Shiori no Nikki
Shiori's Diary

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If you're into NTR and "innocence corrupted" tropes you'll likely get a kick out of this. The premise to start is somewhat novel for a story like this but it does run it's course fairly predictably. The protagonist comes across their husband's diary chronicling his extramarital escapades in vivid detail and this serves as an inspiration and a sort of call to action for her to likewise seek out that which she is missing from her life; excitement and thrill of a physical and sensual nature.

In a sense this is one of those "justified cheating" stories where the author tries to make the protagonist a ... bit more sympathetic than they would otherwise be sleeping around outside of their marriage.

I feel there was room to extend the story past the 22 chapters and explore some other ramifications or outcomes of the protagonist's choices. The ending is fine but it feels a bit abrupt given some of the very late character development within the last few pages that could have taken the story into some other interesting directions. Maybe a missed opportunity there.

Art is good overall however the art style around the faces, especially that of the male lead are a bit weird looking in my opinion and clashes with the erotic nature of the story.

Overall a solid NTR but stops short of being particularly well-done or memorable.

Shiori no Nikki, a spicy drama about a typical Japanese housewife, who discovers her husband’s diary, chronicling his many affairs with her over the years. Distraught by the news, Shiori seeks to heal her broken heart by sleeping with an ex-boyfriend from her school days...

Story: 5/10
I'm going to be straight up, this manga was a massive disappointment. With only 3 volumes I expected some possible short sequences and a nice tie to the end - it didn't. After completing the first volume barely anything has happened, we got the introduction of things that are already mentioned in the synopsis and some mindless sex. That said, ... the sex was boring and tasteless, I will warn this is borderline Hentai too. Ironically It took away from the story.

Character: 3/10
As mentioned, there is little to know development for Shiori over the span of 2 volumes!! She discovers she's been cheated on for over 3 years and breaks down from it. Her course of action? To cheat back of course! The way this story presents itself was unsatisfactory for me, we are barely presented any qualities on her husband that would want to make us even root (no pun intended) for Shiori. If cheating is going to be involved/explored within a manga I would love to have an emotional attachment towards the couple/relationship to begin with. I'm aware that its only 3 volumes but the fact this has happened over 2 and 1 remains gives me little hope this will even end well lol. The most development we have seen was from a side character.

Art: 6/10
Honestly the art was fine, above average for me but it wasn't my style to really give it a 7. The characters have a sort of muppet appeal to them if u noticed from the cover. The noses reminded me of Kasane but a bit dumbed down. The panelling was also fine, nothing mind blowing and insane. Pretty conventional format, its used time and time again and doesn't fail. The flow was good there's that.

Enjoyment: 5/10
TL;DR this was an easy yet boring read, mellow drama and relationships along with constant sex addicts that ironically pull away from the story. It was more or less a snooze fest waiting for some advance in development. A girl on the shore and heck, even Metamorphosis, had a more compelling character and plot about sex lmfao. Its a pass for me, I don't suggest reading it unless u are really that horny xD