Mar 27, 2022
Disclaimer: If you liked Najimi from Komi Can't Communicate, I would recommend reading this as if it was based off of that. It's similar.
My enjoyment for this manga, and the actual quality of this manga... is completely different. This manga is rated 6 stars and I don't believe that there is a review over (5) stars. It's understandable.
First, the concept of this manga will turn many people off. The idea of basing a your story entirely around a "trap" and giving him/her a male love interest is a major turnoff for many people. There are quite a few people that I know (IRL)
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that would be disgusted at this manga, or refuse to even try it. If you are one of those people, do not attempt to read this manga. This manga is pretty much "gay" and the comedy is heavy.
Now, as a heterosexual man why is it that I like this manga? To start, there were quite a few men that read this manga and thoroughly enjoyed it. Of course, they would make "I might be gay" or "If there's a hole, there's a way." jokes in the comments, but I would say that they enjoyed it.
Back when I was still in MS and HS, I would refuse to read anything like this. I had no problem with homosexual, transgender, or traps back in those days, for reading something like this was a big no for me. But manga like "Prunus Girl" opened the doors for this sort of manga, and "Blue Flags" made me realize that manga that featured the same sex could be really good without the abuse aspect.
The comedy is gold. At least to me it is. The story features a lot of... "Hard" jokes. In other words, "boner humor" The title "Amachin is Self-Proclaimed" leaves a lot of us readers confused on if the main character, Amachin is a male or female. I wouldn't mind either, but I would prefer male since it would take away from the story if he was a female. Although I do enjoy calling him a girl more.
Amachin is similar to Najimi from Komi Can't Communicate. They both appear to be girls, sounds similar to a girl, act like girl, and even dress like a girl (somewhat) but is said (by them) to be a boy. This brings up the question for both sides, is Najimi/Amachin male or female? These are question brought in the stories by the characters. And I like that aspect, because there's quite a lot of things you can do with that kind of character.
This does tend to go a bit... overboard with there characters at times. But other then always aiming to give them a distinguishable features, such as making them to short, making them beautiful and extremely weird, or giving them no good qualities as a feature, is a bit overwhelming. But if you look passed that, the characters play off of each other quite well.
I don't know how people got horny (or so they claimed) by reading this. This story doesn't do very many sexual scenes, it isn't trying to stimulate the mind, and a lot of tense or serious moments is immediately resolved with joke. It was just a feel good read for me that had a enjoyable romance to it.
Overall, I would have scored this a 6 if I didn't enjoy. I read because I wanted something lighthearted, and this was pretty lighthearted.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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