Karakai Jouzu no (Moto) Takagi-san

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(Warning: Slight bit of spoiler"
Have you been reading Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san and get tired of the lack of romantic progress? Wondering if the couple will ever get a happy life forever after, so that you have to use your rarely functioning brain to come up with how their life looks like in the future? Fear not, Yamamoto-sensei does that for you instead.
Set in more than ten years in the future, Takagi and Nishikita has already built up a young family with their daughter - Chii, the story follows the daily life of the family with Chii being the center of their activities. (Hol' up, ... so they're ALL Nishikita now, but you get what I mean).
Story: 8/10
The plot is simple, but enjoyable. Still full of pranks by Takagi and amusing reactions coming from Nishikita and now, Chii. BUT you get to see Takagi and Nishikita being together as husband and wife. I mean isn't that the major purpose of you reading this spin-off?

Art: 9/10
Simple but full of live. Not some mess of a manga page, exactly like how you expect Yamamoto-sensei would draw.

Character: 9/10
Oh come on, of course the characters will get 9/10. They acts exactly how they were in their school days. But now you get to see Chii with her dad's reaction face.

Enjoyment: 8.5/10
A light slice of life which will ease your mind and heart after a day of hard work and studying (unless you're a NEET, then I'd doubt you've actually read or intended to read this manga at all)

Overall: 8.5/10
You get what you expected from a spin-off of a romantic slice of life manga. Nothing much to be said about except: "AAAAAWWWWWW."

After reading this for some time now i found that Nishikata still being embarrased for even the smallest things with Takagi is extremely old and annoying. When they were younger ok cool, he's embarrased, shy, she teases him a lot ok, but as an adult and still like this?? Makes you wonder why, Chi is so adorable, but what annoys me the most is the dad still being a wuss. Wish he had more guts and not be embarrased, it would add a better tone for the series i think, it's still a good read but don't expect anything new.

Disclaimer: This is my first manga review, feel free to ignore this if the way I write disturbs you. (Oh and, spoilers ahead for all of you still watching/reading the original series.)


As I found out fairly recently about the anime, I decided to read up on the spinoff/sequel of Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-San and found myself hooked to this gem of a manga. At the time of writing this I've read only 24 chapters from wherever I could find it, so take it with a grain of salt as this can be easily read within the hour.

Story: 7/10 (good)

As it is just about the ... interactions of a caring and loving family, there isn't really much story to be told apart from the antics and teasing that reside in the Nishikata household. As it's a spinoff one does not really need to read/watch the manga or anime respectively to understand what's going on. Nothing more I can say, it captures the story of a fun, loving family very well.

Art: 8/10 (very good)

Was just as good as the previous manga, if not better. From what I can tell on this website this is from a different mangaka, but has still managed to capture the essence and bright style of the original.

Characters: 8/10 (very good)

As expected, Karakai Jouzu no (Moto) Takagi-san retains what I and a whole lot of other people loved from the previous installment, and includes the same Nishikata and Takagi we all know and love, acting very much the same, with the exception of being parents. Chii, their daughter, is also a welcome addition to the cast. She's isn't too moe in-your-face cute type of daughter, but provides the perfect blend of naughtiness and young innocence.

Enjoyment: 9/10 (great)

Reading this manga to me was like taking a very hot and well-deserved bath, without the obvious downsides to taking one. It's a very, very nice change of pace from all the shonen/drama manga/anime I've been looking at recently, and honestly made me longing to experience what the characters in the manga were experiencing.

Final Verdict: 8.5/10 (really good)

After all the slow-paced romance and fast-paced action I've been watching recently, Karakai Jouzu no (Moto) Takagi-san was like a breath of fresh air. To me there was almost nothing more relaxing and heartwarming seeing the interactions between mother, father, and daughter joking around with each other and having a good time. If you're here today to find a manga that's lighthearted, fun, and doesn't leave you with any suspense, you've come to the right place.

Enjoy your read.

The reason I didn't give this a maximum 10/10 is because it would've been nice to see some change in character. This is an extremely heartwarming piece and it definitely tugs on the heartstrings but it's mostly the same shenanigans with Takagi pranking now husband Nishikata as well as their daughter Chi. It's been ten years so I hoped that there would be some development, but it was enjoyable nonetheless. The art is simple and cute as it always has been, and the story is the same slice of life style as the original. Its main purpose seems to be to give the two the ... happy ending that we all expected to see, although it does feel like you've been blue-balled since you don't get to see the actual developments leading to the milestones (eg when they start dating, or their first kiss, or marriage etc).

[MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD]

This manga was a great read! After watching the anime, you get to see the Takagi and Nishikata married and playing around with Chi, their kid. Its extremely fluffy and follows the characters through not only different holidays, but also everyday activities as well.
I only have two problems with this manga. Throughout the 205 chapters, about 3 or 4 years have passed and Nishikata and Chi stay the same. Nishikata still gets EXTREMELY flustered when Takagi teases him, even though they are married and Chi stays the same size the whole time, only changing when the random "future" chapter happens (which there ... are only like 5 of). Other than that, its a fun read if youre looking for something heartwarming since the interactions between the characters are always wholesome.

Before I know this manga, I also read 'Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san' which also focused with their two main character. Nishikata with Takagi at school days. But when I still on-progress reading that manga, I had know author also make another story which tell stories which they both already married and have a child. Reader should read "Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san" which according to my experience is more exciting wholesome story. The story is easy to understand, there are no long text in each balloon monologue or dialogue so reader should experience easy reading even the story also easy to understand.


Honest review about this story ... is very light, easy to understandable, each chapter have short story which contain explicit meaning that usually Takawi will tells the reason why she's always tease Nishikata (and now their child also like how her mother teasing habit). Reader will taken by a straight story which have no heavy conclict, that makes this manga is recommended for read while chilling time or just relax. Different with another manga that contain complicated conflict, this manga doesn't contain about 'heavy conflict' instead just like arc before (Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san) but the background is about how they already an adult.

It was fun about reading experience, sometimes I laughing by myself because reading some chapters. Also there are few chapters that contain deep meaning such as how parenting works, and the reason why Takagi tease Nishikata in meantime. This manga is suitable and recommended to read while you feel like exhausted and want to find a light story manga which contain no heavy conflict.

This manga is suitable to read while resting, or chill reading remind this story is easy to understand. There are no foreign term (so that you need to open dictionary to understand in what context). To be fair, I'd rather choose this kind of story rather than other romance or slice of life stories. But for people who likes a challenge, or a conflict in a story so this manga is not for kind of that people. There are no villain in this story, even if there's a conflict it just a teasing or kidding.

Recommended.

To be honest, this is actually the first time I've read a manga all the way through, and this is the first time I am reviewing one as well. I might go back in a year and look at this and think, "why did I rate that so high?", but right now I only have fond memories of this manga. I've only read one other before, and that was bloom into you and only the end so I could see what happened after the anime.

This manga has extremely limited story, there is basically no drama, and there's no action or mystery or anything of ... that sort. It's mostly a collection of short comics about the nishikata family in their daily lives, similar to a Sunday comic strip.
This does not take anything away from the manga, however. I love the format and how it gives us so many different situations to learn about their family in! I really liked the anime for teasing master takagi san, but I liked this spin off manga even more. This feels a lot like an Iyashikei, or a healing anime (I don't have any manga to compare it to so I'm going to use anime) such as non non biyori, laid back camp, senko-san, or the like. This won't keep you up until the morning reading it, but as something to do when you are bored you probably won't find much better.

Overall, this manga is super, super cute, all the characters are likable (with some returning faces), they interact in really fun and interesting ways, the art isn't anything special but it's perfect for what it is, and it is overall a super fun time. would reccomend 9/10

I know I get some far heat but I never read/watched the original but I do get the og's premise

So I'll keep this one quick and simple.

As someone who new to anime/manga

my goodness gracious it this manga adorable and wholesome. I thoroughly enjoyed the cute family dynamic and chi is sooo cute.

really my only nitpick is a kinda wish for some character development from the husbands, but old habits die hard I suppose ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Also not much "stakes" or "tension" if you will. like the og was about whether the two character will get together but this more focuses on slice ... of life scenarios and character interactions

It a heartful and simple manga and one I'd highly recommend