Hinamatsuri review

futanaripeen4
Apr 01, 2021
Nitta is your typical yakuza. He is a womanizer gangster with a scar on his face and enjoys spending his evening in shady bars and cabarets. His whole life is changed when a strange pod containing a young girl crashes into his apartment. Nitta has no choice but to take the role of a father figure for this girl while trying to maintain his yakuza status. It's hard to become a parent in one day, but the girl Hina, also appears to possess very powerful esper powers. Will Nitta manage to fulfill his role as a new father AND as a Yakuza?

This series is a very nice and lighthearted slice of life/comedy that also has some gangster story elements to it. I've read 13 volumes so far (out of 16) and I find it very enjoyable, even though a very light read. The comedy is mostly driven by situational comedy and absurd adventures. The contrast between the word of Yakuza and the mundane tribulations of a father and a daughter and the contrast of a disinterested girl with superpowers in japanese middle school are the main focus of the story. I strongly suspect that this manga is funnier with good insights into japanese society and social expectations since a lot of the conflict and the humour seems to rise from the strange cagaracters misunderstanding the social norms, or simply have their social groups completely misunderstand them.
The art is commendable and serves the comedy well but isn't remarkable in any way.

Despite it being mostly a comedy, it has very sweet moments and some thought provoking ones as well (although a bit rare). I would recommend this manga for people that like slice of life comedies with a focus on family and strange characters (in the same vein as Gintama). But I recommend that people who are looking for something more meaningful or with more emphasis on drama look elsewhere.
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Hinamatsuri
Hinamatsuri
Auteur Ohtake, Masao
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