Don't Cry, Girl♥

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Don't Cry, Girl. This title along with its picture got me hooked as soon as I was searching for age-gap romances and when I started reading it, it did not disappoint but the ending is another completely different story.
Basically, the reason why I gave this such a score was that this just had so much potential.

Breakdown:

Story: 6 - Fair
The parents kick her out, no reason whatsoever was explained in the manga, even the part about her not crying. (I mean, yes, she got kicked out but I can't easily sympathize since no reason was explained). I like the *green* jokes though, not gonna lie ... about that HAHA, and honestly, the ending was too rushed, it was too sudden. Although it can't be helped since there's only one volume but I mean the ending could have been done differently and definitely better.
The jokes could not have saved the story/plotline.

Art: 10 - Outstanding
One thing that attracted me was the poster of this, the look of Taeko and I was not disappointed at all when I read the manga. It was really pleasing to the eyes plus the A+++ scanlation of the scanlators. :)) No more words except that the art is definitely a strong point in this manga.

Character: 7 - Good
Taeko was fun, her type of main character is definitely the kind that I would want to read about although the end just displeases me so much that the score for the characters had to go down.
Nudist guy was a refreshing twist to the story, definitely something that you don't see in everyday shoujo manga but you just can't see him as a 31 year old, even his actions in the end really called for a facepalm.

Enjoyment: 8 - Very Good
I enjoyed the start of this, the first few chapters, I was laughing so hard with all the jokes and the nudist guy and his friend's aloofness but the humor was really fun and with Taeko getting angry and everything. Even though the manga took a wrong turn with the ending, I still enjoyed it a lot.

Overall: 7 - Good
The thing that disappoints me so much was that this manga had SO MUCH POTENTIAL.
Even if there is only one volume, I believe a much better take on their romance could have been written (but I'm not the mangaka sooooo). The jokes and humor stood out, the art stood out, the story was kind of cliche (with all the cohabitation) but the romance part of it was the worst of all. It was rushed and it did not even feel like the guy was 31.

I just wish that this was given a lot more volumes so that the characters could have been more developed and given more depth, I really wish I could give this a higher score but I think this deserves the score (It breaks my heart. Such a rarity that you could see a shoujo manga with such green jokes and it doesn't even come out as perverted as it should have been, and let us not forget the art and the 30 year old bishies)

A lighthearted read, definitely will recommend to anyone who wants to pass their time with a one volume manga, but I will just say once again that the end was not fulfilling, even for a oneshot.

This was an odd story. but surprisingly, even though the main guy character is nude most of the time, and his friend is obsessed with penis(like making bread shaped like them, referencing the length and size (exaggerated) when ever possible, and mentioning a penis convention.. ok. and why is there a high school character mixed up in this? Because her parents are idiots... why, how and to what extent the reader doesn't know, because we never meet them. But it has to be bad for the girl (who does not seem abnormal except that she doesn't run screaming) to exists in this story. oddly, this ... story of nakedness and penises managed to not feel sexually icky... I don't quite know how. But i have respect for the author for it. All in all it has a dry sense of humor and turned out to be quite enjoyable... somehow.
Art. alright, not bad, sort of plain but it fit (would be scary if if was detailed)
Characters. they ended up being pretty unique. i would say good, but defiantly weird
Enjoyment. it was funny. but i am still miffed at how the author pulled it off so that i wasn't horrified
Story. not much to it. it had a slice of life feel to it.

This manga is about a girl who goes to live with an older man whom she has never met before. Why? I have no idea. It's never explained. This man insists on going around their apartment nude, even after she moves in. Why? I have no idea. It's never explained. He is not a naturist and his immediate motive does not seem to be sexual harassment, even if that is the obvious result. The creepy naked guy has a friend who regularly stops by just to make a large quantity of dick jokes about his supposedly large dick. You have to try really hard to ... fuck up dick jokes, as they are the easiest of jokes to make, but these were as unfunny as any I have ever seen, and were more creepy than amusing. Actually, they were very creepy and not amusing at all. These are the three central characters and none of them make any modicum of sense. For the first 5 chapters all character interactions pretty much consist of the two men sexually harassing the teenage girl. In the final chapter, as if you couldn't already tell from the description, she decides she loves him and they are going to get married. Why does she love him? Is it the unrelenting harassment? Is it the creepy older guy thing? Is it the dick jokes? Is it his dick? I don't know. It's never explained.

I know this is a comedy, but I could not bring myself to laugh at such a dumb concept and messed up plot. Am I supposed to find the sexual harassment and subsequent stockholm syndrome of an underage girl funny? Well I'm very sorry, but I just don't. At all. Not one bit. It was too far absurd to take seriously and simultaneously all too real to find funny. Most people would have to go out of their way to write this poor a story. The only positive things I could possibly think of to say about it are that the art was alright and that the short length made for easy reading and less suffering. Taking those slight positives into consideration I will give this manga a very generous 2 rather than the 1 it probably deserves. It was not compelling as a romance or a comedy and had nothing of value to offer whatsoever. I would not recommend it to anyone. Do not read it.