Psych Biyori
Psych House

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Psych house is Omusuke Kobayashi's first attempt at a full serialization and Weekly Shounen Jump's latest axe. The series got heavy criticism in Japan for the main character stealing in chapter 1 (even if she had good reasons) and it never managed to recover. But that doesn't mean the series is bad by any means. And here is why.

First point of judgement is the art and it is solid. The world is very vibrant, while also being very detailed. The character designs fit right into the world and tehy fit perfectly with the super power (Psych) theme of the series. The art is very consistent, ... without major drops in quality. The art just fits perfectly with the mood of the series.

Second the story, which is fine. Psych House is a Slice of Life series, so the plot doesn.t need to be anything special. The series is very episodic and all most all of the chapters do this style of story telling very well. The final few chapters are a bit rushed and very sudden, but that is because of the author suddenly needing a way to end the series. The final chapter leaves much to be desired, because of the sudden ending. It feels like you don't know the characters that wel, while the ending acts like you should. That is again most likely because of the sudden ending and I think the ending would have been great if we had a few more chapters with these characters.

Lastly I'll discuss the characters, which are oke. They are very fun, vibrant and interesting, but 17 chapters is just to little for us to really get to know them. Because of this they feel very bland and empty, like there was more to them that just couldn't be shown.

In the end I feel like Psych House is a decent read, that I would recommend, but it does feel like it had a lot more in store for us that could have really made the series a lot better. But it is quite fun and I would recommend reading it. I hope we see Omusuke Kobayashi back soon, as they are clearly better than they could show with Psych House.

I don't think I've seen a series get cancelled before 20 chapters before, this thing must've been completely ignored by readers everywhere! It's got some charming aspects, it's a superpowered slice of life story that has the main character live with a found family of other superpowered goofballs. If you like that premise, then I'd recommend this as it will take you all of 45 minutes max to read the entire series!

The art is fine, but the design of everyone is just not quite to the level it needed to be to stick around and attract an audience. The secondary protagonist in particular wears a ... plain bucket and a size XXXL shirt and it's just not visually interesting. A shame to end so fast, but honestly it worked out plot-wise since every chapter except the last two was a pretty simple story.