Shounen Jump are really going that far to money off the denegrates. Honestly what do you get when you mix the To Love Ru and the Setting of Love Hina, When get this trash of an Ecchi Harem by Jump. I kinda have a Like/Hate relationship with this Harem Manga/Anime.


Genres: Comedy, Ecchi, Romance, Harem, Shounen, Supernatural

Author: Miura Tadahiro

Magazine: Weekly Shounen Jump

Studio: Xebec

Plot

The story is about Kogarashi, a spirit/psychic medium who’s living in the Haunted Inn with Yuna and other girls, and his goal is to figure out what lingering regret she is to have her ascend to the afterlife. There are instances where the gang have to solve cases involving malicious spirits or mysterious cases involving myths.

Unfortunately, the show barely addresses this until like 120 chaps later sort of in one arc and as a result there’s no real plot, and not sure this had any intent of having it all since comes off as loose. It’s a slice of life comedy based on the interactions between the Inn members and the ecchi fanservice situations Kogarashi finds himself in and the Occurence of Spirits causing or need mystery solving. I really don't like how it tried shoehorn a Shounen esque plotline when Kogarashi Master makes an Appearance for that one Arc and just disappears after that and that arc just happens without prior buildup when it was just a Meh beach chap but I was kinda interested( Honestly Rosario Vampire did this better with it structure the Harem elements and the Shounen Elements).


The comedy is mostly miss since they used and recycle establish Ecchi Harem jokes that are seen before in To Love Ru and Love Hina. The repetitive bed scenes where Yuuna is naked, Kogarashi ends up fumbling her, Yuuna starts blushing, misunderstands the situation and uses her polygermism to send him flying out the window gets old REALLY FAST to the point it's predictable along with other Jokes of the MC getting into Ecchi situations with other characters. Like it wasn’t funny the first time in the Anime/Manga and it's a turnoff due to how how many times it was repeated each episode making it a tasteless running gag.


It’s as if the writers lacks any variety besides cringey ecchi scenes with girls misunderstanding the situation Kogarashi is placed in because none of them have enough common sense to let him explain what happened which is basically the equivalent of the accidental pervert joke, but there are instances where they are aware of the situation they're in and don't blame the MC maliciously which is kind of a saving grace.


Most of the Comedy derives from Situation humor and reactionary straight man Dialogue or Expressions which can quickly get predictable and repetitive. There are also Slice of Life Events that take place among each of the female characters that usual have them do day to day activities. There are times where it can be Wholesome in a Slice a way but those are too FAR in between.


There's this repetitive gag where Characters get transported to different places or Worlds( kind of ripped off TLR with game world in Chap 79) or get affected by external effects due to the Housemaid's spirit items or Raccoon girl's transformations and transportations and it instantly becomes a Fanservice Fest of Sexually Exposing the Characters as Much As Possible. Or When the MC gets turned into Various Objects that the Girls HAPPEN to put on their bodies like turning into Soap, Clothing, Body Pillow and etc. It's VERY BAD sign where this is done multiple times in a Harem Comedy, or a regular Comedy, and just shows a Lack of Creativity.


This brings me to my next point, there’s way too much fanservice in this Manga and Anime like I know it's an Ecchi Harem but It OVERDOES it like most chapters storylines only objective is to expose naked or in embarrassing sexual positions as much as it can in accordance with Jump Censorship and most of the Time it can come off as force or ridiculous and cheap humor( There was one point when Chisaki trips and against the laws of physics lands on MC's head while her panties is put on his face so yeah ridiculous). Most of the Manga chapters always start off with Pictures of the Female Characters Sexually Expose or very Suggestive positions in one way or form

onestly the Author should've just published in a Seinen Smut Magazine where he could've went balls to wall with Fanservice since he's not being subtle with it and show nipples. I know stuff like To Love Ru had Fanservice but it lies entirely on execution and the way the episodic stories play out wheter the point is to sexually expose the female characters in tasteful manner or provide something funny first and fanservice 2nd.

It BARELY caters to a variety of fetishes as it MOSTLY just has Bigger Breasts attached to Character archetypes that have Long Hair honestly it gets to point where there isn't any distinct variety of Sexual Attraction except when the Characters are in Different Outfits and gets stripped of them or Smaller Breasted Short Haired Characters.


The crazy thing about this Manga is that there's BARELY ANY doujins available to point that it's Shocking like Seriously Most of the Chapters are just Doijin stories, which they're only 13 on nhentai, being Self Written. We Never Learn has more Doujins, which I personally find that it has better art than the original, than this series which is like 60 and that Manga and its art is BARELY ECCHI and To Love Ru comes at a Whooping over a 1000 and compared to Yuuna it's EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING as an Ecchi Harem series.

The Romance ranges from Non-existent, forcily developed, or just really poorly written and/or stupidly developed and they all entirely from the female perspective and that might be good but it comes at the expense of not giving any perspective from the MC and feels that he's barely aware of they feel about him and vice versa.

Characters

The characters are one of the weakest parts of the show and manga. The girls are walking cookie cutters with distinct designs but come off as unmemorable. However, they are cliche stereotypes, or clone cookie cutter, and they barely have any other personality quirks outside those archetypes that don’t have much character development throughout the season and barely any in the ENTIRE FUCKING MANGA as it's currently ongoing.

Yuuna is basically your cute and sexy Pure Maiden that easily gets flustered at any Ecchi Moment. As of Currently in the Manga, I still don't FUCKING KNOW her regret of still remaining a ghost and I only know that she's part of the Tenko Spirit Family and etc( It's difficult to care what was going on in that Arc)


Sagiri is your typical tsundere that gets Pissed off When Kogarashi ACCIDENTLY Peeps on her and just starts to love him out of FUCKING NOWHERE with next to no Development. She's also a Chunin Ninja that can fight spirits but her Spirit Armor gets Strips her Naked when taken damage( Sounds like Senran Kagura)


Nonko is a alcoholic, which counts as her source of power apparently big boob half naked girl who's a shojo mangaka which is addressed only once in the Entire Series, and just there to be lively. ( This Character was done better in Vanessa from Black Clover) She's very Ditzy and Air headed and also some type Oni. Most Generic archetype used the most bland way.


Oboro is a bootleg Xenovia (from Highschool DxD) that wants Kogarashi’s babies and also manages to also Ripoff Momo from To Love Ru of trying to build him a Harem. No Seriously that's Her ENTIRE CHARACTER THROUGHOUT OUT THE MANGA AND ANIME. Her Personality is very Static being Kundere and is Barely fleshed outside of that Stereotype. The Only Time when she's BARELY ENTERTAINING is when she appears out of nowhere or tries to Seduce Hibari in chap 184.

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Kogarashi is your self-insert, Uber Virgin, mostly bland, retired Shounen MC( the Manga referenced Yu Yu Hakusho at one point) with a shitty psychic power, that doesn't developed, of punching spirts really hard with only 1 fist. He started off with some form of personality with his expressive dialogue and being a poor spirit medium with a rough past but that eventually becomes a sparse character trait but he becomes a flanderized MC that gets into Perveted Accidents with Girls ALL THE FUCKING TIME. I swear, it's kind of annoying when writer pulls the convenient deus ex machina ghost possession excuse for everything situation Kogarashi is in or to explain why he’s so good at something. It makes the story predictable because it happens so often.

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Honestly does he deserve the Harem since He's In Love with NO ONE. Also, it's annoying when the MC’s power is simple/basic compared to the supporting cast instead of something weak like an OP punch and lacks creativity.( Rosario Vampire did this better with its MC and his Ghoul powes) The Only thing funny about him was where he fucked off the females and in favor of hanging out his friend, who's a typical pervert character, in one Chap


Chisaki is the only who feels more “real” and well rounded than the rest of the girls. She's just that "normal" girl that gets involved in perverted accidents with the MC and offers very little regarding personality and Character Dynamics.


Hibari is a Chunin Ninja and Sagiri's Cousin that wants our MC to be a decent person but Winds up Fallen in love him because he's OP as fuck and has power and is more willingly to let herself to be in Ecchi situations with MC. The Dumbest Development she's had was not minding that he looks at her panties by accident.


Hiouga Karura is feels like 50% an Oboro Clone and Snobby Rich Girl Archetype and revisiting her character introduction she came off as unlikable as she just came out of Nowhere on the MC's Birthday's of all times and kidnaps him just so she can fuck his brains out and forced him into marriage due to his Ultimate Spirit Power.


Sounds like a Seductive Rapist( And also Stalker Creep) but claims to be a fan of him like the Obsess kind and got jealous when he was with other girls Like Yuuna and can be TOO Slutty. She Also belongs to a one of the 3 great spirit families. Honestly introduction to the Story just repeats the SAME FUCKING PLOT POINT from when Yuuna got kidnapped and forced in the marriage earlier on in the manga.


Yaya is just the nonchalant cat girl who's just there to hang out and to be the cute Loli that eats a lot and contributes next to nothing to anything with her Kuudere personality. So Basically a Koneko Clone without any form of personality outside the archetype.

Koyuzu is a Raccoon girl that can transform shit and is a total Boob Maniac which is her entire character and it gets stale.

Honestly, I can't determine any best girls because they're not written in a way that I can consider them best girls it's basically just choose your Favorite Character Archetype among the Waifu War just like We Never Learn and be done with it. There's no work given in to how The MC would interact with the Girls on Daily Basis or how well Compatible they are or just relies on Who Wants to Cuck him First and tasteless perverted situations and forced development. I swear the Author has no sense of creativity.

Manga Art and Anime Animation

Honestly One of the Few things that impressed me was the Art of the Manga. Really All the Characters are well desingned and have a certain type of polish to their clothing and their figures similar to Food Wars even though the Author relies on Having a lot of Girls with Big Breasts and revealing figures, except for 3 which are Oboro and Hibari and The Housemaid. There's plenty of pretine detail when it comes to certain panels with the black coloring and the line work.

The animation of the anime is can feel lifeless since it was done by Xebec while the Artstlye feels very Colorfully Bland. The way that characters is very Average and the little action there is passable. The Anime stops at around chapter 36 I believe there's more MINDLESS content to feast your imaginative boners on.

Overall

Despite the harsh criticisms, I can still find this show and manga to be at most readable to point I'm reading it for the Art and to see it end and something new takes it's place Despite relying it self to be trashy to sell it's volumes and popularity polls, I did genuinely like reading/watching Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Inn last year when the anime started broadcasting but looking at it as a whole and currently reading it weekly and find myself being annoyed and disappointed with everything it tries to do when it could've been better. It can be something fun to indulge in if you're a degenerates and find something to fap to and just laugh at the mere stupidity, but not enough to overlook it's apparent flaws and Missteps where other Harems have avoided and done better at.

A complete High 5 to low 6 out of 10

I'm COMPLETELY OPEN to any Counter Arugments.