Chikan Otoko

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Synonyms: Molester Man

Japanese: 痴漢男

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Type: Manga

Volumes: Unknown

Chapters: 21

Status: Finished

Published: 2004

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life

Serialization: None

Authors: Yokota, Takuma (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.47¹ (scored by 24,553 users)

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Ranked: #167²

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Popularity: #362

Members: 48,986

Favorites: 2,924

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MangaYokota, Takuma (Story & Art)

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Molester Man is a perverted, socially inept otaku who spends most of his time on the textboard 2ch. One day, on the way home from his part-time job, he is mistaken for a stalker and arrested. After clearing the misunderstanding, Molester Man learns that the girl, whom he subsequently refers to as Miss Understanding, was left traumatized by her stalker, so he offers his hand in the hope of dating her. However, exceeding his own expectations, he gradually becomes closer to Miss Understanding and her friends, the cheerful Kansai and the guileless Loli Jugs.

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Chikan Otoko is based on a real-life story of a 20-year-old university student, which was posted on 2ch on November 5, 2004.

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Kansai

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Molester Man

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Loli Jugs

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Miss Understanding

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Sachiko

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Naitou, Horizon

Supporting

Tsun

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Aoki

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Sushi Frenzy's Chef

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Jan 5, 2025

TheHardZone

Recommended

10, Masterpiece. Realistic, feels like your in this guys mind for all of the doujin. One of my first doujins and its amazing. Feels personal and the comedy is really funny. All characters actually grow and like onani master the guy goes through some character development, though kind of subtle. might be a bit wordy at times but still doesnt matter when you keep reading the story. This doujin probably is the best rom-com ive ever read genuinely. The art style depends on the person, but personally i liked that sketchy, somewhat unproffesional drawing. I think that no matter what art style you like or ...

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Sep 14, 2024

hellyeboi6

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The circumstances that lead to the creation of this manga are really important when rating it. This manga takes inspiration from a (supposedly) real story from a 2ch thread, obviously the artist has done some embellishment of his own, for example I doubt the molester man (the MC) actually had the impulse to do a JoJo reference every 5 minutes IRL, but it's fine, it makes it a more enjoyable manga if anything.

Now, as a manga, from a technical standpoint, it's a mess, firstly because there's way way waaaay too much text every page, and secondly because the art style is sloppy. However, that doesn't ... bother me because after all the artist is really doing us a favour by adapting a 2ch thread into a manga in the first place. Regardless of how unimpressive the art and paneling might be, the very fact that it exists is amazing. Think of it as those little comics on twitter about funny 4chan greentexts, except this one is 21 chapters long.

Regarding the characters, I do have some pet peeves, but it's not stuff that I can really criticize, their flaws are justified by the fact that they're real people. Nevertheless I did find the molester man to be kind of insufferable, especially at the beginning, but that might be just because personally I hate the "2ch degenerate" archetype, his internal monologue was at times too cringy to endure. His redeeming grace is that when he decides to open his mouth he's surprisingly kind, caring and thoughtful, and as the story progresses his degenerate antics becomes less of a cringefest and more of a funny gag.

Lastly, the story itself is a masterpiece, the sole reason I put up with the (admittedly few and minor) pet peeves mentioned earlier. I'm not exaggerating when I say this is one of the best romance manga ever, full stop. The story isn't a wishy-washy slog where the characters take 100 chapters to confess like 99% of romance manga, there are no painfully obvious and annoying tropes, the drama isn't suffocating, there's no unnecessary and immature fanservice, and last but not least it's not set in a damn high school (hurraaaay!!!). This is mostly because the manga is based on real events (at least that's what I decided to believe), so obviously the story feels realistic, and realism is something that romance manga almost always lack.

Overall this was an extremely satisfying read, it's funny, romantic, realistic, relatable, just an amazing story, really. I can't give it a 10 because it's not perfect, if the art and paneling were like Yokota Takuma's more recent works I would be more inclined to give it a 10, alas I will rate it a 9.

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Jul 27, 2016

Darmaiad

Mixed Feelings

Chikan Otoko was inspired from a post in a certain forum, that read something along the lines of “Today I was mistaken for a stalker”. Indeed that is how the manga begins. Actually, our protagonist seems like a suspicious guy due to his foul bachelor lifestyle; 20 years old, living alone, half-assing his studies, and acts as a woman repellent. His gateway out of his half-hikikkomori, irl-friendless lifestyle is the darkest corner of the forum, where the foulest of bachelor's lurk, ready to troll and humiliate. A most glorious lifestyle. Hail to those of us who have experienced it (except the repellent part. I sure ...

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