Nozoki Ana

TLDR; :(

I mean thats really all I should need to say.

God there were points where I actually was sick to my stomach from the story. Not just because of the sick things that go down, which some stuff does go down. But how much i felt for the pain of the characters like I never have in any story. I truly felt bad for character, cheered them on, felt sad with them. It was an emotional journey man and I recommend it to anybody over 18.

Review needs to be longer so guess I'll ramble on:
At the beginning of the novel the characters I felt like where just sexy. That was all there was to them. But toward the middle, to end I didn't even have to use my dominant hand once, because I felt their emotions and it felt way wrong. I'm not even kidding, I read all volumes in one day and despite how short it was to read, I have never experienced characters the way you do here. It's a trip man, a trip I would highly recommend.

*SPOILER ALERT*
The leading heroine is basically a manipulative rapist. Of course, the main character didn't seem to notice and the almighty plot armor protected her.
*END SPOILER*
Let's start this review with the manga's problems. The concept is pretty standard for a mature manga: stupid boy finds conveniently placed peephole and proceeds to use it to peep on his neighbor who, surprise, surprise, is attractive, female, AND his classmate. But that's alright. I don't expect realism in my porn. In it's entirety, the plot wasn't at all bad, and much better than 90% of all ecchi/hentai/adult/whatever manga that has been written. Problem lies completely with Emiru.
FUCK EMIRU.
She is a horrible character! I don't care what caused her to be so fucked up, because she is probably the worst leading manga heroine in the adult genre. Hell, I'd say she is the worst. I'm not going to go into many details, but let's just say the manga would have been much shorter and filled with less bullshit if she never existed. I genuinely liked Kido, but him being attracted to Emiru made me hate him.
To be perfectly blunt, Emiru is a rapist. AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY. For those who have read the manga, please imagine everything gender reversed. Yeah, now her actions are no longer adorably psychotic and sexy... they are downright rapey and manipulative. Just imagine the firestorm this novel would have had if that were the situation. I doubt it would have even been published. Male Emiru would have been dragged to jail and hopefully castrated for his actions. It's utterly disgusting to think about. And before you say: "But that's how ecchi/adult/hentai/porn/whatever is!" It's not. I've read a LOT of the genre and let me tell you, the mangaka never has to force fan service using Emiru's detestable methods. If you don't want to imagine it gender swapped, just imagine what the story would have been like if Emiru was ugly. That's right! Kido probably would have never put up with Emiru's assholery. Oh, and don't get me started on her shit personality. Since I think I've bitched about Emiru enough, I'll be short: that stupid sometimes sweet sometimes cold personality is the worst.
Now then, as an adult manga, Nozoki Ana is, without a doubt, one of the best. The protagonist and many of his friends (except Emiru) were likeable and the story (when Emiru wasn't involved) was refreshing. I can say the lovely art is what delayed me from ultimately putting the manga down. After some point, however, Emiru became too much of an annoyance for me, so I never finished it. I do have a vague knowledge of what happened after the point I stopped reading, and I can say that I'm glad I didn't waste my time finishing it.
**TLDR version**
Story 5
Art 10
Characters 6
Enjoyment 4
Overall 3
Emiru made Nozoki Ana a horrible experience. She should be ashamed of herself.

Okay, lets be honest. The first time you start reading you might just this is just a run of the mill ecchi manga, but, hold on a minute, BUT, as you continue reading on there's more to it than it seems.

Story: 9/10. Was interesting, for an ecchi manga it touches on some deep topics. Aside from the whole agreement on the peephole most of this could happen in real life. Unrequited love, conniving friends, lost of trust, and heartbreak. The sex scenes every chapter COULD take away from the story if you're not very good with it, but soldier on, trust me it'll be worth it. As someone who reads ecchi it sure was awkward reading one where the story develop during the sex scenes.

Art: 8/10. I've seen better and I've seen worse. This is on the higher end of the better. Expressions really convey how someone would react. Not everyone looked the same, so thats a plus!

Character: 10/10. The characters start developing before your eyes and you start respecting them as you read on. Kido starts of like any other ecchi/harem-ish character: amazingly nice to everyone except for the main heroine until he realizes it's too late. I disliked him at first but liked him as he grows into a real man. As for Emiru I liked her since the beginning. She is so devilishly cunning and her wit is sharp. I like how she makes Kido uncomfortable and react to everything she does. The side characters are not useless (unlike some other ecchi mangas I've read before) They also develop along with the main characters. I found myself rooting for the sideline characters when they start to find their own meaning of life as well.

Overall: 9/10. I really enjoyed this. I actually had this story on hold for a year or so but I finally sat down and started reading and lets say I didn't stand up until I finished. From putting it off at ch. 4 all the way to finishing at ch.117. This might be a tear jerker or maybe I'm just a sap for a little unrequited love, oh well.

Storyline - 10: So you got a girl who seems to have a fetish for watching others through a hole and an unlucky neighbor who is blackmailed into becoming her sideshows in exchange for watching her back and you get to experience their relationship blossom as the guy tries to experience his own love life whilst having to keep this one girls antics in the back of his mind...This on paper is perhaps on the most sexual explicit manga you might watch but there is something that makes it different but you can simply say it in any review.
If you aren't a fan of ecchi stuff this may not be for you but if you are then you may know what i mean by this in the sense that the erotic and ecchi elements of this manga dont seem to be forced or there for the sake of being there instead it all seems 'natural' like this is meant to be here, this scene has been coming for a while and all that and because of that the storyline becomes something special and highly enjoyable.


Artwork - 9: I am not saying that artwork is bad, in fact i love it because the detail in the characters are absolutely incredible and how they managed to make so many girls look just so beautiful wether in outfits, swimwear and of course, naked is why i love this manga so much.

Character - 9: I dont think i need to say anymore than Emiru here, she is beautiful with a twisted sense of humor, has nothing to hide and is not affraid to admit she has a perverted side to her, when it comes to female characters if she isnt in the top 20 of any anime character of all time then theres a probably with the list i say.

Enjoyment - 9: Absolutely...You may pick this up for the nudity but i honestly believe you will read on for the twists, the story and comedy that is in this manga, as I said before this manga takes the whole ecchi genre to a new level where even those who hate ecchi may actually like this simply because its not full in your face but more "oh look a nude scene now back to the story".

Overall - 9: Ok i really did wanna give this a 10 but i wouldnt say its quite perfect but in terms of entertainment, ecchi, characters, comedy and art there are very few manga out there that are as good as Nozoki ana!!

Dont forget to catch the series of this when it is realised sometime this year..its going to be great :D

Why am I crying so much reading a hentai? Reading this in one sitting had me dead inside for the following month. That manga fucked me up really hard.

This is romantic. This is dramatic. This is fucked up beyond anything. This is bittersweet. This is joyful. This is sad.

Because I've read it so fast, sometimes I wonder if I should read it again. However, I have reached the conclusion that self-inflicting psychological damages is not the best hobby one can hope for, and as such, I will not read it again.

My issue with the ecchis is that they often forget the ''reality''. There's no way you wouldn't do anything to a thirsty girl that you're in love with. Meanwhile, other hentais often forget the "dreamy" part of a romance. This manga fixes that in the most epic and heart-breaking way.

This manga has transcended the state of manga, the state of hentai, it's truly something that you don't want to read. Seriously.

One of the few things that all humans have in common that we all carry throughout life is.........we all have a side no one sees our "dark" or "secret" possibly "2nd side" or whatever you want to call it and whatever it may contain whether it contain lust, pride, ego, perverseness or hate (and so much more) but what if someone saw that side of you? well nozoki ana takes this approach (with just a few of these traits) and gives a not great nor bad but solid manga to read that I recommend

Story 7/10- Nozoki Ana tells the story of Tatsuniko as he moves in to his new apartment for college to find a whole in the wall leading to his next door neighbor....emiru's room and the story takes off from there and while its not a great story it does a great job of keeping you hooked having emotional highs and lows and does a decent job of making you care for the relationships and characters

Art 7/10- the art was standard in this manga it did not set any bars but yet they got the emotions across they needed to weather it be passion in a sex scene or despair in a heart break scene

enjoyment 6/10- I really really liked this manga but it did not make me love it staying at a "good" level it is the best ecchi manga ive ever read having a story not reading just for the sex scenes but that those take a back seat to the story read this manga while it is a little long it is worth the read

MOD EDIT: *The review contains spoilers*

This manga is very interesting, to that fact that it investigates many issues found in society to depth and allows to you see the more darker and disturbing things in life. However, what makes this manga interesting is that it was somehow able to make this into a semi-comedic manga, with funny quirks in between.

This manga is aimed at the seinen bracket, and so those who are weak hearted, i will advise to turn away from this as this story, in all honesty, does depict some of the more horrible and cruel things in life.

Story:
You probably have already read the synopsis of this manga, so i won't bore you with the fundamental plot. I'm also not going to try and revel any spoilers, as i found that this manga was still a very good overall manga. It shows the more "lecherous" side of humans, and this series contains a lot of heartbreaking moments, and a lot of immoral moments. Ultimately, the male protagonist does end up with the female protagonist, but the obstacles of morality and even love come into play which drags this series along. That being said, the obstacles i mentioned are somewhat sad, as you would expect, but also somewhat immoral, which is why i'd only advise this manga to those who are strong hearted.

Art:
Found the art perfect for this type of mature manga, and it certainly was able to portray the characters in the fashion which they were best portrayed.

Character:
As i said previously, this manga does deal with some of the darker truths in life and so many of the characters could be considered "dark". My main objection with the characterization was that it seemed like the author had forcefully added faults to the characters, as some of the situations and character backgrounds seemed unrealistic, and just plain weird. My other objection is one that really cannot be solved unless i spoil some of the story. However i believe that objection cannot really be solved by anyone apart from the society issues in japan, which probably forced the author to write such a thing (if you want to know more, message me).

Enjoyment:
Despite all the sadness and heartbreaks in the story, i still found every arc of the story enjoyable, in the sense that the author really did prioritize drama in this series, and the way it was portrayed made me very happy.

Therefore, to conclude i would like to say that Nozoki Ana was a very good manga, probably somewhere in my top 10. It defiantly dives into some of the more darker issues and so it does seem somewhat darkish. But if you have time on your hands, and you wish to feel your heart ache then mend again, read all 117 chapters, and i promise you that you wouldn't regret it

This has to be one of my favorites ever. When I tell you the amount of emotions you feel when reading this, it's just that you can't put into words. The amount of realism put into a character's thinking is amazing. I don't want to spoil anything but this is something you should sit down, grab something to eat, and just immerse in. You'll immediately fall in love after the first chapter. While reading this you'll feel joy, frustration, pain, and satisfaction at the most. Just an amazing story. The MC isn't the bland and dense type. He thinks about his decisions, a lot. But the thing is that with the amount of pressure that is put on him, he's not sure what to do. And about the main girl, it takes some time to to fall for her as well. But that is why we have major character development. This is a major key factor in this manga, character development is beautiful. So pretty much I highly suggest this anyone who's into Romance. It's also very ecchi so you get something else out of it as well, but that is part of real life lol. There IS an anime to this, but it's only an OVA so I have not bothered watching it since and OVA can only show so much. So I hope you guys take up on this manga.

I was introduced to this manga through watching the animated adaptation of the beginning of the series. I actually enjoyed it for its story rather than the "plot" and wanted to know how the characters developed over time, finding out it was based on this manga.

This manga was both enjoyable and painful to read at the same time. Within the first 40 chapters of it, you will know that you are in for a long and bittersweet ride.

The story is good, if a bit plain. A boy and girl living next to each other find a hole in the wall they share, which causes chaos and misunderstandings throughout.

As said, the story isn't something to necessarily write home about, but the characters and their interactions make this much better. Several of them are easy to relate to and grow invested in. Many of these people bring something unique and fun to the manga. These people often left a smile on my face and I found them people I would like to be friends with.

Additionally, the characters showcased some Japanese etiquette in a weird way that I found refreshing. In Japan, people avoid sharing with others how they really think and feel about the world around them in order to maintain peace and avoid any conflict. This is a manga that can portray that side of things very well.

Overall, I enjoyed reading this series, but due to the pain train you go through, I would likely avoid reading it again. This series would have been rated higher by me, but I don't personally agree with a lot of the direction the story went in, especially roughly halfway through the series. To me, it felt like some characters were forced to betray their nature in order to make the series drag out a bit longer.

8/10 from me.

Skewed within perverted story line and jaw dropping art style, the story of a hole in the wall leaves within readers a hope for love. The triple entente "Good Ending, Kimi no iru machi, and of course Nozoki Ana" were one of my first love mangas that i were able to explore my emotions and the beauty of manga and how it plays with the emotion. Though plots may be a little to revolved around fan service and sex at the beginning, the ending was yet again, heart warming. Character developments were amazing with the ever so typical narcissistic main character who believes he is doing it for those he love but it is only for him.

Ok, thoughts on this one....


To start off with.. this series contains a lot of adult content, so I do recommend a mature audience for this one as the content contains strong sexual content, strong language and some violence.


That being said... definitely worth the read as the story is gripping. I found myself stumbling upon this series by chance and only intended to check out a few chapters and give a casual read through.. however, I found myself hooked the minute I picked it up.


The story of a college student, his neighbor, and friends.. it has it all, romance, comedy, Intense moments that will have you sitting upright frantically wanting to know what happens next. It will trigger the feels for some and be an emotional roller coaster ride for others.


The series its fairly long and I believe the manga is ongoing, and they featured an hour long OVA with it as well. I recommend reading through before watching the OVA first to avoid spoilers. I enjoyed it so much that I could see myself re-reading it more than once. Go check it out =)

This will serve my first time reviewing a manga and this will be my first doing it here, some parts might come as having a grammatical error or just simple choice of words, please bear with it. Let me keep this review short and simple…

Ahh, Nozoki Ana- also called as A Peephole, is a hentai manga drawn and illustrated by Wakou Honna. A must read for those who wants to absorb themselves into the plot and lewd content- but all in all a good RomCom manga to read for adult readers out there. The hentai manga that made me cry, why am I crying over such a thing? Made me think to myself of wanting to be happy while reading it for days, here’s why:
Somehow, this manga was totally clean on its own sense, a sense of bliss exudes when reading this manga. The plot was extraordinary, and I can assure this from the genre being ecchi, and I guess this manga stands absolute when it comes to narrative.
It was good, and some parts which felt real- both the reader and its characters as the story progresses later on. I have nothing to say more but this one made you want to revoke anything you’ve done in the past and open up. A feast for this manga, for this broke through me on every possible ways, may it hurts or healed me.
10/10

If you want to read this for the ecchi and a readable story this is for you. I say readable because I mean it is really just readable. I started this hoping it would be ecchi and take a plunge into some deep twisted psychological stuff and was disappointed when all I saw was ecchi. Some of these reviews make it seem like the next aku no hana and some really heart felt story but I would have to disagree. It's just an extremely average guy with zero personality having A LOT of sex with girls way out of his league. Oh and a very mysterious and attractive girl wants him but through his own idiocy he can't see that. It's just really nothing special story wise.

As for the art it's pretty good. You really get what you pay for in terms of sex scenes since they take up 75% of every chapter.

The story is weak and pretty predictable. I won't spoil things and there are plenty of other reviews giving a synapse but if you are a big fan of seinan or even just romance I wouldn't read this with high hopes.

Character building is pretty non existent. The MC is apparently a very honest guy but lies to everyone and falls in love the second he has sex with them. The girl is, as I said, mysterious and 'twisted' but somehow he falls in love with her. Not sure what it is with manga and stockholm syndrome but lots of MC's seem to have it.

TLDR; If you like ecchi then its a good read, if you are looking for a deep story look elsewhere.

I'm starting off this review by saying this is the best romance manga i've read, its a beautiful story that tackles self hatred,Love,heartbreak and all the troubles with young love.I teared up on 3 occasions(partly cause of the music i was listening to) cause i really felt what the MC was going through during those moments, it showed me that humans can be so fragile emotionally it just takes one little slip and you end up in a depression spiral. In terms of characterization while i didn't particularly like the MC at the beginning i started really digging him during the middle of the manga, the female MC was absolutely phenomenal loved her so much while the other characters felt either too frail or too easy so they didn't peak my interest too much.
For the story of the manga it all poetically comes together at the ending in a very beautiful way, while some of the problems appeared to have gotten tackled too fast and easy i enjoyed the way they got tackled and learnt some life lessons from them, i enjoyed the constant tips the female MC gave out about human nature i had lots to learn from her several quotes.While for the art the most i can say about it is that its pretty good for an ecchi manga i mostly just enjoyed different shots of the female MC as she had the most unique look in the series. Bringing it all to an end i feel like this manga really had an impact for me transitioning as a young adult and am glad to have been able to stumble upon it.

Man did this manga really rip me up after reading it.
I read the whole thing in one sitting about 8 hours and it was almost perfect. The characters where all absolutely pristine and the art style and drawing where top notch. The story was very confusing at first but at the end all of my questions where wrapped up into a nice little box of thoughts that left me thinking about the story for days. For a hentai which I normally never read this book had me shedding tears all throughout with all the 180's the book was pulling when you thing you understood it the manga flipped it on its head and surprised you. I would recommend this to anyone who is into plot heavy manga or ecchi hentai. 9/10

Honest to god don't know how this manga is so positively reviewed. I enjoyed Aku no Hana, i enjoyed Sundome, i enjoyed Forget Me Not but this manga was an absolute travesty.

This is literally 90 chapters of the MC wondering why the girl next door is masturbating to him having sex with his girlfriend, her literally saying i love you, you make me wet, i want you... and then when she moves out
hes on the floor crying " I LOVED YOU MAIN HEROINE..."
:v

The following 20 chapters are the tragic background story of the main heroine that we didn't get until now. Thats right we spent 90 chapters with a girl that we know absolutely nothing about, no hints, no nothing. :D
The whole theme of the manga is "to show your true self" but ironically enough we don't learn a single thing about the main heroine until an info dump in the early 100s.

The manga is is only 117 chapters long.
The sex the MC has with his girlfriends are pleasurable to look at and his 2nd girlfriend is treated like trash as the MC wonders if he likes his girlfriend or likes the all to convenient female next door that masturbates to his presence.

I should've known that the manga wasn't for me from the start...
literally every relationship is initiated by the female meeting the MC and instantly wanting to fuck him. The MC is so wishy washy that whenever he sticks his penis into a female he instantly just forgets everything around him and instantly "loves" them.

The word love is thrown around alot in this manga. Meet a girl and bang her up for a night is an act of love. Finger the girl next door in a closet while you watch your friends have sex is an act of love.

I was literally reading this manga just to see if it ended like sundome... with the MC getting cucked... that would've been a fucking troll as fuck ending but instead we get a final volume that has like 60 pages of forplay talk.... like im talking just kissing and talking... for DAMN NEAR 60 PAGES.
and then a time skip because we needed to fill more pages with more needless exposition. And then it ends... no grand finale or anything... it just sorta ends...

Point me to a manga that has a dude beating his meat to a girl by watching her have sex with her boyfriend and find that "romantic" and give it 10/10 - 9.5/10 ratings and maybe i will update this review... but for now... This manga is a waste of time :D

I started reading this after my friend told me about a hentai manga that can make you cry, and it nearly did. It was only once that I felt like I was about to cry and it shook me to my core. Alas after that one and only time, the story steadily declined. It was one forced feeling after another and it became one of my least favorite manga of all time. I was confused at the reasoning behind characters actions and feelings, the ending was the worst piece of written literature I've ever read.

also the last 10 chapters are just sex, and it wasn't even arousing

I can’t explain how much this manga struck my heart. Despite of its ecchiness, it has an amazing story. The pain, suffering, and development of both MC, was done really well. I got hook immediately. From wanting to know more about the female protagonist, to absolutely in love with the character. She started off as pretty interesting, but as the story develop and show you more of her, you’ll definitely be charmed by her just like the male protagonist.

I honestly didn’t expect much of the manga, but it really blew my mind. The ecchiness wasn’t even there anymore for me, I was all into the relationship between the two MCs. And their relationship really was a mess, but their true feelings for each other was really sweet. It was really nice seeing how their relationship developed.

I totally recommend this manga. Even for none ecchi readers. Just tolerate the ecchiness and just focus on the plot. This kind of story wouldnt work without the ecchiness. I just couldn’t stop reading once I started. It was just too interesting. I really hope everyone got the message from the manga.. *It’s much more special when it’s with the person you truly love*

☺️

Nozoki Ana is an ecchi mature manga. there are obiously a lot ecchi things involved, but unlike manga like Love Junkies (which i actually liked) the story is quite good.

if you want a summary, check the discription.

Story: 8

like i said, the story is pretty good. there are a lot of psychological aspects involved and that makes the story exciting. if you are looking for a more hentai manga, you might get off on this, but you'll probably miss the best aspects of the series.further in the series, the emotional aspects are written pretty well.

Art: 7

the drawings are done well in my opinion. i dislike very childlike drawing styles, so i liked the style in this manga. it's not incredible but still pretty good.

Character: 7

the main character is pretty standard. a regular kind guy, who doesn't mean any harm, but because of certain circumstances, he ends up hurting himself and the people around him. however the the other main character, the girl, is pretty interesting. she is really different from the kind loving girls that often appear in manga or anime.

Enjoyment: 8

i find this manga really entertaining. the psychological relationship between the two main characters is especially entertaining. also the way the male character always panics about everything is amusing.

Overall: 8

all the reasons why i gave this manga an 8 are mentioned above!

A romance drama that opens as a hentai. Not what you'd first expect; but defiantly a ride that by the time you've gotten to the end I guarantee a tear of happiness will have fallen down your face.
I was not expecting to become emotionally attached to the characters, but somehow it happened, and I am sure glad it did. That attachment that somehow grabs a hold of you is what kept me reading this series.
Love this manga, defiantly a recommendation in my books. Not for the hentai elements, but for the character development that sets it aside from all the other manga novels in it's catagory.