Koimoku

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This manga is a simple, no deep thinking is needed. Well thats what are the weak but also the strong points. But lets go review. The story is that a aspiring young manga artist Inamine Kouta is trying his all to make his debut in the manga industry.

Story (8/10):
Story is not the strongest point of this manga but because this simpleness its also a good manga for people which don`t like to read manga with deep meanings.
But it doesn`t mean its a manga for simpletons. It evolves pretty quickly and there are many possibilities to make a even more addicted manga from ... it.

Art (10/10):
The art is for lovers of Im Dal Young work like Freezing or Legend of Maian. Pretty girls with huge "Cleavage", great facial expressions and many ecchi scenes.

Character (9/10):
The characters are pretty straight. Simple, lazy, clumsy, hardworking...
All of them express how is their character. Each character has his background
which will be later revealed. But they have each they own appeal.

Enjoyment (9/10):
Well for everyone who likes flashy ecchi busty girls which almost in every chapter reveal their "intimate parts". There is much fun and ecchiness, so everyone who enjoy Im Dal Young other works would also enjoy this one.

Overall (9/10):
This manga is like a ecchi comedy of serious life of aspiring manga artist with many small side stories. You would love it or if not at least you would enjoy it for relax type of manga without deep thinking. And the beautiful girls and hardworking guys would help you to fall in love with this manga.

Koimoku is a relatively weird series, focusing on one aspiring mangaka by the name of Inamine Kouta. As he tries to achieve his lofty goal, what ensues is what was meant to be a touching story of human nature, and also morals, but it doesn't really reach those heights.

Story : 8
The story is relatively unique, but at the same time sort of cliche. It has a typical shounen style setup, with a MC having a dream, but failing repeatedly to achieve it. Then along his journey, he encounters a few friends who help him along, and also some setbacks, which he thoroughly brushes off with ... sheer obliviousness and kindness. In the end, he archives this goal, and lives happily ever after.
The first thing after reading( or maybe even during ) you notice is that the story really seems rushed. This feels so especially after the 14 chapter. This can contribute to the sense of stress and panic the MC feels from his manga I suppose. The characters have really weird motivations, and also their personality changes don't really make sense sometimes. This causes disconnects, which really hurt the story.

Art : 7
The art isn't terribly good, but manages to convey the mangaka's vision, if somewhat in a lackluster way. The character designs were very downplayed, sticking close to what a real human would look like, no crazy hair or anything. There is fan service, but only a few scenes, and they only last a couple of frames each.

Characters : 6
The characters are the basis of any romcom, and as such they need to be fully established. The characters in koimoku are relatively stereotypical, and some don't even have any backstory, and feel like they were just thrown in for that one purpose, to help the MC. Some characters frequently break character, leaving disconnects in their image, which doesn't help. Interaction sometimes seems forced, so many scenes have a a very awkward feel to them.

Enjoyment : 6
This is a manga for enjoyment. All manga is for enjoyment. If a manga doesn't even fulfill this small task, is is inevitably going to fail. Koimoku provided enough of enjoyment, but didn't really broach anything new. The last few chapters had some really fast paced scenes, but this really breaks from the rest of the manga.

Overall : 7
WOULD RECOMMEND BASED ON TASTES
This isn't a manga everyone will enjoy. This isn't a question of ecchi lover or not. This is a question of whether the characters are more important, or the overall setting and story. This is invariably a story and setting manga in my opinion, and relies on its readers' curiosity and interest in manga and its industry to attract them.

This piece of dog shit tried so hard to be a deconstruction of the "mangaka" genre that it ended up sending a bad message to aspiring mangakas. Seriously? Manga need boobs to sell? Fucking annoying characters with almost no development whatsoever and a rushed ending.

First off let me tell you the good part of the manga. The art.... That's all the good the part in this manga.

The story: Okay, in the beginning, I was hooked. An artist struggle to make his own art, that shit has never been explored much in this type of way. A very dark and sad way. I am a sucker ... for sad and depressing story and the first couple of chapter is just that. And then it became a stereotype harem and people unreasonably harshly punish the main character. That is not to say the main character is good, No.. He is fucking atrocious as a character. I will get to that later. Then the ending happened. Oh dear fucking god. That ending is fucking rushed and it is like a 12 year old wrote that ending. It is a happy ending however. But in the end, I'm not happy. Am I happy? Nah.... Fuck that shit.

The character: So, this is where they did horribly, HORRIBLY WRONG.. The main character, whatever the fuck his name is. He doesn't develop.. AT ALL. He has been through shit, a whole fucking lot of shit at that and he still cries like a little fucking bitch when a baby peed on his shirt. The development is THAT. FUCKING. BAD. And that red haired chick, her fucking moral is wrong and the way she acts is EVIL. She is the embodiment of fucking, corrupt corporation that only cares about MONEY!! And the fucking manga tried to portray her as a "good guy that has been through a lot" and it failed and the fucking moral it thought does not apply in real life. At least not in my fucking country, fucking Japan and their low birthrates because of those FUCKING 2D GIRL LOVING SHITHEADS!!... I'm sorry Japan. I'm just really REALLY angry because I saw this shit on my fucking list and wanting to vent out. On chapter what-ever-the-fuck, the main character is clearly BLEEDING OUT OF HIS GOD DAMN FUCKING NOSE. SHE DOES NOT ENCOURAGE HIM TO STOP FOR THE SAKE OF HIS OWN FUCKING HEALTH!! The fucking slut is pointless. The loli chick is fucking ANNOYIIINGG. From professional mangakas, they CLEARLY KNOWS WHAT ASSISTANT MEANS AND WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSE TO DO.. The fucking black haired chick is suddenly a love interest?? What?? They are trying to go with the "unexpected love interest" but it failed. Go read Onani Master Kurosawa for a good example of fucking "unexpected love interest", you god damn pieces of filthy shit. The other characters are not that bad but not really good either. The antagonist, the arrogant fuckhead, the novelist, the guys from the manga factory, all of them are not bad but also not good. Except the chick who explained how the company is not wrong for making this huge studio for one manga. It is not good. It is highly impractical and overall expensive and I couldn't see the company gaining profit by selling a cheap book that took 100 dudes to make and is still not as good as what one fucking guy can make.

In the end it still is a classic, you know? I couldn't bring myself to hate it forever... O WAIT, I FUCKING COULD.. FUCK THIS PIECE OF SHIT AND FUCK ANYONE WHO SAYS THIS FUCKING MANGA BROUGHT A GOOD FUCKING MESSAGE.. FUCK YOU.. GOOD BYE AND THANK YOU FOR READING THIS REVIEW..