Dantalian20201

This is my first review, and after 1000 great chapters I think it is time.

One Piece is in the top books ever written up there with the Bible, Torah, and Quran. Oda has some how been able to make these story for over 20 years and 1000 chapters never feel draw out or repetitive, he has been able to talk about racism, slavery, and world order, history, geography, anarchy, socialism, absolute justice, and more and disguise it as a manga about pirates. This is the best piece of fiction every written, and if all books were going to be burned and I could only chose one I would save One Piece over any other fiction or non-fiction book ever written. 100/10 best story ever.

I had never gotten the jojo craze, I didn't love the art and it just seemed like an overexaggeration of the shounen genre to me. I powered through the first season but I just couldn't force myself to like it.

I read a SBR review that said this was a good place to start the series and wow... they were right.

Story, Art, Characters, Enjoyment, everything is a 10 to me. No manga I've read has deserved the title of "masterpiece" more than this gem right here. I don't know if it was short or if it was just so good, I didn't notice how much time I spent reading it. Superb!

The manga even helped me get used to the weirdness of jojo and I've decided read all the parts i didn't watch (3 onwards).

All the characters are likable and I liked how unique the plot is, a manga about a HORSE RACE?! that's insane and I didn't expect to like it as much as I did. Definitely worth the read no matter who you are.

11/10, Amazing!

What makes a good comedy manga? some consider the characters to be the main factor while others consider the jokes to be the main factor.

Personally I think both are equally important, having good characters while also adding jokes to it is what makes a great comedy manga, sadly This manga has none of those 2.

tl;dr: shitty character + very bad comedy + bad art = a shit manga.

There is pretty much no story in this manga, a guy working in a bath house after running away from home (?) and his life with the 3 sisters there, it was bad from the start and it continued to get worse every chapter.

Now the worst thing is how horrible the characters are, we have the slutty older sister, the flat little sister, the main interest and the kind MC.
The characters being generic is not necessarily why they are bad but how they interact with each other is the problem, here is how it always goes down to:

MC meets with the older sister -> she tries do dirty things to him,
MC meets with the younger sister -> she hits him for no reason,
MC meets with the love interest -> they blush and nothing happens (until the generic end of the series)

That's it, not a single other interaction between them was different than this, the manga was that shallow.

There wsa even a time when 3 molesters entered the bath and surprisingly enough all the females there stopped and listened to them, even though they could have easily caught them and in the end, the MC came and saved them. (they didn't even call the police)

There was a character that liked the MC or pretended to at the start but gradually fell in love with him that completely disappeared in the end, there was also anther girl that liked the mc that appeared at the end and she also disappeared randomly because who even cares about the characters?

The art was very bad, I thought this was made in the 90s or 2004 considering how it looks.

Overall the manga was shit, disappointing and a waste of time, 2/10.
To be fair to the manga, there were some rare funny parts but not enough to make me recommend it.

(Before reading this series do note that the series has an abrupt ending because the magazine it was being published in was terminated.)

Jikkyou!! Izumi-kun no Koi Moyou is the story of an introverted high-school student with a communication problem. This wouldn't be the first time a story with this premise has been written. But an idea is only as good as its execution, and this a manga that I can say has been executed very well.

While the main character description doesn't sound all that unique, it can be an interesting premise for a story to develop around, especially when dealing with a story about character growth. And that is kind of imminent with what we have so far.

The protagonist, Izumi-kun, doesn't talk to people himself but has a great love for commentary. And because he doesn't speak, he silently commentates about the world around him live as it moves, something he finds fascinating as an observer. This worldview of his, however, changes when the girl sitting in front of him, Shinohara, decides to talk to him one day. A simple session of small talk quickly leads to him getting roped into her world which is full of lively, cheerful and loud people.

As an outsider to this world, we see Izumi-kun experience things he has never tried before and grow from it. This growth is portrayed in the form of him accidentally revealing his commentary side to the world. Shinohara, finding his voice charming, pushes him to talking more, which then becomes a personification of his growth as a person. The driving force of this manga is certainly the charm of Shinohara as she breaks away a Izumi-kun's shell bit by bit.

It might be because the portrayal of Izumi-kun's character hits very close to home for me that I find him such a fascinating subject to deal with. His feelings of anxiety and loneliness when he is talking to strangers, his feelings of excitement when he is talking to Shinohara, all of these have been very well executed, in as believable a manner as possible for a comedy manga.

The art isn't very spectacular, although it does have a charm and does grow on you.

All in all, Jikkyou!! Izumi-kun no Koi Moyou is a well portrayed manga about an introverted high-school boy as he experiences the world outside of his shell. It is a series that can either propel forward in a more meaningful manner, giving us an enjoyable journey of growth and maturity, or it can plummet into the depths of cliched mediocrity. Either way, it is a matter of time.

(This part has been added after the series' ending.) With the series meeting an early end due to the magazine getting terminated, it is really disappointing to have things end the way they did. With solid characters and decent premise, the series had immense potential to be a great character driven romance. That said, the open ending does leave you with a pleasant feeling, knowing that there's a bright future ahead for Izumi-kun and all the others. Other than that, I am certainly looking forward to what the author brings next.

I am sad that there is not a review for this manga yet and it is rated so low by the ones who have rated it!

This manga follows the Yonkoma method (four panel) and has very short chapters.

The story is quite funny dealing with a Student who believes she is a super hero and needs to save and protect those unsuspecting members of society. The story follows how those around her deal with her obsession with heros. The crazy situations that the echo-pun group gets into is the focus of the manga as well as friendship and a passion for whatever you love.

The art is funny, i love chibi characters.

The characters are funny, always have a punchline, sarcastic and loveable in their friendship.

Mainly this manga is just over the top funny! A very enjoyable read! If you have a spare few mins read it to get a good laugh. I found myself laughing out loud at times too!

Kunoichi Joshikousei Otonashi-san has a somewhat interesting (if not overdone) premise, but it doesn't really take that premise anywhere interesting. The characters are, at their best, flat, and at their worst, offensive caricatures. One of the characters is most noted for his tendency to refer to women in their 30s as trash. It's even more disappointing that the female character in her 30s that he refers to still has feelings for him despite his obvious sexism. Another character is an empty caricature for stereotyping Americans. I'm okay with my country being occasionally mocked (we do some silly things, after all), but open caricatures of Americans aren't any less offensive than caricatures of Japanese people.

The art isn't anything special. It is good enough to be able to tell what is going on in the panels, but it is a bit simplistic.

My biggest criticism of this series is simply that it isn't that funny. There are cute moments here and there and moments that are vaguely funny, but none were ever funny enough to make me laugh out loud. Much of the humor is very repetitive and it gets old fast (about half the jokes have to do with the Otonashi constantly eating). I went in thinking that this might be something like Ninja Shinobu-san no Junjou, but it doesn't have the humor or the charm to compare.

Sanpo Mono is an underrated gem of a Slice of Life that is incredibly quick to read and well worth the effort. Clocking in at only 64 pages, we follow a businessman as he walks around various city streets, observing his environments, enjoying the variety of people, and perusing the random shops he’s never seen before. The manga uses its time well, getting readers into the headspace of our main lead and investing us into his little world. Our protagonist’s adventures epitomizes the enjoyment that one can get from simply walking around, and as a fellow random walker I love it for that. It doesn’t do anything major, sitting comfortably in the slice-of-life sphere. Even by the end, there is no feeling of finality and nothing is achieved, leaving readers to move forward on their own. Some may not like that, but I think it’s perfect for a manga such as this.

Sanpo Mono isn’t Shakespeare of anything, but I do think it’s worth a read. It is a little slow initially, but by the end I was really happy with what got absorbed into my seeing spheres. That being said, based on how low this entry’s numbers are on MAL, I don’t expect anyone will even read this review, let alone read the manga.

Planet Ladder has a promising start. Our heroine is likable: determined and intelligent, but still feminine. The plot, while not horribly unique, is fairly interesting, and makes a point to introduce new ideas and mysteries. We learn more and more about the new world and duty Kaguya has found throughout the first two volumes. The third mostly consists of the story of a man who came to another of the earths from our earth many years ago. Here we experience a beautiful story of a tragic prince, the only one protected in a world with toxic air.

While the early volumes range from average to remarkable, I cannot say the same for the rest of the story. The last four volumes try to introduce more conflict, but only succeed in making the story incredibly jumbled. Kaguya's plight develops in ways that are unclear, characters are introduced but seem to be irrelevant, and the ending is essentially a cop-out.

Planet Ladder proves that first impressions can be deceiving, and not in a good way. What seems at first to be an above average sci-fi / fantasy manga soon becomes a muddled, unclear story that I was glad to be done with.

I know why you are here!
It's because real life Ashirogi Muto is back for one more masterpiece up their sleeves!! You know what I am talking about if you have seen Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Death Note and Bakuman.
I know it's too soon for me to write a review on this manga but I will keep on updating it as some new chapters are released.

Story -
Fed up with the depressing nature of his existence, Mirai Kakehashi, decided to suicide. After jumping off a nearby skyscraper, when he opened his eyes, he found himself in the arms of an angel, Revealing herself to be his guardian angel, Mirai is given the choice between wings to fly anywhere and arrows make anyone fall in love with him for 33 days. Seizing the chance to take both powers, Mirai uses them to discover the truth about his life, allowing him to finally find a reason to live.

Art - 10/10
Platinum End delivers more of the fantastic art that Obata is known for. I can’t say enough about how well Obata’s art complements Ohba’s writing, perfectly emphasizing the thematic contrast between light and dark. I especially love the character design. Like always, Ohba has followed his drawing style of drawing one character, Mirai, pretty similar to Light of Death Note and Takagi of Bakuman.

Character -
Not many characters have been introduced yet. I will probably add more to this section later on. For now, I will let you know that, like Light of Death Note, Mirai's personality is great. With his charming and smart personality, he will climb up the favorites list pretty quickly. Just hoping that Mirai doesn't becomes exactly same like Light or else it will become boring and predictable.

Enjoyment -
I really liked the first chapter. Platinum End shows huge potential and I must suggest it to everyone to start reading right now!

Overall - 9
Based on it's first two chapters, I am giving it a 9. My ratings may change with the plot progression. Platinum End appears to be a successor to Death Note’s continual contrast between “good” and “evil”, and its commitment to showing relativistic nature of these concepts. This is made apparent in this chapter through Mirai’s angel, who gives advice strongly suggesting Mirai use his powers for his own gain, even if the surrounding results are darker than one might expect an angel to tolerate. The end of the chapter excitingly ties this all together in revealing the wider context behind her sudden interest in Mirai. It’s definitely worth witnessing firsthand so I won’t spoil it, but I loved how many potential directions this story could go in.

This was a little disappointing.

I picked this up in my local bookstore, manga section of course, hoping I had just found the next cute yuri. BOY was I wrong. A collection of short stories that were yes, cute, but poorly translated with little to no character development at all. I sped through these in about 20 minutes and haven't picked it back up since. For 16$ this wasn't really worth it.

Now this isn't to saw it wouldn't make a great online collection of shorts. If I had come across this online and read it for free, I might've been a lot happier with this mini-series.

Moral of the story is, check the inside of a book (more-so manga) before you purchase, you could accidentally end up getting something you didn't ask for.