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Why am I crying so much reading a hentai? Reading this in one sitting had me dead inside for the following month. That manga fucked me up really hard.

This is romantic. This is dramatic. This is fucked up beyond anything. This is bittersweet. This is joyful. This is sad.

Because I've read it so fast, sometimes I wonder if I should read it again. However, I have reached the conclusion that self-inflicting psychological damages is not the best hobby one can hope for, and as such, I will not read it again.

My issue with the ecchis is that they often forget the ''reality''. There's no way ... you wouldn't do anything to a thirsty girl that you're in love with. Meanwhile, other hentais often forget the "dreamy" part of a romance. This manga fixes that in the most epic and heart-breaking way.

This manga has transcended the state of manga, the state of hentai, it's truly something that you don't want to read. Seriously.

"Nozoki Ana" a story about a hole, a boy, a girl and a perverted secret.

Nozoki Ana or a peeping hole is one of those stories that are borderline hentai. so if your not of super ecchi manga this might not be to your liking. but this ones a good one with an actual story and with plenty of beautiful women to fit your liking.

story:- 9

*This might be somewhat of a spoiler but if your read like the first 1-4 chapters you'll pretty much get the same.*

"curiosity killed the cat" could pretty much summaries the basic plot of the story. we get one ... of our mains who moves away from his hometown to start a new life, not much of a surprise there. but his new apartment has one thing that's strange, a hole in the wall. he looks into the hole with his friend and sees nothing. but to his curiosity he returns to it for a second helping. To his surprise he finds his neighbor doing what normal people do, sitting down reading a book...no wait ,no she's not she's masturbating! he can't believe his eye, she eventually catches him peeping on her and he freaks out and stops. so what would a normal person do? they would go next door and apologize. He goes next door, keep in mind he does not know anything about his neighbor or what kind of reaction shes going to have to his voyeurous act. the neighbor opens the door and to his surprise this beautiful young women opens the door. he attempt to say he's sorry and but she tries to shut the door before he could say anything. he stops he and falls on her and ends up in a classic ecchi situation. but now this seemingly shy innocent women takes a picture of this and forms a contract with our main, a peeping one. and so the normal life he wanted ends up leaving him. and his new "interesting" life begins. so now kido (our main) will have to do lovely things in order to please emiru(other main) and will find out things about himself that he didn't know.

art- 8

this is actually one of my favorite manga's, do to the art. the eyes i got to say are some of the best drawn that I've seen so far, very erotic :P. facial expression are drawn well and all the women have "nice bodies" and the h scenes are well drawn and well done. the girl's on the other hand look kinda similar to me other than the hair change. the background art is also very nice. but other than that good art overall.

characters- 8

there's basically only two main characters and a whole lot of supporting characters. lets start of with one of my favorite characters of all time Ikuno, Emiru. She is not like most of the girls you read about she is actually pretty perverted and makes kido do certain stuff to make her "happy." but most of the time you can really see the love she has for kido in the situation that both of them get in. Then there's Tatsuhiko, Kido our other main character. hes your typical harem lead. he gets in a lot of ecchi situations. and all the girls love him. But he's actually a decent guy...well sometimes. and last but not least this is a harem after all ill talk about the ladies. this mangas got quite a few women that fall into our mains lap from the childhood friend, to the hot girl in class, to a model. so you get loads of women, though i wouldn't really consider these encounters love... i will also like to add that once there time is through they disappear of the face of the world, i don't know why but that's how it is.

enjoyment- 10

i thoroughly enjoyed this manga pretty much the whole time i was reading it. This story is actually done pretty well compared to some other heavy ecchi mangas. If its not some of the steamy h-scenes its the twist and turns of the story. Some of the drama scenes are actually done well and when things go bad you actually feel bad for the characters.

overall- 9

Usually when you think of this kind of story you think about some old guy staring at young girls and you think gross. But this time it's a girl who starts it and one that you would never think would do such a thing. you get a nice romance story that has a unique style. Nozoki Ana is a definite pick up if you want something new that's not like most other stories.

yes this is my first review by the way. so criticism would be nice.

MOD EDIT: *The review contains spoilers*

This manga is very interesting, to that fact that it investigates many issues found in society to depth and allows to you see the more darker and disturbing things in life. However, what makes this manga interesting is that it was somehow able to make this into a semi-comedic manga, with funny quirks in between.

This manga is aimed at the seinen bracket, and so those who are weak hearted, i will advise to turn away from this as this story, in all honesty, does depict some of the more horrible and cruel things in life.

Story:
You probably have already ... read the synopsis of this manga, so i won't bore you with the fundamental plot. I'm also not going to try and revel any spoilers, as i found that this manga was still a very good overall manga. It shows the more "lecherous" side of humans, and this series contains a lot of heartbreaking moments, and a lot of immoral moments. Ultimately, the male protagonist does end up with the female protagonist, but the obstacles of morality and even love come into play which drags this series along. That being said, the obstacles i mentioned are somewhat sad, as you would expect, but also somewhat immoral, which is why i'd only advise this manga to those who are strong hearted.

Art:
Found the art perfect for this type of mature manga, and it certainly was able to portray the characters in the fashion which they were best portrayed.

Character:
As i said previously, this manga does deal with some of the darker truths in life and so many of the characters could be considered "dark". My main objection with the characterization was that it seemed like the author had forcefully added faults to the characters, as some of the situations and character backgrounds seemed unrealistic, and just plain weird. My other objection is one that really cannot be solved unless i spoil some of the story. However i believe that objection cannot really be solved by anyone apart from the society issues in japan, which probably forced the author to write such a thing (if you want to know more, message me).

Enjoyment:
Despite all the sadness and heartbreaks in the story, i still found every arc of the story enjoyable, in the sense that the author really did prioritize drama in this series, and the way it was portrayed made me very happy.

Therefore, to conclude i would like to say that Nozoki Ana was a very good manga, probably somewhere in my top 10. It defiantly dives into some of the more darker issues and so it does seem somewhat darkish. But if you have time on your hands, and you wish to feel your heart ache then mend again, read all 117 chapters, and i promise you that you wouldn't regret it

Art & Story: Honna, Wakou
Tag: Drama,Ecchi,Romance,School,Seinen

Story 10/10

Wow this manga,it's a must for any otaku that loves a mature,capricious narrative.

If you are an ecchiologist, this is a sweet manga, filled with detail that often draws you in and is amazing top to bottom.

Kido Tatsuhiko(lucky bastard) moved to Tokyo to attend art school and starts his new life as an art student.
...
Unknown to him, in his new room, there’s a small peep hole in his wall.(Which is centre of the manga).

As at first, he can see nothing through the small hole, but one night, through the peeping hole, he accidently saw a girl pleasuring herself. (Oh ya,xd)

Her name ikuno, A goddess among men, who to me is more like,if you got a yandere and a tsundere to breed and you had a voyuer addicted hot daughter.

And that’s how his new life starts,letting the drama, ecchi love unfold as kido grews as a person in his new life.And understands his feels in the most unexpected of ways.

Its has a sweet anime OVA by the way, which plays like japanese drama with a faithful ecchi art style.

Am not much of a drama manga maniac but, this one is swift and its story did sway me in its themetical stance, with its balanced blend of deep plot and ecchi romance.

And anyone who looking for a good amount of chapters to burn through with a lovable story to enjoy and have an awesome read this one is for you.

Art 10/10

Gentle and seinen in nature with just a dash of ecchi to admire.just enough to make the story come alive.

Ecchi filled,no doubt and its pretty much a "real talk" style, smooth like jazz.

You will enjoy and hv a eyeful because"plot plot plot" can kinda be its the mantra at times in the manga.

From each of the bodious babes to the adult/lust romance scenes that are deep, ever voyaging meaning to the broader plot line and to be fair,its not just gratiutious.That makes this manga lovable.

So Honna Wakou thumbs up to you

Cast 10/10
Everyone was developed quiet well, ya am point blank.Every characters mix well enough to make a sweet symphony of ecchi,romance and drama and keep it in harmony.

And that's is why its a good story,Everything just compliments everything,the twists,turns.kido and ikuno,the tension,the plot,the love,hate,ero moments,the side charaters,the passion and poetry all just have an "ero grace" to the story all together


Enjoyment 10/10

It will make you say:
"I most certainly love it,bless the gods of ero!!!"
You will breeze through all the chapters and you will want,want more.

And Ikuno with touch your soul..

Overall 10 Nosebleeds

Well,No shit xd,but I would make it 11,this kinda manga makes being an otaku,just as sweet.
And ikuno is now my waifu.Sweet sweet ikuno.
Am not ashamed to say,I just got a emotional boner.

"Nozoki Ana" is a decent adult style romance drama that's has copious amounts of hentai scenes and overall good writing but suffers from a main protagonist who is an insufferable wimp and emotional/psychological overtones that are frankly immature and incomprehensible.

The problem is actually quite simple - The mangaka could not figure out a way to draw out the romance between the two leads without having them act like idiots. Okay, mostly it's the male lead acting like an idiot, but veteran manga readers will know exactly what I'm talking about.

That being said, it's not all bad. There are some parts that are interesting, but ... there are also a lot of parts that are pointless sex scenes in terms of plot and frankly kind of boring for their "h content". If you're going to have a pointless sex scene, at least make it good, right?

If you can stomach a male lead that is probably the pinnacle of the typical shonen wuss protagonist, and I'm not saying this lightly, he's a complete waste, then you might get a decent amount of enjoyment out of this manga - but chances are you'll probably be perplexed at phenomena as to why he can't seemingly shove a 80lb japanese girl off him, or how he has the inability to say things like "Hey, get away from me!"

Honest to god don't know how this manga is so positively reviewed. I enjoyed Aku no Hana, i enjoyed Sundome, i enjoyed Forget Me Not but this manga was an absolute travesty.

This is literally 90 chapters of the MC wondering why the girl next door is masturbating to him having sex with his girlfriend, her literally saying i love you, you make me wet, i want you... and then when she moves out
hes on the floor crying " I LOVED YOU MAIN HEROINE..."
:v

The following 20 chapters are the tragic background story of the main heroine that we didn't get until ... now. Thats right we spent 90 chapters with a girl that we know absolutely nothing about, no hints, no nothing. :D
The whole theme of the manga is "to show your true self" but ironically enough we don't learn a single thing about the main heroine until an info dump in the early 100s.

The manga is is only 117 chapters long.
The sex the MC has with his girlfriends are pleasurable to look at and his 2nd girlfriend is treated like trash as the MC wonders if he likes his girlfriend or likes the all to convenient female next door that masturbates to his presence.

I should've known that the manga wasn't for me from the start...
literally every relationship is initiated by the female meeting the MC and instantly wanting to fuck him. The MC is so wishy washy that whenever he sticks his penis into a female he instantly just forgets everything around him and instantly "loves" them.

The word love is thrown around alot in this manga. Meet a girl and bang her up for a night is an act of love. Finger the girl next door in a closet while you watch your friends have sex is an act of love.

I was literally reading this manga just to see if it ended like sundome... with the MC getting cucked... that would've been a fucking troll as fuck ending but instead we get a final volume that has like 60 pages of forplay talk.... like im talking just kissing and talking... for DAMN NEAR 60 PAGES.
and then a time skip because we needed to fill more pages with more needless exposition. And then it ends... no grand finale or anything... it just sorta ends...

Point me to a manga that has a dude beating his meat to a girl by watching her have sex with her boyfriend and find that "romantic" and give it 10/10 - 9.5/10 ratings and maybe i will update this review... but for now... This manga is a waste of time :D

"I become stronger just by having you next to me -- I believe that even now" - Kido Tatsuhiko

Iv'e never in my life witnessed a manga that has captivated me, astounded me, and brought me to my knees just as Nozoki Ana did chapter by chapter. Manga such as this is the soul reason of why I even have the patience to write a review. This manga is special is so many ways that this review can't even do it justice, let alone explain how much this manga changed the foundation of why I read manga and watch anime altogether.

I hope this review brings ... you insight and gives you the wisdom needed to discover exactly what lies behind that "peephole" and shed some light to why you should "peep" this manga out for yourself.

Story: Nozoki Ana begins with our main protagonist Kido Tasuhiko who is a art student currently enrolled at his vocational/technical school for the arts. The synopsis sums up the main exposition of the story but it's what happens after that truly catches my undivided attention. Pure emotions, heartbreak, betrayal, love, revenge, courage, and honor are words that describe not only the manga but what I felt as this manga grabbed me, threw me across the room, and proceeded to stomp on my heart page by page. Don't let the cute colorful cover of this manga deceive what you're about to read because this manga has it dark dramatic moments that have you screaming throughout the story. It's these key moments of drama and intensity that make this manga absolutely breathtaking to read. You mix these dramatic moments with a bit of comedy, a lot and I mean A LOT of romance, and a dash of cruel intentions what you get is a manga that is pure enjoyment. It's a story of constant faults and mistakes, a story of love and regret, and a story that will grab your attention as you contentiously discover new things every chapter.

Characters: Personally I would argue that Nozoki Ana has many great characters that can be analyzed, dissected, and discussed for hours; however, for the sake of your time I will be discussing the 2 most important characters that drive the story forward and captivate readers for their unique personalities, traits, and yes... fetishes. Let's begin with Kido Tatsuhiko, Kido-kun is a person who I like to call... "Mr. Showtime" He's a very average 18 year-old young man who is tries to make a living for himself as a art student. He's the center of all attention and throughout the manga many girls are attracted to Kido-kun's charm calling him "sincere", "caring", and "funny". Many of the girls Kido-kun talks to honestly would do anything just to spend a night with him and YES.... the girls LITERALLY drop their pants without moments hesitation but of course many of these moments don't go without justification. As the story moves forward you start to see how Kido-kun changes and we can't address this change without the person who changed it for him and this leads us to our second lead.... Ikuno Emiru. Ohhh Emiru-chan... where to begin... Emiru is a "unique" character that has many different quirks that make her my favorite character of the whole series. Let me just say this, Emiru-chan is indeed a pervert but in a good way, she likes to "handle her business" by looking through a hole in the wall but that shouldn't be the main trait that defines who Emiru is. Emiru is SOOO clever in how she handles everyday situations if she puts her mind to it anything with her is possible. She is very strong minded and courageous, she gets put in situations where I would just give up and cry and turns them to her favor. Lastly, she is VERY VERY Caring, she is one of the sweetest girls I have ever witnessed and will do anything to make sure that you always have a person to talk to or a shoulder to cry on. These two characters are foundation of why this manga is so fantastic, it's a constant push and pull with these characters that generate waves of excitement, tears, and frustration that can only be achieved through their "special" relationship.

Art: Let's begin by saying this, Nozoki Ana is a manga that can be quite "heavy" in a sense that there is a lot of nudism involved where every other chapter illustrates naked bodies to truly set the overall tone and feel of the manga. After a couple chapters I personally got used to the nudism and just admired the story as a whole using the nudism as an advantage rather than a poor excuse for "fan service". The Nudism is what brings character to the art style and just brings a sense of realism to what the manga has to offer. You start to get a feel for just how unique the style is and like I said it will eventually fade away the more you read it and if anything bring more passion to what you are reading. Overall they did a solid job with the art style, great character designs, and stunning backdrops and scenery.

Nozoki Ana is a manga that I wish many people took a bit more seriously. The genre "ecchi" can do 1 of 2 things, it can either draw in people, or repel people and that is something I truly wish wouldn't happen. Many people look at this with the mindset of "OH... it's a ecchi manga... only perverts would read that" or "the cover looks super girly and childish.... I'll skip this....." but I beg you..... Please consider checking this manga out. I'm trying to make a valid point here that this manga is amazing from start to finish it took me on a emotional roller coaster that very few manga can do and it showed me that there are precious gems out there such as this one. It's pure entertainment from start to finish and as you read chapter by chapter you will discover on your own that on the other side of the "peephole" is not just some generic boring manga.... No... it is beautiful story that is worth much much more... than what it is.

Nozoki Ana/A Peephole is one of those things that you come to because you're horny then stay because you fell in love with the story. In my case, that's my exact experience. Nozoki Ana doesn't have a complicated plot, yet it's not like the other ecchi - it has a nuanced story that had me depressed for days after finishing it, I cried at the sad scenes, I smiled at the cute scenes, then the end had me laughing with joy, and then emptiness. The story of Tatsuhiko Kido and his weird neighbour Ikuno Emiru is, at first glance, bland, but as you go on ... you start to feel more and more that these two relate well making their ending sensical.

As you could probably tell: I love Nozoki Ana and I would recommend anyone and everyone to read it, but personally I wouldn't reread it because the flow of emotions I went through with this story ruined me.

Storyline - 10: So you got a girl who seems to have a fetish for watching others through a hole and an unlucky neighbor who is blackmailed into becoming her sideshows in exchange for watching her back and you get to experience their relationship blossom as the guy tries to experience his own love life whilst having to keep this one girls antics in the back of his mind...This on paper is perhaps on the most sexual explicit manga you might watch but there is something that makes it different but you can simply say it in any review.
If you aren't a fan of ... ecchi stuff this may not be for you but if you are then you may know what i mean by this in the sense that the erotic and ecchi elements of this manga dont seem to be forced or there for the sake of being there instead it all seems 'natural' like this is meant to be here, this scene has been coming for a while and all that and because of that the storyline becomes something special and highly enjoyable.


Artwork - 9: I am not saying that artwork is bad, in fact i love it because the detail in the characters are absolutely incredible and how they managed to make so many girls look just so beautiful wether in outfits, swimwear and of course, naked is why i love this manga so much.

Character - 9: I dont think i need to say anymore than Emiru here, she is beautiful with a twisted sense of humor, has nothing to hide and is not affraid to admit she has a perverted side to her, when it comes to female characters if she isnt in the top 20 of any anime character of all time then theres a probably with the list i say.

Enjoyment - 9: Absolutely...You may pick this up for the nudity but i honestly believe you will read on for the twists, the story and comedy that is in this manga, as I said before this manga takes the whole ecchi genre to a new level where even those who hate ecchi may actually like this simply because its not full in your face but more "oh look a nude scene now back to the story".

Overall - 9: Ok i really did wanna give this a 10 but i wouldnt say its quite perfect but in terms of entertainment, ecchi, characters, comedy and art there are very few manga out there that are as good as Nozoki ana!!

Dont forget to catch the series of this when it is realised sometime this year..its going to be great :D

I have to admit. I came to read this manga just for the love story and the sex sence but I received much better then I expected. In the good way.

Well..
First review so its going to be shorter then you all think.
How to recap this manga in one word?
Traps. Traps everywhere.

Story: 8/10

Well. Im sure all of you come to this manga for the erotic sence right?
... So, you can expect much more then a sex sence. The story is really good and can be understood if you all read it with an opend mind.

Art: 9/10

I can say this manga is a real art and the guy who write this manga is a real genius! Full of drama, love stories, college life and even action if I can add.

Character: 6/10

The Characters was pretty fine for me. Nothing more, nothing less.
But, you can expect some real cute girls and some pervert guys.

Enjoyment: 10/10

And its keeping that way! I can say I absolutely Enjoy by reading this. It never make me bored to read this manga and every time it gave me a new twist to the story it was even improved!

Overall: 10/10

I actually recommend it to all the guys who is looking for some serious love story and great drama. However, if love stories are not your type so this manga is not for you.

Man did this manga really rip me up after reading it.
I read the whole thing in one sitting about 8 hours and it was almost perfect. The characters where all absolutely pristine and the art style and drawing where top notch. The story was very confusing at first but at the end all of my questions where wrapped up into a nice little box of thoughts that left me thinking about the story for days. For a hentai which I normally never read this book had me ... shedding tears all throughout with all the 180's the book was pulling when you thing you understood it the manga flipped it on its head and surprised you. I would recommend this to anyone who is into plot heavy manga or ecchi hentai. 9/10

If you want to read this for the ecchi and a readable story this is for you. I say readable because I mean it is really just readable. I started this hoping it would be ecchi and take a plunge into some deep twisted psychological stuff and was disappointed when all I saw was ecchi. Some of these reviews make it seem like the next aku no hana and some really heart felt story but I would have to disagree. It's just an extremely average guy with zero personality having A LOT of sex with girls way out of his league. Oh and a ... very mysterious and attractive girl wants him but through his own idiocy he can't see that. It's just really nothing special story wise.

As for the art it's pretty good. You really get what you pay for in terms of sex scenes since they take up 75% of every chapter.

The story is weak and pretty predictable. I won't spoil things and there are plenty of other reviews giving a synapse but if you are a big fan of seinan or even just romance I wouldn't read this with high hopes.

Character building is pretty non existent. The MC is apparently a very honest guy but lies to everyone and falls in love the second he has sex with them. The girl is, as I said, mysterious and 'twisted' but somehow he falls in love with her. Not sure what it is with manga and stockholm syndrome but lots of MC's seem to have it.

TLDR; If you like ecchi then its a good read, if you are looking for a deep story look elsewhere.

This was a good manga to come back and visit, and it's still in my top 10. There was a lot of highs and lows, but that's to be expected. I enjoyed that this manga really made everyone feel realistic. I also liked that it left things unresolved like with Kido and Madoka reconciling and becoming friends. I'd like to think that eventually at some point down the road, Kido, Madoka, and Emiru all made up and became friends again. I'm gonna go ahead and assume that Yonegawa and Makiko tied the knot because let's be honest they both deserve happiness and I think they ... had good chemistry with one another to where a romance between the two down the road is plausible.

I WISH we did get an explanation as to why Emiru left for a year the way she did and what she was doing during that time. (Wouldv'e been nice if she actually had a kid that was both hers and Kido's. I imagine they would have a son.) Again it was a fun read, but prepare for everything.

A shame we won't know what happens after this, and while it's not the best ending, it's definitely a happy one and that's good enough for me. I'll assume that the two would eventually wed and have a son who they raise happily together.

Story: 8 ; Art: 7 ; Character: 7 ; Enjoy: 8 ; Overall: 8

Did I recommend it? Yeah. But if you're soft hearted person who can't handle this sinful action, you better run, hide your kids, hide your wife.(just be careful in N8R) And i will say that my heart is undergoing some very painful things and i want to punch a wall, and hug someone all at the same time.

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Well I just read that hot garbage and this having a rating of almost 8 is ridiculous.

The whole story is the guy having sex for 80 chapters with other girls while being curious about his neighbor. Then they proceed to use the word "peep" around 50 times per chapter which is incredibly annoying.
The narration is quite lackluster, clearly the focus was on the erotic part of the manga and less on any romance or drama.
A lot of the stuff that happens is utterly nonsensical.

However I dont mind the ending being such an up and down, it's what im looking for in these ... kinds of mangas.
Overall this was just a bit too lewd with too little story to back it up, just read a full on hentai instead of this and you'd be done quicker.

Read something else.

Let me explain why I gave 10/10 for a manga that deserve a 9.

This manga is good, you will in any case enjoy it, if you read this kind of stuff, even if you didnt, but I think most of you that arent used to read manga with sex scenes, even if the story is outstanding(10/10) will not enjoy because there are so many sex scenes that somethimes ruin the plot.

I gave 10 of 10, and wrote a review after 2 month I read this manga purely because is stucked in my head. I remember everything, I gave a 9 because it was really ... good but than today I decided to give a 10 because if you read a manga it should be one that remain and you can't forget even after months, that's why I decided that this manga even if is not worth a 10 overall is a 10.

The story s more complicated that it seems, at first you may think:
Oh is just peek game between 2 teenagers. She s a pervert... It's not!
I dont want to give you hint about the plot, but there is one guy that transferred in a flat to continue his studies and a girl with the fetish of peeking.
There are many love story between the MC (male) and the other girls, there are moment that make your heart stop beating and moment that make you say WTF?

The character are nothing special, but are enjoyable, like I said the strong point of this manga is the story(10/10), the art(9/10) and the enjoyement(9).

I raccomend reading this one, is just amazing, even if you think is nothing special, trust me it's special, you will understand at the end.

I'm also sorry about my grammar, I'm not english, but I hope everyone can understand most of my "review", so please enjoy yourself reading it :)

Who knew a borderline hent manga would make me feel other emotions with the exception of horniness. Nozoki Ana is a mature adult romance story that really is sort of realistic unlike other average romance mangas. The art is great and I see no issues with it. While for characters the MC is somewhat of a timid character that is most common in romance stories. Although other characters feel realistic and aren't one-sided stereotypes most known in the rom-com genre. Overall enjoyment is certainly a 9 for me it has moments of being a very intimate manga while also being one that delves deep into ... the themes of moving on, rejection, grief, and many other mature themes. I would certainly recommend this manga to anyone who is of legal age to be reading such materials. Under the cover of being a typical borderline hent manga, Nozoki Ana has become a series that has made me cry tears in many different ways.

Nozoki Ana is a manga that at first seems like a typical erotic manga that takes every opportunity to show nudity and bouncing boobs all the time.
And when you start reading it you realize that it really seems to be like that.

I'm not going to lie, I had to have a lot of patience to really get interested in the story, as it takes its time to form the personalities and characteristics of each of the characters.
But always including the occasional sex scene in between, so I didn't quite connect with the characters when some of the sex scenes sometimes seemed convenient and stupid.

The hole ... plot is something that is dealt with during almost the whole work (besides having a quite important background for Emiru's character) and including the espionage theme from the beginning of the work, it is what forms the main axis of the whole manga.

Mind you, the main romance is so slow probably because of how strangely poorly written the protagonist is and how some situations force him to act like someone idiotic and cowardly.

And because it's these situations that conveniently provoke the erotic scenes. The protagonist gives the impression of a guy who doesn't act even though he himself knows that what he is doing is wrong.

Still, Nozoki Ana makes use of its "Erotica" genre to deal with themes such as infidelity, physical/psychological abuse, toxic relationships, homosexuality, etc. and it is these that save the story a little.

Although that doesn't take away from the fact that certain parts of the manga have unnecessary drama that if avoided could have made this journey a little more enjoyable.

If you came looking for a manga specifically to look at +18 stuff you'll probably enjoy this work. But if you came to this manga thinking to read some romance combined with psychological themes (like me) then it's ok....

But don't get your hopes up.

This has to be one of my favorites ever. When I tell you the amount of emotions you feel when reading this, it's just that you can't put into words. The amount of realism put into a character's thinking is amazing. I don't want to spoil anything but this is something you should sit down, grab something to eat, and just immerse in. You'll immediately fall in love after the first chapter. While reading this you'll feel joy, frustration, pain, and satisfaction at the most. Just an amazing story. The MC isn't the bland and dense type. He thinks about his decisions, a lot. But ... the thing is that with the amount of pressure that is put on him, he's not sure what to do. And about the main girl, it takes some time to to fall for her as well. But that is why we have major character development. This is a major key factor in this manga, character development is beautiful. So pretty much I highly suggest this anyone who's into Romance. It's also very ecchi so you get something else out of it as well, but that is part of real life lol. There IS an anime to this, but it's only an OVA so I have not bothered watching it since and OVA can only show so much. So I hope you guys take up on this manga.

A Short Review:

Story: It's telled by the main character and follows his "stream of consciuosness", and follows the problems, loves, enjoyements of your 20ties. It seems sometimes over reality, but reality is usually worse. Not too complex nor boring, but funny, sad and makes you think: it will stick you on the chair. Not common

Art: to be a manga is very detailed, in particulars that usually are left to the readers (as backgrounds etc.), sometimes seems that something is missing. It's not Berserk, but it's very good.

Sound: good timing in writing them, but it depends on your fantasy too

Character: there are no flat character, every ... one has got a really good characterization, they all develop during the story (they are few, like your friends in real life). They are "really realistic", even if there are some idealization (you'll find out)

Enjoyement: If you are old enough you'll love this manga, if not, try to read it now and when you are older.
P.s.: try to read it with your hands on the desk!