Pastel

Pastel is one of my most favored mangas!

The Story so far is outstanding its a comedic ecchi manga (sometimes a little harem though) about the troubles of confession and love. Mugi Tadano, who recently had a break up, has found a new love and that is Yuu Tsukisaki.

The Art really does suit the theme of the manga, much like Lovely Complex. Comedy art style that suits well with its ecchi romance.

The Character wasn't bad neither most people had their screen time and the story doesn't focus only on Mugi and Yuu's Character development.

Enjoyment & Overall
Even though the manga hasn't been completed, it shows its going on the right track to success.

This is a very strange manga. For one, it went on way too long. The stories became very repetitive around volume 18. By then all that needed to be said had been. A few volumes after the various confessions take place, there isn't a whole lot of meat left in the story.
In general, I feel that this mangaka's best work was his other series "Parallel" which is 4 volumes.
In specific, for reasons unknown, by volume 27 there was a drastic change in the art style, and by chapter 132 it was so bad that I couldn't force myself to keep reading. It looks much like what I've seen after an artist has had a stroke.
So, my rating of 5 is an average. The first dozen or so volumes rate and 8 or better. After vol 27, I give it a 4.

Non-stop laugh out loud gut busting fun!!!!

That is one of the best ways to describe this series, I am a major comedy fiend for anime/manga so natural I came across this series after reading Ane Doki!. And I was hooked, the characters are as to be expected with any harem/ecchi comedy; however as the story goes along you tend to enjoy the characters more and more and that is simply because they all have a awesome personalities and realistic feeling back stories. Now this IS a romantic comedy mind you so no serious twists in the plot line just simple, slice of life issues like most things you see in romantic comedies.

The story is nothing spectacular, the art is wonderful, the characters could not be better and the enjoyment is a 10/10, this manga knows what it wanted to do and does it perfectly. So if you are looking for a great laugh and a little cheesiness along the way look no further my friend you found your next read.

Beware: As of October 29th, 2019, this Manga has not received an updated translation in about a year and a half. It currently has 153/219 chapters completed. Furthermore, it should be noted that of chapters I've read and previewed, maybe three of them contain anything resembling plot progression. The pacing of this "romance" stretched the boundary of real human tolerance.

That said, this is an enjoyable comedy, filled with harmless ecci fun. The art is great, and the characters are (reasonably) sympathetic. Read this like a "Slice of Life", and not like a "Romance", and you might be happy. This is for people who are looking for "comfy".

If this thing ever gets finished off by the scanslators, it goes up a couple notches.

I never write reviews but this manga will be an exception because I hate it so much.

(Includes major spoilers)


The art is very mediocre. It's clear the author isn't bad at drawing, but it seems rushed in a lot of parts. The characters often look weird and unnatural, which makes the ecchi parts strange and uncomfortable. Also, the art looks like so many other mangas, which makes it boring. But again, it's not bad, it's just not good either. The art is important for a comic, it's the reason I don't just read a book.

The characters are plain and copies of every other character from every other ecchi shounen comedy ever. Like always, the only character with more than one dimension is the mc, the girls are just there to look pretty.

I left the story for last, as it's the worst part. If you can even call this a story. It is generic and boring in every way, like every other part of this manga. If you have watched anime or read manga for more than 5 seconds, you have already heard this story. It's the story of a boy who falls madly in love with a girl because she is pretty. Least innovative thing ever. Don't get me wrong I love me some ecchi comedy manga. They can be very funny and silly in a relaxing way, but this is just an endless uninteresting, unfunny panty parade


Basically, this manga sucks. I have only read a small part of the chapters while writing this review, but I highly doubt this piece of crap can turn into anything decent at this point. I only recommend it if you want to turn your brain off for a few hours and experience what being braindead is like. Personally, I'm only keeping on reading cuz I got the books for free, and I love free shit. This is not worth anything.

----Disclaimer, I'm not a native english speaker and it might have some mistakes---


To be honest I don't know what happens with me with this manga. Even if is a typical romance with some ecchi I find it very funny and entertaining. I might have read all the manga 3 or 4 time in 4 years and each time I have read it i love it.

Well let's start the review:

- Story: 7
What to say, is nothing really special. Is just a story that a boy end up living with 2 girls and he is in love with one of her. The story it doesn't really focus on how they (Mugi and Yuu) are in love rather than how are they living and the feelings he have.

- Art: 8
The first time I saw the eyes I dislike it a lot, I found it horrible (don't ask me why) but right now I found it beautiful, and the landscapes or different scenarios that have well drawn. I can't say anything I disliked in this aspect.

- Characters: 8
This was a 7 at the begining but after thinking a little bit I think an 8 might be better. Most of the characters of this manga have a very different nature and a way to do the things. And they kind of evolve? This part I'm not really sure at all.

- Enjoyment: 9
I love this manga and I love the way is written, I know this is not a manga everyone will like One Piece or FMA but I had a very wonderful time reading it and I'm sure i'll read it again.

- Overall: 8
Not the best, not the worst. A solid manga if you like shounen romances.

Pastel is an interesting Shounen, Romantic, Comedy about the growing relationship between potential half-brother and half-sister. The story starts of as a typical "boy meets girl and then they somehow end up living together" but after the first couple initial volumes it just drags on with random stuff for 10 volumes, with the main relationship not developing at all. The only thing that keeps the story interesting during this time are the hilarious antics the characters get themselves into and the other relationships that develop in the time. Yet the fact that we have yet another "loser-kun" protagonist, will remain on your mind for the duration of the story

The artwork is good enough for a Rom/Com with the best thing being the incredibly detailed environments however the character design are just plain, especially the male protagonist. The girls are sometimes hard to tell apart, due to their similar facial features. At least the characters have noticeably different personalities and most of them, not only the main guy and girl, are well developed.

I thought this romantic comedy had some potential of being one of my faves, but that was ruined once the mangaka decided to drag on the story for ages. Not only is the story dragged on but it's full of every single type of cliche I can think of but at least it had plenty of jokes and the story finally started to get back on track around Volume 12.

Pastel is really just a manga for Rom/Com lovers and even if you enjoy Rom/Coms you would either find this one; uninteresting, decent or really enjoyable. It is best to give it a try and find out for yourself.

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87 chapters read so far


the good thing with pastel is that each character has a story. it doesn't really focus on the relationship that needs to be established between mugi and yu rather, it focuses on how parties deal with so as to drive down to that relationship.

pastel is definitely a cheesy manga with lots of lines that one could quote at. sometimes, that cheesiness causes the readers to dislike pastel put i believe that the 'cheesy factor' of the manga is balanced by how the situation is percieved by every character. thus, the story is seen from yu and mugi's perspective ON their relationship and from the perspective of their friends on how they think the two are progressing.

i believe that this manga covers, not only the issue of teenage romance but the issue that romance is influenced by people and circumstance. i think the reason why the story progressed like a snail is because the creator wants the readers to conceptualize how relations work in real life and that not everyday is a "plot-given blessing" that even miracles need time to develop.

the mere fact that your crush notices you is a miracle, to have her as company is another one and to have her as a girlfriend is the greatest. but how did such miracles take place? what were the odds and ends that mugi had to face, the price he had to pay? the gambles he had to take.

with this, we understand that romance cannot be achieved easily. sometimes we gamble and, despite our efforts, we fail, and once we do, it's all over. mugi was afraid for most of the 80 chapters due to the fact that he doesnt want to let go of one of the blessings given to him (that is to have yu as his friend) but he did a big gamble which miraculously turned out fine.

if you want a manga that deeply explores the logic and feeling of romance, then i recommend pastel to you ^_^