Gal☆Cleaning!

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(TLDR below, thanks for reading)

I went into Gal Cleaning only because it had a low score, I was just on the lookout for something actually bad. If you already know my views on anything very lowly rated, you'd know that I don't actually find such media to be as bad as the score say it is. Sometimes with a mean score of 3.XX only shouts 6.XX or higher to me. Gal Cleaning was no exception, if anything, it is very misunderstood.

The story plays off as a normal generic cliche, in both story and characters, only based around a dude and a gyaru in their mischievous ... time together, synopsis will explain the rest. Nothing too out of the ordinary happens and for the most part, this is done well. I would usually check off stories like these with 6/10 and talk about the next category. But with one particular Gal Cleaning took it to the next level, I won't say what happens, but you will more than likely not see something shift this much in the narrative so much for a good long while. It is the only reason why this manga is rated so low, but it isn't bad. This is kinda like what happened with the AOT ending reaction. In any case, I saw this and thought that it was actually realistic to the world around itself, pay attention to what Kaji says in ch 3 and you will see what I mean. Whether that was a coincidence or intentional is something I don't know, but it was actually fitting regardless. Another, more accurate reason why such an event occurred was something I got out of talking to someone else about it, about how the cleaning is not only physical but also spiritual, though I think it is more mental in my opinion. In any case, it is quite the pretty cool idea snuck into this that I didn't even think of myself, makes you think that pretty much anything can have symbolism. It's really apt in such a case and makes for something you will probably remember because of what it does, whether for wrong or right reasons. Good stuff.

The art is fine, it is pretty much like every comedy manga with no individual style to it. Is there really a point in elaborating here then? Moving on.

I enjoyed this, I find it hard to not enjoy stuff, good or bad, there is a reason to like everything, though some series don't meet a basic standard which means it is impossible to appreciate fully. Gal Cleaning was not one of them. I can't really say I understand why people (if even rationally) dislike this. That one arc in itself isn't enough to pull down the enjoyment if I am honest, it was quite a change though, that is true. Still, this was a fun manga that was also quite clever in its own universe. Also, I must add how the arc just before the one that "brings everything down" is super funny, I found myself laughing more than I should, and I don't really have any idea why, it was just funny. Everything that isn't the hated part is also quite enjoyable, wholesome, and somewhat relaxing. Everything a manga like so needs to at the least keep you attached.

TLDR: A fun manga that has one section which is incredibly misunderstood.


Overall - 6.5 (7)
(Click "Overall Rating" for score breakdown)
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Ermm, can I even recommend this one? Probably not, but it is there for most open-minded people, I would suggest looking a little deep into it, even if it does look a little cliche. What a story though, you wouldn't have guessed something this simple-looking could offend so many people. Hell, I thought this was disliked because people didn't like gyaru characters, before I read this that was. Well, nothing more to add, just another bottom 100 manga that needs defending.

"Meh" is the best way I can think to describe this manga. I started reading it after I heard how it goes "dark" after getting axed. Then I read the first chapter and actually liked the characters and felt afraid for their sake... just to be disappointed on both ends. While it's true the "event" added unneeded drama to a comfy manga, it also wasn't enough of a big deal to really matter. Can't trust mobs nowadays I guess...

Like, by the way people were talking about it, I was certain some fucked up shit was going to happen to one of the main characters, but ... it was just a random one-off character that showed up out of nowhere having a flashback showing some bad stuff happening to her. Boo-fucking-hoo.

I was hoping to feel something and left disappointed. I liked the SoL but was also kinda disappointed by having it become some random drama at the end. Yet, the early chapters were still fun. Shame it got axed.

This is going to be tough to beat for the position of worst manga I've ever read. What rollercoaster of trash this manga is, and it only gets worse as it goes. We start with 8 chapters of cringe tier ecchi romcom slice of life story telling, which wouldn't have gotten this manga close to being the worst I've ever read if it had only remained that, but then we reach the infamous decimal chapters as they are known, and let's be honest, these chapters are the only reason most people ever discovered this manga, myself included. Here we are treated to a mini ... arc of the main girl wandering around school without her panties because funny I guess. This isn't quite where the manga jumps the shark, while a little different from the previous chapters it still maintains a lighthearted and comedic tone; by the end of the mini arc which painfully overstays its welcome we finally reach the point where the manga doesn't simply jump the shark, it grabs it and judo throw it into the sun.

For some reason beyond my understanding the mangaka decided that his ecchi slice of life romcom needed a several chapter long rape flashback scene and so that is what he put in, it might be the most tonally jarring and narratively incomprehensible story beat I've had the misfortune of bearing witness to. After it's over we get an incredibly anti climactic ending this gives zero closure to anything save the love triangle introduced right there in those very chapters, the main characters relationships remain as they have been since chapter 1 and you, the reader, realize that you wasted time reading this manga that you will never get back.