Reincarne
Reincarnation

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Came for the premise, stayed for the "plot"

On a more serious note, I feel like this manga greatly wasted its potential. Though let us begin with the positive points.

The art is pleasant to read and the characters are all extremely cute. And no, I am not talking about the suggestive scenes in particular.
The story has a somewhat of a common thread, with a conclusive (?) ending that does not feel too axed? I cannot think of anything else.

As for the negative points, the biggest reproach may be how the plot seems to be all over the place throughout the story. The premise is really interesting ... and the follow-up could have been so much more compelling if it stuck to solely developing its two heroines, as well as tackling gender identity.

Instead, it introduced unnecessary side characters and love interests, eating away precious pages that could have helped polish the main characters and deliver a conclusion that is not a three pages long time skip.

Speaking of the ending, it is by not one of the worse per se, but the fact that if feels like could have been anybody's game really just means the reader will be dissatisfied, no matter who they were rooting for. It absolutely does not help that everything was decided in the time skip either.

Oh, and if the reader has to read the afterword to understand the conclusion, something must have gone wrong.

At any rate, I am not ashamed to say I mostly read this for Asahi's expressions. As I said, going from the premise, I had great expectations for the drama and romance to sprout. Shame that we did not get see much of that.

If the central premise of this wasn't about making sense of a new life after reincarnation, I would've rated this a 4. However, it has that interesting premise and executes it fairly well up until the last chapter. The characters were somewhat interesting and the dialogue was somewhat fun, but it was otherwise a classic harem. The ending sucked and had no buildup whatsoever but overall it was a fun read with 8.5/10 art. Reading it is like eating a delicious sundae and then getting punched in the jaw. Honest to God this would've been an 8/10 if the author stopped at the theme park ... and didn't actually finish it. Just leaving it up to the reader's imagination would've been so much better.

7.1/10.

art 9/10 - there is good fanservice, interesting expressions, simple yet nice enough art. just my style also. cute and fluffy.

dialogue 6/10 - not sure if it was the translation error or not, but some dialogues were very disconnected and ambiguous. feels like they have no relation to the previous/next dialogue whatsoever. or my english comprehension at the mean time isnt up to par to understand. either way goes.

story 7/10 - simple premise yet how they executed it is very nice to see. dude remembers about his past life, met his past life buddies and stuff like that. doesnt overcomplicate things. though i ... am not a fan of how the story progressed, it is realistic and possible. past life is past life, its only used to build up the characters' relations, nothing more.

plot 6.5/10 - its rather straightforward, doesnt dilly-dally about. easy to grasp. i am not a fan of the ending, however. feels too unsatisfactory and ambiguous. being axed doesnt mean you can just rush it like that. very vague introduction of a guy who is supposed to be their enemy from the past life, in the very last chapters of the story. axed or not, its still a bad introduction. romance development felt kinda ambiguous, because the author changed the couple mid-story. well, it is a plot twist and i dont exactly dislike that.

characters 6/10 - the part where the girls act with memories of their past life as men is decently written. their personality feels rather tropey and cliche, though i dont dislike that.
Kotaro's character felt like its missing alot in the early chapters and rather bland. she talks and smiles energetically in some panels, and felt like a silent observer in some panels. feels bipolar.
Asahi's character is decently written. not bad.
and for the main character, Meguru is missing his presence in some chapters. feels it could be better.
supporting characters def could take it up a notch also.
it is axed and only got 17 chapters to work with so i'll give it a 6.

enjoyment 8/10.