Six Half

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If you're familiar with Rikako Iketani's work, then you've probably read Bitou Lollipop and you will most certainly know just what to expect from Six Half. It is a moderately long and elaborate manga, very dramatic at times, extremely emotional both in a sense of emotions conveyed by the characters and emotions evoked by the story, and it is not in the least boring.

The art is top-notch and the mangaka's style is easily recognizable. Although at the beginning it takes some time getting used to (for example, I saw people commenting on the eyes, but it really is just a matter of taste), the ... art is undeniably part of the whole psychological experience and it goes well with the story. Plot-wise Six Half is rather well written. The word 'quality' often comes to mind when I think about this manga. It has enormous re-readability value. That is, if you enjoy dramatic slice-of-life stories packed with emotions and complex relationships.

Anyway... We have an amnesiac protagonist with a difficult past and a complicated family situation. We follow the protagonist on her journey as she tries to reinvent herself and struggles to find her place in the suddenly unfamiliar surroundings. She is very troubled by the loss of her memories and the things she learns about herself from those around her. Her identity crisis is a major part of the plot, as well as the underlying events that might have contributed to her memory loss. The characters are complex and there is a lot of development, both positive and negative. You are likely to feel love, sympathy, pity, hate, maybe even rage. You might not even like where the story goes and how it ends, but it is a worthwhile read regardless. Six Half has left me with mixed feelings. I did enjoy it quite a lot, but at the same time I did not like some of the emotions I experienced while reading it. But that is normal and certainly not something to be afraid of.

just finished the manga, so many emotions are bubbling up inside me right now i just had to review this

ah.. where to even start. i was very much enjoying and invested in this manga, i had given it a 8/10. Had, past tense. now its at a 5.. by that you'll know that this wont be a positive review, but since i really did love this manga until a certain part ill start off with something positive

id give the art a 8/10: its good, expresses scene's really well, i dont think i have any sort of problem with the art.

the story and characters are both ... complicated and not, they're handled really well. the characters really do feel real, they dont give up nor forgive so easily. they get angry, they get sad, frustrated at very much valid reasons. they make problems, they hurt others, they try to resolve them, they regret, they grow, they Feel humane.

positive things done ! i would've gone on much much more but right now i can only go on about the negative part so .. here it is: the "incest stuff" are pretty uncomfortable.

spoiler !! -----they're not actually related but ?? that doesnt change the fact that theyre siblings lmfao, she also lost all of her feelings for kai at the end. why? how? because she remembers that she loved her brother? shit was so rushed at the few last chapters compared to how well paced this manga was before it. really disappointing honestly, i thought i found an underrated gem and

i honestly dont know how or what to rate this. it was very much an 8 before that last part. both characters and story. the last part felt like it just threw all of those off. the ending is shit but i cant deny how good this was before that ending, ill just settle with a 5. definitely read the manga if you're curious, im leaving a negative impression on it because i despised the ending, but besides that it was great.

Without trying to mince words, this manga is an absolute train wreck.
What started as a quite interesting story about a girl who loses her memory and tries to find out who she really is eventually turned into an exhaustive, not so subtle, actual romance between siblings. And what's worse, you don't find out about this until later. What the author tries to do is subvert expectations in the most atrocious way. And this is why the second half of the manga is pure hell for the reader.
As I said, the story began nicely, and Shiori's confusion about who she really is is depicted properly. This ... massive clash between her former and ugly self, a big bully who fed on other people's unhappiness, and this new person who doesn't remember anything and tries to paint herself in a whole different light. The way she starts to open up to her family is nice and warm, as is her relationship development with Kai, the ML (according to me), and the other people around her. Without the incestuous stuff, the story wouldn't have suffered at all, because it was enjoyable to watch how Shiori grew as a person and how she wasn't afraid anymore of her former self. But no, the author decided to give us the whole love triangle trope, but this time with a hint of incest. Real siblings or not, I can't bring myself to care about it. They grew up together as a family, and this is it. The characters themselves said it a million times, and yet they did the exact opposite of what they said in the end. And if this wasn't enough, poor Kai gets the shortest end of the straw. You rarely get to see such poor treatment of a character who is actually very likeable. But I guess you can't expect more from a manga that glorifies this particular theme and tries to mock its readers with such a deep understanding of the actual horror from the other characters. Please don't bother with this manga.