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SiriusTimeKeeper10
Apr 05, 2021
Wolf Guy: Ookami no Monshou review
The manga caught my attention, because I thought it was about an awesome werewolf. It was about an awesome werewolf for a while, but then it turned into rape hentai. The author showed backstories of two different girls that were raped in a few panels, but enough to invoke the emotion he wanted. However, the author then focused a whole arc about a character repeatedly being raped by a group of gangsters. I had to double check the title, because I thought I was reading a hentai. The character that was gang-raped had been raped two other different occasions. The title should probably be changed to The Horrible Life of Akiko Aoshika.

The I liked the mc at the beginning, but I later realize he is a hypocrite. He claims he wants to be alone and does not seems like he wants to do function in society when he becomes an adult. He plans to live out in the wild, but he has been jumping from school to school, because of fights, instead of living in the wild. Then he talks about how much he despises humans, or pities them, but is more willing to kill animals than humans, regardless how horrible the human. Again, the mc claims he does not want to involve himself with humans, but he involves himself enough to aggravate the ire of the hostility of some humans. He provokes some humans enough to cause destruction around him and going as far as raping someone close to him. The mc turned a horrible gangster, into a psychotic murderer.

Them we have Ryuuko, the horrible human that has gotten away with almost everything. She also had a dark past, but her current actions did not make me feel pity for her. She was the root cause of the gang-rape.

Summing the story up, the “invincible” werewolf still had problems with the human middle-schooler antagonist throughout the story.
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LithiaMysteryX3
Apr 05, 2021
Wolf Guy: Ookami no Monshou review
Wolf Guy - Wolfen Crest, at least thats what onemanga calls it, is a manga about a werewolf named Akira. And that's a good enough introduction for me, so on to the review.

STORY: 8/10
Well, there are only 19 chapters out at the time of this review so theres not too much of a story right now. Although the little story there is seems to be good. Akira is in his last year of middle school and has just transfered into one of the most dangerous schools ever. Seriously. He walks into class on the first day, starts to write his name on the board, and before he's even finished he gets a knife thrown at him. Nice class, eh? So this is a fight manga where Akira gets beat up a ton, but he doesn't fight back because he feels humans are a waste of time. He just gets hit with iron pipes, bats, and fists, but he's basically invincible weather he's in werewolf form or not so he doesn't care.

When he has fought back it's pretty freaking cool and fun to watch. He hasn't revealed that he's a werewolf to anyone yet, so everyone is really confused as to why he can take a razor blade to the back and walk to school the next day unphased. Akira's teacher is suspicious of him so she is trying to figure out why Akira is the way that he is. I want to give the story a 9, but it's just too soon to be handing out scores that high for a story thats so premature.

ART: 8/10
This is a very dark manga and the drawings are just as dark. But sometimes the art can be too dark, and it's hard to tell what exactly is going on. Overall it is extemely well drawn, and the backgrounds and characters are all very uniquely drawn. Wolf Guy - Wolfen Crest definetly has it's own style. The art can be beautiful at times and scary at others. It really is great except for one little aspect which appears in thousands of other manga. The "middle school kids" look like they are all adults. Akira looks older than his homeroom teacher. Since this manga is obviously for ages 17+ I don't see why the mangaka decided to make the characters 14-15. However it really doesn't take away from anything aside from a little realism so I can half-way forgive him.

CHARACTER: 8/10
Well, you've got Akira (werewolf), his sexy homeroom teacher Ms. Aoshika, and a bunch of school delinquents. Akira has a pretty mysterious past so you don't really know much about where he comes from, but his homeroom teacher has already gotten a nice amount of backstory. Even a couple of the random school delinquients have had some good backstory which is very unusual, but very much appreciated. You understand why they are so mad all of the time, and why they bully others. For 19 chapters there is a perfect amount of back-story. It's not all given in one random flashback chapter either. You get bits and pieces gradually, and it really builds the characters.

Also, Akira is one badass mofo.

ENJOYMENT: 10/10
As I was reading through the epic fight scenes, admiring the beautiful artwork and totally immersing myself into the Wolf Guy - Wolfen Crest universe I was subconsciously thinking one thing: If only that hot homeroom teacher would get naked. I know its extremely pig-headed of me, but I wanted some nudity to go along with all the blood and cursing. Then BOOM! she was topless. Now, this manga was perfect. It had a badass main character, naked hot chicks, and werewolves. I dare anyone to come up with a more enjoyable combination of things than that.

OVERALL: 8/10
I already kinda summed up Wolf Guy in the Enjoyment part of this review so I'll make this short. Awesome. Yes. 8.
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ILoveOreImo10
Apr 05, 2021
Wolf Guy: Ookami no Monshou review
I have always been a fan of werewolves. When I saw the title Wolf Guy, I had this speculation that it was going to be really interesting and hoping it would have a lot of twists. I saw a picture of Akira Inugami in the front cover, which seemed to give off a mysterious vibe to it.

Story - 5

In the beginning it starts off very slow. The first few chapters, it has a lot of mystery and sort of keeps you intrigued on how many events are tied in. For example, you get this curiosity on where Inugami came from and also wants to know his origiin. Now the sad part is when he meets a very curious teacher. I don't know how many times this girl gets raped in the manga, but it just went off a different tangent. It actually diluted the main plot. His enemies motives are also based on insanity and power seeking monsters, where they just want to kill Inugami to prove themselves that they're on top of the food chain. One of the decent things about this manga was probably the action. They were really intense and it showed a lot of dynamic camera angles, blood and they put a lot of realism into it. As the story progresses around the middle to end, the whole story probably revolves around more sexual scenes and where Inugami is left with very few choices to make. It gets at least interesting on how with those choices that he had to make, his personality changes and makes the right decision for the sake of justice and only finds out he was in love.

Art - 10

One of the best I've seen. Loved the amount of dynamic lighting to enhance the backgrounds and characters. The details of every character is fabulous, especially the hair.

Character - 7

I thought of the majority of the characters in the manga were insane, barbaric and wild, just what you would expect from a seinen. When I mean wild, i mean being horny and wanted sexual pleasure. It's a shame that some characters needed a background story and how they tied in with Inugami, therefore it lacked substance. Overall, character's were good in general.

Enjoyment - 8
I must admit, I do like reading manga that has nudity, violence and lots of action, and this manga had that all. To me the action scenes were at least decent enough to cover up a mediocre story line. What can I say, everyone has their own tastes.

Overall - 7
It was okay. Not the best cake I've seen, but overall it was better than average. The art and action made up for the average story line. However, they could have used less sexual scenes and put more depth and substance in the characters to make the story more interesting.

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Terako-chan15
Apr 05, 2021
Wolf Guy: Ookami no Monshou review
When I saw the art, I felt drawn to it. When I saw the title, I started to worry. When I got to the part of the story where he turns into a werewolf, I had a gut feeling I should stop reading this.

Art - The art is nothing short of excellent. I don't know how to describe it, but the characters look rather lively when they're surprised. I'm not talking about eyes opened wide with tiny pupils and a gaping wide mouth. This manga shows them on a good angle with a convincing expression. You can feel how smug, angry, or sad the characters are by looking at them.
However, there was a certain feeling I had. The characters have sexy faces and hair, and the teacher has huge breasts. Whoever drew this must've been a hentai artist or something. Unsurprisingly, there was some nudity and pretty hardcore stuff in here. I just skimmed the text and went to the next page quickly.

Story - Hah! There is no story! There's lots of blood, violence, and rape, though. You think it might be going somewhere, but 20 chapters in, it still isn't. If you want those things, you should check out Hellsing instead; the violence is more intense, there's actually a story, and it doesn't have nearly as much porn in it. If you want porn, go look some up; it has no place in this story.
The main character constantly complains about how worthless humans are and how superior and noble wolves are. His opponents attack him like a pack of hungry wolves, yet he's outraged when people compare wolves to those humans since a wolf would never do such a dishonourable thing! He thinks he's being a wolf by getting beaten to shit and doing nothing about it... I'm sure a real wolf would viciously maul a person in return.

Characters - The characters are pretty much a joke.
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Teacher: Seems like an airhead with large breasts, but she has a bit of a more interesting side to her. She can be kinda playful without seeming like a complete whore. She can be a bit understanding and has thoughts of her own; she isn't just someone's bitch. She's too romantically obsessed with wolf guy for too little reason. She's a walking target.

Wolf guy: He's a walking contradiction with a fetish for wolves. He has pointy ears coupled with a smug face that makes him look like a demon, plus he heals from any wound no matter how severe, yet nobody seems to question this. He spends his spare time being a werewolf and tearing up the city without anyone seeing him.
He's a scrawny loner that gets bullied without fighting back at all; he just bottles everything up. I wasn't really bullied much as a kid, but I felt like I could relate to this part, and his character was probably intended so that people could relate to it. He typically hurts/kills/shames his opponents by simply taking their beating. Yeah, I bet scrawny loners around the globe would really like that.
The problem with his character is that he isn't consistent. He's an angsty teen going through some "changes" that confuse his emotions. He acts superior to his peers and thinks he's king of the world. It's not HIM that's wrong, it must be EVERYONE ELSE. He wishes he could just die because the human race is so pathetic, boo hoo. He's a mixture between someone that's a loner due to not fitting in and someone that's a loner due to finding everyone inferior, which is kinda like wanting companions vs. wanting loneliness. Contradiction alert.

Haguro: You think he'll be wolfy's rival or something since he looks demonic, but I guess he's just some disposable trash. I didn't read far enough to find out, but it seems like he's an average human with nothing special. No contest.

Slut: She seems turned on by violence and arrogance. Not much else to say about her.
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Enjoyment - It leaves you on the edge of your seat wondering when something meaningful will happen. When you realize there's nothing, you feel a bit betrayed.

Overall - It's unfortunate that the artist wasted his time on this piece. They should remove the hentai, make the rape scenes just implied if they're really necessary; make the character either calm or moody, not both; add a goddamn story.
If you insist on checking this out, please know when to stop.
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ZorroGuevara8
Apr 05, 2021
Wolf Guy: Ookami no Monshou review
Clarification: English is my second lenguage so I apology for the grammar, the spelling and/or the incorrect use of words.
First of all, this is not going to be a thorough review but more of a rant. Oh, and unexplicit spoilers ahead.
Violent dark story? Graphic depictions of horrible acts that make you want to look away? I have absolutely no problem with any of that, as some of my favorite manga include Berserk and Gantz.
So why is the biggest problem of this manga the graphic violence? Have I suddenly become a "snowflake"? Simpler thant that, it's bad done.
But I'm referring to something very specific here.
When you have a character brutally raped you are going to cause me an emotional pain of some degree. And I'm okay with that, as if I'm reading any story is because I expect to be emotionally invested and if something like that happens I'm gonna be hurt. Nothing wrong there.
Is the rape coherent with the world of the manga? Yes, it doesn't feel out of place and it's what you would expect from the grim reality of this fiction.
Is the rape motivated by something other than the tone of the story? Yes, it moves the main character to the final stage of the story by giving him a motivation, which is decent enough, although I wouldn't say necessary and some would even consider it untasteful/cheap to use it as a plot mechanism, but to me if it feels as if it was unavoidable in the world of the story, then it's okay.
Now this manga makes the rape very explicit. I have no problem with that either, if the mangaka decided to depict it that way I'm okay with it. There are other ways to make me understand much more closely what the characters are feeling, but I accept that explicity is the path you chose.
So everything is perfect by my book. You've made your point in depicting it the way you wanted it, the horryfing nature of what is happening is engraved in my mind and it served a purpose on the narrative.
But then you go on, and you go on, and you keep on going and I can't help but wonder, is this even "mature" content anymore or am I seeing porn?
Yes, at one point it became so unnecessary that it made me feel as if a rape scene was porn. "Am I supossed to be jerking off?" Is what I thought. You could say the artists were trying to be truthful to what was going on, but if that was the case the perspective was very wrong.
"Mature" my fucking ass. Rape can usually serve to stablish or reinforce the tone of a story or as a plot device, the specific case I'm referring to accomplishes the second (the tone needs no reinforcement at this point), as I previously said. But why does it keep on going for five chapters? For what fucking purpose?
Being disgusting is besides the point, it's rape, it's supossed to be. But it's badly written, and what becomes disgusting is not only the act depicted in the manga, but the manga itself.
Rape is not necessarily deep nor mature, and if you think otherwise you're very clearly immature.
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ClockLock4
Apr 05, 2021
Wolf Guy: Ookami no Monshou review
Ookami no Monshou revolves around of the struggle of a young werewolf who desires no more than to live a normal human life. Unfortunately for him, that isn't exactly easy due to his proud nature and constant encounter with those guys you don't really want to mess with. The story focuses on how strong a will he has as he faces off against the darkest evils of humanity.

In short, the story is about a badass immortal dude fighting against the mentally unstable, and violent son of a gang boss. Our 'hero' Akira could give less about society as he has nothing but disrespect for the nature of humans and tries his best to stay out of trouble. However, Akira doesn't mind getting his hands dirty if he needs to maintain his peace so he quickly becomes enemies with Haguro Dou.

Thus their insane escapades starts, from carving people up, raping them, blowing them up, putting them full of holes… or at least tries to on some occasion. Dou really is a rich and spoiled guy who could care less about any other human being, and starts off rather emotionless. Thankfully, his insane obsession with defeating Akira causes him to develop into an even more twisted person, which you think wouldn't be possible.

The story does keep you amused throughout the 117 chapters for there is always something 'dangerous' happening. However, reading this manga is likely to make you want to become violent itself since there is never really any 'peace' obtained at any point. The story is in such high tension that it starts to go over the line from being a interesting and dark piece of work to being slightly disturbing.

The mangaka know how to draw for this type of genre though, and the artwork matches. However, the art isn't really sharp and when the scenes get more and more powerful the art gets more and more insane. By insane I mean messy, and grotesque. I mean does everyone have such giant bags under their eyes? They communicate their point though, and in case they didn't small narratives are added in. These can be good fillers for scenes that really don't need spoken words. Sometimes it is nice, but you also just might wish the scenes just were powerful enough they didn't require any words in general.

I feel like any feminist would be appalled at this Wolf Guy because frankly they didn't really implement their female cast wisely. In fact, the main fates of the female cast is to be used as sex objects. Aoshika really has no larger role than to act as a damsel in distress. She causes Akira to become more involved with humanity, but at the same time fails to contribute positively to the story. Don't get me started on Ryuuko, Dou's "fuck buddy," (that’s what she calls herself, not my choice of words), because that girl's insanity was on par with Dou's for the most part.

To summarize, Ookami no Monshou was a story that kept the excitement and tension relatively high, and keeps you rather eager to continue reading. The story is really violent though, and the cast a little weak causing it to rely heavily on Akira and Dou's struggle to try and keep one satisfied. I really wouldn't recommend it to anyone that wasn't looking for a very mature read. If that is what you eyes desire to see, then I would say look no further.
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Cherri_Blxssom2
Apr 05, 2021
Wolf Guy: Ookami no Monshou review
Oh boy! There’s a number of reasons you can pick this manga up for, and none of them are too good. This manga constantly fluctuates between trashy over the top ridiculous and genuinely, even if a bit guilty pleasure entertaining. It’s 6/10 in my opinion, which means that you can very well enjoy this, but you need to check beforehand if you can like what you’re getting into (I dropped it once, since nobody had warned me, but not to worry, I’ll try to help you!) and maybe you shouldn’t start it for the plot (It’ dangerous to go alone, take a fetish!), not that you’ll be able to focus on it anyway…

As for me I read it with gusto for: 1. The protagonist, who is so hot, you can fry eggs on him… or potatoes, or use him as a portative water boiler… well, you’ve got the gist. 2. Werewolves. I pay attention to werewolf fiction, since the rebel part of my soul refuses to accept the vampire supremacy – rooting for the underwolf, you know (see what I did here?). And this manga is werewolves-centric, them being the only kind of supernatural creature present. 3. A love story between a teacher and a student (which is the main lovestory of this work). 4. Fine art. No, seriously, the art is fine. Maybe edited photos don’t mesh with the rest well sometimes, but in general it is clear and beautiful. 5. Sex and violence, of course! And this manga has plenty of those, as a werewolf story must. It’s very fleshly in it’s storytelling, even though the characters motivations are mostly spiritual or psychological.

But that’s me of course. Perchance you’re not interested in hot boys… From my perspective liking this is also possible for you, if you like women bodies, even though a lot of frames do focus on the handsome cheekbones of the MC. Maybe you can superimpose, if you like OP characters, and also there is plenty of females in hentai situations or simply throwing themselves on the protagonist. There’s also delicious violence in industrial amounts.

And, undeniably, this manga will go right up the alley of wolfkin, otherkin in general, fans of stories that condemn humanity as opposed to other better misunderstood creatures. On the other side of the coin, it may appeal to those, who look for more bodily and cynical stories – after all the weak are trampled and despised here, and for all the talk about acceptance and feels, what characters do is mostly fight, kill and fuck.

So, plenty for everybody. You should be precise when scratching that itch though, so it’s absolutely necessary to specify and warn, thus – the no-noes:

- Rape: There’s plenty of it. It happens all the time, to be precise, but there’s also something like a hentai fanfic shoved in in the later stages (the best known fact about this manga). You can’t really avoid it, since it’s an important plot point, but on the other hand it’s extremely hard to even flip through. Definitely not something everyone would be able to stand.
- The ending: I can’t say I liked it too much, and many people don’t outright. It’s not a complete flush, but brace before the end. I also think that maybe the whole manga could be shorter.
- Something about violence: Despite what I’ve said about fighting, I wouldn’t call this battle manga. The violence is different kinds of one-sided, so it rolls more like injuries and cool battle posturing porn.
- Something about sex: It’s censored, and, unfortunately, almost never healthy. The main character is also mostly uninvolved.

And with all of this it’s actually an emotional roller-coaster with feelings everywhere and occasional character development! As far as I understand, this work has a long history, with at least two other adaptations and a series of novels paving the way, and you can tell – the characters are fleshed out, if not always complex, in the sense that there’s always plenty going on for them.
The plot is there, and it's not boring to follow, but it ends up serving the fantasy, in my opinion. I can't chalk it down as a failure, but I won't also say it's that much of a win, if you're not thirsty for another condemnation of humanity. The cast is black and white, despite the white being muddied, but I also felt dramatic shifts in my moods and opinions in some moments, though I can’t say whether it is the writing’s achievement or its failure (source material could help, but duh, not going to read). There’s plenty of silly stuff and pandering, and the main character doesn’t always act cleverly, though the fact that he understands that he is an idiot later somewhat helps. There's a lot of feels bait and torture-porn. But the thing I should give to this manga is that it has an appropriate amount of bitterness, which makes all the edgy stuff I usually hate palatable, since, after all, there is some truth to the teen angst, this truth being the suffering we all encounter.

It’s good that you’re reading reviews for Wolfen Crest. It's much better if you understand really well why you need it and are aware of its pitfalls in advance. Also - don't take it all that seriously. But if you’re in the mood and some stars align, it’s very likely you'll end up liking the time you've spend with it. It's good-looking, saucy and bloody – a good dish to wolf down in one or two sittings, as I did. Just try to treat is as picking a vict… meat – it’s not necessary for everyone, make sure to check beforehand and understand it’s slightly risky.
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pk8list7
Apr 05, 2021
Wolf Guy: Ookami no Monshou review
The motto of this "review": Even if this was the one and only manga on Earth...

I want to make something clear at the beginning: this post should absolutely not be born as a review if commenting would be an available option on manga info pages. I've never ever felt such boiling frustration like this time after spending so little time with a story... Given, that the other 2 reviews fulfilled their tasks - giving an average overview on what you may expect from this erm... piece of work - rather "politically correct"ly, I yield to my burning emotions and channel them in writing these observations of mine...

Firstly,I have to give credit. The artwork is the one and only thing that made me read this manga up to volume 4 (and the hope - which dies last, but dies, eventually). However, this may be untrue for others because matters of taste. Still, the drawing is quite a decent one of his kind (even if it has to be blamed for awekening false hopes in me...)

And this is the point when all the good things that can be said - run out.
Namely, both the story and the characters are INCREDIBLY LAME. For the characters, one sentence will suffice: they're all made up of badly combined clichés. To the story now: There is no story, as such. Okay, we await a boss fight as well as a "boss fuck", but otherwise, it lacks everything a good story should have. No meaning, no actual moral/ethical/etc problems to solve, no twist, no suspense... (if I reflect upon what I have written till now, here I have a YaOI-stamp for the story [YaOI standing for no climax, no point, no meaning] except that in this case, the eye candy is supposed to be gore and bloody agression) etc. Maybe the perplexing absurdity of certain developments can be amusing in some was...for some people... o.O. Is it just me, or is there someone else out there wondering how appropriate a setting is a junior high school to a seinen manga? I cant stop being awed how irrealistically things are unfolding... Some nude girls pop up here and there bragging about being raped, body parts fly on the private (!) middle shool's playground and grenades in the gym and whatnot. Seriously... :D (my rage is slowly evaporating while laughingly recapturing all this ridiculus mess)
I admit, this mess cannot have been anticipated from vol 1 - but now, with vol 4, the niveau of the story has sunken so low, that it's impossible for the future chapters to reach even the "acceptable" level.

So, being left really nothing else to say, here I have my verdict as the continuation of the motto in the beginning:... I wouldn't continue reading this piece of... work.

Thanks for the patience. I really hope that I convinced some of you of not picking this series...
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Firechick120124
Apr 05, 2021
Wolf Guy: Ookami no Monshou review
Once upon a time, the big bad wolf huffed and puffed and blew the whole house down. So I thought. Wolves are noble and highly intelligent creatures.

A lot of reviews state that it's either a love or hate scenario for the manga/anime, but I seemed to like the beginning then I started to get confused and was unsure of the ending. So it's more of a love-hate scenario for me.

First review so don't hate.

*Spoils a lot of the story, I warned you.

Story (8/10)

The story started off pretty good. Mysterious transfer student who was rumored to had caused a lot of problems in previous schools. Not that he's a bad guy, but he seems like a delinquent. Teacher begins obsessing over him, wanting to find out more about him and so on. Everyone loves inugami and chanting his name, then they blame him for everything afterwards. Then the teacher realizes that she loves him. Then the school bully, Dou, begins to get intimidated and goes crazy, kidnaps the teacher and had her raped for a while. Wow what a plot twist.
Cool story bro.

Art (9/10)

Looked at the cover of the manga and wow, the art is pretty good. Even in the chapters it's the same. It's so detailed. Wonder how long the artist took to draw this.

Character (7/10)

The characters started off pretty good then they all started going crazy after one by one they start to find out the he's a werewolf. Dou is literally gone nuts, dou's girlfriend has gone crazy, the teacher is being raped and raped some more, all the gang members are going crazy and getting themselves killed, all the students and parents are going crazy. Meh.

Enjoyment (8/10)

I'd say I enjoyed it and couldn't stop reading it. I wanted to know what happened next even though it's somewhat predictable.

Overall (8/10)

I thought it was a pretty good manga, but I was mind boggled how the teacher had been raped for that long and all the characters pretty much went crazy. Scarred me for life. But I enjoyed it so whatever.

Lasting thoughts:

Don't have much to say but, don't read it if you're still innocent.
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Ione3
Apr 05, 2021
Wolf Guy: Ookami no Monshou review
This is my first review, so I'll try to make it as simple as possible.

STORY 8/10: Very Good
Even though I gave "story" the lowest rank of all categories, I liked it very much. It was unique, very exciting and believable. However, there were two aspects of it I didn't like, which I consider to be very important. First one is narration. Narration was outright awful. At the beginning it was more or less fine, however as the story progressed, with each chapter, narration's quality was vividly regressing. The other aspect of the story I disapprove of won't be mentioned, since it would be too much of a spoiler.

ART 10/10: Outstanding
The art was nothing short of outstanding. I think it fit the setting, genre and story perfectly. It really drew me in, even though I'm not much of a sucker for visuals. Anyway, some of it's aspects were really important in that kind of manga, and are often neglected, but in Wolf Guy's case, it was even better than expected. I mean I could feel that, for example, Akira, who's currently sitting in his chair is affected by gravity, he has his own weight. Some may say that this is not important, because after all, it is manga, however I think it is, because it enables all the other aspects to flesh out.

CHARACTER 9/10: Great
Characters were really well-portrayed, they had a life of their own. However, I think they may have gone a bit too far with antagonists' madness. Sometimes it's understandable, sometimes it's insane. Maybe it's just me, or maybe I'm not mad enough to understand the mad.

ENJOYMENT 9/10: Great
I would have rated Enjoyment with 10, if not for those two flaws in Story. Besides that, I really enjoyed reading it and I hope authors decide to make a sequel.

OVERALL 9/10: Great
My overall opinion on Wolf Guy - Ookami no Monshou is great (9), I simply gave it the average grade of other general aspects.

That's it, I hope it's been somewhat helpful.
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Eclipsa12
Apr 05, 2021
Wolf Guy: Ookami no Monshou review
This is the worst anime or manga I have encountered. The only redeeming factor is the same sort of entertainment you get in watching your normally funny and charismatic friend fall down repeatedly when drunk.

Although I read this starting with no knowledge of how it relates to Akumetsu, that is pretty much where one has to start. Akumetsu was ridiculous and had bad art, so it is not like one should expect this team to be able to make some profound and dignified work. Akumetsu was, however, hilarious at a lot of times, and it gave itself a lot of room to create a lot of different situations. This one is tied down to a very limited scope, wannabe badass fights and a wannabe badass werewolf, so it has neither room for humor nor for any actual sort of journey like Akumetsu had. 56 chapters in, the only place this manga has gone is to replace "badass fights" with more weaponry and screaming at each other.

Where Akumetsu's art was used to make ridiculous situations humorous, the art here is used to try to be badass, but it fails because the artists are horrible and have no capability for this. For instance, the moon fails to actually be round multiple times (e.g. ch. 12, p. 19). Or perhaps when they try to show how utterly aroused that girl who they spend a lot of time having aroused to provide you fanservice with is supposed to be in heat, represented by throwing lots of lines above and beneath her eyes (i.e. ch. 53, p. 20). Or perhaps shown by Haguro going from looking like the Akumetsu protagonists, but drawn worse, to his face being drawn more and more like a wannabe Joker (as in Batman's Joker, evidence ch. 55, p. 02). There is never a time the art is used to show you something profound, interesting, or funny, but rather always exists to try to be stylistic and cool, and it never manages to be that either.

The characters here are not merely stale, but rather pretty much entirely lifeless. The main protagonist swaggers around grinning about how fucking tough 'n' stuff he is for forty chapters...and then he abandons that after going on a rant about how he would never abandon that, so that leaves him with what exactly? Other prominent characters include: teacher who has it tough, never does anything about it, and takes 50 chapters to realize she is "actually" in love with someone (meanwhile, we get to see her tits, which I think morphed from about F cups to H cups somewhere along the while, about ten different times); girl who likes powerful men and orgasms over wolfy boy more and more as the manga progresses; Haguro, powerful man distraught over no longer being most powerful man (and incidentally looks 30 as a 5th grader, what a character! ch. 43, p. 16).

The story never goes anywhere, as I have already alluded to previously. Some amateur philosophy is trotted out every now and then (getting worse as it goes along, like ch. 50, p. 09 with an incredibly weird fanservice page trying to spin her being turned on by wolfy boy as philosophy), some angst is trotted out every now and used to pretend a story is being established, and it thinks it is establishing some sort of story with how it "evolves" Haguro...but really it is just contradicting itself and focusing on "badass" behavior all the while. It tries to pretend it has substance with scenes like "oh look how into FOLKLORKE THIS KID IS! How unusual for a kid..." but this is flimsy stuff.

Really, the easiest way to sum this up is that it took all the excesses of Akumetsu, retained them, but dropped the humor and storylines. If the excesses of Akumetsu appeal to you so much that you still think it could be fun to see that "action"...well, enjoy! Otherwise, there are about fifty other parables of "monsters" and the like that are witty, cute, or best of all, actually substantial. I know it is trite to say, but very seriously go read a book instead of this.
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Wolf Guy: Ookami no Monshou
Wolf Guy: Ookami no Monshou
Auteur Tabata, Yoshiaki
Artiste --