Feb 16, 2025
I pushed through all 47 chapters released so far to see if anything remotely interesting would happen, it does not. Let me just point out the only good thing the manga has: characters' art. If I were to praise anything from this story, it is the art behind each character, each one is different from the other, their face, their hair, their style in clothing, it is the only good thing worth commenting. The author also loves asses, he makes it quite clear his preference when he highlights pants in a specific way, sometimes those butts can look a bit weird, but most of the
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time those are nice.
Having that said, all the rest is trash if you look at it objectively. The protagonist, Ryota Miki, has one of the strongest plot armors in manga, everything that happens to him, whether the outcome being the one he expected or not always, works in his favor. Also, he has this fake charisma where he is polite and throw some minor compliments here and there, but somehow he manages to captivate people in a matter of minutes, waking their sense of protection towards him (a maternal instinct for some of them perhaps?). Remember when I said the character's art is the only thing worth praising? So, the author abuses two specific faces for the protagonist: puppy face and "Chill Guy". Puppy face, as you can expect, is the face the protagonist recurrently does to get what he wants, it is sort of pathetic seeing him doing that face and worst seeing him getting what he wants when he does that; "Chill guy" is a reference to that meme, the anthropomorphic dog wearing a sweater and jeans and he has his hands in his pockets with a half-smile on his face looking kinda chill, the protagonist uses a similar face as his smug face, where 20 years ago you would see "T/N:'keikaku' means plan" because he is acting like everyone are puppets in his 4D Chess.
The protagonist has those "I am a genius" moments, but of course he would see himself like that in an universe where two things happen: every event that plays out work in his favor and every single character will make a stupid decision if that also directly affects the protagonist. It is boring to read when everyone else have high stakes and plenty to lose, while the MC is like "oops, I tripped and found a ticket with a one million dollars prize, silly me."
The author did not do his homework on some matters like foster care and criminal investigation, for instance we are shown early on how the protagonist went through 5 foster homes and we are led to believe he "abandoned" his foster parents by pinning on them domestic violence, one of those foster parents even vanished (I do know about the "missing" people issue in Japan, but isn't it a bit odd to have the same child having the same problems over and over and no one stops to wonder: maybe that kid needs professional help? You change the environment several times and the same issue keeps repeating? Maybe the problem isn't in the environment). As for the criminal investigation, it is plain ignorant to what really happens, I won't delve into details, just consider that for the already ludicrous due process existent in Japan, the author manages to make it even worse.
Reviewer’s Rating: 1
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