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Bonnouji

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Japanese: 煩悩寺


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Type: Manga
Volumes: 3
Chapters: 36
Status: Finished
Published: Apr 5, 2008 to Oct 5, 2012
Genres: Comedy Comedy, Romance Romance, Slice of Life Slice of Life
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Comic Flapper
Authors: Aki★Eda (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.771 (scored by 2105821,058 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #14152
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Popularity: #433
Members: 41,685
Favorites: 771

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Jul 23, 2013
Mixed Feelings
I first thought it would be funny to read because the art was horrific.
After getting into it, I started liking the storyline, the characters, and I kept updated with it.

It's very cute and light hearted. The characters/ love interests are realistic and mature and the little things that happen between them are fun to read about. The two characters are pretty relatable. I still like it even though the art is horrible.
Jul 7, 2014
Mangakas of the romance genre often try to spice up their plots by putting their main couple through many dramatic obstacles in their relationships like third party involvement or family affairs, dragging the readers along for a roller coaster ride of heartaches.

Bonnouji has none of this. Nothing really happens. The best way to summarize this is that 2 apartment-mates meet and fall in love. And yet it manages to capture your attention from page 1 all the way to the very end.

Relationships don't need to be spiced up and dramatized. Bonnouji zeroes in on the comedy arising from the awkwardness and trickiness of 2 people ...
Apr 8, 2012
Preliminary (24/36 chp)
Moving on a recent relationship breakup sure is hard, even harder if that past relationship had span for quite long period of time and what makes it really hard for a person to erase the bitterness is the way that person still lurks on the past, eventually becoming insecure to what her former lover had become or worst plotting a revenge to that person that broke his/her heart.

But what if you have something to preoccupy yourself with? Perhaps burying yourself under loads of work, breaking sweat on a particular sport or embracing a new hobby--things that could help rehabilitate not only our heart ...
Feb 20, 2014
So while looking for alcohol related manga’s like Bartender, a random person on a chat introduced me to Bonnouji. This may not have been about alcohol but I still fell in love with it. It’s a very simple story about a man and woman falling in love. There is nothing really over the top, no harems for Oyamada to pick from, no really large conflicts or supernatural intervention. After all the anime and manga I have read over the years, I was surprised this was actually a manga (don’t you love sarcasm?).

The characters are very simple, and sadly sometimes a little to simple. Ozawa ...
May 14, 2017
Bonnouji is an instance where it manages to be a successful love story without depending on a drama storyline. It is often a necessity for romance to have some conflict in order for it to develop albeit it can turn into an ugly incoherent mess based on past experiences. What these other works do wrong is that they underestimate the potential a romance can bring. Drama can push a relationship to new highs and lows but it only works when the premise requires for such thing to happen. A typical heartwarming story between couples can go wrong by forcing it into a more serious direction. ...
Jun 5, 2015
I loved this series for a couple reasons, the first of which is that it's lighthearted. There's no major drama, but it focuses on the interactions of the characters in a fun way through their daily lives. The romance never felt forced, and was fun.

The art never stood out as something amazing, but was good. The characters were all distinguishable from each other and the character design was distinct. Where things excelled in the art department was the designs and life of the apartments. The setting was great and it helped to give the series life.

Overall, I loved this series for its characters and how ...
Jan 31, 2015
Just finished Bonnouji a minute before, and i got the feeling to write a review for it, because i absolutely delighted with this manga. This manga is what they should call "the real" slice of life-romance manga, because its really "slice of life" and there's enough romance portion in the storyline to maintain the slice of life feel. No exaggerated love-scene. I really enjoy reading this manga.

The story is so light, so unique, and just like i said, the portion of every genres tagged to this manga is great enough. I really like to see how the MCs, Ozawa and Oyamada, with their own personalities ...
Jul 28, 2014
Bonnouji concerns two youngs adults, Oyamada and Ozawa, and their growing relationship. The two hang out in Oyamada's apartment which is filled with miscellaneous objects Oyamada's brother has purchased and sent to him. This eccentric collections serves as the spark in the series, along with Oyamada's friend, Shimamoto.

Honestly, I'm partially enamored with this series due to similarities to one of my past relationships. I think it speaks to the author's strong characterization that little details of the interactions between Oyamada and Ozawa can hit so close to home. The author paces out each scene in time, so it's not apparent how long between each story ...
Oct 26, 2019
I haven't written any reviews before, but I felt compelled to write this one because I want other people to read this. I want other mangakas to study it.

One of the forum posts said this was so light, it felt like air. I'd agree. If there was a "No Drama" tag, it would be applied here. I'm not sure I've seen anything like this. It's just two normal, imperfect people finding each other without being idiots about it.

I went into this with the hope that it would wash the taste of a few dramatic bad-ending mangas out of my mouth. I'm smiling now.
Sep 4, 2016
Mixed Feelings
Story

The story is simplistic, one of those that is centered around characters hanging out in one place. It was cute at first, but it didn't really go anywhere, even for this kind of story. For a story set in an adult world, it is quite juvenile in execution.
Sometimes the dialogue's meaning was unclear, and it was often just uninspired conversation between the characters that bordered on feeling like observing small talk between people. The jokes made me smile occasionally, more so in the beginning when the premise had first been introduced and still had the sheen of novelty. They quickly got boring, and ...
Jan 9, 2015
I'll be honest, I'm a total sucker for romances, so all my scores for romance anime/manga are massively inflated. Keep that in mind. If I don't talk about some elements of the manga here, then that means they aren't relevant to a discussion of the main reasons why I think its a good read.

With that out of the way, let's get to it! Bonnouji!

There isn't really much to talk about, to be honest. It's a package we've all seen before (Two people fall in love! What happens?!™) wrapped in simple, pleasant art, and incredibly straightforward execution. This is a slice-of-life romance.

Instead of what ...
Jun 27, 2018
To be completely honest, this is my first time writing a review on a manga. I've written reviews before, but only on anime so when I stumbled upon "Bonnouji" I decided to give it a try mainly because of the intriguing synopsis. I was completely drowned in tears of joy after finishing this light-hearted, masterpiece of a manga...

For those who have not read the synopsis, "Bonnouji" is a story about 2 people, who by chance met and quickly became friends. Naturally, these 2 would spend more time and the relationship between them eventually bloomed into love. While most romance manga tends to follow a ...
Sep 14, 2018
Just a simple yet realistic story of two people in a chance meeting gradually falling for each other. This manga does nothing new or special, but hits all of its points so precisely it has no real flaws. Every chapter either has some form of comedy or a great feels moment that makes you truly connect with the characters. It has nothing that seems to be fluff or added in to the manga and I felt each chapter really progressed to the ultimate goal. I enjoyed how they actually got together half way through the series as well because it made the characters that much ...
Aug 22, 2024
Mixed Feelings
It's a cozy short read. Most chapters are very short, less than 20 pages or so.

The art is pretty simple, almost sketch-like, and the chibi designs used frequently are very cute. Although not super elaborate or detailed I liked it.

The highlight of the manga is definitely the slice of life aspect, however if you aren't a fan of the genre you might end up thinking this manga is boring. After all the vast majority of chapters are about extremely mundane matters.

The comedy definitely falls flat more often than not, but I'm willing to overlook it because of the cute chibi art style in which the ...
Aug 31, 2022
This was probably the most realistic slice-of-life I've ever read. Don't look for drama or deep story, this is just a couple going about and enjoying their life together.

I found this piece while on a binge of short romcom slice-of-life mangas (Karagiri-san, Tsukita-san, Uchi no Kaisha no Chiisai Senpai no Hanashi etc.) and it kind of positively surprised me with how casual it was and how satisfied I was at the end. It did everything it set out to do, nothing more, nothing less, and it was a true delight.
Maybe it spoke to me more to see two adults live a little more on the ...
Feb 18, 2021
This was so cute man! It's about a 26 year old office lady who split from her bf of 5 years and befriends with a computer programmer. The two really get on well with no pointless drama involved. it's honestly a great change to see no stupid love triangle nonsense making an appearance because goddamn there's way too many of them out there! There's even no stupid misunderstandings involved either and reading the whole 35 chapters was relaxing enough to indulge, lads!


I think this manga would give anyone a nice boost if they feel their life is beyond hectic or if someone ...
Jun 15, 2019
Mixed Feelings
Light spoilers

A very sweet romance story. There is no denseness. The pace was good. But it didn't give me a reason to continue reading. I guess I finished it just because I felt empty if I didn't, or maybe also because of the momentum. (Read this in two sittings : Night (most of it), morning (last chapters)

The background art was not detailed but it was detailed enough. However, I do have a problem with the faces. They're so bland.

There aren't many relevant characters in the series, 5 in total I think. They fit their role and they don't bother me.
What bothers me is how ...
Jan 21, 2019
CHAPTER 3...5 Finished

Some spoilers are ahead also majorly different opinion about this story (If taken from real life perspective so a lot of subjective thoughts)

Story 8:
It was good to be short, but there is a but. Story is as tags suggest it nothing less maybe something more.
We have programmer who is more like hikkakomori, his aloof friend (mahjong addict+eroge), salarywomen who is a drunken bulldozer and her friend coworker a serious madam who is relationship-less. Story takes place around mostly in a flat (which belongs to MC) and her workplace. A comedy routine with slice of life elements and easy romance (they go all the ...
Apr 17, 2020
*Don't have to worry about spoilers here*
I just really had to commend this Manga because it strayed from the path of most other Rom-Com types. This really felt more realistic in regard to what new couples go through; whether it be dealing with the lingering effect of a heart-break or the anxiety and indecisiveness when it comes down to planning a future with someone you truly care about. It even put on display the sheer randomness that occurs when talking to your loved one. It doesn't always have to be serious or life-changing, just conversing for the purpose of enjoying each other's company. It felt ...
Apr 21, 2018
Bonnouji. What a hidden gem. It explores the relationship of two people who just happens to meet after a huge breakup in which turns from friendship into much more. It clashes with my mentality of just supporting someone I care about until they found someone much better. Interesting characters, smooth pacing, and great character development. A good read if you're into slice-of-life/romance theme.

Story: Two random people who happens to be neighbors coincidentally(inevitably) meet. A friendship blooms and later turns into much more.

Art: Generic art that looks like what you see on doujinshis but enough to enjoy.

Character: Boy what a treat. The character development is this ...