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I am a guy that gets bored easily and as a result i have dropped quite a significant amount of novels, books, anime etc. However this is not the case with Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu or Classroom of the elite.
I was preety sure that the LN would be quite boring since i am kinda prejudiced against school stuff but the whole story reminds me of a mystery-crime solving book while it also has an amazing character development.
1. Story. The story is about a highschool student Ayanokouji Kiyotaka who enrolls into a meritocratic (On a crass basis) style school in which the people are placed into their class based on their overall abilities (Academic, physical, social etc). He is placed into the bottom tier class D and we are shown how the whole class interact with each other and with other classes as well, with ulterior motive to reach class A (top tier class).
2. Character. The character development of the protagonist is very interesting considering his first emotionless state. The most intersting fact though is the development of every other character in the show as a result of their interaction with Ayanokouji. The author also never stops presenting new characters when he thinks the novel lacks enjoyment.
3. Enjoyment. The enjoyment is never ending and you ll start in no time looking forwand to what happens next.

P.S. The is an anime adaptation that icludes the first 3 volumes. However due to some differences with the novel i suggest to watch it on order to learn and visualize the characters of the novel. The perfect time is to do it after you have read the volume 3 of the novel.



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If you enjoy incest, gore and a lack of story then you would probably enjoy this. However I don't think anyone enjoys the latter of those things which is probably why so many people hate it. Though it may be unfair to say there was no plot, it was just awful and hard to follow with practically no character development other than the brother and sister. And even they didn't have much depth to them. The only part of this manga that is simply "not shit" is the art, which is surprisingly good.

I am also very justified in my criticising of this manga as I took the time out of my life to read the entire thing. I now realize that this was a mistake and I want my valuable time back. If you are thinking about watching this -or god forbid you have already started- then I suggest you read this last part to yourself a few times; It's shit!

A story about characters playing Virtual Reality games, wanting to be someone else. The characters play as the opposite gender and act as a different individual. In a sense, this manga portrays the disparity of the virtual world and real life. Many of us would escape reality in the world of games so we can be someone else, someone with the qualities which we ourselves wished to have.

A bit of drama is involved as it is revealed that the main characters know each other in real life, and is unaware of each other's identities. The girl in fact is mean to he boy in many occasions without thinking of the consequences of her actions. When the girl realises his identity, she needed to come to terms with the horrible way she had been treating the person she loves.

There is also a supernatural element involved, where the characters become their virtual characters in real life and can use their powers. This is ultimately unexplained as the manga is cut short.

When I started reading this manga I was plesantly supprised. I loved the character development and the romance kept me wondering and made me want to read more. I give this comic an overall 10 because I loved it so much. I was very close to giving this comic a 9 because of the sudden stop to the story. I felt that there could've been more added to the plot and more romance. Frankly it felt unfinished.

Talk about a manga, that started low and never moved. Tsujiura-san to Chupacabra was a romance manga, that really just wanted to have the word romance in it and nothing else.

My first reaction:NISEKOI RIP-Off ( and I dont even like Nisekoi to begin with and I could see this a mile away)

So the story of Tsujiura-San being a beautiful ass-kicking beast of a girl who makes a random nobody into her boyfriend to hide her rep is nothing speial.In fact its quite stale and even her love for finding wierd unexplained mysteries seems cliche and overdone.

On top of that, there are barely anything else to gravitate to .The rivals are all one dimensional and overused,there are no family members (apart from the overused snob little sister) and it doesnt do anything special that any other manga hasnt done before.

The only time it had any semblence of likability was when the two main boys started a rock band, which was a bit funny.Too bad the next chapter was the final one.

And Im glad it did, this felt like a manga that overstayed its welcome, by 30 chapters.And trust me ,If you're looking for a new take on Romance in this day and age, you wont find it here

Have you ever seen an anime/manga where that has a series within a series(like a tv show) with a ridiculous premise? One I can think of is Kamakiri Man from Zatch Bell about a giant praying mantis with a human head that fights crime like a Saturday Morning cartoon. A concept so silly and ridiculous that you wonder how a series about it would play out on it's own. Shakunetsu no Nirai Kanai is pretty much that concept made into an actual series.

Coming from the mind Ryuuhei Tamura (Creator of Shonen Jump's Beelzebub), Shaknetsu no Nirai Kanai (Hardboiled Cop and Dolphin) is his next foray into Weekly Shonen Jump and the result is very similar to Beelzebub for his benefit.

The series starts off with it mainly being a comedy manga, with the absurdity of the idea of a Dolphin Cop being the main gag going forward. Jokes about dorsal fins, people questioning why he's a Dolphin, and nautical language (using Fishsticks as a substitute for "Oh shit") are the types of comedy you'll see early on. The fun is seeing how serious it's played by Orpheus and everyone just accepting who he is as a person as the series moves on.

To pair up with Orpheus we have our main character Samejima. Samejima is the early straightman to Orpheus and soon enough starts becoming a comedy machine himself. Making jokes, goofing around, and having some wonderful expressions while also being a badass cop. His character gradually shines more and more as the two of them start working together and caring for each other as a team.

The third anchor for the story would be Chako, a little girl who is viewed as an Oracle to a cult and is Orpheus' daughter. She has mystical powers but generally is seen doing this to turn sealife into half human hybrids, and at a certain point helping Samejima breathe underwater. She's playful, innocent, and cares for both Same and Orpheus and is a center point for the story.

Without giving too much away the plot later involves Undersea Gangs who want to kidnap Chako, and these gangs also involve Human/Sea Creature hybrids. This is where Tamura's experience from Beelzebub comes into play making some very fun fight scenes that got a ton of that classic "Real life element explained in the manga to make the fight cooler".

As of the time of writing the series has had a pretty big plot point happen with a new big bad showing up. It's going into the battle direction but still is maintaining it's ridiculous concept so that end I've been enjoying it.

Before I wrap up I'd like to say the setting for this series being a small tropical island is a fantastic choice. It allows for some really good looking setpieces, one fight in particular I loved took place underwater near a barrier reef and the shading and lighting from the sun through the waves really added to the atmosphere.

All in all as the series is still going on I'd recommend it. The beginning is full of your usual comedy, but don't let that dissuade you as the story becomes much more shonen/action filled as it progresses and it surprisingly works.

I really wanted to read something new/different, and while i searched for a manga this one caught my attention from all the titles in that page because i recognized the art style and i knew i saw it somewhere before. I had do read it, especially after seeing the summary.

Story: I started to read this manga just for the first part (1-3ch) because it looked very interesting to read, a love triangle between 2 brothers and MC.
This manga is not a cute fluffy shoujo love triangle story you see everywhere and sadly, the ch.3 ends with an opening somehow, i really wish this story had more chapters because i really enjoyed this twisted story.
If you try to put yourself in the MC's place you can see how much she suffers when she sees how attracted she is to the both guys, but in a different way for each one.

Art: Sakurada-san art-style is amazing in all types of story, and especially in this one! The expressions the characters have in every moment gives me goosebumps. The mangaka designs both male and female characters in a very attractive way, something you rarely see in shoujo mangas.

Character: The characters are so twisted, and i love it. The older brother shows such a interesting aura from the first part he appears, till the end. His personality is so hard to understand and his heart is so broken, he hurts the girl and his brother so much, and he likes it, but i still couldn't hate him.
He noticed how hard is for the girl to choose between the 2 cakes, and felt the urge to mess her up. He knew she won't be able to choose between the 2 brothers either.

Enjoyment: I loved every single part of this manga, and i wish it had more chapters. The sofa scene is purely amazing, so arrousing and steamy.

Overall: If you want to read a manga with a love triangle, with amazing art-style and full of emotions, you need to give this one a try.

This review was for the first story only. Chapters 1-3.

So first off this turned out to be WAYYY more porny than I was expecting. This is not necessarily a problem, it just wasn't what I was expecting nor what I picked up this manga for. Oh well.

Anyway, that aside, this one is a case of "it should have worked for me but it doesn't". And I think I know why--it's boring. The art is actually solid to quite good; our female lead's expressive faces are especially well-done; and the character they are expressing is reasonably well-sketched and engaging (if somewhat boneheaded and contrary sometimes). She seems real, to the point that she's sometimes unlikable, and sometimes self-sabotaging, if far too often self-deceptive.

But the story just doesn't seem to go anywhere. (Also the ending is just... awful.) I went in hoping I would finally get an engaging story about adult life (getting a little tired of protagonists in high school or below) but instead it just largely seemed to echo the repetitiveness of real life in a corporate workplace, complete with its arbitrary injustices, dangerous social politics, and awkward secrets. With cuts to lots and lots of (apparently good) sex. Between not actually getting to enjoy the (apparently good) sex myself through the medium of print, but also not wanting to go back to the exhausting corporate minefield, I was left with nowhere really to go, and no real excitement to look forward to.

For a work that engages with similar themes but through much more compelling character moments and a more developed plot, consider Dame na watashi ni koishite kudasai/Please Love the Useless Me.

Knoya tsuki wa kirei is an action/psychological/thriller manga , and it's one of the first mangas i started reading , but i stopped because of slow releases . The story is about a new disease that turns emotions of love and affection into blood lust and desire to kill , which is a new idea but sadly it wasn't well executed . They introduced a lot of super powers down the line which turned the series into a battle shonen and the power scaling was all over the place , another thing is that in the middle , the plot got messy with the introduction of some crazy cult antagonists that i didn't even bother to remember their name let alone . I liked the metaphors a lot and the character of yuna which imo saved this manga from being an absolute train wreck . To conclude i did enjoy this manga at the beginning but the later arcs were not that good , but i will definitely read part 2 when it gets completed , overall score 6/10

I am back for another review! This time for 1/3 Romantica

Story: 6/10
Although for such a short storyline, the author had a very good idea.
I thought the chemistry between the two characters were believable.
However, because of such a short storyline, everything was rushed and so I felt the relationship went faster then it would have if the story had been longer.

Art: 7/10
The art in this manga is fair it is nothing spectacular in fact; I found it somewhat boring.

Character: 6/10
Because it was a shorter manga we did not get to see the characters develop as well as I think they could have. However, the chemistry between the two characters was very believable for such a short manga.

Enjoyment: 6/10
This is manga I would only read if I wanted, was pressed for time, and wanted to relax and not think at all.

Overall: 6/10
Overall, I would rate this manga a 6 because it is nothing spectacular and it would have been a better if it had been longer. However, it is a good read nonetheless.