Nan Hao Shang Feng

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This is indeed a comedy about two ordinary high school boys.

How ordinary? Just enough to slide in "me and the boys" type humour in every possible panel⁠—with impeccable execution, no less, consequently resulting in some of the funniest high school comedy I know of to date.

There's really not a lot to bang on about with Nan Hao Shang Feng. It is a treat for those looking for comedy, a twist of the normal school life escalated to surrealism, garnished with diversity in the form of ideas and cultures. Despite the seemingly simple situations in which some of ourselves may have first-hand experience, we are met ... with consistent glory in comedy, turning the situations here a little more than they should be.

Usually, such an achievement is continuously crafted via overdramatic panels or unrealistic human motion that all amount to absolute foolishness, nothing to take seriously in the slightest; that is what makes it amazing. This high school life, which is not uncommon if you obverse those around you, being exaggerated beyond belief, this already funny part in life is made even funnier is nothing short of amazing.

I could go on some more, but for the most part, this webcomic is episodic and usually focuses on making the reader laugh more than anything else. It has succeeded in its take, no doubt. So I'd recommend this to all the comedy fans out there. You are missing out for sure if you choose to say no to this one.

10/10.

The most important thing is that this is one of the Chinese Manhuas that are GOOD and are worth reading. It is also quite hard to review.

"Nan Hao Shang Feng" is an episodic comedy about two friends, the friends of those friends and their shenanigans at school. The comedy is on ... over the top side, revolves around absurd situations and occasionally becomes surreal. There are misunderstanding, people doing ridiculous things with completely serious face, overly dramatic poses, there are occasional easter eggs in background, and if I were to describe it in a few words, it is a comedy of absurdity, where people often ... try to do something ridiculous while trying to look serious. There isn't a lot of dialogue, actually, it is more of "show, don't tell", characters talk little and the dialogue is to the point.

If you saw Tamen de Gushi (another good chinese Manhua), this one feels very similar to the funny episodes of Tamen de Gushi, although it doesn't have Yuri in it, and serious episodes are very infrequent.

The art is obviously anime/manga influenced, but it is on realistic side, and most of the characters are adult proportioned. No chibies here, and no tiny teenagers. The guys look like they're 18 to 19 years old.

The structure is episodic and revolves aroudn ridiculous situations. As a result the characters are believable in their ridiculous acting, but there's normally no "deep psychological" stuff going on and next to no overarching elements.

I highly recommend to check it out, because it is funny and entertaining.

7/10 story, 6/10 art, 6/10 character, 7/10 enjoyment, 7/10 overall.

OMG... I didn't laugh so good and loud for a long time! :D It's definitely worth it to read! Very short stories about (mainly) two school friends who constantly make fun of each other. That's all! But it's also enough to lift your spirits :D
Art is typically Chinese. Perfectly portrays the emotions of the characters. About characters: already from the first stories you understand what each of these two is.
Guys, it's just short stories without a big inside line(at least for now as I can see, I am on 20 chapter yet) so that just take a look and after spending 5 minutes you ... can decide if you want to continue :)
Have fun!!