Iya na Kao sare nagara Opantsu Misete Moraitai: Yo wa Pantsu ga Mitai zo

IyaPan.

I've known of 40hara since 2014-2015; I thought it was awesome that an anime adaptation was coming when it was announced in 2017!
When the anime released, I was not a big fan. Honestly, I avoided it like it was a rancid plague. I just didn't get how something like that could even be remotely popular.

However, over two years after the anime aired, I was browsing for manga and stumbled upon this. The iconic 40hara art style and the maid girl... but, something was different. It wasn't just girls, it wasn't just a point-of-view. There was a boy on the cover who deeply clashed with the 40hara character. Immediately I felt from his tall, straight pose dominance was an unwaveringness, and a willpower that speaks waves of being undefeatable, uncrushable, and that it would attain anything it desired. There was something so... absolutely magnetic about this cover. Something about this character that I knew would change the game entirely.


The IyaPan manga stars a wealthy teenager of nobility named Issei. He has wealth, fame, intelligence and power. However, he also has one extra thing; An unwavering will that yearns to see the panties of specific women.

What makes Issei so magnetic is his unorthodox nature. He's incredibly direct and doesn't care about the human state of emotions; After all, he believes it is unlike his status to care about such things. He's a protagonist with an unusual drive for a familiar motivation; He wants to see panties, but leaves it at that. Even though he wants to see panties, he almost has an innocent nature. Because of this direct and innocent nature, he brings up some of the most interesting, yet comedic conflicts and confrontations I've ever read.


Upon reading ONLY two chapters of this manga, it immediately slid into my favorites. The comedy train never stops, the art is phenomenal, the character interactions take into care the nature of Issei's personality and is never NOT interesting. This manga prioritizes the story above the ecchi, which just happens to be an addition that you'll see maybe once a chapter. It uses detailed art for comedic immersion, then changes to simplistic art for comedic relief. There is resolution, context, and it totally changes the 40hara game.

IyaPan, or should I say, YoPan, is one of my favorite manga, PERIOD. I've only read three chapters and I absolutely adore it. Its sense of changing the established 40hara art is breaking the absolute boundaries and setting a new precedent, its characterization is like no other and gives a sense of comedy to always be entertaining. I never expected to be so invigorated by a manga adaptation of IyaPan, let alone EVER be invigorated by IyaPan.

I just wish that there were more chapters, but this is published in Tonari no Young Jump, which typically have larger gaps between chapters in contrast to Weekly Shounen Jump, and mangaka typically prioritize taking their time actually writing and drawing above all else, so I don't mind at all. In fact, two of my other favorite manga also come from Tonari no Young Jump: One Punch-Man and Kuro.


Overall, absolutely give YoPan a read. It is incredibly inventive and engrossing like no other manga I've read, and creates an unmatched magical atmosphere through its art and characters. Kudos 40hara, you started something amazing.

THIS MANGA IS A WORK OF ART AND IS A TRUE MASTERPIECE

wow just wow....

what have i just read....

where do i begin....

This manga is the best main character of all time no joke he is the definition of a legend. He is gifted with extraordinary intelligence... what does he do with it you may wonder he hunts for panties of course.
Each arc is him asking for a random girl to show her panties and after he is done he moves on to the next like an absolute chad without giving any fucks about the feelings that the girls develop for him.
He is not motivated by any feelings of lust he is only motivated by his determination to see the panties.
He is no joke the best mc ever written.

The art is no joke remarkable.
Of course its not berserk level art but its amazing at conveying what the author wants to convey.

I had loads of fun reading it. The characters are all amazing.

WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY

ITSA MAASTAPEECE

Despite being perfect at everything else, Issei is clueless when it comes to people. When he gets a random urge to see a girl's panties, he simply asks her to show them.

This ridiculous premise is explored with utmost seriousness. Issei gets closer to a girl, helps her, gains her trust... only to lose every shred of respect he had earned. Somewhere along the way he even grows as a person, yet like the man of focus and commitment that he is, he never loses sight of his goal. And there's nothing sexual about it either. Issei just wants to see some panties and won't let anything get in his way.

This manga shouldn't work but it does and it's glorious.

This manga peaks in its degeneracy, no ulterior motive, no shame, this manga is exactly what it is. A lovable Mc along with a bunch of cute side characters, a great plot with a surprisingly suspenseful story every chapter, if you expected anything more than just a boy seeking for the sight of the panty, I am sorry to tell you that this will NOT be the manga for you.

Honestly for a plot line like this I'm amazed at the progression of the story chapter after chapter, as the story feels as if its not just arc after arc, but the characters and previous arcs are used in future chapters, damm this might be more than just a guilty pleasure manga, but a revolution in itself.

Hey you're reading this review. Welcome.

You know what this story is about its an autist discovering punani for the first time. Chances are if you are reading this you are also autistic but the good kind. You dont make noises when you hear a bus run by, you just have the god hand ability of ignoring the doggiedoo mainstream media. No worries you are in good company.

This manga recreates the feelings of ur first boner. It's not a sexual thing, its a primal urge to recreate. It's the biological imperative. It isn't a dirty thing. You just want to see some panties. You aren't a weird gay freak molested by your teacher. You're a guy. You want to see some butthole. The main character is your avatar.


The thing this manga does great is it doesnt give you the reward right away, instead it builds, it gives you a story about whose coochi you are about to witness, it gives you every beat you need to know this is actually a good girl. Then it presents a challenge to the MC that overcomes it with his autistic powers. It boils down getting some poonani into a physics equation that us autists are going to murder. This manga is basically TWGOK without any of the gay stuff.

Its a fun ride and very based would recommend.

This manga takes itself way too seriously, and I fucking love it.

Iya na Kao sare nagara Opantsu Misete Moraitai: Yo wa Pantsu ga Mitai zo is the story of Issei Gotoukuji, a 17 year-old genius and the head of his family. After awakening a strange feeling inside of him, he realizes his intense desire to see panties, and embarks on several quests to convince different girls to let them see their underwear.

Issei's journey is one of hard work and strife. As a child prodigy, he never had trouble keeping his emotions in check; as such, the overwhelming need to see panties confuses him. Due to being raised in a rich household, he has almost zero social sense and skill. But Issei is a genius, and he learns quickly; what he lacks in socialization, he makes up for with his limitless determination and a willingness to learn.

Issei is extremely fun to watch. He is the antithesis of typical boring protagonists in that he is extremely straightforward, as he often just goes up to the girl and asks her to see her panties. His superhuman abilities and immense wealth also draw a direct contrast to the mundanity of many characters who are simply blank slates or self-inserts, making the manga much more entertaining. He takes typical characteristics of a harem mc and cranks them up to 11, such as honesty, purity, and denseness. He feels few emotional attachments about anything, and often acts like a jerk to the girls who like him. He is extremely straightforward, but unpredictably so, and it is this duality that drives the comedy.

Issei is quickly taught many lessons: money does not buy everything, impatience is the bane of great plans, etc. He uses the knowledge that he learns in his previous endeavors to accomplish his later ones, and will often do whatever he thinks is necessary to accomplish his goals. Despite his rather selfish motives, Issei has a positive impact on the girls he encounters. He manages to shine a light in their lives in some way, and later shows that he does indeed care for the women he seeks panties from, although he is not very good at expressing it.

The art is fine. The girls are pretty, and the underwear scenes fill you with a sense of satisfaction (and degeneracy). There are many small details scattered throughout the manga that give a little more nuance to the manga, and it's interesting to find something that you skipped over during your first read.

The intensity of the story, although it doesn't pierce the heavens, is off the charts and I often find myself cracking up at how it takes itself to entirely new levels. It parodies everything from shounen to isekai, and makes fun of tropes in a refreshingly amusing way.

I've heard many people tell me that an anime or manga "transcends its medium." Although I cannot say the same about this manga, it definitely does exceed expectations.

Note: Fair warning, this manga has not updated for over a year.

There are so many ways this manga could have fallen apart, and been embarrassing / cringy to read.

Instead, the author makes the story work by presenting everything completely seriously. The story is presented in an almost battle manga style back and forth between the MC and whichever girl he is currently nagging so he can see their underpants.

The series has a kind of dry humour that you don't usually see in manga, this makes the completely clueless (but also genius level) MC likeable. He's not a dirtbag, he's just highly motivated to have women show him their panties. He feels totally justified, and is confused why everyone else seems to be having such a problem with it.

If you think the series might appeal to you, I highly recommend checking it out.