Shiunji-ke no Kodomotachi
The Shiunji Family Children

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I do have to say upfront, if you come from Rent a girlfriend, this one is imho much better.
The MC at least isn't room temp IQ + Stalker and the girls aren't extremely oblivious.
The plot moves along each chapter and something actually happens on screen.

The girls are incredibly bland though. Like... trope to the max. Kuudere, Tsundere, Ara Aradere, Smartdere and Sportsdere.
And if you think of a specific character now, you know all there is to know of the 5 girls.
At least they have cute designs, are drawn decently well and actually have a meaningful changing wardrobe.

IF you want to read a ... very simple dumbed down Harem with cute Girls it's worth a read.
IF you want good writing, decent characters and a well put together drama it isn't.
It's on a level with Quintuplets, Oreimo and Girlfriend Girlfriend, which puts it above the likes of Rent a girlfriend... but far from Bunny girl senpai, Golden Time or Saekano.

6.5/10


Why do so many harem mangas get such a bad rep? Well, it’s quite simple — the characters suck massive balls. Introducing and developing one or two characters is already a hard enough task, however, harem mangakas decided it was too easy to write two fundamentally sound and engaging characters, so they opt for the much harder challenge; sadly, the world is not some kind of fairytale where an inexperienced writer can accomplish such a feat, this is no exception.

1,2,3,4,5,6,7 characters that have been info dumped onto each panel by the author, only to be forgotten with the mindset of “I ain’t reading all of ... that.” Call it self-awareness because despite the author already dedicating 5 or so panels in explaining the heroines, each chapter that reintroduces the heroines to “develop” them, there’s a summary about their characteristics and background, which I find quite laughable.

The characters themvselfselves are rather bland, which is why I decided to gloss over their summaries. There are your typical cliche archetypes, however, it’s also done in a rather poor manner; the drawback of having seven characters to develop is that no singular one will become greatly engaging or moving, instead, the characters act beyond unrealistic by sharing zero personality traits befitting of the sibling status.

The pot is self-explanatory by being apart of the harem genre, so I’ll quickly gloss over it: There are the usual progressions and developments while also having similar traits in an incest not incest manga of “this is not okay… But Imma do it anyways!”

It is not a matter of if you should read this manga, but when you should drop the manga. Besides for being a perfectly average harem manga, there’s not much that makes you want to smash your head through a wall, but it’s also nothing unexpected.


Reading Rankings (Portnoy inspired + A Huang-Teizan Original)
10 - God’s penmanship
9 - Must-read. Drop everything else.
8 - Instant bookmark
7 - Entertaining
6 - Good to pass time
5 - Why are you reading this?
4 - Bad.
3 - Typical garbage.
2 - My head hurts.
1 - Retirement is a thought.
0 - “Did they even give you a story?!”