Watari-kun no xx ga Houkai Sunzen
Watari-kun's ****** Is about to Collapse

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My life started to spiral into a constant stress just from reading this. Recommended.

The love triangle. A trope I'm very familiar with, and everybody is familiar with. The stress of dealing with two people you wanna date at once, how it impacts every choice you have, and both people involved have a unique dynamic between them. It's extremely stressful, interesting, and it reveals the reality of people. When love is at the end of the tunnel, the rest is merely an obstacle. However, this story started to feel… a little strange.

The story itself is about Watari-kun, who takes care of his selfish sister that basically ... considers him a dad. Alone with their aunt, no time to develop friendships, no time for a job, no time for good grades, no future ahead, nothing to save him from that, until a girl sees this as a unique quality. Of course, another one from his past has come to torment him.

It's simple, cliché, typical, you name it. Boring to an extreme, nothing stuck out, and my enjoyment was minimal, but there was something there that kept me. I couldn't tell what it was, be it the humanity in the characters, the stress Watari goes through, the selfishness from the characters. After some chapters, it was finally clear. There were no “good” people in this manga, at least in the typical way. Everybody has a selfishness to themselves that's amazingly portrayed in the manga. Everybody affects everybody, they all lie, they all scheme, they all try to get an upper hand, and it's the job of our main character to BE selfish. To do what he wants to do, and not care about being hated by one or two people. You can't please everybody, and that's just, so hard to accomplish while being who the protagonist is. People will call that a terrible protagonist, but the development was there, for the whole time.

Challenged with the constant stress of being human for once, I was pulling my hair at how much tension I was feeling for this character, for everybody. But then, they never rob him of choices, they pull misunderstandings, but they add consequences to them being there. It isn't a matter of everything going back to normal. Once something happens, the story runs with it, and changes the entire dynamic. It changes as a manga, because of what each character does. There's no base to stand on, no safety net. Hence, the shortness of the manga. It doesn't do the eternal love triangle. When something fails, it stays failed, and nobody can ever fix it.

I was reminded of that time in high school, the stress of dealing with romance, organizing time, grades, people, friends, the lies, the deceit, the weird immaturity that's displayed through all of us. It was hell for my brain, like a moment of retrospective that brought with it a spiral of things I never dealt with from that time. The hatred and the friendships that came about in those times. I could ramble about how this relates to my life, but I can tell this'll relate to many people's lives. Not in the romantic way, but in how hard it is to deal with family, with crushes, with friends, and everybody's egocentric lives.

It's a lesson on selfish people, and how that's just the most human people can be. We all want something out of the world, and when we don't, there's only suffering waiting for us. Not saviors, or martyrs. We're humans, and the winner takes it all.

Of course, it's an incredibly interesting story, which people diminish by calling it: “Oh my god, every character's a yandere”. It's a romantic, character study that shows a person that isn't something, surrounded by people that ARE that something. Accompanied by art that's pretty good, all things considered.

I wouldn't call it masterful. It's an art style that fits, that gets the job done. No moments that truly stick out. The dialogue and writing ARE the winners in this department. Every character is well-written, at least for biased me, since I've met others like it. Heard a criticism once, about how nobody acts like this, and my brothers and sisters, go outside. I'd say they could've gone the extra mile.

All in all. A manga that affected me deeply, not from a disturbing standpoint, but because I lived through many of these moments, choices, and people. It wasn't fun, and the manga isn't entirely fun. Addicting to read, and even more addicting to know what would the ending be. Yes, it's got stupid moments that shouldn't have happened, even in a real-life setting. I still, deeply recommend it.

8.4/10. I need a break from romance drama just from reading this.

This series isn't everyone's cup of tea. I don't know what else to say but this series is better for people who like to read what most people would like to call trash like domestic girlfriend. If your looking for a really wholesome series don't read this series. the characters are mostly just the typical tropes dense mc, a popular girl who blushes whenever she sees mc, and brocon little sister. Not really sure what else to say. The ntr other reviews mentioned are FL having a relationship with someone other than mc for reasons like needing a break from the drama or having complicated ... feelings. This isn't for everyone but if you're fine with the mc growing after painful things happening in a romance you'll like it.

Updated as in 39 Chapter Minor Spoiler review

My first thought that it actually was a Pure Romcom,
What i actually got is somekind NTR crap that have been hinted in some early chapter.
Simply put theres hidden Genre here which is" Harem and Drama" as later chapter introduce more female characters.

Story : 2
Poorly Writen, Bad background, slow Pacing as in Slice of life, theres yet visible character development.
I cant say much about the story as nothing have been uncovered yet and it pursue further towards Drama Romance. tl;dr its about nonsense drama in past following MC dillema with the 2 main girls. Thats pretty much it.

Art ... : 7
Moderate, Nothing unique.

Characters : 3
Naoto - Denser than neutron Star, Siscon, a generic School boy.

Naoto Little Siter (Suzu) - Annoying brat who keep saying "Oniichan". She derailed the story.

Satsuki : Does little to no improvement, and there I thought she would be trouble maker for story instead getting thing more complex than it already was

F-cup Chan/Ishihara Yukari : A stereotypical Shy Thot that unaware about her circles, You should read up till the part where her Mom introduced in story to see the change of her personality along the way.

Enjoyment : 1
Everytime i read it, The story tone goes towards what i despised the most which is "NTR Drama".
Drama is great when the execution done well but this one seems endless route where you can see where its going and it is not a Mystery.

Considering how the story goes right now i fail to find similiar series under the same theme as in MAL recommendation was like Masamune/Koi to Uso/Nisekoi, it does nothing close to that.
If you're a sane person with good humour, you wont find a good ROMCOM here and neither does the Drama unless you're into "NTR" and Teen angst.

Overall : 3
Bad, really like bad. You can try reading few chapters or do some skimming "How bad is actually bad".
Do not get baited by the Romcom genre, You wont find it here.
Watari-kun no xx ga Houkai Sunzen tittle actually explain everything you need to know about the MC Summary (Watari's XX Is on the Brink of Collapse) , where you see the MC is tearing about due romance issues with badly written drama that force you into thinking that this story wont go well like this and it strive to stay on the same route with character that potrayed similiar to NTR/Cheating story.

You have been warned.