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This is manga is basically a fake marriage that the male lead asks the female lead to be apart of because he is always pursued by women. He believes that if she shows people he is devotedly in love with his "wife" then the women will stop pursuing him. However, it is also beneficial for the female lead because she has no place she can return to, and so they live together as a "married couple".

Both the female lead and male lead are childhood friends. However, there is good progression in the development of their relationship.

Any drama is quickly resolved. The leads are likable but should definitely be more honest with each other.

The comedy and drama is so worth the read.

Very interesting premise, here we have another author who puts some actual thought into his writing, to portray and implement the theme of "drug abuse" within a fantasy novel. One that is permanently controversial and concerns people from all strata of society. We also get a twisted MC who had everything, but lost all of it and hit rock bottom, drowning in a mire of crime and violence due to some reasonable circumstances. And yes, he's an absolute cold-blooded asshole, but that's okay, because Shouji is not pretending to be a saint or sugarcoating his actions like the typical hypocrite characters.

Biggest plus, it's dark (er) fantasy (!), the literal dope of the fantasy genre, far away from all those happy-go-lucky stories, lacking in every aspect. Kudos to Japanese authors with some actual writing talent.

I will try to not spoiler too much and keep everything in general.
In short the manga starts strong with a depressive atmosphere and shows some very interesting characters and developments. Sadly the MC is the worst and drags the story down big time. I enjoyed the beginning but the closer the story got to it's end the worse the series became and left me with a bad aftertaste.

Story:
The story starts with the MC running away from his troubles at home to Tokyo where he found work with his particular problem. In Tokyo he encounters lots of different people with for better or for worse different secrets (not all of them are bad some quite nice :D).
This leaves the MC with the chance to mature bit by bit but sadly he does not. He matures for a single moment only to revert back to how he used to.

Characters:
The Characters feel all fresh and enjoyable aside from the MC and his childhood friend and brother. They are not all good people but bring something to the table with their own problems and ways of dealing with them but the MC drags them down big time.

Enjoyment:
I had my own depressing times and therefore can relate to the sad tone which the story shows in the beginning. I enjoyed it and all the characters until everything became repetitive. The MC never betters himself. As the manga came closer to it's end it simply became worse and worse and my enjoyment was gone. I was hoping that the story takes a turn for the better but it never did.

The ending (generalized without too much of a spoiler):
The ending is a open one and brings nothing to a close. It leaves me depressed and I wonder if the manga was axed and had to suddenly come to a close which would not be surprising

The best way to describe this manga would be that it is a dumpster fire that you can't look away from.

The art itself is good looking and I enjoyed reading through it although some characters and moments are just frustrating and annoying. It's very explicit in the way that it shows sex(there is a ton of it) in general which includes rape and then the killing stuff. All the characters are pretty much cliche archetypes aka the overly smart girl, the asshole etc. The story is atrocious and the characters are terrible yet I found myself enjoying it mainly because of how absurd the story was and how truly stupid the characters seem. I say all that to say.... if you are into dumpster fire worthy manga please read this shit.

I did not say shit about the story but basically, it's about people trying to survive on an island full of giant bugs who kill and rape.

tl;dr: A manga that has less depth than a sheet of paper but still manages to be reasonably enjoyable.

To be clear from the outset, the plot of this manga is incredibly weak and also very clearly just thrown together at random, especially the ending. The characters are also incredibly flat and not developed all that much at all. However, despite that, the core premise while super basic and pretty generic is implemented in a pretty interesting manner.

The foundation of the manga is lucky pervert situations. What makes this manga better at this than most manga, is that these situations are generally a bit more elaborate than those found in other manga, and also that the lucky pervert is actually a pervert and appreciates the situations rather than just being flabbergasted by them, which you would expect to be common considering the trope is called lucky pervert but is surprisingly rare. This combined with the ninja centered plot that provides a good amount of variety to situations through ninjutsu and such, the characters being decently likable, the comedy being pretty solid if repetitive throughout, and art that is quite nice to look at, results in a manga that moves at a good pace and is pretty amusing from beginning to end.

The ending itself is clearly one that came about as a result of being axed as it has plot holes so obvious the author attempts to smooth them over had little effect. Still, it in concept is a solid way to end, though unfortunately one that's overly rushed in implementation.

I really love this manga because it is so complex. It's slightly more mature than the other mangas I have read, and it deals with such issues as trust and abuse. The story begins with a girl, Makota, and her boyfriend, Masaru, a guy who seems as if she had met at a party. They are sorta living together, but you can clearly tell that Masaru doesn't value her. Throughout the rest of the manga, she struggles with trusting him. She loves him dearly and question whether or not she should really be with him. I think it's very sweet because Masaru slowly begins to change and value her deeply.

Not only do I like the pacing of the story, but I also like the side stories, which is a first for me. There were chapters throughout the manga that focused on certain side characters that were actually somehow related to Makota and Masaru.

Overall, I would highly recommend this manga. There is a very nice flow throughout the manga, and it is very heartwarming to see the two finally open up to each other.

You couldn’t really ask for a more appropriate title for this series. At first I thought I wouldn’t like it because in the summary it didn’t seem as if the main character took love seriously. However, I’m extremely glad that I gave this one a chance.

Story: The story is pretty straight forward, a girl going around looking for a boyfriend. Doesn’t sound too exciting, except for the fact that anyone who has been through high school can easily relate to the situations. It’s almost as if Wataru Yoshizumi might have been writing about her own high school experiences.

Art: Yoshizumi is an amazing artist. The work for this was absolutely phenomenal. Her art style is pretty quince as well, so you don’t become bored with the art very easily. Yoshizumi also has an amazing talent for fashion, which keeps you reading just to see what cute clothes Yuka was going to bring out next. I found myself wanting her wardrobe every time she came out with a new outfit. (This is pretty special since I’m not into fashion much.)

Characters: The great thing about these characters is that you probably went to high school with someone like them. They all act like normal high school teenagers, suffering from the pressures of relationships and studies. They all have talents, but there’s nothing that makes them superhuman.

Enjoyment: It was really nice just reading about normal people for once. In all, it was pretty predictable, and yet still subtle in some ways. There were some parts that seemed to be lagging just a bit, but other than that it was really good.

Random Walk is one of those stories that you need to be in the mood to read, or else you’re just going to get fed up with it. So, next time you’re in the mood to read a cute romance story, go pick up Random Walk!

As a stand alone story, The Ex-Con Ashitaro is by all rights a 7 in score. But as part of the Rurouni Kenshin series, as a continuation and a prequel, it's a fantastic 9.

Our spin-off sequel brings to us our protagonist Ashitaro, a spunky starving ex-rebel who was imprisoned for dining and dashing, and his newfound companion businessman Aran, both recently released from prison. The story jumps off by introducing us to it's main conflict: that being, Ashitaro stole something from Shishio Makoto's organization before its downfall, with the remaining rebel forces more than willing to kill Ashitaro to gain it back.

The manga contains a few clever references to the main work with one or two being missable at first glance, several well executed connections to the main work, and excellently presents Watsuki's gorgeous artstyle, as well as his sense of humor. The ending to the spin-off is quite well done, and sets off a nice segway towards the future of the series, declaring the new Hokkaido Arc, with a nice reminder of the status of where we left our characters at the ending of Rurouni Kenshin.

As a stand-alone feel free to skip over this manga, however as a huge fan of Ruoruni Kenshin and Watsuki's works in general, i highly recommend this short spin-off to you if you're one of either.

I have been reading a lot of romance mangas recently, some good and some bad. I have began to notice tropes that get used time and time again. I imagine that someone wanting to read this will probably be in the same position as I was: familiar with the subject matter. Therefor I am not going to break down the entire romance genre or its pros and cons in story telling. I instead want to focus on what this manga does within that genre to make it stand out.

Firstly, the characters aren't too bad. A constant problem that a lot of romance mangas seem to have is that the female lead doesn't have a personality or life of her own. Our female lead here does need constant saving, but at the same time she is capable of independent thoughts. She does make decisions, which is nice to see. The male leads are pretty typical, with many of them being asses. However I felt that most of the characters still had enough of a back story to make the reader care about them. There were times when a back story would be
brought up only to be dropped again and that disappointed me because there were several times where character development could have happened.

Enough of the analyzation of characters. The plot is what matters here...and man is it dramatic! I loved it. I couldn't stop reading this manga and finished it in about 2 days (during finals week even). The handling of the story is what makes the characters shine and it really has a life to it. You can tell it was meant to entertain and keep you guessing.

This manga has a ton of romance tropes, but that is to be expected. The handling of said tropes is what makes this manga such a joy to read.

Ok so my review scores might be a little biased I'll be the first to admit. But it comes from a place of love. I loved this manga and for the longest time I held it as the pinnacle of character writing and romance. It was a 10/10. But then the story hits something like chapter 180 and it just... isn't great. It slowly gets worse after the main character graduates high school. The author spends something like 2 years just wasting your time, creating bullshit plotlines that mean nothing and doing nothing.
But god even that couldn't take this below a 6/10 for an average non invested reader. It was still enjoyable.
But the last like, 30 chapters? Some of the worst shit I've ever read. Over the course of chapters 271-276 the author manages to more or less ruin the narrative she's been setting up for 5 years. Completely scuffed and irredeemably bad. Even if the girl you wanted won you can't say the writing was sensible in any way.
So I feel like I'm being generous with a 3 overall. While the sum of its parts, if taken individually might still be a 5 or 6, this is a romance. In my opinion, the ending to a romance is the most important thing, and if your ending involves undoing every bit of personal character development of every character in the entire story and just returning everyone to how they were in chapter 50... you did nothing but waste time and I cannot, in good faith, give a score any better.
Any enjoyment I've gotten over the past 6 months of reading this weekly was just freaking out by how much harder the author can botch her story.