Rental Oniichan

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Okay, so this is a bit too phenomenal of a work to be just decided as a good read. Different feelings were surging inside of me when reading this chef'douevre of a work. The feeling of sympathy, exasperation and the feeling most wanted " To protect".
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the drama that author touched in this manga, is by no means is not a fragile one. Splendid work when handeling such a delicate yet need to be addressed topic.

About the story, I would say it goes pretty well, with each chapter bringing development and the FMC dire and dramatic ... situation setting the modus-operandi of the plot of the manga. The MC is also a good individual with distinct qualities of commendable traits which he proves by in the manga chapters by how he behaves and takes care of the cute, sweet and innocent girl. Which really won our hearts.

The epilogue was also beautiful yet logical one which closes the door of more curiousity and finally settles the long-awaited DRAMA, which is rare because many few 'short' mangas has done this over the course of time.

A sweet, saccharine story of a young girl (Kanami) trying to connect to her brother. After her parents died, her brother broke down, tried to sever all ties with her, and isolated himself from the world. She then meets a man (Makoto) who resembles her brother, and he wants to fill the gap left in her heart of her real brother. In order for Kanami to ensure she doesn't replace her brother with Makoto, she insists on renting him out as a big brother.

The two go through heartwarming days as fake brother-and-sister, going to arcades, restaurants, shopping and more. Due to Kanami's fear of adults, ... Makoto introduces her to his friends, who all take a liking to her. Slowly Kanami grows out of her shell, but her brother continues to lash out at any attempts to connect with him. The emotional climx, when Kanami gets hurt trying to protect her brother from falling boxes, leads them to rekindling their relationship while keeping her "rental" brother and his friends close in her life.

The story is a refreshing slice of life story of a young girl trying to wade through the cruelness of life: it's not deep, but cute and brings a small smile to your face. The character development for everyone besides Kanami is rather weak, and the story feels unrealistic, but it's endearing and overall enjoyable. The art, and not only the writing, is endearing, sweet, and sentimental. Kanami is the perfect younger sister (adorable, sweet, and empathetic), and Makoto is the ideal older brother (handsome, protective, involved, empathetic, understanding, and caring), and the art reflects these facets of their personality.

Ultimately, Rental Onii-Chan is like ice cream: sweet and refreshing, but temporal and not that deep. If you want any realistic portrayals of trauma, abuse, neglect, and forgiveness: Rental Onii-Chan has none of it. If you want an idealized version of these themes that could only exist in fiction for a happy ending, then this is for you.

Avoid this manga at all cause if tour are looking for a realistic portrayal of abuse and forgiveness.

I wasnt planning of writing a review yet the only one here is a possitive one, Who can lead to people to read this non sense.

Story 1/10

This manga is the worse attempt of disfuntional family dinamincs ever wrote , is full of plot holes even the time jumps doesnt make sense, everything here is wrote in a way that is obviously to attempt to make you cry, thats the whole point, cheap drama to make you cry, even if the actions of all the cast ... lack of meaning or reasons.... Who Cares right? Lets cry for the abused kid being hit by his horrible brother yet console by a total strangers she found in a park.

Characters 2/10
Besides cute nice selfless onii Chan and cute so cute mature kid all the rest of the cast didnt really need to existe , and the brother is just there to be hated on ... His actions make no SENSE at all, why hiting your little sister that obviously want yo conect with you???? When you clearly Care for her SO MUCH that you wanted to avoid to find out that the parents were abusive..... Why then the sudden change from caring to beating and destroying personal stuffs like her diary ????

WAS OVER THE TOP , the manga could make him just depressive in a room with cero talking and have same impact , cuz she would be still neglective, but NO, HE HAD TO BE A BEATER TOO ... And then expect him.to.forget him.ciz he was being bullyed ... Ohhhh so cute , nah the magical forgiveness came out of the blue and with a time jump. Cheap drama comes with fast forgiveness right ???

The kid act like an adult, so mature, so ready to Risk her all for her older brother ... Why on earth THE KID has to do the emotional work to Fix a relationship ? Why ???? Is so twisted , is how abusive people manipulate their targets, gashligt them into making them think is their fault they act like that cuz they didnt put ENOUGHT EFFORT into changing the abuser.

This manga make me.sick NOT EMOTIONAL, i was in rage for most of It , why not a single adult make visitations? Why not a single teacher Care for that kid ??? She had to be a saint even on HER OWN BULLYING scenario, ready for forgive ... Who wrote this ??? Why is expected for woman to Fix Broken men ???

Disgusting , the only reason i give this a 2 and not a 1 is cuz art was beautiful, and first 3 chapters were promesing so I'm being nice and

Overall 2/10