Ojou to Banken-kun
A Girl & Her Guard Dog

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Okay I wanted to read this because it's getting an anime adaptation ?? Which honestly surprises me based on how bad this story is. I wasn't super keen on the whole 15 & 25 age gap (it also shows when she was really little and he helped care for her...egh). I gave it a chance simply because an anime is being made for it.

From the get go it rubbed me the wrong way. Red flag behavior from ML all around. He's NOT likeable...it's like a rendition of a 13 yr olds journal she keeps hidden under her bed. ML IS supposed to be yakuza...but still. ... He's creepy, cringe, and toxic. FL is no better. She's your typical weak, timid girl who can't go more than a day without being kidnapped, assaulted, or harassed then rescued by ML. She's also the type to say the exact opposite of what she means. The author truly did not give any of the characters any redeeming qualities. I got through half of the story and I still don't know a thing about anyone.

I dropped it when the male "rival" came along. He's not even so much a rival...just a disgusting degen harasser. It was getting so far fetched / icky I couldn't even finish it. Literally nothing happens in this story. The whole yakuza plot means nothing...it's just a way to excuse the insanity that goes on here. There's a part where FL minimizes her assault because she wants the guy to still be in the school play T_T Can't make this up lol. There's no meaningful friendships or side characters or anything at all. Just FL getting into trouble over and over again and being rescued.

As someone who has consumed a lot of romance content this just isn't a worthwhile read. I'm shocked it's even getting animated. I can think of many other romance titles that are more deserving of an adaptation.

The art was okay, I wasn't a fan of how the men were drawn. Despite everything I think I'll attempt to watch the anime when it comes out simply out of morbid curiosity.

Uohhh sixteen year old cunny, age gap cute and funny 😭😭😭

The story is wholesome and the artstyle is insanely pretty but I only recommend Ojou to Banken with huge caveat. You know, my trigger tolerance thresholds usually run high due to the spicy sixdigits I read, but even I had to turn off my brain for the grooming behavior to not affect my enjoyment. If I see this happen in real life I'll likely puke.

Not to be judgemental but if you think normalising such a relationship under the pretext of protection is not gross we can't be friends. I'll be judging you from 200 ... feet away.

I came across this Manga by accident but i'm glad i did. At first glance the cover art was just so immaculate.
Ojou to Banken-kun is so interesting to read, The story at first might make you feel hesitant but it's absolutely not what you think it's a comedic and romantic story.
The characters:
Utou Keiya, the male leader is so cute and protective, (he's so hot AAA)
Senagaki Isaku, the female lead is also cute and sometimes clumsy but she's determined.

I honestly wish they make this a anime but i doubt that.
If you’re like me and love reading Romance Mangas + with a handsome ML then ... you have to read this! and he's a Yakuza (AAA)

Oh boy. I thought I would enjoy this a lot more. The premise was so up my alley; age gap, he's her bodyguard and a gangster... What could possibly go wrong, right? Well, it's more or less your regular high school shoujo. Like he's older, but you'd never guess because not only he goes to school with her, but he's involved in the school stuff too, and also acts like a high school boy.
Towards the last few chapters that have been translated, it seems like some gangster plot is building up, which is the only reason I gave it a 6, but otherwise, it ... has nothing that makes it stand out. Also, the art is beautiful, so I guess props are due for that.

Give it a try, but keep in mind you won't see anything new if, like me, you've read many shoujo already.

So basically I found out that this manga is going to become an anime in the Fall 2023 season on Myanimelist and had to check it out because my god, that cover has me sold! While reading through it, I was literally in awe with the art especially with the characters faces close up like my god, it felt like I was reading a professional artists artwork portfolio! Now I will say, the FL is rather young enough for ML who is 26 years old. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve read quite a good amount of age gap relationship manga but it just won’t work ... for real obviously so it might leave a impression for some to think it would be ok when it’s obviously not to date a highschooler. As well while reading this manga, I hated the fact that the attempted rape scene with Tanuki towards the FL was swept under the rug as if they weren’t a big deal. He was really such a creep and definitely needs the cops to woop his azz like wtf?!

Well it was a typical Shoujo-ish spicy romance manga, it still was a good enough read to admire the art, the couple and the other characters (besides Tanuki) surrounding them. Story was average enough but sweet enough to make your heart melt lol!

How the fuck did this steaming pile of garbage get an anime adaptation? Every character sucks, the plot sucks, the "romance" sucks. So fucking angry from reading this.

Lets see. You have overprotective borderline yandere ML who has the creepiest faces ever in every damn situation and the most ill-timed punchable chibi version. Sure whatever, not enough for me to drop it. But he never evolves past this trope-indulging premise and drags down the setting along with it especially when MC makes somewhat of an effort to be some sort of a character. And MC gets groped and almost raped he doesn't even live up to ... his stupid unlikeable premise and doesn't do his damn job and beat the shit out of that guy meanwhile he'll "all men are wolves" and interfere with MC building bonds with males that aren't him.

The romance is truly fucking atrocious. It's so obvious that ML is into MC romantically but she's so fucking stupid and says "he's probably not even conscious of me >m<" even though he makes it abundantly clear over and over again in very boundary-violating ways. None of this is helped by how the MC is a piece of cardboard who can barely react to the situations that transpire around her. A lot of this has to do with the fact that the whole "yakuza" thing could have taken out and nothing would have changed at all, except ML would have no justification to be creepy and hover around her everywhere and sexually harass her. Yeah if you haven't noticed by now ML is also a piece of cardboard outside of his quirky tropes. No wonder there's no POV or internal dialogue because I swear there's nothing in his godforsaken head.

I'm not even going to talk about the second ML imfaooo it's that bad and he's so poorly handled

Don't waste your time on this like I did

I still haven't finished the whole thing as the english translation is still coming out but there's only one thing that disturbs me in the manga and this is not the age gap itself but the fact that he basically watched her grow, literally raised her and ended up like that. There's a sensitive line when it comes to stories with age gaps, especially when there's a minor included and I think if Keiya has waited a bit more until Isaku turned 18 would have been better, at least for me. I think both in Europe and Japan the age of consent is between 14-18, ... in Japan I'm pretty sure it's 14 which explains almost every manga available out there. I do not like that, but it is how it is. The fact that she likes him, though, makes it way easier for me. I've seen students in school who had relationships at 15 with way older guys so that's not even something new to me. As long as the girl likes the guy and the relationship is safe for both I got no problem with it, which probably keeps me hooked to this manga. I took some time to get over the "he raised her as a little sister" moment though in order to continue.
I love yakuza stories, I like the affection between those two so I'm patiently waiting for the rest of the release to see how this whole thing ends