Yakedo Shoujo

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Alternatives: Japanese: 火傷少女
Author: Satomi, Yuu
Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Status: Finished
Publish: 2017-03-22 to 2018-07-23

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Alternatives: Japanese: 火傷少女
Author: Satomi, Yuu
Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Status: Finished
Publish: 2017-03-22 to 2018-07-23
Score
2.3
7 Votes
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0.00%
42.86%
42.86%
14.29%
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Summary
Kaname Aizawa and Shiina Hinami are classmates, one day the two bumped into each other, breaking Kaname's glasses and scattering Shiina's belongings, Kaname helped her and accidentally opens her secret notebook, attraction begins between them.

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horror
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Yakedo Shoujo review
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lilkraken3
Apr 11, 2021
Yakedo Shoujo; where to start? Well, on the optimistic side it had it's moments but those moments aren't necessarily anything to write home about. It's mediocre really, although it doesn't really rub me the right way with it's approach towards suicide.

Story: 5/10

Yakedo Shoujo portrays suicide and depression very crudely. If you're looking for a heavy dose of psychological horror and philosophy; you'll be disappointed with the lack of it. Despite MAL giving it the horror genre, rest assured, there is none of that. In turn, what you really get is a incomprehensible mess of a narrative.

Let's get into the story. In the world of Yakedo Shoujo, we see high school life through our protagonist's eyes. From the get go, the exposition sets itself as very depressing. I for one, liked it. A mother who sees nothing in her son but the husband that left, the nihilist that is the MC and the duality of Shiina and Kaname.

Where it falls flat, is the pacing of it all. The pacing on this manga is like reading at light speeds. We jump from Shiina and her friend, to the disjointed family of Kaname in a single chapter. From there, we jump to Kanae's abusive father and rarely leaves time to flesh out some characters. A good example of good pacing is in Kokoro Connect. Each character has his/her trauma and development. In that anime, it makes to sure to adequately dissect a character and give it time to soak itself in.

Everything happens at the same time, and it's all just messy. Maybe it was written this way to simulate reality, but it ends of falling flat as a fruitless attempt to add meaning to a rushed story.

Art: 7/10

I liked the art. It wasn't god-tier art or anything, but it was good. I believe where this manga shines the most is with the art. With conjunction with the characters, the expressions on some of these character's face just seem real. It's as if you can see life in their eyes, and it symbolized alot. It's such a subtle and minor detail that many don't pick up, but truly the eyes on some of these characters have so much emphasis on them I don't know where to begin. Other than the faces, the art is pretty alright.

Characters: 6/10

The bread and butter of the whole manga has got to be the characters. It's fair, to say the least. It's nothing good per se, but it's nothing horrible. The MC, although shockingly plain and forgetful is more than what what meets the eyes. He suffers from his own problems and goes by his own agenda. I'd say he's the most realistic character here. Kaname's flaws are only brought out by others, but from the outside he seems very stoic. For a generic psychological manga, that was much to be expected, but Kaname is a breath of fresh air compared to the other characters who just fall flat. Kaname goes through a moral lapse and we see his stoic character rust and shatter over the course of the story. Kaname's slow development was a great plus for this story.

On the other hand, we have Shiina. She is laughably edgy and her character all revolves around suicide. Her character glorifies suicide but doesn't even put it in a realistic light at all. She ends up feeling 2D and ingenuine. Maybe if her character was simply just fleshed out more, it would've been drastically better. I think I may have to retouch on her character in the future, but I don't think I can understand where the author was going with this. It ended up feeling like a shitty knock-off Hannah Baker, and that is really saying something.

Enjoyment: 1/10

Absolutely pathetic. I couldn't enjoy this manga at all. I came in expecting some heavy psychological hits, deep philosophy but it all came out edgy for the sake of being edgy. You may like the contrast with the serious topics and the vibrant art, or you may like the relationship dynamic between Shiina and Kaname. Whatever it is, I for one didn't like it one bit. I thought that the contrast was nice, but it really didn't tie into my enjoyment. The dynamic between those two characters felt 2D and I thought the story couldn't touch upon suicide well. In every chapter I have always contemplated why I even continue to the next chapter, it was just a extremely distasteful piece of media.

Overall? 4/10. It's alright but I couldn't find myself enjoying it.