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This is my first review of the series that catched my intention so much as a manga/manhwa/manhua reader. (Isekai Genre Especially)

Honestly, it had been long time ago since i felt really excited about an enjoyment of reading manga and up unitl now i still have been feeling it.

Okay, Here we go.

Story : 8.5

I would say the story is kinda basic especially a user like me (Eat Too Much Isekai) but what it makes it different compared with another isekai manhwa/mahua/manga is how well the ilustrator interpret the stories (From Web Novel) and execute them in the right way.

It's a zero to hero story but it's not Boring.

Trust Me.

Art : 9.5

Gorgeous. This is one the best Manhwa Art Style i have ever seen. The coloring style which manhwa(ga)ka is used is totally Lit and he's really good at it, especially about the coloring technique that he applies on the particle and the aura section around the main object and it's surroundings. I really want to give it 10/10 but there was some flaws that holds me to do that.

Character : 8.8

This is not just a typical isekai (Second Chance to Live).
A character who is smart and knows how to deal with the problems arround him and grows step by step to become an invisible being.

This is what it makes most of people really likes about this manga.

ARISE

Enjoyment : 10/10

Ah.... The Excitement in myself is still burning.

This kind of manhwa is made for the people who is looking for the feeling of constantly being thrilled (adrenaline rush) with well executed simple background story in the beggining of story without making the reader confused what is going on and the story grows with an unexpected way.

Fast-Paced, Action, Thrilling, Intrapersonal.

I will re-read them again when the second season is coming out.

Overall Score :

It's Over 9 !!!!!

Post Scriptum = Some people had said that Solo Leveling is just another over rated generic isekai manhwa and i have been thinking about that lately. I mean why ? Why it got criticized pretty well despite being on the top 15 MAL manga and gains popularity so quick? It's also a represent of a new next level of vertical based comic.

Then i remember one of the famous qoute that might be pretty famous among the engineers,

"Simplicity is The Ultimate Sophistication"

Yeah... this is real the reason the vast majority love about this Manhwa.

I hope it Helps..!!!

감사합니다 / ありがとうございました.

One thing I must congratulate this manga for. It actually exceeded the expectations I got when I read the title. Lolicon Saga is NOT borderline ecchi and it's is NOT one of those mangas you feel like you're committing a sin just by reading it.
We start with an introduction of the city and main characters. The city is a place where all women were turned into lolis and the men living must have a bizarre "Good Lolicon" license. It is then that the BAD lolicon appear and start causing mischief around, trying to steal all the lolis from them. It's time for our three main characters to kick their asses and restore peace to... Lolitania or something. Weirdly enough the manga actually has a story, though most of the actual story only happens in the last chapter. Still, that last chapter was a lot of fun and actually makes this manga more enjoyable than it would be without it.
The characters ARE annoying a lot of the times, mostly the Shoujo Ai jokes that are going around between the trio. Once in a while it manages to throw a kind of funny joke, but don't expect it to be that frequent. The main characters are also quite cliched, we have the warrior girl, the moe girl and the "one who looks worthless but actually has a secret potential" girl.
The art is... normal. Honestly, there isn't much I can say about it. It's not bad, it's just so standard it blends with all the other mangas who's art I don't care.

All in all, Lolicon Saga is a tad annoying with their unfunny jokes and cliched characters... BUT with only six chapters and a somewhat interesting story, I still recommend to check out if you look at the title and, like me, was curious enough to want to know what this is about or was just looking for a random manga to read for a bit and are not worried about being mediocre.

If you're looking for a love story, this isn't it. But if you want an extremely successful psychological horror oneshot, this is perfect.

If you're a fan of creepy psychological stories like me, these are keywords that might draw you in: body horror (extra limb), choking/throat trauma, violence, memory loss.

I adore this author's art, but the panels can sometimes be a little hard to decipher due to excess in detail with some lack of visual guidance. However, this is a re-read sort of story anyway; you'll figure it out.

The initial premise is intriguing on it's own: the guy has a third arm that grows on him! Neat. You don't get to learn a lot about the main character, but his role in the story is delightful and I end up adoring him by the end. The featured character (arm man!) is a delight, he's funny and loud and full of charisma. Which makes for delicious contrast when the story shifts into something darker.

It's short, maybe a 3 minute read, and it doesn't have the space to delve too deep into anything, but the gruesomeness of the violence and the complex emotions in the ending make it satisfying and vaguely haunting. Well worth a read.

This is a very very short story (9 pages long, or so), about a girl that has a fetish for hands, and particularly her teacher's hands. And there isn't much more to it... If I were to tell more, I would almost be telling the whole story.

I like one-shots, and I don't expect an elaborate plot when I read one. There are beautiful one-shots that are almost like pictures, or poetry. The atmosphere, evocation and sensations are more important than the plot.

But I'm not sure about this one in particular. The feeling I got when I finished reading it was: "this is the beginning of what should have been a longer story"... but giving it a second thought there isn't much more to tell.

Even so, there is certain charm to it... although I usually don't like teacher-student love plots.

In short, it is ok... just average, and most probably forgettable. But, if you are considering reading it, just do it... it's so short you won't waste more than 5 minutes reading it.

this is my first review why i thought i should write it in case someone gets interested in this garbage that seems little known in the future

I will be brief with my review. the only positive point of this work is the art, the rest is garbage

Story: 1
the story is basically a promise made between the MC and his childhood friend that one day they would be together, suddenly an accident happens and she is presumed dead(in coma) and he survives and gains the power to see people's favor in relation to objects and also to him. with this, he manages to manipulate people based on fixing their motives and using against enjoying threatening or influential dialogue. so he has women around him whenever he wants and he lives a good life different from his useless life in the past, but that changes when this childhood friend suddenly comes back as a psychopath WITHOUT ANY REASON (because I believe it’s just to make an impact on fascinated by yanderes) and wants to marry him and that will interfere in his new life and nobody knows why, why NOTHING MAKES SENSE, all of this occurs in just one totally busy chapter, with a horrible introduction, bad dialogues, secondary characters that disappear in seconds and are just there to look like a stuffed story, but that is actually a badly written shell, meaningless and without any purpose

Art:7
art is common and the only "good" part, so ok

Character: 1
the same as I mentioned earlier about the secondary. nothing here should be taken seriously, because NOTHING MAKES SENSE

Enjoyment:1
nothing to say here

Overall:1
right in the FIRST CHAPTER it says: "men whose girlfriends are taken from them while their number exceeds -70 will come after me"
I just needed this paragraph to know that it is rubbish. if you understand what I mean, you already know where this is going ...

Very very very short manga that keeps you captivated during the full...16 pages ^^
The art is something that's worth looking at and the story is one full of pain and regrets but that's the reality of things.

The characters are not described or shown but you know their whole lives by reading 16 pages. I think that that is something that's near impossible.
A must-read.

Whether you'll like this manga or not mainly depends on the following:
If you like those kinds of romances in which the guy that the girl is in love with keeps making fun of her which in turn makes her really angry, but in serious situations the guy is super nice to her - then this is the perfect manga for you. If not, you should probably read something else ;)

Characters: The (three) main characters are very likable + believable. Junichi, the seemingly egocentric but actually very caring guy, Yuuhi, who is torn between her love and hate for him, and Minato, the reliable and hardworking little sister. The side characters stay one-dimensional, but are still likable.

Art: The characters are well designed and drawn with great detail throughout the whole series. The backgrounds get less attention, but since it's mostly just classrooms or a living rooms, I didn't mind. Overall the style is pretty clean, which is a big plus for me.

Story: A heartwarming romance that does an excellent job depicting the characters' thoughts and feelings, making you really care about them. The ending is great!

I must confess to being one of those impatient readers – if a story doesn’t grab me quickly, I tend to lose interest. That said, the opening of Anne Freaks not only grabbed me, it gave me a good shaking by the metaphorical scruff of the neck. It’s clear from watching Yuri dispose of his mother’s body that he’s not the most mentally balanced person you’re likely to meet and within a few more pages, we realise that young Anna herself is about as sane – and dangerous – as a bag full of wasps on LSD. Admittedly, given that there’s only 24 chapters to tell what becomes a fairly convoluted tale, there isn’t really much time to fanny around, and apart from a brief wobble halfway through, the story doesn’t let up the pace, nor does it lose its focus.

Equally impressive are the number of layers surrounding the basic plot. Yes, it’s essentially a tale of revenge, except you’re rooting for some rather poisonous anti-heroes (in typical Bonnie and Clyde style, I guess). Even when the police become involved (and we are faced with a rather clichéd good cop / bad cop team at this point, although they are both female, so score one for Women’s Lib), you’d rather they didn’t catch the young killers… well, at least not until revenge has been had.

In a strange and slightly twisted way, it’s also a love story – albeit a very one-sided love story. Mentally broken from years of abuse and the recent trauma, Yuri becomes besotted with Anna, seeing her as a kind of redeemer who saved him from his past life. She exploits this to the maximum, ensuring his slavish loyalty. When a rival appears on the scene, who not only witnessed Yuri with his mother’s body, but wants to use that to blackmail him into going out with her (didn’t her mother warn her about boys like that?), Anna is pretty quick in making sure she won’t bother Yuri again… ever. It’s round about this point that I started to realise that calling Anna a cold-blooded killer, would give other cold-blooded killers a bad name. That said, the characters are not merely portrayed as ruthless killing machines. Kotegawa gives us glimpses of their human side too, one of the funnier examples being Anna muttering jealously (as many adolescent girls might) about the size of the female detective’s chest. It’s simple, but effective – if they were simply mindless killing machines, I doubt the story would be able to sustain our sympathy for very long.

When Mitsuba, another troubled youth, is drawn into the fold, it adds another dimension to the dynamic of the team. Soon she’s playing the two boys off against each other, making each prove their loyalty to her (even if it just be via a shopping trip, or cooking supper), whilst being equally careful not to let the rivalry escalate into jealousy. She’s just happy knowing that they’ll do whatever it takes to please her. It might be stretching the metaphor a bit far, but you have the impression that if she rang a bell, they’d both start drooling. Certainly, it’s a performance that would have Svengali nodding and taking notes. Therefore, you could also add that it’s a tale about people and their interactions. It would have been nice to see some more ink used on character development, but it is interesting to watch what we can of the developing relationship between Anna, Yuri, and Mitsuba.

Finally, underlying all this is a very subtle steak of very dark humour. I don’t think it’ll have you laughing aloud, but it’ll wring a wry smile from you occasionally.

The central cast of characters is kept small, apart from a small army of expendable cult members, which gives us time to get to know them and their back-story, even if the story doesn’t allow much time for character development. Maybe character deconstruction would be a better phrase as we first watch Yuri and Mitsuba fall under Anna’s spell (not to mention watching Yuri lose touch with reality, illustrated by his frequent flashbacks to his mother), then realise that Anna herself as been carefully moulded to fulfil this role by people I’ll call her mentors (to avoid any potential spoilers).

The artwork is crisp and clear with good attention to backgrounds and little details that might just as easily pass unnoticed. Even the crowd scenes are filled with individuals (well, within reason anyway), not faceless blobs. It’s nice to see Kotegawa giving the character design a feminine touch, making everybody variously pretty or handsome – but not overly so.

It might even be borderline shoujo-esque. I don’t mean this in a bad way - after all, there’s something to be said about pretty girls with guns… sorry, I thought I heard an angry buzzing sound just then.

It’s also not afraid to occasionally switch to chibi mode for a couple of frames – normally just before something nasty happens. It might be a cheap attempt at shock value, but used in moderation, it does work. In addition, Kotegawa also scores points for her attention to detail when it comes to weaponry. I’m no expert on guns, but I’m guessing any fancier worth his salt wouldn’t have trouble identifying those used in the manga.

The real skill of the mangaka comes through in the action scenes. Firstly (much like Aida Yu of Gunslinger Girl fame), the frames aren’t cluttered with unnecessary sound effects, or action lines, yet still manage to convey the impression of motion and force. Secondly, much of the violence (and don’t get me wrong, although this is a fairly violent manga, it does pause to take a breath now and again) is implied rather than shown.

Taking a leaf from Hitchcock you’ll be shown a before and after frame, and maybe a hint of what’s happening in between (one of the nastiest involves a glimpse of bloody scissors). Just how much violence is actually happening is left up to you and the size of your own personal bag of wasps. A picture might paint a thousand words, but the imagination makes movies…

Take all that, then add a plot that twists and turns on itself, a cast that straddles that fine line between the perception of good and evil, a climax that covers the better part of the last 2 volumes (including a bit that will hopefully have you going “I can’t believe he did that…” and stir vigourously. The result is a pretty decent, fast-paced action tale, that doesn’t really pretend to be anything else. Even its conclusion, which might be described as “open-ended” and probably not as “happy” should leave you satisfied.

If you’re looking for a fairly quick read, that’s not too taxing on the mind and if you don’t mind a spot (or a splash, in this case) of violence, Anne Freaks is worth looking at. Now, if only they’d make the live action version…

Houkago is a decent murder mistery that commits a very big mistake that tends to happen in that genre. It startswith an enigmatic scenario, the one you can read in the synopsis, but eventually the resolution of the case is almost entirely mechanical. While most of the time is dedicated to the emotional points the resolution comes from information that was omited to the viewer that leads to solving it as if it were a puzzle and getting an infodump that connects the pieces of information we couldn't have had tied together by ourselves and just explaining motivations that would had been more interesting if we had seen them slowly showing themselves.

Being a very short read (two chapters slowly above 100 pages each) and with a very nice style that lets you diferentiate the characters and see the emotions in their faces beyond eyes changing, I'd say it's a good manga for people that are into the genre. Just don't expect anything actually psychological being dealt with beyond expaining motivations at the end.

It's also extremely low in terms of gore or mature content, just a pair of boobs and some blood, so don't be afraid of getting any sexual violence or other unconfortably edgy things.

Being unique is hard nowadays in general, but it's even harder in manga/anime medium, which is infamous for utilizing stereotypes, cliches and genre-typical approaches for safely taking a specified audience’s money. For Inugamihime, a story about one young man and his dog-goddess master, readers will see just how damaging being ‘safe’ can be when set in a high-speed environment.

Story: Inugamihime’s immediate premise is an example of “everyday-man” turned “MC”, with an arrow going straight through Inuzuka Taroumaru’s head. He’s then forced to be a sacrifice for the village deity, but it turns out he’ll just be her servant instead.
From this platform, the story turns into a slice-of-life adventure as the reader is slowly introduced to the rest of the cast, which is decently sized for such a small series. The events of the story document the progression the princess as she begins to intermingle with society, causing confusion as she misunderstands words, discovers new technologies and even makes a friend or two. At the same time however, the princess also attempts to balance her powers and gain the trust of the villagers.
With this small background in mind, it is apparent that the story does not take any significant deviations from its competitors. However, what ruins what could have been at least a mediocre series is the pacing, which, due to short length of the story, prevents events from being fully explained and/or experienced. Over the span of 15 chapters, character relationships form, strengthen, break and then reemerge in almost a loop of sorts. People get hurt and people grow. Despite these developments, the effects of such developments are short lived. Even the true crisis in the story is resolved relatively quickly and the readers are barely even allowed to see the aftermath. The situations keep changing, leaving this series with a puddle of muddled events.

Art: From an art perspective, the artwork present attempts to blend together modern character design tropes with Japanese mythology, resulting in limited success. The main characters themselves don’t look much different from the multitude of black-haired girly or harsh but kind MCs. The action scenes, ranging from saving a girl from drowning in a pool to fending off a bunch of kamaitachi’s , were okay. Nothing really remarkable about this series visually other the neatly drawn dog mask, dog spirits and kimonos.

Characters: The characters of the series are, as I keep saying, “safe”, in that they assume their roles and tend not to stray too far from their first impressions. Inuzuka is the tough and caring servant who, while having a tendency to complain, continues to serve his master dutifully. Sazen is the extremely dedicated father-like servant who keeps a close eye on his mistress and the newbie. Aya, the Dog goddess, is the too-refined-that-she’s-clueless character with the pinch of tsundere that all master-and-servant relationships have in modern manga. Other characters also make appearances but they too are swept away by the lighting-fast-current of this series. Over the course of the chapters, we see these characters progress as they get closer, then drift apart before closing the gap yet again. Everything, from the banter to the faces they make, all scream “cliche”, but that in itself isn’t what holds the series back.
The true problem lies in how quickly these characters change, which is almost completely due to the pacing. Because of that, not even devoted fans to this kind of manga can appreciate the tropes when they see them because most situations usually last only a chapter or two. Even if the approach intended was quantity over quality, the brevity of the series doesn’t do it any favors.

Enjoyment: Due to its extremely quick pace, unremarkable premise and bland characters, I cannot say I enjoyed this series nor can I even recommend it to others. While it was a short read, each chapter felt too long, mostly because I wanted the predictable, rushed dialogue and rehashed scenarios to end. I felt nothing for the characters because they are simply replaceable.

Overall: Mediocrity is a dangerous position to be in in a business where it is so common. For Inugamihime, a series with terrible pacing that proceeds to ruin a setting that already seemed to an unremarkable, fame might reach it eventually, but for the wrong reasons. For those who came looking for a story about shrine priestesses, dog-girls, or just plain old-romance, this series offers a quick fix, but in the end, speed doesn’t mean everything.