Kotou Buchou
Kotou General Manager

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Well “Island Manager” is somewhat a refreshing slowburn romance shoujo which involves our FL Komatsu being stuck on a secluded island with her unpredictable boss, Kotou. The stupid reason for why they were stuck on the island in the first place was because a boar interrupted their company nature trail trip and then a huge wave swept them away…… yeah that pretty much happened……

Anyways they make their island as their “division” in order for them to continue working rather than twiddling their thumbs the whole time they are stuck on the island (doesn’t explain exactly how long they are on the island). The pair of ... them have an odd relationship with their silly shenanigans (especially using a condom as a bandage wtf) involving cursey words. They aren’t on their own for long as they were three side characters who were also stranded and apparently work in the same company. They were annoying at times by trying to break the leads apart but failed (thankfully).

Yeah overall it’s a nice simple shoujo with funnies and gorgeous art what can I say?

THIS MANGA IS UNDERRATED!!

I never thought the story of a few people on a deserted island could be this ducking enjoyable. It is much like any other shoujo manga, smart handsome male lead falls for the dumb clumsy female lead. But the addition of unexpected factors makes the manga so unpredictable.

I do not know how to explain just how hilarious this manga is without any spoilers, every chapter got me rolling with laughter on my bed and at the same time, it got me blushing.

Each character in this manga has their own quirks and unique personalities that I have never seen in any other work ... I have read. The male lead is shown as a living machine and the female lead ducks at anything she does. A secondary fl who is perfect in everything she does and a secondary ml who acts like a jerk. With an old guy who loves drama.

The story starts with the ml and the fl being swept away from the rest of their team to a deserted island, followed by the old guy and the secondary fl and then the secondary ml.

One of my favorite scenes is when the ml teaches the fl how to use a condom on a deserted island as a bandage and water storage (hope I got you in the first half)

Woah, haven't had a straight 10/10 in a while..

I loved this onec. The humor is great, the characters are entertaining and grow to insane lengths and I want to pinch Koma-chan's cheeks so baad, she's ADORABLE!

Let's go in order:
1. Story is amazing. Behind all the comedy is an actual survival situation and I learned a lot from Yatsumi-san's explanations (automatically a bonus point in my book if I learn something new). The fake office-style organisation that took place was pretty creepy from a dystopian POV; no matter the situation, behave like in the office, be a drone and all that; but it worked out for ... them with a few adjustments so towards the end they worked like a unit and survived healthier than the whole world expected. Great ending, I really have no complaints. Every plot point was explored and everyone's happy.

Oh wait, the one little thing I loved is that Yatsum-sensei made Komatsu a newbie without much previous experience with Kouto. This way the manga didn't need to include past gripes and problems that just wouldn't fit in the story (excluding Someya, he's just an incel). Everything revolved around the current situation and what followed? Next to no flashbacks. I know it's basically rocket science to mangaka but we don't like 4 chapters of flashbacks, we will like it better without that.

10/10 for the story


2. Characters are all awesome, even if not as deep as some other manga. I always appreciate when a mangaka knows their characters perfectly and doesn't compkicate them too much. Seiko is a 29yo on the hunt for a man, that's her character that she has to grow out of and that's what she does. No ex stories and no past encounters with Koutou. Current situation. Someya has some history with the buchou but it isn't personal, he's just jealous of Koutou taking away all the attention so he projects it on the situation. The current situation.

This isn't a deep manga, and the characters are, from an outsider's POV, pretty shallow (except for the leads). The thing is, they're fine like that. They have a role to play in the story and they do it perfectly.

10/10 for the characters


3. The art is amazing. I like the personalised style and like usual with these manga, I came out with around 100 screenshots for my reaction folder XD. Also, sleeping Komatsu is the most adorable thing in the world..

This one is biased but 10/10 for the art.



Please, please read this manga! Not only is it cute asf, funny, doki doki as all hell, informational etc., it's only 30 chapters. Yeah, some insane arcs happen in just 30 chapters. Just this is proof that those 500-1000 chapters mangas are insane. Yeah, I'm dunking on One Piece fans, y'all aren't normal...
Anyways, I recommend this so much!