JK Haru wa Isekai de Shoufu ni Natta
JK Haru Is a Sex Worker in Another World

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I read this one on a whim without expecting much, but this turned out to be a lot better than the premise would have you believe. This idea of a high school girl becoming a sex worker in an isekai setting seems rife for gratuitous objectification and unhealthy "romance," but the story is way more balanced than I expected. This probably has to do with how the original light novel is geared towards a female audience, so there's no gross glamorizing when it comes to sex work.

Haru, the protagonist, isn't a blushing naive klutz, but she isn't some dominatrix puppetmaster either. The story does a ... good deal to humanize her than most of this genre. It tackles her previous life in an interesting way, and gives believable explanations for why she does the things she does, including the reason she chose sex work. This characterization even results in rather poignant moments where I got a little choked up with emotion at seeing her get to live a bit of the carefree youth she didn't have in her original world.

Indeed, this story isn't all dark despite some sexual content and violence here and there. The author never makes you undeservedly sympathize with Haru's customers either. She never sugarcoats how she's treated or what she thinks of the men she services. Some customers are really shitty to her, others are nicer, but she makes it very clear that she doesn't owe anything even to the nice ones. She's also quick to call misogyny by its name whenever she notices it in the world, something rarely seen in animanga. It's refreshing, honestly.

Speaking of refreshing, let's talk characters. Of course, there are typical isekai archetypes in this story, but even they have their humanizing moments. Haru's coworkers, for instance, are background characters with little contributions to the story thus far, yet their relationships with her are quite wholesome and cute.

Next, there's Chiba, Haru's classmate who got sent to the fantasy world along with her and now makes a living as an adventurer. He at first seems like your standard otaku-turned-Mary-Sue with unfairly strong powers. Even Haru thinks that, but then the longer the story goes on, she learns that he's actually quite cautious and calculating with everything he does, taking his time to learn as much as he can about the world and its dangers and even planning long term about the rest of his life.

Still, he's not perfect, and his biggest flaws are incessant bragging coupled with this potent, nerd-brand misogyny (i.e. feeling entitled to women and treating them as a prize) --- something Haru rightly recognizes and often punishes. She treats him more like a reluctant friend than anything due to their shared origin from another world, while the story treats him mostly as a comic relief and a satire of those nerdy isekai protagonists who suddenly think themselves chads just because they're in a fantasy world.

Of course, it's important to note there have only been 10 chapters (AKA 2 and a half volumes) so far at the time of me writing this review. This story could go to shit, or it could get even better. I haven't read the light novel this is based upon, and I'm not interested in spoilers, so for now I'll just wait as new chapters come out. As it stands, I recommend this manga for anyone who's looking for something a bit different, but has internalized enough anime tropes and isekai logic to appreciate the little acts of subversion this manga does.

Absolutely do not read this if you are sensitive to dark topics. This is the darkest, most vile, most disgusting thing I think I've ever read, And it amazes me how much it does so. I felt sick to my stomach, and I don't want to ever feel that way again, but I do have to commend the utter dread it makes me feel. I was unsure of what to rate it, and considered rating it a 10/10 due to how disgustingly brutal it was, but decided against it because this is by no means a masterpiece. I do think I have learned multiple things ... from this, mainly how rough living in a world like that would be (I would without a doubt die) but although for dubious reasons I might rate it high, this story shows what seems like a painfully realistic depiction of what living as a woman would be like in a fantasy world, or even just a couple hundred years or so would be (probably sooner too, but things got better little by little at first, and this is like absolute rock bottom) I have only read until the very beginning of chapter 21 as I could only read a preview of volume 5, but the dread I felt was horrible. The main problem I have with this aside from my (pretty normal I believe) inability to stomach half of the things that go on in this story, is the dialogue, it's not the best, and comes off pretty "uhh wtf, this is a bit much even for this" but some of the characters are pretty likeable, and some are amazingly, but unsurprisingly dislikeable. I can't t say I enjoyed this depressing story, but I can't say I gained nothing from this. TLDR; If you don't have an exceedingly strong stomach, stay the heck away. And if you do, you are in for a whole world of disgust if you read this, but if you find the will to sit through it, (I think at least) it's a valuable experience, painfully sitting through this new perspective of how horrible it must be getting Isekaied like that. Although, much too graphic at times, and I truly hope nobody enjoys the story itself (the possibly wholesome parts are a bit of an exception) but if you do, go to prison already TLDR TLDR; If you get triggered easily, or have normal human levels of sensitivity, do not come anywhere near this, if you have a strong stomach and are looking for a new perspective, I questionably possibly may recommend this to you. In conclusion, it's wild, and not in a good way.

This is really good. I've read a decent amount of isekais, a decent amount of ecchis and honestly this has a mix of everything and works really well altogether. There is an unexpected level of depth, the setting is realistic, the depiction of prostitution is amazingly well done, pokes fun at usual isekai tropes and Im here for it. just go read it, it's short, it's great, it has a few sex scenes but I think if anything, it adds a lot to the realism and the overall story. Makes no sense why it's rated so low. Oh and we love a proper female protagonist, ... feels refreshing and the character development is good all things considered.

If you want me to summarize what reading JK Haru was like, imagine a fat, balding, and ugly middle-aged male feminist telling you - a man in his late teens or early twenties - that you're a worthless, misogynistic pig who no woman will ever love... in a fat, balding, middle-aged man's impression of a valley girl accent.

Now picture that soyboy poorly dressed as an anime schoolgirl in a paper-thin attempt to convince you he speaks for all women. There are no photos of Ko Hiratori online but I bet my ass I've got my description down to a T.

How do I even begin ... to put this? JK Haru... is bad. It's so bad it made me envy the blind and illiterate. Never buy a copy. Just read it online. To start with, Hiratori doesn't work within his premise. He's too good for that. You're supposed to root for the main character because she's an underdog surviving without cheats...

Until it's eventually revealed Haru HAD CHEATS ALL ALONG. In retrospect, that means all of this could have been avoided had Haru taken the slightest bit of initiative. If this was revealed from the beginning, nobody would feel sorry for her, so he narrator withholds this information from the audience to gain sympathy for the main character. When your character is so insufferable that you have to resort to manipulation to make them respectable, then it was never a likable character to begin with. All the author fucking did was perfume a big fat stinking turd. Literally the most disingenuous, transparent, cowardly attempt at manipulation ever.

This is not a spoiler. This is something EVERYONE deserves to know right off the bat. It is a manipulation tactic designed to deceive readers into sympathizing with what is obviously a worthless lying whore who is no better than your average "i have a shit class but im the strongest" protag out there.

The author wanted to make Haru an underdog. But then he got bored and made her the bestest most wonderful most overpowered mary sue ever... while still being a fucking underdog! Make up your mind for Christ's sakes you spastic retard! Jesus Joseph and Mary, all you've done was create a character that was super powerful yet did absolutely nothing because MUH SOCIETY! MUH SOCIETY!!! REEEEEEEEEEE!!! And no, "women aren't allowed to be adventurers" isn't an excuse. This would be like if Superman sat on his ass and did nothing all day except suck dick all day and cry and bitch about how much society hates him and the readers said his behaviour was OK because vigilantism is illegal.

The sheer goddamn lengths the mangaka goes to tell you "u-u-um there's nothing bad about Haru - HERE focus on this asshole instead" is is like listening to the CCP blasting whataboutisms in your face every 15 seconds.

Every single other character exists for the sole reason of making Haru look better. Every single fucking one. I am not joking.

For example there's Chiba, the supposed Otaku stereotype. All his lusting and simping exists for the sole purpose of making HER look like a victim, for the purpose of making HER look desirable when the only person who would ever simp for her are balding middle-aged nonces like the author. If Chiba is a porn-addicted otaku, he would not be into Haru at all. The vast majority of weeaboos are ridiculous purity fags who think that a girl standing next to their brother is cucking them. So what in your cocaine-frazzled mind would convince you they would EVER get it up for a whore who takes in 100km of other mens cocks a day? I call BULLSHIT.

Another thing: this fails at satire. WHICH isekai setting is this supposed to satirize? WHICH isekai protagonist is Chiba supposed to be? Well if you ask ANYONE who's read this drivel you'll see them short circuit like the toaster they've dropped in the bath while eating breakfast at 6am while jacking off with the dicks they curse themselves for having... because the answer to both of them is NOTHING. It satirizes ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOTHING.

It does not criticize the Average Isekai Setting, it does not criticize the Average Isekai Protagonist (because it has NEITHER), it makes a ludicrous strawman stereotype of either that has ZERO resemblance to either of these things, and pats itself on the back for being such a Smart Boy. Let me ask you again: WHICH isekai settings glorify the abuse and mistreatment of women? WHICH isekai protagonists are mincing queers who simp for whores? Absolutely fucking NONE! No it's not a fucking satire it's a satire of a cargo cult version of isekai you made up in your 70IQ hysterical post-menopasual feminist fever dream shut the everloving fuck up retarded delusional whore cunt bitch please just overdose on whatever antidepressants you're on already.

JK Haru was like Garth Ennis's The Boys if Ennis sawed off his dick and had a lobotomy, then binge-watched Feminist Frequency through one eye and Velma (2023) through the other, and Cuties with the third eye he has in his asshole while squatting over an iPad, while pumping estrogen and heroin up his ass, while flogging himself for being born with a cock and balls chanting "Hail Dworkin! Hail Dworkin!" 10000000000 times. Which is basically the best description of Ko Hiratori I can come up with so far. Faggot.

And don't even get me started on the blatant pedophilic undertones.

You can read it between the lines on every single panel of this godforsaken, worthless excuse for a manga. "Ko Hiratori is a Nice Guy. He knows what you girls have to deal with. He empathizes with you. He understands you. He's not like those sexist weirdos in your generation like Chiba, because Hiratori knows how to treat a girl right. So that's why you should whore yourself out to him for 2,000 yen because it's So Empowering and feminist guys with recessed chins and receding hairlines are HOT!" This whole manga is utterly disgusting pedophile propaganda dressed up as a feminist empowerment story, which is kind of like a balding tranny sex offender pretending to be a little anime girl except if it were a book. Every page of JK Haru advocates for the right of middle aged men to pay for sex with high school girls because Hiratori is a Nice Guy and not an incel like Chiba.

What kind of person would spend so many pages belittling and degrading teenage boys? Who would spend so many freaking pages hyperfixating on his every last flaw, unless this fully grown ass bitch male can feel more secure in his own masculinity? Ko Hiratori would, because his prey is teenage girls which would make boys around their age are his competition. So he has to go all out and demonize them from the perspective of his underaged dream girl. Of course going too far would blow his cover, so he disguises his coping session as super empowering feminism. All while vicariously pretending to be a chick so he can feel morally superior to every other man on the planet. Male feminist ally everyone!

What the fuck. I can't even joke about this shit. It's fucking unreal!

In short, JK Haru was shat out by a spastic retarded knucklehead who was foaming with so much seething, bitter rage that he forgot to tell a story or even get across a coherent message that made sense, nor did he make any attempt to do so. Nothing but hatred, jealousy, envy and bitterness towards every other man on the planet, particularly those younger than him, dressed in the skinsuit of feminism that nobody except braindead semen-vaping diarrhea-swilling retards would fall for. I can't believe this piece of crap made it to print. Fuck JK Haru, fuck Chiba, fuck Lupe, fuck every single named character, fuck the author, and fuck everyone involved with this shitty ass manga. Its only use should be as toilet paper in a bathroom gas station.

Funnily enough I saw this title in a joke TikTok and it seemed strangely interesting as a concept since the usual isekai is just a plain old power fantasy.

Haru becomes a sex worker because the world she was Truck-kun-ed into might have magic and whatnot but it has very similar gender politics to the medieval period of our world. Namely, unaccompanied women have little to no rights, little to no options for work, and it's ultimately very dangerous to live there as a woman. With nowhere to go and no real skills of use in a fantasy world, and no cheat abilities like those given ... to her classmate Chiba who tried to push her out of the way of Truck-kun and joined her in this world, she turns to sex work, something she did briefly in her original world. Not deterred, she endeavors to do her best with the situation she's been dealt.

This manga is ecchi bordering on hentai for some of the visuals but it treats it's protagonist as a person, not just eye candy. It has a lot to say about the nature of sex work, the precarious position the sex workers have in that their job is physically dangerous and emotionally taxing. Some men are kind, some men are abusive, some are just pathetic(cough Chiba cough), and Haru does not mince her words about any of them or the situation she's in but she still has to cater to them or else she can't survive. It's her point of view that I feel takes this manga above being just plain smut. It would be good well drawn smut even without it, but it wouldn't be worth a look for any other purpose.

I find it a little hard to categorize this manga into josei or seinen because it's obviously got visuals and situations that appeal to young men, but also has a lot of criticism for the same men that women would appreciate.

I will solidly say this isn't a read for everyone due to the sexual violence inherent in sex work and while Haru isn't just eye candy, she's still objectified frequently in the art. If either of these facts are unacceptable for you, you should pass on this. If you're looking for smut with some commentary on the nature of sex work, I'd give it a read. It's not bad for what it is.

triggers: rape, death, lots of abuse.

Plot
FMC (our female lead) and a male otaku classmate get isekai-ed. FMC voluntarily starts working at a brothel. The rest is the story of her daily prostitute life in a very VERY patriarchal world. Roughly 80% of the story is just abuse of MC and her fellow workers.This is glorified tragedy porn at best.

Review
First, you should know that the target audience is probably Feminazis. This show has a strong agenda, which it forces down your throat using extreme and violent circumstances.
1. Every female character is super nice and basically an angel.
2. Every male character is a ... horrible demon and a violent rapist. With maybe one exception.
I am NOT Exaggerating. It is so annoying because half the time, our tragedy heroine is thinking lines like 'this is how women are treated in this world" or "this is how men are" or whatever. Then again, this story lacks any sort of maturing in writing anyway. I would have been satisfied if it atleast had some decent sex scenes. but even the art is below average. Among all the ecchi manga that i have read, this is definitely one of the worst in terms of art. Lots of censorship, and we don't get to see sex scenes of any other women except for our FMC.

This is a tragedy manga. Its entire premise relies on men sexually abusing/assaulting our whore FMC and her whore friends. The problem is that the manga is roughly 40 chapters. And we only get the payoff at the very end of the manga. So, you have 90% of the chapters (around 38) being filled with abuse and no relief. And the climax is definitely not worth the journey. There are military men or adventurers, who are very violent in nature due to their stressful work, leading to some really disgusting scenes over the course of the manga. And it gets consistently worse towards the end.



Verdict
For normal people, just run away. Don't even start. If you are into fucked up stuff like abuse, then go read a dark hentai. Because atleast it will have decent art and hotter scenes.

It's a manga that's not easy to recommend, dealing with some topics and characters being written in a way that is extremely controversial, even at times biased. But despite all of that, for an isekai, I believe this to be one of the most unique ones, not much on the story front - but more as a character study.

FYI: There might be changes to the review, seeing as it's starting to build up to something. So for now, take this review with a pinch of salt.


Story: 6/10
A misogynistic/sexist fantasy world, where women can't even register to a guild for adventuring, and women are treated worse ... than less. It doesn't pull any punches, immediately giving us how this world works, and the basic norms surrounding them. The manga has its importance in briefly explaining to us readers about our characters and the situation.
Yes, for anyone with a horny mind, the first chapter might either excite you or piss you off, as it sets the tone for what the manga will be. It's an unusual way of hooking someone into the world, but as the manga progresses - we see why it did so.
With how the story overall follows our protagonist and her mind, we don't get to explore much outside of her perspective, only adding a tidbit of the world from other characters telling her. Magic exists for example, but we rarely get to see it used in a lot of interesting ways, other than what our protagonist sees. It might be exciting for some to receive a story like this, and others not so much. It is definitely intentional, but something that readers should know is that while the overall plot doesn't surround her - it's her story.

Even with that, the story isn't much to write about. It's simply condensed as a misogynistic fantasy/medieval world, with magic that doesn't really get touched about all too much, due to our protagonist's disinterest for a long while. The interesting parts are when our protagonist and other characters are around. In short; the story is the hook, and the characters are the pull.


Characters: 8/10
"This is how the world is, and I can't do anything against that", and "I want to live how I want." These two may seem the complete opposite and mutually exclusive, but these traits are what our protagonist lives by. Our protagonist is calculative, to the point of peering into others in a cold and harsh manner, one that only reads the situation, how they are feeling, and their character - and nothing else.
She speaks in a fashion much like a mythological snake towards the ones she wants to manipulate, and then in a completely honest or even innocent manner with the few she deeply trusts. She never tries to burn any bridges, but to recover that bridge only to put taxes on it. Her outlook upon the world would serve her well in terms of survival, but far from a healthy way; almost self-destructive. Later on, we will see how much of a flaw it would be.
In short, she is not a "good" protagonist. She sees everything through a lens, and if she could, would've insulted anyone she dislikes in sight.

Now, from what I just described her character with two, random quotes where I explained how they're not exclusive to one another, it does not mean that they do not conflict. Her way of living is mostly to serve and protect her at her leisure, even falling into the potholes that she discriminates against. She would seem grounded with how she accepts the world as it is, as from her eyes; any hostile action, or even a minor one that changes the norm, would damage the establishment and the people she cares for. This would force her to barely "live". She mostly only just exists, and to follow this new world's norms. She thinks of herself as the bottom in social status, and therefore she is. That is her mindset, which is almost intertwined with how she naturally thinks, even before the isekai.

There are times when she breaks free, relieving herself from these thoughts, and decides to just enjoy herself. It's short-lived, but something that we know she can do.
As time goes on, we also see her compassionate side. Yes, she doesn't exactly break herself from the mold of some views or always broaden her mind, but we see that she realizes the flaw of her thinking, living how others perceive she should. Breaking the shackles of the norm from another world is a horrible task that most wouldn't, but for her loved ones - is something worth breaking. I find it inspiring, that such a foul-mouthed, mostly self-serving protagonist realizes that she was slowly bound by the worth others speak of her, she finally decides to take action.


The other characters are also interesting. There is another isekai'd male character, one that thinks one-dimensionally, and the irony of thinking he's the protagonist. Very similar to how most isekai male protagonists are and the demographic. Everything revolves around him, what he wants is what he should get. If he's nice or plays the right cards, then he should be the winner. We see how much more flawed this thinking is, as in our modern times, is what we call an "incel".
He, similarly to our protagonist, sees things how he wants, but would take things at face value. He truly believes that with his skills he's gotten from a God, meant that he deserved to be blessed. As a character, he doesn't really change all too much from this mindset. But, we do see how this eventually breaks him, as all the time he did spend trying, realizing that acting as a "nice guy" doesn't give you everything. He's a tragic character in his own right, as he could never truly win the heart of someone.

Then, there are the women working with our protagonists. There isn't all too much to say about them, in the way that they are more than a group rather than an individual, something similar to another group in the town, which I'll explain soon. In general, they're people that our protagonist views very favorably and ones that she could let go of her constant reading.

Another character is somewhat interesting is the innocent chubby man, and the mysterious wanderer. The first character is rather interesting, albeit underused and sadly almost thrown away, despite our protagonist's likeness towards him. She does manipulate him as he's easy to, but does somewhat grow on her, making her realize that her harsh thinking isn't exactly healthy; or at the very least, realizing that all men aren't horrible. He's not exactly a saint nor perfect, as he does unhealthily worship her in a way that makes him an "easy target".
The second character proves our protagonist's contradictions. She sees him at face value, as he's the very few she could read. In this regard, she proves to be similar to even the isekai'd male, as our protagonist was almost willing to ignore everything else around her. But him as a character, we're not given much to play around with.
Lastly, there are the ones that our protagonist heavily criticizes. I won't go into detail as they play a heavy role in our character's "development". Some of them are definitely varied, but there are specific groups that are what our protagonist and this world hates the most.

Overall, I think this manga did well with the characters. There aren't exactly any heroes, but there are definitely many who would be perceived as evil. No characters are particularly likable, with the exception of some that are made to be likable, like the chubby guy and the girls working with our protagonist, while one-dimensional, is definitely a breath of fresh air, and definitely in more need of. The manga is a mix of one-dimensional characters or a more complicated one - both in which our protagonist tries to figure out how to deal with.


Artstyle: 8/10
At the start, the artstyle while somewhat more unique than others, is very boring. But as the manga goes on, it shows how well the artstyle meshed together with the characters, especially our protagonist's perspective.
The paneling, dialogue boxing, and background details could've used some work and definitely did later on. But because of it, the manga did suffer. The manga isn't heavily detailed either and probably could've added more, but definitely works with the plot.


Overall: 7.5/10
If you want genuinely interesting isekai characters, an interesting outlook of a protagonist about this new world, and an isekai that isn't just powering through everything along with a niche topic - this is for you. It is far from perfect, but a much different manga that I can recommend for some that enjoy reading from a protagonist's perspective within their harsh world, and how she deals with it.

To be so brief, as not to include spoilers, I have mixed feelings about this Isekai despite giving it such a high rating.

For the most part, I'd say I would not recommend this story for anyone looking for fantasy elements within a fantasy world, as this story relies heavily on realism and the rawness of humankind in it's most deprecating form. Yet somehow, I found that unapologetic "rawness" to be entertaining.

As I'd seen from another user's review, this story is definitely an implication of a more realistic approach to the misogynistic, self insert, fantasies that are often found prevalent in the Isekai genre. The characters ... are heavily flawed in their own logic, this however pairs well with the way of life each character has chosen. I find portions of the story very illogical and uncomfortable or unnecessary, but in a way, the writer somehow manages to make it stick its landing. Thus allowing the reader to attempt to understand its character's and setting in an entertaining, albeit jarring way.

As I said at the beginning, I have mixed feelings about this story, especially its ending. Yet for what it is, I'd consider it a masterpiece. It's imperfections allows it to be perfect as is in my eyes.

I apologize if this is vague, I have so many thoughts toward this story yet I can't find the words to accurately review it.
Also, as a side note, my ratings are done individually-- meaning a 10/10 for this would not be equate to my overall satisfaction level nor would this 10 look the same as a 10 for another work within the same or different genre.

I rate each story for what it is in itself. My overall satisfaction reading this is about a 7.5/10.

This manga is rare, at least from my own experience of the isekai genre. It tackles the setting without tropes and in a serious way. Comedy is present, dark comedy it is, and in a way that some people may find it disgusting (for a lack of a better word) or just plain weird at best. The story sure is full of monologue, but that's okay because we get to know the thoughts of the characters, especially the protagonist. The pacing of the plot is slow and steady, with the protagonist getting accustomed with the new world she was in bit by bit, giving ... off a slice of life vibe. Despite the awful setting the protagonist was in, she still fought against the norms in her own little ways with the tenacity to survive and inspired other characters to do the same, giving off some interest to the reader to follow along her story. As for the ending, without stepping into spoiler territory, just don't expect something great will happen.

The art is good though, like, the background art was drawn in full detail. Sex scenes were a bit so-so. Don't expect something more graphic. It still does work well with the narrative without being too explicit though.

Final thoughts. The title is surely interesting, but the same can't be said for the overall story. Some may like it for its novelty and others may not due to the topic probably. Just like what was written above, the ending will leave the reader hanging, so it would be best to read the novel version to give the story a better close for the reader.

I now know how people who didn't like Poor Things felt about it.

There are some good ideas in this story, but the execution wasn't there. Sexism, prostitution and how isekai stories treat women are all interesting things so I was expecting so much from it, but most of the time it failed to deliver. The comedy didn't work for me and so many characters felt underdeveloped, they could've done so much more with them and it is a shame we never got to see that. Still I would recommend it to people who like to take stories apart and think about what worked and what ... didn't.

It makes no sense at all.

If it's trying to criticize isekai settings, then why does its setting barely resemble any isekai out there? I can't name a single isekai which actually goes out of its way to glorify what you're talking about. "pinpoint-accurate" my ass. So instead it creates a nonsensically dystopic Handmaids Tale-esque shithole and says

"See... This - is what the average isekai setting totally looks like. Look what those losers want to live in! Tee-hee-hee! It would be sooooo awful for women to live there, riiiight????"

Really? Then name me a single isekai setting which actively prohibits women from being adventurers or in positions ... of power and treats this like a Good Thing. No, you cannot. This would be like shitting on all science fiction and fantasy because John Norman of Gor exists.

Funny thing is, I don't even like isekai. It's a dogshit genre for completely different reasons but that's beside the point. Even then I can still say JK Haru was an incredibly unfair "satire" of the genre. It is a 31-chapter long gaslighting session so far off its own up ass it can chew its own brains. To begin with, it criticizes a version of the genre that exists exclusively in the author's head, which is absolutely fucking ridiculous.

This is not your "average isekai setting". Nor is it a "male power fantasy". Absolute fucking bullshit.

If it were really one, Chiba would be SWAMPED in so much exotic pussy he'd forget about Haru by the second chapter. Male power fantasy isekai is about getting away from the world you were from, not SIMPING for it. But he doesn't, so he has to bother Haru which gives her another reason to complain and be morally superior. It is a victim fantasy...

Spoiler: SPOILER FOR CHAP 25
It is not "asking us to think about how a fake dreamworld designed solely to satisfy straight male power and sex fantasies (i.e., the traditional slave, rape, and harem stuffed ero-isekai setting) might feel to an ordinary young woman suddenly trapped within it." It is asking us to think about how a fake dreamworld designed solely to make the protagonist look as morally superior as possible would feel to an "ordinary" "young woman" (the male author's self-insert which he uses to psychologically distance himself from the character whom he refuses to admit he is the most like: aka. Chiba, and to vicariously experience the social and narrative privileges of being a woman, sort of like Andrew Dobson's female characters)


Chiba doesn't reflect any part of otaku stereotype other than being creepy and misogynist and obsessed with anime.

...And for some reason he likes Haru. Have you even seen the purity complex these incels have? Most of them would rather die than shag a hooker. Realistically, Chiba would probably go after local girls - sort of like an American sexpat in the Philippines. He wouldn't like Haru at all. If he hates his world so much, he would view her as a reminder of a shitty, embarrassing place he wanted to escape from - but that would make have to make sense.

If I were in his position, I would have gladly fucked off and never seen her again. Or quietly killed or maimed her before doing so. No "hero" nonsense, no "protect women" bullshit, just "happily abandon women who were shit to you and never think about them in your lives."

Writing a character like Chiba to mock otaku is like writing a character to ridicule muslims - then making said character a whiskey-chugging alcoholic whose favourite burger is the bacon butty. It does not work if you have the slightest goddamn familiarity of the stereotypes associated with either group.

Also, weebs are self-loathing as fuck, too. What the author is supposedly saying is "tee-hee-hee! no girl wants to be with you, have you thought of that?! Hmmmm???" but do you really think these neckbeards haven't already told themselves that at least a hundred times? Look at their fucking forums. Look at /r9k/.

Do you really believe this is a new and novel idea? It's repeating a miserable porn addict's internal monologue to himself, which says more about the author than any imaginary person he's trying to criticize.


Conclusion:

This is not the "average isekai setting". Far from it. The world of JK Haru is a specific porn setting Hiratori probably invented in his mind, jacked off to, then wrote JK Haru in after realizing what his overbearing, abusive radfem mother would think of it as a way of coping with the guilt. I know this may not be true but I hope to God it is. It would be so fucking funny if it were.

tl;dr Isekai is shit. Haru is shit. Chiba is shit. JK Haru is shit.

I started reading this manga because I saw a recommendation for it few times on different forums - saying it's more than the description tells, has an interesting mature story etc... well let me tell you it's not. It's sh*t... dog tier SH*T.

Story starts with our MC girl transported to another world and the very first thing she does is... Tries to learn about this new world? Nope. Tries to look for a way to return home? Nope. Stick with a person she knows from her original world who got transported with her? Nope. She went to a brothel to the people she knows ... nothing about and started working as a prostitute... oh btw, she was also a prostitute in her original world despite being a high schooler. What a "charming" MC we have, eh!?

From here we see how she "works", her clients and... and that's pretty much it!!! That might be an interesting premise for a comedy manga, but it's not comedy, in fact there are barely any jokes. Readers just watch how she "services" different men, none of whom are interesting enough to even be memorable.
It could have been a decent hentai but the sex scenes are so boring (and censored on top of it), that even a mediocre ecchi manga would put this to shame. Maybe it could've been a manga about a struggle and overcoming ones limits by hard work in a challenging an unforgiving world? But all her struggles are artificial - she puts herself in such positions and does not do anything to change it.
Are we supposed to be interested in her character, in her story? Well, she's a one-dimensional type with no redeeming qualities and no likability. Should the reader feel compassion towards our MC? Sorry about her situation? That's impossible because as I pointed out she voluntarily puts herself in these situations; she does not try to learn any skills or even thinking about changing her job, blaming "misogyny".

Then what the hell is this even about? Well, that's the question I was asking myself as I was forcing myself to read at least to ch.10. If this manga did not try to take itself seriously and went for the mentioned routes (comedy/hentai) I would not be writing this review and just say "it's obviously not a masterpiece but it's just parody isekai/hentai and it's not trying to be anything else". But that's not the case - this manga seriously tries to preach and be "deep" at times in the topics of treatment of women. In one of the chapters she gets a violent customer and immediately mentions how women are treated badly in that "patriarchal" world, does she maybe refuse to "service" him or set boundaries? Nope, she just charges extra for being violent with her. In another chapter she's being publicly humiliated in a brothel, but tolerates it because... well it's a job (according to her), but again complain how women are treated. Another chapter and she participates in some sort of sport competition along with some boys, well when I say participate - I mean she takes attention of the opposite team by showing her underwear and taking seductive poses. After she's prohibited from participating she blames... no, not her own behavior, she blames "misogynistic" world. That's where I dropped this cause I couldn't stand it any longer. It's like reading complains from someone who voluntarily went to work as a clown in a Circus but then cries that people pay to laugh at him.

Story: 2 non-existant, something happens around but you're unlikely to remember much

Art: 7 the only decent thing here, but even MC look/design barely memorable

Character: 1 mostly pathetic, none likable, I don't feel compassion for any or desire to root for anyone, nor to learn more about any of them

Enjoyment: 1 not sure what am I suppose to enjoy here - sex scenes are boring, story is dull, there are no jokes, characters are boring.

Overall: 2 the manga tries to be what it cannot be or what the authors are not talented enough to make

The only reason I'm writing this review is for people like me, who saw the recommendations somewhere, saw somewhat decent MAL score and thought "maybe I should give it a try"... well don't. Reading 90% of hentai would give you better story, better characters and more joy than this very "deep and mature" manga.