Mitsuba Monogatari: Noroi no Shoujo to Shi no Rondo
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Amidst the sea of Isekai, it can be difficult to think of a few that stand above the many. If you asked someone what is a dime in a dozen, they would it hard to think of a title. Luckily one of the top Isekai series of all time is Tanya, "he" is utterly committed to his beliefs and acts upon it with rock-hard resolve.

This series is somewhat similar to Tanya, as the MC seems to possess a craving for humanity's pain and suffering. Her resolve does resemble Tanya even if it's just by pieces, each chapter shows a little more of how black her ... heart is.

The edge of this Isekai focuses on the MC having a die-hard resolve. She knows exactly what she wants to do and will not hesitate for even a second to get there. She doesn't put up with meager things and will not hesitate to shed blood to get what she wants.

That is the way she does resemble Tanya, it might be a far call to say this with only 7 chapters out but the potential is there.
I would be willing to raise my rating if the setup proves itself in later chapters.

Well where do i start

let me preface this and say that at least the premise is intresting and somewhat fresh for an isekai nowadays that is and as such i gave it a 5, but the pace is too fast, fron the start something doesnt fit right and the plot feels off, things keep happening one after the other

The only thing i can think off is maybe the author was like "how do i make an Edgy MC and what is the most shocking thing ?" and just went ham without trying to connect or build the world.

The first chp should have happened in like ... 5-10 chps, he should have built the world, built the hate, showed her being crazy or more like non caring, then start the her story.

Which brings me to another point, her being bored is not a the premise, it's just a fucking excuse to put any random scenario in, so we have same problem as usual with every low effort isekai, things happens just because they need to happen.

You know you can try to compare it to it's closest competitor Tanya but at least that story had world building, it had a decent plot, amazing fights, it was paced correctly, and Tanyas decisions as a character were logical, this story on the other hand is all over the place.

3 chps in and i dont recommend it, the only good thing is the art that is pretty decent and the only merit to this manga, nothing else is as good.

5.14/10

art 6.5/10 - mediocre, not really my style.

dialogue 5/10 - bad, i dont think the translation is terrible but feels like the dialogue doesnt flow well for me.

worldbuilding 4.5/10 - so far nothing notable except that its taken too much out of real world and that counts as fail at being original. late 18th century france going on a revolution soon. mentions about america and the seven years war. the continent looks ugly. its name its literally "europa" rofl. slap some magic into it and, voila. not my cup of tea.

story 5/10 - nothing really special, premise was good but i ... dont really see the story being good.

plot 4/10 - i really dislike the narrative and development, pacing is tolerable but nothing special. doesnt seem like theres anything interesting and unpredictable coming up. 8 chapters seem longer than what it should be yet there are no tight connections to make the story's flow good. spoils too much info firsthand and that killed my expectation on what could have been.

characters 4/10 - 0 depth, no buildup, side characters are either used and scrapped and trashed, or they are so plain and lack depths. MC feels too hard to grasp. she doesnt feel like a real character, more like a doll. yes i have read only 8 chapters but i dont think it will get better. always ready to write an apology form to this manga if it gets good later though.

enjoyment 7/10 - average.

also, any kind of realism is thrown out of the window. lol.