Harapeko no Marie
Marie the Hungry

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Mod Edit: This review was originally posted for Tiger-ani to Dragon (85525) and has subsequently been merged into Harapeko no Marie (103902).


Gonna be honest straight from the start. This is probably one of my favorite manga's i'v read. The thing is that this is just a one shot.

It being a one shot is kind of sad to be honest. The comedy reminds me a ton of beelzebub( Probably has something to do with them both having the same creator) I honestly think this could go for longer then just 1 chapter.

The characters surprisingly don't have any annoying ones. The two main ones are funny ... and interesting . Taiga is my personal favorite and i feel that it's meant to be that way. But one other character worth mentioning is the little sister that is always with them. She isn't annoying like i would expect from a sibling that is always around them.

The artwork i find really good and also very entertaining to look at. It is also good at giving us good battle scenes.

I in all honesty haven't enjoyed a manga like this sense beelzebub. I would love to see more of this. As the characters go throughout the country battling anything. I recommend you read this even if it doesn't sound like your cup of tea.

Mod Edit: This review was originally posted for Tiger-ani to Dragon (85525) and has subsequently been merged into Harapeko no Marie (103902).


The author of this oneshot is Tamura Ryuuhei. If you didn't know, he is the mangaka of the famous Beelzebub.

The story is about two brothers , Tiger and Bado, who climb a mountain to learn martial arts from an old sage. The plot is interesting. It definitely has a lot of potential if it gets serialised.

As one would expect from this author, the comedy was hilarious. Moreover the art was great. The characters were very interesting.

I highly suggest to check out this one-shott, especially ... for those who enjoyed this mangaka's previous work.

First things first I love this manga, I believe that it not only is enjoyable but shows a great deal of promise.

Now for a more detailed analysis:
The story sets up a potential to be both relatively deep but still interesting (however as it has 18 chapters as of this review I can say no more) (6/10)

Art: The art is somewhat bombastic, dynamic and stylised, with the character designs constantly shifting for different purposes in different panels (i.e. comedy). This aids greatly to the comedy and can actually aid to the understanding of characters through visual expressions and is a great strength, however if you ... do not appreciate the art then that will take a lot away from your enjoyment of the manga. (7/10)

Characters: I believe that the characters in this series are good, but not for the normal reasons I look for. Rather than each character being intricate, deep and complicated by themselves I think that they thrive the most from how they bounce off of each other. In other words the series prefers to have each character being individually simple as to put more emphasis on the interactions between each characters instead. Since the amount of characters is so large for such a short manga (so far) I have to say that I much prefer this approach as there seems to be a never ending amount of new people to bounce off of each other for interesting interactions. (8/10)

Enjoyment: This series made me laugh several times and the nonsensical nature of the series and the courage to go on random tangents for the sake of comedy is a major plus. The comedy is very much visual and therefore translates better than most punchline comedy. However comedy is subjective and it varies so take that in mind. (10/10)

And overall I would have to say for all those that enjoyed Beelzebub that they will enjoy this and basically is drawn in by the art tends to enjoy it thoroughly. If I have to say one thing to be wary about is that it is publishing in JUMP and I personally think that they force series to do things for short term benefits and often either cut them off or cause some others to take paths which detract from the appeal of the series. (8/10)
Hope you enjoy : ]