Frogman

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Alternatives: Japanese: フロッグマン
Author: Nylon
Type: Manga
Volumes: 6
Chapters: 60
Status: Finished
Publish: 2009-02-27 to 2011-10-14
Serialization: Young Animal

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Alternatives: Japanese: フロッグマン
Author: Nylon
Type: Manga
Volumes: 6
Chapters: 60
Status: Finished
Publish: 2009-02-27 to 2011-10-14
Serialization: Young Animal
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3.8
4 Votes
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75.00%
25.00%
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Summary
Michiru is a high school boy who isn't really good at anything, including sports and socializing. He likes watching one of his classmates, Haruka, as she practices swimming. Haruka happens to be the only member of the swimming club associated with his school. As she and the coach search for members, she notices him and innocently believes he's been watching her because he really wants to swim. Michiru is unable to say no to her invitation to the club, even though he's never swam before and has no idea how it's done. Michiru finds his life changing as Haruka patiently teaches him how to swim.

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Volume 1: Frogman (pilot)
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Frogman review
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Firechick120124
Apr 07, 2021
Frogman is a moderately ecchi seinen romantic comedy about a nice, nonathletic boy (who can't swim) who joins the swim team to get closer to a pretty girl. If that plot sounds uninteresting to you, then look elsewhere; Frogman is a fine example of it's type, but there is nothing here that's exceptional or even all that unpredictable. On the other hand, if that plot sounds like it might be fine... read on.

Oh, and note that this isn't really a sports manga: the swim team setting is just an excuse to have girls hanging out in swimsuits. They don't go to swim-meets, and I think there are only three swimming races of any type in the entire manga.

Story (6): It's mostly a slice-of-life romantic comedy. The two spend most of the manga trying to sort out their budding romantic feelings for each other, while a series of antics ensue around them. The manga isn't long enough for this to get frustrating or for the jokes to get old, so that's good. On the down side, there is one storyline involving a rival high school that's a tad too dark for this manga, and the ending is a bit abrupt (though not altogether unsatisfying).

Art (7): Pretty girls in swimsuits. Lots of them. Otherwise, the artwork is serviceable shounen.

Character (7): Michiru is a fairly typical shounen rom-com lead: nice guy, hard working, nonathletic, and kind of spineless when it comes to women. That being said, he isn't as annoying as some others in the genre. Haruka is a bit more interesting, as she balances her desire to have fun and hang out with her friends, with her growing romantic feelings (that she's completely unprepared for). Otherwise, you've seen these characters before: busty, aggressive coach; tsundere romantic foil; the childish and lacking-in-boundaries girl who is in love with the tsundere; and a few other side characters who come and go without leaving too much of an impression.

Enjoyment (7): Some of the jokes are funny, Haruka is always pleasant whenever she's the focus of the story, the lead isn't overly annoying, and there is good eye-candy throughout.

Overall (7): If you like ecchi shounen rom-coms, you can certainly do a hell of a lot worse than Frogman. It's certainly not perfect, but it's a solid example of the genre.
Frogman review
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Scinn4
Apr 07, 2021
tl;dr: A manga that was a pretty random mess in terms of plot and characters but was reasonably amusing nevertheless. 

This manga was all over the place. In the beginning it seemed to be kind of focused around Michiru trying to learn to swim with a bit of a pretty generic love triangle in the background with some characters that may have had potential. As it went on however, it became a mess with lots of random tone shifts as well the plot starting in a bunch of different directions but never actually going anywhere with a bunch of hints at plot threads that never materialized and a bunch of plots that begin but mysteriously disappear from chapter to chapter, all of this ultimately leading to suddenly there being relationship development but in a really undefined and unclear way leading to a really random and completely lacking impact ending. And of course, being such a mess, it was pretty hard to care about the characters all that much either. Still, going in a bunch of random directions made it feel like it was moving pretty fast even if it never went anywhere so it felt reasonably interesting overall, and the humor was pretty solid all the way through so it was at least somewhat enjoyable throughout, even if it was trying to take itself too seriously. The art style was also pretty good, and at certain shots like covers and such it looked really good, but unfortunately the average level of quality throughout wasn't that great.