Toshiue Elite Onna Kishi ga Boku no Mae de dake Kawaii

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Art: 7/10

The art is quite good. It's not the most flashiest most detailed wonderful manga art, but it is still quite nice nontheless.

Character: 8/10

Karen-san is just pure cute. The protagonist Haru is a cultured gentelmen who have great taste in women.

Story: 8/10
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Haru is a 16 year old knight who just started out. He was recruited by an order of knights called the Black Hawks. He who joined the order have fell in love with a beautiful older knight called Karen. Karen is a 29 year old noble elite knight who is also the leader of Black Hawk. Haru fell in love with Karen, he started teasing and sexually harass Karen on multiple ocassions. Haru loves the cute reactions of his cute 29 year old noble elite knight hence the title of the manga Toshiue Elite Onna Kishi ga Boku no Mae de dake Kawaii.

Overall the manga was quite a good read. The story was lighthearted, very cute and overall a good manga.

( Sorry for the bad english.)

I originally read the first 3 chapters of this manga awhile ago, and it was alright. Nothing special. Then I randomly got around to catching up with it recently, and I am honestly impressed. Maybe a 7/10 doesn't seem like it, but trust me, I expected it to be like a 5 or 6 at best.

Story 7/10: The basic premise is pretty generic/straight-forward. A young, bright-eyed, competent guy (Haru) meets an older woman (Karen) who is cool and competent in everything except love. He falls for her, and hilarious romantic pursuits follow. That WAS the story, except in the latest chapter (18), they just ... introduced a new twist, which suddenly makes this manga a lot more interesting. I won't say what that twist is to avoid spoilers at this point, but I'm super excited to see where this story goes. For now though, I can only say 7/10 because it remains to be seen how this twist will actually play out. The author might flop it, but I really hope it goes well.

Art 8/10: Nothing particularly noteworthy. Some good character designs, with nothing standing out as amazing or poor. Karen's design in particular is cute. The recent villain was designed pretty well. Other than that though, the general artwork is pretty typical of your generic fantasy manga. Serviceable, but kinda cheap looking.

Character 7/10: Again, it depends on how you look at this. On the one hand, Karen is a well-used trope, but it's a good trope. And her development has been nicely handled to this point. Haru's pretty fun, and the way the story is going he may become much more interesting. Aside from them, however the other characters are all pretty standard for fantasy/haremesque stories. One exception perhaps is Karen's father.

Enjoyment 8/10: Alright, let me start by bringing up the elephant in the room for this manga. Where is the ecchi tag? At first I didn't care, but once tits started being a regular feature of most chapters, it sort of wasn't ignorable. This manga should be labelled ecchi. Now that I've said that, I'll add that I'm impressed. Most fantasy manga that are ecchi like this tend to just be smutty, softcore hentais. They don't usually have a compelling plot, good writing, or interesting characters; their goal is to draw smut and decorate it with a "plot." This story however is like the opposite. It is first and foremost a fantasy/romance manga...decorated with ecchi. When I first started reading it, I thought this would have to be one of those guilty pleasure reads, but the longer I read it, the more I thought this manga is actually well written. Getting to see Karen's voluptuous self is just an added perk.

Overall 7/10: So yeah, 7/10 for now, and unless the plot gets super interesting from this point forward, I don't expect it to improve beyond this score. But if you want a light read that's better than it should be, I honestly really recommend this manga.

I don't usually write reviews so I'll be brief.
A fast summary would be: Wholesome romance comedy with great art and some ecchi.
But one would surely be able to put too many manga inside that description, so, to tell what this one have above most others, I certainly need to point to the pacing. There's not that feeling of 2 steps forward followed by 2 steps backward found in SO MUCH of this genre and the characters are quite likable.
I personally think more backstory or sidestory on the characters would be nice, but it's understandable if the autor ... solely wants to focus on the main couple(for now at least).

Who I think would dislike:
-People who dislike age gap romance.
-People with ecchi oversensitivity.
-People expecting something much different from my fast summary.

P.S.: The art for the characters is gorgeous, but the monsters might need a little more work.

6.7/10


Slight action mixed with a wholesome romance; what could possibly go wrong? Well, a lot of things: the uncomfortable art, drawn-out plot, and anticlimactic action scenes.

Besides for the grueling age gap of 13 years (I don’t mind age gaps) between the mc and fmc, the art-style for the mc is entirely nerve-racking. The mc’s age is 16 years old but his character build is of a 12 year-old, which makes the shota bait even more obvious. I sort of wished the mc grew and changed more and more as the chapters went by, but it doesn’t happen and when it did it wasn’t ... noticeable.

Incorporating some mystery and action into a romance centered plot line usually never bids well, and it didn’t for this solely because the action is too minimal, and the plot for the build-up to the action either comes out of nowhere or is rushed.

Reading this manga is a commitment because it starts off wholesome/interesting, but loses its charm the longer it progresses. Although there’s a change-up in plot or romance, the plot becomes boring while the manga feels like it should’ve reached an end. Most of the incentive to continue reading this manga after the ~25 chapter mark is because of the already put in time reading this.


Reading Rankings (Portnoy inspired + A Huang-Teizan Original)
10 - God’s penmanship
9 - Must-read. Drop everything else.
8 - Instant bookmark
7 - Entertaining
6 - Good to pass time
5 - Why are you reading this?
4 - Bad.
3 - Typical garbage.
2 - My head hurts.
1 - Retirement is a thought.
0 - “Did they even give you a story?!”

At least it's not an isekai. But let me say, this is a first where I've read a manga getting worse, both in the story and in comedy, but also art.


Story: 5
The story's okay, not completely niche but fitting for a romance-comedy. Other than that, just serviceable, and you won't really get attached to any other characters other than our main two. It does also follow a linear story, might get boring but at least it's consistent in that way.
But, I get very confused by the setting very often. Not just that, while the story very often has fan service, for some reason devolves into ... just h*nt*i, and then continues the regular plot? I really feel like the author just got bored of the manga, and is just doing whatever to try and get themselves out.


Art: 4
There are more inconsistencies like clothing being very modern, like a person with a sweater or regular school outfits in Japan, buildings that are, while Japanese, why the hell do they have medieval things?

It's simple at first glance, but just taking a second more to look, I don't understand why there are so many modern things in this fantasy manga.
It's a world where people use magic and swords, but there is somehow a regular, plugged electric lamp? (Lazily/horribly drawn as well, may I might add).

That means they are advanced enough for electricity but haven't gotten further? Or is it powered by magic, but then if magic's so advanced, why aren't their fights more tactical, instead of just rushing through with a melee weapon? They don't answer this, but continue with their plot, ignoring any small details that would make sense.

Even so, I could've somewhat ignored this. Heck, the story might've benefited from having a mix of fantasy, medieval and modern at the same time, even though they never address it. But the biggest issue is how the art gets *worse*

It's incredible, I would post an example if I could, but they just gave up and drew a normal modern room for one of the main characters, with a very modern cabinet, and a modern lamp that has almost zero 3d dimensions. The lamp was almost quite literally, just an icon of a lamp. It's amazing, because the panel right underneath showed a somewhat detailed wooden table, with a metal thing that's holding a gem, supposedly shining for light.
The inconsistencies continue rapidly, as you see random characters having a very modern look, or just looking like lazy cosplayers.

Character: 5
The character interaction with the main characters is the only saving grace. The comedic/romance, that is, where you see a boy trying to comedically win a woman's heart. It's serviceable, and honestly the only saving grace from being just being a complete bore, and *maybe* the story, but that's it. The side characters are just generic or downright just made to be sexual objects, except for one character. Oh, and the fan service, I suppose. There's a LOT of those.

Overall: 4
I really can't see anyone hyping up for this manga, it's like trying to hype up another generic isekai, but done worse. The story's okay, it's trying to be something and does have a certain mystery (even though I have a feeling what it is), the art actually makes me sad how it went from okay to just confusion and the main characters missing eyes. The main characters are enjoyable to read, but the side characters I've already forgotten about.

Started off enjoyable, but upon re-reading it, you would find more enjoyment even re-reading "okay" manga instead of this.