Tora Kiss: A School Odyssey

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So I'm not a guy who reads action/super power-y mangas, but this manga actually got me hyped. The whole story about a special school and having cool Phi's was pretty sick, and the 0-to-hero kind of story was awesome. Even though the series was axed, I would absolutely read more and just roll with some major plot holes. (SPOILER AHEAD) For example, the entire passing of data to one another through kissing made no sense, because in order for you to give data from one person to another, the person giving the data would also receive the data the recipient has as well... But in ... terms of action sequences and cool leveling-up goes, it's a pretty damn cool idea.

The art is good, but it's nothing special. Some of the action sequencing was cool, and well drawn, but it's not super detailed, just overall good.

Characters are good, some over-the-top cliche characters, and in the end it just turns into a harem manga and I was kind of okay with that. The growth of characters in 24 short chapters was cool, and I can see it turn into a larger series with the write author behind it.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this casually. I wasn't emotionally invested in it, but I stayed for the cool battle sequences and duels that went down. In the end, you can read this in an hour or so and be happy with it. You'll know what I mean by plot holes when you finish it, but you'll also be kind of let down when it suddenly ends.

I'm too lazy to write a long review so I'll tell you what I liked and disliked.
Like-
1]The MC Tora was a fresh breath of life to me who was fed up with reading about spineless harem MC's who are annoyingly dense about the girls who love him.
2)The art was crisp and clear even if it was a bit simple at times.
3)The girls were all cute.
4)Looking at Tora doesn't make you wonder what the girls like about him.Sure he is a pervert and a lazy bum but he can be charming when he wants to be,can be honest to a fault about unnecessary thing,is funny but ... considerate and is definitely OP even if he hides his powers.
Dislike-
1)Reading the manga makes makes it painfully clear that the mangaka had the idea for a great long running series planned out but unfortunately it was axed.So most of the plot devices the mangaka planted was left ignored.Nothing gets really explained either about the manga universe expect for whats on the surface.
2)The harem candidates were all a bit clichéd-There was the mandatory childhood friend,the smart girl,the senior,the sister who turned out to have no blood relations,there was even the beginnings of a teacher candidate but as I said before the manga was axed so it never got anywhere.
3)Some scenes were a bit clichéd too-alone with a girl during power cut,mysterious girl suddenly appearing and getting mad that he doesn't remember their childhood promise,MC being introduced as weak but is actually OP,etc.

In short if you want a light hearted comedy with a sprinkle of romance and action and will not get mad that such a great series got axed without the story being allowed to develop definitely read it.The manga rides on the shoulders of the MC Tora-the bad ass,lazy,OP,kick ass natural gigolo who's got a spine for a change.

Tora Kiss: A School Odyssey is basically an unfilled template of a generic harem manga. It has everything we would expect. We get to see the character types we know and love, the messy situations that you want to see ...etc; but that's basically it. It has all of those, yet it feels empty like it's just a shell of what it could have been.

Initially I was excited since it had the potential for further development, but the series was cut short and the ending was abrupt. This is probably why it seems so empty.

TLDR; Tora Kiss: A School Odyssey was neither good nor ... bad. It's a good read to pass some time, but not much more in my opinion.