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Story

If you start from chapter 0. You will get an idea of this manga it contains some spoilers but its kinda like a trailer. The story revolves around the MC Sung Jin-Woo a hunter of the lowest rank who would easily get hurt from the weakest monsters or even a scratch given a second chance by the system to gain the power to get stronger but at a slow pace.

It started out as a simple concept but it gets darker and deeper as the MC discovers something about the system in his adventure.

Art

The art is sick. By the time you reach the necromancer chapter the art goes from good to mind blowing. The art showing the fight scenes is so clean and since its in colour you'll never get confused of the fight scenes.

The characters design are simple yet there's something about them that stand out making them unique in a way.

Characters

Sung jin-woo our MC stands out the most and his character design could not have been better.
Jin Ho which is kinda like MC's younger brother makes the atmosphere light. He's a funny character and you'll love him.

There are some mysterious characters which makes it interesting, characters like MC's father the national level hunters. And some characters from the other side which are mysterious.

Enjoyment

It's really exciting to see the development of the character or how the raid will go, will it turn into a red gate.

Overall this Manhwa is Amazing and you should probably start reading it!

I really appreciate the contribution the African Americans in this piece of literature.
I mean I like the colors on this manhwa... and the art is spectacular, rivaling the quality of other acclaimed manga while having it's appealing art style not become too generic. The linework is clean and backgrounds are almost always present.

The story is about what you expect from a typical shonen, but the execution, the how, meaning the world building, the suspense and tension, the catharsis the mc invokes, is done very well.

This manhwa primarily for: people who wanted more from SAO and were disappointed by the direction it goes for after episode 3, poeple who like SAO, people who like isekai trash, people who dislike generic iseaki trash, but want something refreshing with action, and people who like action. Just start reading it.

Also since it's Korean it's left to right (like english) and since it is meant for online consumption it means you scroll down to continue. I mean for me, a person who is english and consumes manga online, this is really nice.

If you are familiar with the isekai genre and how they implement mechanics from modern rpgs, this story does basically the same, but frames it to feel different enough. Instead of your mc dying and reincarnating gaining some cheat ability in a pseudo medieval fantasy world, the setting takes place in the modern world. "Gates" exist which function the same as dungeons and monsters from these "gates" will wreck havoc unless controlled. The story begins with everyone already used to the existence of gates and "hunters", a potential career path for people completing the dungeons. The setting the author presents is an ecosystem revolving around these two elements and it is "logically" expanded upon in the beginning. And this isn't even why I like it so much! It's just a factor.

Yururizumu is about a young man named Suzuhara Hibiki who has a love for onsens or hot springs. He would travel around and record the numerous onsens he has been to. Until one day he says a spells that awakens the “Onsen Guardian” whom is a young and beautiful girl named Mahiru. Somehow, she can’t get back to the “World of Onsen” and now she is stuck in the human world. So she decides to stick on with Suzuhara.

Story: 5/10
The series is surprisingly short. The idea of having these spirits like beings that resides in onsens is a decent idea. It had potential to go much further but it didn’t. The story is somewhat of a comedy as each chapter shows the daily life of Suzuhara with Mahiru. Mahiru is totally clueless of the human world, and because of this sometimes cause trouble. The first half of the series gave the impression that it would be longer, but the last chapter just rushed everything and ended the series with a huge lack of plot development. Overall it had a somewhat ok story, it would have been much better if it was longer.

Art: 5/10
The artwork is nothing special. The main characters were pretty detailed and came out pretty good. Since this was a really short series, there were really little background characters as the story focused on the main characters.

Character: 4/10
The biggest flaw of this manga is probably the lack of character diversity. The characters are limited to basically 4 characters. With very little supporting characters and a very short story, it is hard to have a good plot and character development. Suzuhara Hibiki is the typical male protagonist that gets stuck in a harem. He is clueless to all the girls’ feelings, but is still the nice guy. Mahiru is your generic clueless klutz that tries to make everybody happy, but sometimes cause more problems than solve them. While Fujishiro Yukari is the tsundere class president that obviously likes Suzuhara. Even with those 3 in every chapter, there is still a great lack of character development and makes it hard for the reader to become attached or feel much emotion for the characters.

Enjoyment: 5/10
Yururizumu is an ok manga series. There were a few laughs in it, but it was just disappointing in the lack of character development. The artwork was fine, and wasn’t that special, so it made the series less spectacular and a tad bit more boring.

Overall: 5/10
Yururizumu overall is an average manga series. The story seemed like it had potential to go much farther than the 6 chapters, but sadly it didn’t. There is almost no character development or plot development. There are still some laughs to it, but beside that there aren’t any other noticeable points to point out. So if you’re looking for a really light and short read for a few laughs, Yururizumu should be alright for you. But if you’re looking for something a bit more serious and interesting, I suggest skipping this manga.

First of all, I only got attracted to this manga is the "harem" on the title and genre. As fan girl of harem animes, I was not convinced...anyway

I agree with the other reviews, the manga started off interesting then became fucked up. Not like in "School Days" but very confusing,makes you skip through the conversation and find something eye-catching. The comedy was okay, the school life genre was off. This should be named the Sniffing Dreamer with Ducky and Friends TxT!

The problem of the story about its characters is that some... they got introduced then at the end they didn't matter. Even one of the five poets wasn't even introduced, and I thought Hokujou and the other will get some action too. But I can't blame them, there's the title of support characters too.

To think that I considered it rushed? I don't know what's better, to take time and do something entertaining yet supports the plot or rush it to get on with. I even checked if I was about to finish it so I can go on.

But the manga was not that bad, it was unique in its own way (idk, for me I guess?). You can learn a thing or two about dreaming, common sense, the brain, or how dangerous a mascot could be.


Seriously I just saw this in a "Manga Similar to Minamoto-kun Monogatari" (I recommend <3) but only got dissatisfied.

--Plot/Pacing: B+
The basic premise is interesting, yet...it ultimately ends up feeling like the prologue to a longer series. The story ends without much of a resolution (and with a very weak punchline), which is a shame. I can see how this could continue for at least 1 or 2 more volumes, where the protagonist overcomes his curse. As it stands, it's just feels dissatisfyingly unfinished.

--Drawing/Design: B+
The drawing style strongly reminds me of Hiroaki Samura (Blade of the Immortal), and that's a good thing in my book.

--Characterisation: B
Pretty basic. This being a one-shot, so don't expect anything beyond two-dimensional characters.

Bottom-line: Bit of a waste of time, considering the disappointing and slightly anti-climatic conclusion. I did quite like the drawing however, and would be interested to explore more of this mangaka's (longer) works.

-MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS-

Mousugu Shinu Hito shows the true human nature in its purest form. a living being's will to survive no matter what, to do everything they can to not DIE.

Kominato Riku, as said in the synopsis, is your generic high school student with a liking towards videogames and therefore wanting to become a game desginer. Nothing special there, is there?

And then the ''Die Anyday'' trend of video's began to happen. And to make a short story even more short. It fucked up his life.

This harem wasn't 'kindly' built up. it is a pure forced thing and that is was I love it. little bits of pure chaos, pain, shocking moments.

The characters really show their true colors, which is great :)

I am sorry for such a weak review, but if you enjoy 'messed-up' manga and need a little 'snack', please give a try

I grinned 24/7 while reading, hope you do too :)

Mao is Takahashi Rumiko's next big-manga after Rin-ne. Whether or not it can become popular overseas or even if it's popular in Japan is anybody's guess. But I imagine this series will run for 10 years like all her other stories. I have caught up to the chapters that have been released so far, so I'll give my first impression reviews as the story starts to unfold.

This review will be split into 2 parts. The first part is talking about MAO itself, while the next part will be talking about MAO in comparison to Inuyasha. Of course no big spoilers.

PART 1 - MAO

Story - 6

I'll give a description because the Wikipedia and MAL descriptions aren't really telling. The story is about a girl named Nanoka who can transport from the modern age back into the Taisho Period (1912-1926) in Japan through a gate. This gate is special as it is beside the place where she had a near-death experience as a child. In the Taisho Period, she meets Mao, an exorcist who has been cursed by a Byouki (cat demon) from some mysterious person, and Otoya, a shikigami who aids Mao. As they meet up and learn more about each other, Mao learns that he and Nanoka have a connection to the Byouki, and they must work together to find answers to what they are, and where to find the Byouki. Keep in mind, if this were an anime, these events would be known to the viewer in the first 3 episodes, so it's not really spoiling anything. Well the 3rd episode of an 11-14 episode series may spoil something, but the 3rd episode of a 100+ episode series (which MAO is likely going to be) won't really spoil anything.

The idea of being able to travel through time periods is an interesting idea, and not to mention that the Taisho Period does have a lot of supernatural elements implemented in the story. I would say that aside from the third enemy they faced in the story/first actual important enemy (Spiders), most of the enemies make a lot of sense when we compare it to things like Vampires and Werewolves in that sort of realistic fantasy idea. I will say that MAO's story is quite confusing with the first read-through, as it has all these terms and ideas that may not really be something you catch on to until you read it again. It's definitely setting up for something bigger as the story will progress, so I'll excuse being confused for now, as the story has just begun.

Art - 7

The thing with the art is that it does feel a bit old and outdated because of the designs. The character designs of the 2 main characters you'll be able to tell feel dated. The face shape doesn't look as furbished as other manga released nowadays, and you can tell that the line-art for at least the hair isn't very layered. Many of these characters also either have black hair, or white hair, similar to Inuyasha, and there aren't really any layers to their hair colors, as the black hair remains the darkest color of black, and the white hair remains white with no shades of grey or anything.

However, Rumiko's art when it comes to the creatures in MAO are very great. The unique designs alongside the depth of each stroke of ink adds to a whole new level of growth of Rumiko as an artist. The creatures up until Chapter 11 have been very elementary however as the story has only just begun, but I can't wait to see what other creatures she has in store.

With her art, if I were to rate it based on the characters alone, it'd probably be a 5. But I consider the fact that she has been doing these type of designs all her life, and these designs are probably what she's most comfortable drawing, and I have a lot of respect for her for doing designs that she may be happy drawing, rather than trying to be one of those artists that only follow the trend of what's hot and drawing those type of characters in their stories instead. So that bumps it up to a 6. Then her creature designs are an 8 to me so far, so that averages it to a 7.

Characters - 9

I was afraid this would be another story about a girl and a guy bickering about everything to each other, but it doesn't allow for that because of how the characters are (at least not yet).

Mao - I absolutely love that Mao has a very chill personality. It's very realistic in my opinion considering he's been alive for over 900 years and lives an immortal life. It just feels like a joke that he would have overflowing emotions at this point in his life, so having him not have many emotions actually does feel realistic in an unrealistic scenario. He knows how the world works so he's never afraid or shocked at anything, of course he gets shocked at Nanoka in some instances since she is an outcast in the world that he's come to understand and know.

Nanoka - I feel like we haven't had a good grasp of who Nanoka is and how she acts since she hasn't really had a break in the series yet. For now, she just feels like a sweet girl and nothing more. I admire that she has the strength to move on with life, even after such a tragic thing happened to her. I also admire how smart she is. When her friends tell her that someone likes her, she UNDERSTANDS it and doesn't try acting all embarrassed. She accepts it but doesn't think much more of it. When she's in the Taisho period, she actually CHECKS the dates to understand her surrounding so she can research about it.

Otoya - I usually hate when child-characters are a part of the main cast as they contribute absolutely nothing to the series, and when they do, they're unlikable know-it-all's (Max from Pokemon). With Otoya, he is a know-it-all, but he doesn't rub it in anyone's face that he is. He gives them information when they need it and that's all. He doesn't need to act like he's the smartest person in the room. He is useful, and very great being a part of the cast.

Even some of the side characters have been very interesting.

Enjoyment - 8

I think MAO is one of those stories that may get better as the story progresses. I remember reading the first 3 chapters and not really feeling the story, but since there were only 11 chapters out, I decided to just continue reading, and the story did get a bit more interesting.It definitely has its problems, but I do think that the story is the way it is currently because it's trying to lead up to something big. The Byouki for example made me think "I don't really like this villain..." until I reread it and realized that the Byouki was stated as being controlled by someone else to do what it did, so I am interested in where the story is headed. I'm quite interested to see how Nanoka and Mao are connected to the Byouki and whoever is controlling it, and I am also interested in seeing where the story is headed after that interesting turn-of-events from Chapter 11.

Overall - 8

It's more of a 7.6 to me currently, so it's rounded up. I think if Rumiko learns how to pace herself, develop the characters well, and not drag the series on for too long (depending on what she has in store for the story), then she may be able to make MAO a great and promising series. Plus, an anime adaption is due in 2-6 years similar to Rumiko's other long-running series.Hopefully Sunrise can work on it again as it's quite similar to Inuyasha, and not to mention some of her other adaptions have felt very cheap compared to Inuyasha which had rich animation and an excellent soundtrack.

PART 2 - MAO & Inuyasha

Story

MAO is basically Inuyasha honestly. A school girl in her final year of middle school can travel back to a previous era (Taisho for MAO, Sengoku for Inuyasha), and meets a white-haired boy with some sort of curse (MAO and Inuyasha) in a world of strange creatures. They decide to travel together alongside a little boy (Otoya for MAO, Shippo for Inuyasha), and maybe along the way, Mao and Nanoka might even meet traveling companions too like Inuyasha and Kagome did. I mean I love Rumiko but this was a straight up copy of Inuyasha's idea. I think there were things Rumiko probably wanted to do in Inuyasha that she couldn't do since it may have been too late in the story to do what she wanted to do, so she wanted to try it with MAO. MAO is a spiritual successor to Inuyasha, so if you like Inuyasha, you might as well check out MAO.

Personally, I doubt MAO will be able to become as popular as Inuyasha, but I think it'll still have a good enough story, and if the right studio and staff pick it up, then maybe it can become something great. Of course it also depends on Rumiko's writing for the future chapters.

Art

No comment.

Characters

You see, what I love about MAO is that the characters get the job done quickly, whereas Inuyasha had some dumb characters that only made the story that much harder to finish.

- Mao doesn't overthink things and doesn't care for others which makes it easier for him to get the job done before anything bad can happen to someone. Inuyasha would literally be fighting someone and then would have to drop his guard down to protect Kagome because the girl wouldn't realize how much she was in the way of things. Sometimes Inuyasha would also be busy talking and showing off to the point where the enemy would get even stronger because of how much time he wasted by not finishing off the villain sooner. He doesn't let his feelings get in the way of his objective.

- Nanoka actually FIGHTS BACK rather than just stand by and let her life almost end every single time there's a villain, unlike Kagome. Even Nanoka said she doesn't fight back, but that didn't stop her from trying to fight for her life. But we still have like 100 more chapters to come so who knows if she'll become a damsel in distress later.

- I love Shippo, but he didn't really contribute all that much to the group overall. At least Otoya is knowledgable and has information rather than being used just for comedy.

Really, Inuyasha could have been cut in half if we had the current Mao and Nanoka in their shoes. It may have even benefited the series. Especially since Inuyasha and Kagome failed to develop as characters to a useful extent and bickered so much when it got old after episode 30 or something. Who knows if Mao and Nanoka will bicker, but at least it won't be to the extent of Inuyasha and Kagome's annoying bickering.

Enjoyment

I think I enjoyed Inuyasha a bit more than MAO. Like comparing a fair amount of content from the beginning of Inuyasha to the beginning of MAO only. Inuyasha was fresh and new, and it had such a strange but dark story filled with nice comedy every now and then. I feel like MAO tries too hard to be like Inuyasha and ends up feeling a bit like a failed attempt of Inuyasha. Even outside of feeling liked a flat version of Inuyasha with the first few chapters, I feel like the narrative and villains just aren't as strong or as appealing. Like I said though, MAO has gotten better with each upcoming chapter, so this can easily change as I'm sure they're saving the better villains for later down the story.

I just think that Inuasha presented itself better than MAO for the first few chapters. The story felt like it had a direction. Like it was a single thread moving into many separate threads to create a big story. MAO on the other hand felt like multiple threads that had trouble connecting before it ultimately did connect some threads together while there were also other threads that had yet to be connected to each other. They're sort of like opposite stories. Some aspects of Inuyasha that were done wrong are done right in MAO, while some of the aspects done wrong in MAO were done better in Inuyasha.

Overall

I think that MAO is trying to set itself up to be similar to Inuyasha but is failing in presenting itself due to the pacing. I don't think that MAO will be as good or enjoyable as Inuyasha in how unique and different it was when comparing what both had done in the same amount of time, but I do think that MAO easily has the chance to be a better overall product than Inuyasha. MAO has better characters so far, and is setting itself up to do something in a very confusing but interesting way compared to Inuyasha which was also setting itself up for a bigger story but wasn't really giving out information on anything. MAO could be an overall better product than Inuyasha if Rumiko paces herself more and continues to make MAO better with each new chapter alongside understanding the flaws in Inuyasha and fixing it for MAO, but I don't think MAO will have the chance to surpass Inuyasha in the general feeling.

MAO lacks the feelings that made Inuyasha so great, but I think it can still be its own great thing. Whereas I think Inuyasha will give you more enjoyment than MAO and leave a lasting impression/feeling far into the future as it is just written and paced in a much better way, I think MAO may give better character development and a better overall story than Inuyasha.

I'm excited to see where MAO goes on from this point on.

Also I didn't majorly proofread this so there are likely errors ;3;

The synopsis might be a little misleading. I went in expecting a full-on violent, hate-ridden revenge story but that wasn't exactly what I got. And this is a good thing.

I grew fonder of the baby by the page, and her motivations shown in the synopsis differ a little from what they really are. You can feel sympathetic for this character regardless of her appearance.

The story is, as weird as it may sound, sweet. Amidst all the terrible things she experienced and did, the life she had to lead, and even having the concept of revenge in her mind, she kept her innocence and good nature throughout the story.

I think it's interesting to think about these aspects because we rarely empathize with the ugly or scary, but the author gave her so much innocence and sweetness, especially on the first half of the story, that it's really hard not to connect with her (she wasn't even as ugly in my eyes by the time I finished reading).

It's a remarkable story, surprisingly sweet and sad. Would recommend.

It’s not every day a subscriber or anyone recommends you a manga of this caliber. You see shortly before reading this manga I read the manga Oretama. But a subscriber has recommended me a manga that surely should be considered a Hentai… yet it is not a Hentai, it is in fact a normal manga with a story. That being said, do not read this if you’re under the age to do so it is incredibly graphic. But I will say this, if you do choose to read this, it’s a short manga that is pretty funny all things considered.

Background

You Are Dirty, My Queen is a short 2 volume Manga just spanning 13 chapters and is written by Lynn Okamoto, he is known for; Elfen Lied, Brynhildr in the Darkness, and Parallel Paradise. This manga of course has not been adapted into an anime like the first two manga I mentioned, and I wouldn’t expect it to be. The art though is done by Mengo Yokoyari, she is know for manga like; Haruwaka, Scum’s Wish, Retort Pouch, and the Hentai Manga, Mokkai Shiyo. Besides doing straight up Hentai, her work seems to be more oriented on ecchi, usually the more extremely graphic side of ecchi. Two of her works have been adapted to anime, one being Scum’s Wish and the other being the Mokkai Shiyo into a hentai anime.

Story

The story for this one is a little… thin to say the least. There isn’t a whole lot of story here to be had at all, and the story we do get is to really just basically set it up. Everything else after that is really based on jokes and thinking of weird scenarios to put the characters in. This will never be a story you read just for its plot. This is a story your will read because you get to see a lot of nudity and how funny it is in a ridiculous way. And I guess let’s talk about the comedy as it’s the best part of this series, at least to me. The comedy is centered around basically being incredibly pervy and adult oriented. There aren’t a lot of jokes here that aren’t meant to be anything more than either cringey or raunchy. But the jokes as is are pretty funny, they’re over the top and just kinda pokes fun at sex in general. The dialogue here is absolutely ridiculous too, and is one of the reason’s I find it so hilarious. I can’t repeat is here sadly as it’s not something that’s Youtube friendly and I don’t want to get a strike.

Characterizations

For the characters there is absolutely no development here or focus on any sort of it. It doesn't even focus on the romance aspect of it for any more than a couple of pages. All you really get is that Saitou and Subaru are childhood friends and they love each other dearly, but also Subaru is a nymphomaniac who literally and I am using this term correctly, literally masturbates all day every day. That’s all of the characterizations right there, so basically none is what you get. If you want deep characters this is not it and this is the biggest downfall of this manga.

Art

Alright here is where I kinda have to for the first time ever commend an ecchi manga for its art. The art here is by far some of the most… detailed. Ugghhhh I can’t believe I’m saying this, but it’s actually good okay. To start off I like the character designs a lot, I feel they’re very well designed and quite unique to the series itself. Then again we really only see two characters throughout the whole series besides our main female leads sister, and no don’t even start, it doesn’t get that bad. The nudity is also another facet of this as well, and while I don’t read or even watch Hentai, I noticed how covered with sweat they all were. I don’t know if that’s good or not, or if that’s just something people like… but there is a lot of it for sure. Also weird mist coming out of Subaru’s mouth is weird, don’t know what that’s about either. I’m not going to judge it too hard based off this, as I honestly don’t know if this is a bad or good thing for Ecchi manga that border on hentai, as I don’t read hentai or Ecchi usually. So I mentioned them here because some may enjoy it.

Final Rating

This is a short review for a short manga, but don’t misunderstand I enjoyed my time with this manga quite a bit. It wasn’t terrible by any standards and it knew how ridiculous it was and just continued to go more and more ridiculous with each panel. If you like terribly over the top fanservice and ecchi, then this is for you. If you like romance, story, characterizations… well this is not for you at all and you should avoid it.

You Art Dirty, My Queen receives a 7/10!

I picked the two volumes up from a used manga seller at a convention this year. I was very sad to find out that this story was never fully released in the USA. I love a good drama and this one had plenty of it. Plus it was just unique to have a story where the characters did beachcombing as a hobby. It was very refreshing!

The art definitely is dated, and has that 2000s Korean manhwa look. Tomo is energetic and has two brothers she is interested in. Well, mainly Riku who is the school janitor. I'm not a huge fan of student and teacher relationships, but its kind cute. Plus knowing how these kind of stories go of clear that Tomo and Tento will somehow end up being the main couple. But of course I will never know ;__;

If anyone knows where I could finish reading the series online, even un-translated ones. I would love to read them!