 550-600

First of all, I tip my hat to the genius Eiichiro Oda and his clever assistants for creating this on-going masterpiece. I can't believe we're 903 chapters in and still going strong without a drop in quality. That point is exactly why I think One Piece is the greatest long-running series of all time. Let me explain why:

A lot of people judge One Piece ostensibly and think of it as no more than a generic battle Shōnen, but they're wrong. I used to be the same. I judged it based on its childish art and thought it was a mere children's pirate story, but once I started it, I gradually got more and more interested in the series, and I would never have known it would be this sagaciously crafted piece of art. It truly awed me every time I underestimated it. I'd get more and more dumbfounded after each arc, and when I got caught up to the manga, I was amazed at how all this was laid out, even now.

One Piece is a pirate story in a nautical setting. It's about a 17-year-old boy aiming to be the King of the Pirates. Simple, right? I don't think so. That description is pretty underwhelming by all means for an enormous world as fleshed out as this. The intricately detailed world-building, from the unique and well-placed geography, the lively characters that occupy that geography, the profound backstories that make up who they are, the grounds on which they are afoot, the seas on which they sail, and to the dark history that encompasses the paradoxically lopsided universe of One Piece, is wholly splendorous. I believe the thing that One Piece emphasizes the most throughout what we've seen, the recurring theme of this series is none other than ... simple freedom, such is the protagonist's main goal. Freedom is an abstract concept. It is palpably deep, yet it's so simple. That very thought speaks volumes of the core that makes up Luffy, the man who aspires to be the Pirate King who is driven by his immense desire for freedom ... the very freedom that took his late brother's life away. One would think that would crush Luffy's inextinguishable enthusiasm towards attaining his final quest, yet it only added fuel to the fire. Luffy is inspired by the triumphs of the Pirate King, his potential predecessor, though he does not wish to follow in his footsteps. He is his own man; ironically, he does not want to be someone important either, nor does he think of himself as someone special. He simply sees becoming the Pirate King as the only way toward attaining true freedom. Luffy has vowed to return his treasured Straw Hat to its original owner, Shanks, only when he believes he is great enough to do so, and he has also vowed himself to his end goal.

One Piece's story is very well above the standards of a typical battle Shōnen story. It does not fall in the pit of discarding characters that could be of some use in the story, nor does it belittle the consequences of the critical decisions made by the Straw Hats or any other character. Defeat is a thing! It does not make light of character deaths, but it also isn't overly depressing. Happiness, love, and freedom can be starkly juxtaposed with bleak, depressing and disturbing themes at times. One Piece doesn't always take itself seriously, but when it does, you sense an uplifting and strong transition to a much more serious tone, and these sudden transitions can be one of the most satisfying things in the series. It tackles a lot of real-world problems that may or may not have come to pass, such as slavery, racism, oppression, corruption, poverty, sexism and even more. Every character gets its due exposure, and a lot of the characters have amazing character designs that add to their overall appeal. Character development is well-done, and it's appended into the story at the right times. The bonds of the Straw Hat crew and their interactions are an amazing sight to see. The more you read/watch this series, the more attached you get to them, and I mean: Every. Single. One. Of. Them.

One Piece also has an amazing surprise element that resonates with the many plot twists it has, and I think it does this best. The paneling is arguably the greatest in manga, even toppling Toriyama's exceptional skill at it, as far as I'm concerned. If you want eye candy, then Oda most certainly has one of the most bizarre, but keen understandings of aesthetics, and you won't go wrong with the art either since it's really consistent. A lot of the villains are written in a masterful manner with the exception of a few. The build-up is gradual, and the more you progress by reading this series, the more absorbed and engrossed you get. Every arc feels like it serves a purpose, and it's not just there for show. Oda does an amazing job by linking short-term storytelling with the long-term. The powers, the power-scaling, and the power-balance of the One Piece world feel spot-on. One Piece is also filled to the brim with subtle hints, hidden meanings, foreshadowing, parallels, symbolism, and it derives a lot of inspirations from Greek Mythology and other innumerable real-world myths, thusly becoming a godsend haven for anime theorists, and even though we have gotten a lot of revelations, we still have so many more things left to be uncovered.

Not many people acknowledge how extremely hard it is to maintain a long-term story, connect all the dots eventually, link the plot points, and keep the receiving audience interested. This story hasn't lost momentum and I doubt it ever will.
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Solo Leveling
Solo Leveling
Solo Leveling
Solo Leveling review
Solo Leveling
Apr 16, 2021
Solo Leveling review
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When I read Solo Leveling last year on the homepage of my preferred manga website I went in expecting the typical edgy power up trope that plagues most stories in the isekai genre. Despite SL not being Isekai per say, I found that it was just as mediocre as most isekai stories. I read the whole thing, enjoyed it a bit for it's art and fight scenes, and then left.

By the time I had finished, I was completely unaware of the hype surrounding this series. I was unaware that it was being referred to as a masterpiece, and that it was rated among the top 15 manga, above webtoons such as "Bastard," and "Tower of God." Both of which are what I would consider legitimate masterpieces. Needless to say, I shit my pants. There were actually tears of confusion in my eyes, that this webtoon was rated up there with titles such as berserk, vagabond, and kingdom.

Trust me that in this review I am pushing all of that aside to give an honest and objective view of this webtoon. I have since reread it for the sake of accuracy in this review. So, here we go. Keep in mind that I will refer to SL to as an Isekai for lack of a better word, and for the fact that it shares many plot elements. Here, isekai will be used as the name of a comic where the main character gets strong fast.

Story (5): The story is ok. It follows the tried and true formula of making a weaker character become stronger in order to provide the reader the excitement of watching them grow faster than other characters in the story. Trust me, when I read my first isekai in the form of "Dungeon Seeker" way back in 2016, I was just as excited about it as people are with this title. There is something about this kind of story that just makes people completely ignore any substance the story may or may not have.

I have since admitted to myself that "Dungeon Seeker" is terrible. And the more times I read this kind of story, the less I enjoy it. It was for this reason that when I read Solo Leveling for the first time that I was not amused at all. Beneath all the badassery is a lack of real character development.

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IS SOLO LEVELING'S WEAKEST POINT:

In the first chapter, it states how the main character WILL become the strongest S ranked hunter in the universe of Solo Leveling, which lowers possible character development in terms of strength. So... there is still room for emotional development. Nope. The main character remains calm in situations, is smart, cares about people who are close to him, is motivated, etc. The character development here is the he gets more chill and edgy. By telling the reader that the MC will become powerful, there really is no kind of character development left that would give the story substance.

Furthermore, the leveling system, similar to that of video game statistics and seen in many of the isekai genre, is used as a substitute for character development, as the reader can tangibly see how much the character has grown. Now, I admit that SL is different than other isekai in terms of the fact that none of the other characters can see their own stats. But the reader can roughly compare characters using the more widely used class system where hunters are ranked using a letter, with S being the highest and E being the lowest.

As for the dialogue, it is at times atrocious, in the first chapter there is a scene where two men are talking about the main character, and one asks the other the same question rephrased for about 2 pages. This is way to blatant to be a translation error. Having read many other korean manhwa and webtoon, I strongly believe that this dialogue is in fact part of the original pre translated webtoon.

Another thing that sucks is that all exposition in the story is stuffed down the reader's throats. Whether it be by gossiping men talking about the main character, through dudes explaining the rules of the world to people who should already know, it almost never happens naturally. The story really treats the reader like a baby, and I don't like it.

Despite the character development and dialogue, I do believe that the story is better than that of other isekai. Many in this genre feature characters that get endlessly stronger without actually introducing any conflict in the story after the prologue. I applaud Solo Leveling for setting itself apart from the rest in this very crucial way. The mc is still getting stronger, but we have been introduced to some strong enemies so in this way, Solo Leveling gets a pass. The flow of the story is really good as well, it’s very easy to read.

Characters (6): Characters in this are pretty generic personality wise, especially female ones. There are some interesting ones tho, and designs are pretty cool. I think its cool that there is more of an ensemble cast than I would have thought would be in something like this, especially one called "Solo Leveling." But there isn't enough real substance to justify a higher score here.

Art (9): Looks great, fight scenes are great. The shadow dudes look especially great. The effects shown are really immersive, and it has great choreography. Panels are well placed to great effect. Character designs are all great and unique, but sometimes contribute greatly to the edgy tone that drives some criticism of the webtoon. Doesn't bother me much but i'll take a point away.

Enjoyment (8): Its very exciting to read, and the art adds to the hype factor of the scenes. I am a very critical person so I can't in good conscience give anything other than the art a full score unless I legitimately thought the story was good:)

Overall (6): It’s good, but not great, definitely doesn't deserve all it's hype, and it only halfway deserves it's hate. I definitely don’t like it’s placement on the list because I don’t like it being the first thing people see when they look at manga as opposed to other greats. But I guess it could be an okay entry point. This is one of the most popular webtoon at the moment, and I'm sure that there are plenty of other manga/manhwa/manhua that are overrated/underrated on her so I guess it’s fine.

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Vagabond
Vagabond
Vagabond
Vagabond review
Vagabond
Apr 16, 2021
Vagabond review
Its rare I am changed on a spiritual and philosophical level by a piece of media. Sure I may form certain opinions after consuming a story or movie, however Vagabond is the only story to every completely change how I look at life.

To absurdly oversimplify it, Vagabond is a story of self improvement and finding your place in the world. Before I read Vagabond I didn't know where to go with my life. But soon after starting it I realised this wasn't a normal manga, this was different.

By volume 10 I had already been so motivated by Musashi and his journey that my grades at school had improved exponentially. Vagabond taught me what it means to push oneself to you absolute limits. Reaching your potential is important, but more important is realising life continues after you reach your goals. And that's okay. Life doesn't have an epic conclusion, it is a single long journey from start to a end. Though you won't have some Hollywood conclusion to your story, you can accomplish many goals along the way and it is important to constantly be pushing yourself, for when you stop trying is when you lose your way.

There will be no spoilers in this review don't worry
Story: 10/10 Vagabond follows the journey of Miyomoto Musashi and loosely follows the actual life of Musashi. Over the course of his journey Musashi is taught numerous things by the people he encounters. This taught me to seek knowledge from people I meet. I'm everyone has stories to tell and things to teach you, meeting new people and discovering new things is a great way to progress towards your goals. Musashi's development doesn't happen in huge jumps, but instead happens over the course of the story. All his experiences shape who he is.

Art: 10/10 I doubt I need to say much about the art. Vagabond is notorious for having amazing art, and is considered by many to have the best art of all manga. Reading a Vagabond chapter generally takes me a lot longer than normal because I find myself staring at each page admiring the beautiful art, only to realise I haven't even read the words yet.

Characters: 10/10 A big part of Vagabond is seeing how each character grows, and the anticipation of their eventual dual or interaction. I've found myself wishing some characters didn't have to right because I enjoy both so much, and would be saddened if one were to die. The fact I care so much about character throughout this story shows how compelling they care. Each Vagabond character feels like their own person and the main character or their own story. It just happens that we are following Musashi's. I am always excited to learn a characters back story and to find out how they become the person they are. These feel like real people with real emotions, and I hope I find another story that makes me love a stories character as much as Vagabond.

Enjoyment: 10/10 There have been many times over the course of Vagabond where I have literally been on the edge of my seat in anticipation. Excitingly turning the page and trying to keep my cool as I fanboy over how amazing the action scenes and dialogue are. Even arcs that some may consider "boring" are very enjoyable to me. This story is a hood example of how to write what seems like boring things in an exciting way. There's literally an arc about farming, and its one if my favourites in all of manga because of how well it is written and portrayed.

Flaws: The series is currently unfinished, and by the looks of it won't be finished for a very long time as its on a long hiatus. That's literally all the flaws I can think about.

Overall: 10/10 I understand that Vagabond isn't for everyone, but I would 100% recommended it to literally everyone. I have become a better person (in my opinion) after reading Vagabond. And if you find yourself lost in the world, in a dark place or just feeling depressed in general. I urge you to read this story, it helped me in more ways than I can describe and I hope it can do the same for you.
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Aojiro Shohan
Samurai 8: Hachimaru Den
Samurai 8: Hachimaru Den
Samurai 8: Hachimaru Den
Samurai 8: Hachimaru Den review
Samurai 8: Hachimaru Den
Apr 12, 2021
Samurai 8: Hachimaru Den review
A stunning example of writing failure (so much more surprising because Naruto nailed the initial emotional turmoil), an unusual case of masterful tech designs being a detriment to enjoyment of reading, Samurai 8 Hachimaru Den is seriously stunted.

Samurai 8, most likely, was supposed to be a lighter, more upbeat story, separating itself from Narutoverse by going into a techy spacefaring future and swapping ninjas for samurai. A space fantasy with magic-like consistently designed technology, with interstellar travel, mysticism and cyber superhuman warriors … A more contemporary hero, initially frail and disabled, gaining powers through his parent’s sacrifice and gaming… What could go wrong?

Turns out almost everything. Even the art is problematic. For starters, it’s unreadable because of the lack of shading, and shading had to be omitted to make way for the wealth of tech details. The situation becomes better in later chapters, but page layouts still look like a mess. It boggles the mind, considering the amount of effort put into visuals here. The samurai designs were carefully bred to become viral, to ensnare little boys, they have it all – variable, complex, dynamic, yet recognizable, sporting that linework oomph with a tiny pang of cool nasty. They travel on turtle spaceship. They have support animal cyborgs. They can fight in space. The level of pandering is on par with MMOs. Yet in the end it all drowns in visual debris. Consequently, with the plot failing to take off, the richness of visuals becomes an annoying dissonance.

These types of overcomplicated settings often fail, and Samurai 8 addresses none of the typical major issues. The old Japan and a biotechy sci-fi have different audiences, which may not intersect much. Advanced technology mimicking pre-industrial world structures and practices needs a very strong suspension of disbelief. And info dumps are unreal. Just like the art, the text of this manga is more often than not rendered unreadable by the amount of terms, titles and names. I love delayed exposition with passion, but it should never take up to 80% of text, which happens in Samurai 8. And then the remaining 20% of narrative are mostly pow-pew-friendship rules-woosh.

The characters are rubbish. I try to see the best even in standard stories, it’s very possible to do them right, but high energy doesn’t hide the vapid emptiness of the cast here. I couldn’t connect to anyone, and the speed and inelegance of introductions are painful. The main group is supposed to be a band of misfits – a formerly sheltered orphan, a cutely uncute freckled girl, a gender ambiguous weird kid – but they are not truly human-like or sympathetic. The protagonist, initially physically disadvantaged, immediately gets the whole adventure-ready package – a body that can do it all with a guarantee, an old legendary weapon, a famous mentor (somehow now literally a cool cat), a robot buddy (both feline and canine), a homely fate-bound girl, institutional support and recognition, and an unfolding galaxy saving quest to take on. He’s lost some things, but he’s reached his dream of being a samurai, the best social class and immortality right from the start, so he’s happy. He’s also a gaming champion, because of course, and that’s how he’s learned all about samurai and how to fight as one. The rest of the kids just tag along, somehow captivated by a former social recluse. It’s boring, he’s boring. Naruto was much more alive and balanced.

If you stop and think even for a moment the whole setting is very disturbing. The samurai are enshrined as manifestations of a warrior god, they give up their bodies in a ritual suicide to gain immortal vessels and then only seem human. The naturally following moral dilemmas and the highly probable body dysmorphia are not addressed in the manga at all, as far as I saw. Everything else in their world revolves around the samurai. They are neither “natural” superheroes, nor a separate society of jianghu, everyone wants to be a samurai, they are a major asset for a nation. I find a militaristic religion revering inhuman war machines and a society focused on producing them off-putting. Girls are driven to the role of princesses, who sort of give birth to samurai, are bound to a predetermined samurai by “fate”, give them power. There’re some female samurai in the lore, but 99% of them in the main story are male, even though it makes no good sense considering they are cyborgs. Seems like this technologically developed future digs ancient times not only in aesthetic. But it’s hard to speak about nuance here, not only because I dropped this in the first half, but also because there doesn’t seem much of it going on. It is just a loud by the book adventuring, which tries to hide its narrative failures by flexing the character design muscle.

Samurai 8 is a chore to get through, nothing sticks for me. It’s too in your face with its plan to be a self-insert “awesum” adventure for a tween nerdy gamer weaboo, and maybe to cash in on toys. And, like, that’s what Shounen Jump is for, but both story and visual composition here collapse in an unsightly way. The impressive cyber samurai designs can’t compensate for all, and they have ethical and aesthetical issues too.

According to the wiki, they try to save a galaxy from the entropic death in Samurai 8. The underdog protagonistin overcomes his initial limits, has an exciting journey and leaves a mark on the world. But the manga itself remains underrealized and weak, the entropy in it almost palpable. The garbled pace of an axed work right from the start, the bad page composition and the cumbersome unnatural narrative make it very hard to follow, to immerse or to care. I believe this is objectively a poor manga, sadly, the only thing to take out of it for the majority of readers being certain points in designs.
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Bench
Bench
Bench
Bench review
Bench
Apr 11, 2021
Bench review
I don't really read tons of sport manga, but when I heard that Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of Naruto, would be doing a baseball manga I could not help but wonder how that would all turn out. Well the result is good sport One Shot that sometimes reminds you of Naruto, but still manage to have a life of its own.

If there is one thing in this manga that definitely remind me of Naruto, then it's the art and that's not really a bad thing. I was always a fan of the art style in Naruto and I guess that if both manga are drawn by the same guy, then it's bound to look alike so there is nothing wrong there in my opinion.

So what that art style give us is a strong emphasis on the character, their facial expression and the way they move. We also get a background that is full of threes and other natural elements mix with building just like in Naruto. Some of the character design look similar too, but not so much that you would think he just took a character from Naruto and put it in Bench.

If I had one bad thing to say it would be that the characters have strange nose and haircut, the haircut I can do with because in most shonen manga the characters have weird haircut, but the nose really are a little weird. I realize he drew them like that on purpose and that he probably just wanted to make the characters look different from those in Naruto, but I can't say I like it. It kind of remind me of the nose of the Who in The Grinch and I never liked those either.

Apart from that minor detail the rest of the One Shot looks great and it's drawn well enough that we don't have any problems figuring what's going on.

Being a One Shot it's sure that Bench will not have the most detailed or complete story, but that does not mean it's not a well-made and interesting tale. As a matter of fact I loved it so much that by the end I wished that it would have been made into a full-fledged manga.

A group of Baseball player that are laughed at by the rest of the team because of their poor performance, but there is more to those young players than what you would expect. It's not the most original setting, but it works. The story is well-developed and picked my interest in more than one way. The flashback here and there reminded me a lot of Naruto, but the tale itself is quite different from Kishimoto's hit manga. Of course you will find a few elements that are shared by all shonen manga, but apart from that Bench is a manga that can stand on its own without looking too much like Naruto.

Not only did I care a lot about the tale by the end of the One Shot, but I also cared about the characters and wanted to know what would happen to them after.That's all because those characters are quite likable. They have goals of their own, strong and different personalities and actually make sense when they talk. Too often you see a manga with characters that are total wuss or that don't face the situation and would rather flee, well that's not the case here.

Even if sometime you can see a little bit of Naruto, Sasuke or other characters from the ninja world in them, they still manage to differentiate themselves from those popular characters and make an impact on their own.

So overall Bench is quite a good manga and even if you can't help but compare it to Kishimoto's other manga you don't really need to because the two of them are different. The art might look alike and some character design too and they are both shonen, but at the end of the day you're reading Bench for what it is, an interesting sport One Shot and not just a manga made by the guy who did Naruto. So for those who are still hesitating, I say read it, you won't regret it.

For more about Bench: http://www.squidoo.com/bench-manga-review
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Infection
By Spring
By Spring
By Spring
By Spring review
By Spring
Apr 09, 2021
By Spring review
By Spring is a short Drama, Romance and Seinen series that serialised between late 2019 to November of 2020 running for a little over one year. I found this series kind of randomly, no recommendation no nothing, one day I just kinda found it while scrolling through Mangakakalot, the artwork piqued my interest and I was kinda interested by the plot, so, I gave it a read.

[Story - 5/10]
The series follows a very basic premise, Middle school kid Souta who lives with his single mother, are living in near poverty and Souta (the absolute big brain) Spends his money on a rumoured prostitute who lives underneath a bridge. The story is pretty ok, some parts are way better than others some parts are way worse than others. The story starts off kinda slow but picks up steam as shit gets more intense at school, at home and with Haru (The rumoured prostitute). It has solid progression and there's certainly strings of events that lead to the climax of the story. Where the story loses me is just how rushed everything feels, I feel like I'm missing so many pieces to the puzzle that would make it so much more interesting. There was a relationship between Souta and a girl named Takasaki (this total bitch), a semi romance, and it looked as if Takasaki had some genuine feelings for Souta, as seen through a flashback. However I get this feeling that it was a scrapped idea so that we could have a generic villainous character. I got this feeling that there was so much more underneath the surface that just never got peeled back. There was also something at the end of the Manga that really miffed me, the message at the end seemed to be along the lines of "You can buy love" which is kinda of a stupid fucking message to be sending to your audience as the scenario portrayed in the Manga is something that wouldn't happen in 1 million years making the message seem kind of stupid.

[Art - 8/10]
Easily the best part about the manga, the art looks really nice. It's not as mesmerising as watching Araki Hirohiko paint with watercolour, but it's still gorgeous. The characters look very nice and the art is good. Well done mangaka.

[Characters 4/10]
The characters are bad, to put it simply they are characters that I cannot sympathise with. Souta and his mother being poor is a struggle that I can totally sympathise with, but the actions that they do within the story just rub me the wrong way, it goes like this for literally every character. Souta is a child living in poverty, he's 14 years old, he should know that his family is poor, and he does, he very clearly acknowledges this. Yet this absolute fucking big brain decides that he wants to have sex, so he gives away all of his money to a prostitute. What? I don't care if Haru is the most PG rated prostitute in the world, Souta acts like a dumbass, It's hard to sympathise with a characters who acts like a dumbass to create unnecessary drama for himself. The mother is much more sympathetic, it's clear that she loves her son and provides for her family the best way she can, to an almost destructive point. But this kind of goes back to the point of the characters feeling unsympathetic, for a woman who was betrayed by her husband, left barely surviving, she just makes everything harder for herself, she acts so fucking stupid. For example, Souta's mother is a sex worker, a pick up girl, a job she hates, here's some food for thought, you're telling me that in suburban Japan, near a city, there's no part time jobs that need workers, they say in the manga you went to college so I'm sure you could get a Job, this way you would have a constant stream of income and would be able to spend time with your son (whom you claim to love) because you have normal working hours and aren't expected to work erratic hours at the convenience of others, plus it's more stable. But no you decide on sex work, the one thing you hate and despise because your husband betrayed you by getting a fucking hooker. It honestly feels as though she is being hypocritical for hypocrisy sake, this is all the illustrate the point that the writer made the mother hypocritical for what is basically stakes in the story because they couldn't think of other ways to implement stakes into the story. Haru is the other character, she is the rumoured prostitute who lives under the bridge. Out off all the characters she is the one that makes me the most confused. So basically she gets money off this kid, even though she is rich. Ok well maybe theirs a justifiable reason for this? But apparently not because the reasoning for this is that She has daddy issues and doesn't want to go to college? What? If I'm not missing something here, thats a really, fucking stupid reason and is another point that adds to the fact I can't feel sympathy for these people. The last character I would like to talk about it Takasaki, Takasaki is a popular Beautiful girl at the school Souta goes too. At the beginning it seems like she is a kind and nice character who likes Souta because he showed some kindness to her. And that's exactly what she was, until she pulled some fucking bullshit 180 and went like full Yandere until her great anime betrayal nearing the end of the story. Now she was obviously upset about Souta being with Haru, but that seemed to be because she liked Souta, until she pulled some fucking 180 and went psycho. My question to her is why? You act like your head over heals for Souta then when he finds that he doesn't like you, you throw him under the bus and get him fucked. You might think? But isn't she supposed the be a villain? And that's what confuses me, to me she didn't seem as if she was presented as a villain, more like a love rival, the part where she throws Souta away would make so much more sense if you established her character that way. Anyway in the end the entire cast struck me as a bunch of unsympathetic cunts who act completely retarded for what is no absolute reason.

TL;DR / Summary
This manga had some great potential, I thought it had an interesting concept and I think that the artist is very talented, but it seemed to fall short with some lacklustre characterisation and sub par storytelling

[Overall/enjoyment - 5/10]
I think that if this story had more time to fully develop it's ides it could have been really good, but as it stands it' s a mediocre Seinen rom-com with some very nice art.
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Secret no Mukougawa
Secret no Mukougawa
Secret no Mukougawa
Secret no Mukougawa review
Secret no Mukougawa
Apr 08, 2021
Secret no Mukougawa review
tl;dr: An interesting start that flounders due to a lack of action, lack of character development, and overtly convoluted plot. 

The manga starts off dark, mysterious, and interesting, but it sort of drops the ball after that. After the setup, things become pretty random and abrupt most of the time, pulling out random plot twists out of nowhere in a pretty rushed manner, making the plot feel overtly convoluted and actually learning the truth behind the mysteries not all that interesting. The ending itself feels like this is a series that was very obviously axed, because it just sort of stops half way through the story, and then the last scene is a flash forward to everything working out to a good ending. I appreciate that they threw in the happy ending, but it's still not all that satisfying. In terms of characters, I did like the setup of the main characters and their relationships, and the moment to moment interactions were usually amusing, but in an overarching manner they felt kind of flat and it didn't really feel like there was any development. The side characters were completely random and didn't have any value beyond the minimal impact they had in the plot. The combat system was cool at times, having the open/close mechanic and Exims with random powers to spice things up, but it was never explained properly and pretty much disappeared completely after the first major battle that seemed to start fleshing it out. The art and character designs were really good, and the blend of good looking monsters and a monstrous world worked well. 
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Misumisou
Misumisou
Misumisou
Misumisou review
Misumisou
Apr 08, 2021
Misumisou review
The word I chose to describe Misumisou is "inconsistent", though it's possible to find this inconsistency functional for the plot, but perhaps I felt that only because of some narrative choices of the author being different than expected in most manga similar to this one. Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed this manga. Please, allow me to explain.

Starting with the story, what I tought would be just a manga about some girl dealing with bullying, turned out to be more centred on delibarate violance than anything, at least for some of the chapters. It's a story about revenge with students as main characters (sounds edgy but it's not THAT edgy). But regardless that, I can say that this is the least "inconsistent" part of the entire work.

The art is slightly mediocre, to be honest, but when needed, it can delivers some really gorgeous, well done pages (plus the facial expressions are a pro to me, some shots turned to be really intense, I give this point to the author for using it as a functional resource), and the violent ones almost felt real. And just to be stated, I started reading mainly because of the visual stylization.

For the characters, that 's the most incosistent part. Few characters will gain your individual attention, and most of them turned out to be almost just plot device, and some characters are there just because. But, like I said, the inconsistency itself turned to be working towards the plot.

But what I really, really liked about Misumisou is that it's atmosphere and narrative worked very well to me. After I finished reading, I felt a menacing atmosphere around ME. When you combine the art and the plot, you have a "B" manga that turns to be really enjoyable. I realized that the exaggerated way the manga dealt with bullying was kind of well done, and perhaps you'll need some time to reflect to reach the same conclusion I've reached after reading.

If you're looking for a tragical but not too much dramatical (I'm considering 'dramatical' different than 'intense') manga, this one worth it. Besides all that, the pacing is good and it has only 21 chapters, so you mught want to give it a try, even if doesn't suits your tastes too much.
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