Nov 26, 2012
The manga Choku! faces a severe disadvantage in advertising itself. The synopsis certainly doesn't do this manga justice and implies this manga is just a generic shounen romantic comedy. Admittedly, it's premise and plot really are generic, but I truly enjoyed this manga more than any other manga that I've read in awhile. I love this manga because its humor is crude and hilarious and the protagonists are cute and appealing.
STORY:
Perhaps the biggest fault in this manga is the complete lack of story early in the series. The reader is literally thrown into a scenario and pulled along a series of
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random events of no correlation whatsoever. The "supposed" romance is actually nowhere to be seen until the near the halfway point. Despite this, I don't think that this harms the manga in any way. More importantly, the light-hearted and comedy-centric beginning is what made the eventual plot far more attractive to me. The romance does come eventually, and it is very satisfying in my opion. In fact, I believe it is becoming increasingly rare to find a manga such as this one that uses calm rather than melodrama to cause the reader to appreciate the romance.
CHARACTER:
Luckily, even without a proper story, I think this manga would still get a very solid score from me. I am very biased, but I absolutely adore socially awkward characters and the two protagonists are extreme cases of my adoration. The number of sub-characters is extremely lacking, but this the uniqueness of the protagonists more than makes up for this. The male protagonist, Nao, is a your generic passive ecchi shounen hero. There's a slight twist in his characterization in that he is rather feminine (HE'S A TRAP) and his pervertedness is surprisingly tame. His female counterpart, Serika, is the most unorthodox female personality I've encountered in a manga. In fact, she is the source of all the crude humor which leads into the next topic of...
ENJOYMENT:
Indeed, the entire basis of this manga is the humor. The comedy in this manga is very hit-or-miss. It is especially important to note that if you dislike the nose-bleeding early in the manga, it becomes less and less gruesome (is that the right word?) as the manga continues. Rather, I'd like to emphasize how the author's humor is primarily crude in nature. Toilet humor. If you don't like that type of stuff then you certainly won't enjoy half of the jokes throughout this manga.
OVERALL:
I admit that 9 is a little generous for this series, but I don't feel it quite deserves an 8. Basically, if you are looking for a calm, angst-free romance then this is the manga for you. If you are sick of clever puns and proper humor, then try out this book of dirty jokes. If you are in search of a semi-short manga to waste your time with, read this manga. Either way, this manga will either leave you questioning why you are even reading such a deranged manga, or having you fall in love with this manga's charm.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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