Tensei Colosseum: Saijaku Skill de Saikyou no Onna-tachi wo Kouryaku shite Dorei Harem Tsukurimasu
Reincarnation Coliseum: The Weakest Skill Conquers the Strongest Women and Creates a Harem

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8.0/10


I’ve come to despise ecchi, harem, and overpowered isekai-mangas over the following years because of how predictable they have become, but this is probably the only exception. Honestly, despite this containing every aspect of a brain rotting read, it doesn’t go overboard with any of the dramatics in the plot, action, or fan service.

Over the top ecchi will most definitely ruin a story because at that point, it would’ve been better to read a doujin, so if it isn’t used for comedic impact or is easily brushed by, then it “sucks” to read. Thankfully, this manga does both of the positives when incorporating “unnecessary” ... ecchi into the story while somehow developing characters from it.

The plot and characters is what you’d expect from this type of manga, but it’s a bit refreshing or surprising to see how the mc cleverly pulls off his victories, which makes quite a satisfying read.

The epitome of a horny, overpowered, obsessed child’s favorite read somehow works in this manga. Whether it be from the art, or the satisfaction evoked from every victory, it becomes quite the fun read. It’s not your typical vengeful, emo hero story, though it’s still cringy at times, so it fulfills that craving decently well.


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?!”

So BAD that despite the fact I rarely keep track of or review manga... I felt compelled to write a review. It's not even funny bad. It's just bad.
Pretty good artwork plagued by the most abominable and terrible writing you could imagine. If you can think of an eye-rolling overdone trope they do it unironically with a straight face. Including doujin tropes.
On that note there are doujins with better characters and writing that care more about the content they are making for a 1-3 chapter throwaway than this does in 5x going on 6x the amount of chapters

The writing is a "didn't even ... try" excuse to have women being beaten by a 15 year old in very dumb ways while he randomly references videogames in cringy internal monologue and they become enthusiastic harem slaves after drugged grape sessions. As said before there are doujins which are unintentionally written better than this.

So, did you know this was written by the same guy who made Battle in 5 Seconds. At first I did not. Though in hindsight the two works both have that Saizou Harawata quirk to them. Which I'm a fan of and overall was a source of enjoyment in this manga too. However, I unfortunately didn't find the peaks of the previous work in Reincarnation Colosseum and was left with the worse aspect I expect from the author.

Well, I don't want this review to boil down to a comparison for it would just end up bashing Reincarnation Colosseum for not hitting the same standards ... as Battle in 5 Seconds. That wouldn't be that interesting. So I plan to dissect this manga and judging it based on its own merits and shortcomings.

Let's start with the visuals. This aspect was actually well done. It is evident that a lot of care and effort were put into that. While the background and the world of this work does not feel that special, on a technical level, that is well done as well. However the biggest selling point though definitely is the character design. Every major player of this story is distinct, drawn with a lot of detail and has a really strong sense of style. All in all, I was really pleased with the artist's work here.

About the premise, the plot and characterisation. basically what gives the substance of a manga. In short the premise is: Scrawny gamer loser gets isekaide. In that world the value of a person are based one how many skills they have and how powerful they are. Protag kun got a single weak one. Big bonkers priest lady that summoned him is not happy so he is reassigned to do gladiatoring.
There he fights till he either forfeits or gets killed. Though the staff can revive him later. Here's the catch though in the collosseum the winner gets to screw the loser. After they duked it out before the public, they both get a magic horny potion and proceed to duke it out between four walls to. I have no particularly strong feelings regarding the setup, although I have to remark that I feel it was written too "plot convenient".

Next the characters:
PROTAG KUN. Might look like your typical shounen center figure, but he lacks any sense of morals, empathy and is actually highly intelligent. I especially liked how he actively go out of his way to get as much info about his next match as he can. Overall he is not a bad character, however this "tHis Is JuSt A gAeM aNd I aM tHe BeSt gAeMer" mentality of his makes his interaction with other characters pretty shallow.

BIG BONKER PRIEST LADY. She is portrayed to be powerful and competent. I mean she has a pretty high place in the social hierarchy and four of the most powerful fighters serve under her. Sadly this portrayal is quickly shattered and she regresses to an one dimensional Saturday morning cartoon villain. Her whole shtick is being cocky, getting her fighter KO'd then furiously malding till the next match.

THE FOUR LACKEYS OF BIG BONKER PRIEST LADY. All I can say is meh. they are kinda uninteresting. All four of their character arc comes down to being excessively sadistic -> getting beat by protag kun -> having a change of heart and kissing the ground he walks on.

Reading so far, you might think, this isn't sounds that bad. Why did you gave it such a low score? To this I say, because I haven't talked about the elephant in the room yet. You remember what the name of this manga is? Reincarnation Colosseum, damn right it is. And what people do in such a place? Picking flowers? Having conversation about the meaning of life? Or, perhaps fight? Yeah, they fight. It is a central point of the story and the battle sequences are royally messed up. MC has ridiculous plot armor, the moment to moment combat is non existent, there is no dynamism, the hits have no impact, no back and forth, because of the aforementioned plot armor the are no stakes either. after the first two match it becomes predictable. Big powerful bad bitch is overconfident, but protag kun finds a way to bullshit his victory even though the odds are horribly stacked against him. And it is portrayed like he is some kind of genius even though it is blatantly under the nose how obviously he got his way because the plot demanded it. It just makes the whole story come off much less clever than it think it is.

So yeah, that is why the low score. Although if you are looking for a quick wank, it is qood enough of a read. Now as final words, if you got this far, thanks for reading my overly long rant and have a good day.