Unbalance x2

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Unbalance x Unbalance (UxU) is a Harem, Ecchi, Romance manhwa dealing with what will become some interesting love affairs. It's remarkable how this manhwa portrays this sort of forbidden romance, however for a title that had so much potential, I'm not too please with how it all turned out.

Enter Jin-Ho Myung, a seemingly regular guy, coasting through his High School life. That is until a new homeroom teacher, Hae-Young Nah enters the picture. It is by some amusing coincidences that the two have several run-ins with each other and it were these unusual circumstances that sparked an interest between the two. From there the story ... for this harem is rather exciting in the way that it is not so straight-forward, when compared with most of the childish harems, in the familiar High School setting, as there are plenty of twist. Another thing I appreciate is that it doesn't focus on trying to find as many ludicrous opportunities to show some panties, but rather just dealing the main issues at hand. However as the chapters go on and a lot of the romantic ties remain unsettled, the story tends to drag and actual progress occurs at a snail's pace. Also there were some very questionable moments throughout the duration of its serialization, especially towards the end.

Yet just like with some of Dal Young’s other works, the artwork is pretty much perfect for this kind of manhwa and it is really hard to find any major bad points to it. There are well drawn environments but of course your attention will be on the characters. Sure there are plenty of well-endowed, attractive young ladies, which is what makes this an ecchi romance in the first place; however the guys also look appealing and that’s a rarity within the genre. Though one thing that irked me from time to time is the perpetual blushing. Once you yourself notice it, you'll struggle to un-notice it.

Well like in any romance, the story and artwork mean nothing without the characters to help bring it all to life. UxU does that well, with some very intriguing character personalities that do not follow the usual criteria (well not always). The male protagonist is a welcome change from all the typical "loser-kuns" or the incredibly "nice guys" we find in harems, however it’s easy to have mixed feelings on Jin-Ho because of how he operates. In short, Jin-Ho can be a bit of an a-hole. Then there’s Hae-Young, who is an attractive and nicely portrayed heroine and has plenty more appealing traits. Together they make some interesting chemistry, something that's needed to make any couple or potential couple interesting, which is where I think the title fell short. Not all the girls had interesting chemistry with Jin-Ho, so in the end they felt more like side characters, than the main characters they were meant to be.

Overall UxU is one of my favourite harem titles, which really doesn't feel like a harem title, because it shows a relationship not hindered by typical indecisiveness but by society’s judgement. Yet at times it does feel like the mangaka it constantly trying to impede on any real romantic development, with some indecisiveness on the female-front. Jin-Ho can be a bit of an a-hole and his action's may irk some, but he is still a refreshing change from the norm and it was nice seeing him persevere, in his own way. It's a shame the author couldn't do the same and persevere with the quality of the story, as the story took a turn, in the final volume and degenerated into what cannot be described better than a generic Korean soap opera drama. The ending just felt cobbled together turning UxU into one of those titles that had so much potential, but screwed it up towards the end. So if you enjoy your harems or romances then be sure to check this one out, even if the story ends out of balance.

Let me state this right now: UxU had potential to get a really high rating, a 9, but just no.


Unbalance x Unbalance is school based ecchis romance comedy with some drama. It looks like every other average title with same genres and cliche ideas, but then it hits to your face with the characters, good pace and out of blue moments making it enjoyable to read.

Myung Jin-Ho, our mc, is a lazy fuck, like me, but extremely kind yet a total badass. His life philosophy is superior, it's twisted and fucked up, someone could say unbalanced, yet interesting more than anything. If someone hurts ... his friends, he goes to berserk and fixes the situation. He doesn't care if that's just a little girl, he kills that bitch and moves on. Gosh, I love that guy. Most of the situation he is in, are intense, emotional and hooking. Could say something similar to Great Teacher Onizuka's appearance. Everyone knows Onizuka is the best character ever, right? The atmosphere makes even hardcore readers sweat.

Hae-Young Nah, isn't meh or nah at all, unlike my jokes, but very interesting female character. Moreover, she has huge breasts. She goes trough some intense and dramatic shitz, showing how many sided character she actually is. Her character development being pretty awesome. What makes UxU unique is the way 2 totally different characters are building relationship. How author manages to connect them life together and show how much they effect to each others.

Unfortunately the awesomeness stops before the manga ends. The point where UxU fails is the last volume. Mangaka started also being lazy fuck like me and the MC guy. Writing goes fully retarded during last chapters, characters start to act out of them character, ending is rushed and forced. The manga is not satisfying with the ending and reader is never rewarded. Higher rating would feel like I'm fooling myself and others.


Suggestions:

Ichigo 100%
Suzuka
Kimi no Iru Machi
Mx0
Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai
Kyoushi to Seito to

Gonna try to keep this brief. But i really wanted to like this. It was something with some interesting ideas.

But for me it just fell flat. I did have to force myself to finish this just because it didn't feel right to drop it. Especially when compared to other manga's i'v deemed not worth reading and dropped.

Let me start out with this. The main character is awful. In fact just about all the characters are awful. Not from the characters design but because of their personality. Main character is always doing dumb crap. The teacher is annoying at a good amount of times. ... The main character tends to force himself on the teacher.

But something else that i feel needs brought up that would be the completely unneeded love triangle. This is something that bothers me about manga and even a good amount of anime. They make these characters that are after the Male character leads D. At first i only thought it was going to just be a romance story between TeacherxStudent, Then it came crumbling down. This should have just been between the two characters. But we are slowly introduced with more and more characters.

The one i want to bring up the most is the Student president. She is one of the nicest girls and would actually like her to be a the main love interest in another story. But in this she is forced to like the main character even though the entire audience already knows that she isn't gonna get with him.

It's annoying because we tend to have these nice and good characters that are reduced to nothing more than something as fan service or throwaway characters.

I could go on about how this was a let down. But i don't want to be here all day. Overall it's just a alright story nothing good happening. I would recommend Unbalanced x3. It is much better.