Cutie Honey

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Turn to the '73 anime if you can find it - The '73 manga has stuff to offer - jokes that land, an iconic drawing style, incredible character expressions and designs, sexy curves, some cool vehicles, vicious action, and a mostly break-neck storytelling pace. This iteration also features plenty of jokes and propaganda-y portrayals that don't age well, an inconsistent tone - sometimes brutal, other times irritatingly non-sensical, and startling lack of empathy to and among the characters.

The main character naturally gets the most love - the humor, the eye candy, the visual appeal, the plot and humanity (barely) all stem from and center ... on the MC, Honey, which leads to the manga tanking when Honey isn't present. All sense of sanity, plot progression, and surprisingly, sex appeal (save for one or two side characters) disappear when Honey does - making the Honey-absent stretches an absolute chore.

Luckily, this manga version ends prematurely but isn't the only attempt at Cutie Honey so why don't you check those out instead?

This manga has a largely female cast. Almost all of which are Lesbian. This work has horrible representation of lesbians. They are either depicted as horny creeps or as very ugly, ogre like women.

The plot is lackluster and uninteresting. I would like to add that this manga ends at a cliff hanger and you need to read a sequel manga to get the full story. I will not be reading that because of how horrendous this one was.

The characters were forgettable and uninteresting. At one point a character died and I didn't care at all. This character, like most wasn't written poorly and had a ... very 2d personality.

The comedy was very dull and on few occasions did I laugh. Though this may be due to how old the work is. I'll give it a pass on that.

There are only two things I can compliment this work on, and both are cosmetic. The artwork was nice and mostly well done. I love old manga art and this was no exception. The other is that Honey and the villain had good character design. Other then that this was utter garbage.

I recommend this work to anyone who wants to inflict pain on oneself.

Cutie Honey was such a disappointment.

I was watching the 1973 anime and quite enjoying, so I decided to take a look at the manga.
While I've appreciated Go Nagai's other works, especially during my childhood, this one reveals itself to be disrespectful and disturbing.


Honey's mission is your typical avenge tale, but it could have developed some interesting implications. However, it takes a step back to leave space to Nagai's need to make some of the most idiotic jokes I've heard since I was in middle school.
The manga seems to want not to take itself seriously, but it ends up showing a lack of respect towards its ... own story and characters.

First of all, Honey is reduced to an empty shell, a beautiful statue to be admired and almost never a real person. She is but an object, unfortunately.
Towards the later chapters, there is an occasion where she shows actual emotions and attachement to people but that's where it ends. A shame, really, especially comparing it to its anime counterpart.

Her schoolmates and teachers' sexuality is always used to ridicule them, as well as their appearance. Nagai shows absolutely no tact towards them, probably hoping to be funny.
There are themes of abuse, but, again, it's just the mangaka trying to be funny and looking for an excuse to show more nudity (because why not).
The reader ends up not caring at all about them, since they are so absurdly mean, and when something happens, the scene carries no impact at all.

Regarding the artstyle, there's not much to say.
It's your tipical, fun Go Nagai characters (complete with sideburns, of course) and it is pleasant to look at, although the proportions bend themself to the fanservice, sometimes.


Overall, I really wish I could have liked it.
This is definitely the least sensible side of Nagai's work and I do not recommend it (unless you want to spend a couple of hours cringing).
You're better off watching the anime, with its fun fanservice and uniqueness.