This is a review of an ongoing manga, it reflects my opinions up to chapter 11 but it can change later on if, you know, they fuck it up.
It has been a very long time since a harem story had me interested in it's outcome, and being able to generate that feeling should be more than enough to give it the highest marks in its genre. That wonder doesn't come from wanting to know which girl will win, although it isn't too obvious yet, but from how many possible bad ends this story could have. Possibly multiple in a row.
The initial idea is having as
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Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Watari's XX Is on the Brink of Collapse Japanese: 渡くんの××が崩壊寸前 More titlesInformationType: Manga
Volumes: 16
Chapters: 94
Status: Finished
Published: Aug 4, 2014 to Sep 20, 2023
Theme:
School
Demographic:
Seinen
Serialization:
Young Magazine (Monthly) Authors:
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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 ... Oct 30, 2018
I felt compelled to writte this up seeing a lot of other reviewers missing the point of what makes this series enjoyable.
On the most surface layer this is your standard romcom. Childhood friends comes back and protagonist is torn between her and his crush. Some past feelings are alluded, etc, etc. The story arc is really basic and straigthforward. What makes this interesting is the characters themselves. They are all fundamentally flawed in really worrying ways. Basically everyone is a psycho and the layers are slowly peeled as the story moves forward. Mind you this still a shounen series so no one is getting stabbed here or ... Jun 24, 2017
Well, what can I say about this manga? I am not sure if they were even trying.
Story (1/10): Watari-kun no xx ga Houkai Sunzen is a manga about a young boy and his little sister who have moved to their aunt's house after the death of their parents. They used to have a field, but a girl named "field destroyer" (or Satsuki Tachibana) ruined everything in the past. After the protagonist's little sister Suzu tells him that she wants to have a field again, just like in the past, the "field destroyer" returns simultaneously, but instead of doing anything to ruin their field, she instead proceeds ... Feb 12, 2023
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
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Apr 7, 2024
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 ... Oct 31, 2018
Note: The synopsis of the story is very misleading. That plot point is almost entirely dropped within the first 10 chapters to focus on more interesting things.
Watari-kun no xx ga Houkai Sunzen is a Romantic Drama for Seinen audiences that takes a strong look into the mind of emotionally and psychologically unstable teens in a "harem" story. I put "harem" in quotations because the actual harem elements are too few and far between for me to confidently categorize it as such, and many of the potential harem characters are pushed aside for the main two girls, Ishihara and Satsuki. Note that I don't call it a ... Apr 6, 2024
I'll start this off with my main critique, it went on too long. It just felt like the author dragged the story out longer than it needed to. The first part of this manga started out quite interesting but as a couple of big development came up it just started to become stale. However, this isn't a manga I can say I out right hated, I'm sure there are many people who would greatly enjoy this and all too them. Just be aware that if it starts to drag and you're tired of it going in circles I recommend dropping it as I did skip
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Aug 12, 2017
just don't read this unless it's finished or. OR you have too much time to waste because that is the only thing that this manga will give you
1/story : non existent or 2 thirsty jk hunt down a siscon blank slate for horny teenage boy to project themselves onto so it's basically shit, this manga's writing is so bad it made koi to uso convoluted plotline seems legit. 2/character : yan, yan, generic loli sister and loli grown up, nothing special about the characters, except their appearance 3/art: pretty ok for a bad story even though i've seen better 4/enjoyment: i wasted an afternoon for this when ... Dec 10, 2019
Watari-kun no xx ga Houkai Sunzen is not a ground-breaking manga, sure. It rehashes a lot of the common themes you'll find in any harem romantic comedy. However, it is not nearly as silly or reprehensible as many of its fellow stories in the same genre. I only cringed a handful of times while reading it. This discomfort is easily outweighed by appealing leads and attractive character art.
Admittedly, like any reader I have my own tastes and this may be a case of this manga just happening to land in my "strike zone." I really like the Ishihara (Yukari) character, ... Dec 14, 2024
This manga is misleading in its tags. It is actually a fairly mild romcom harem. In the first 30 chapters, every character outside of Nao-kun appears to be yandare, unhinged or unstable. Over the remaining 60 chapters, all this foreshadowing is resolved without much drama, spice or crazyness. All of the "Ohhh this can't be good" scenes turns out to be chill people having a mild backstory and some minor issue that got misunderstood.
It was engaging to read, well drawn and acceptable characters. 92 chapters felt like a good lenght. We do see "post-confession" relationship, which is positive. I will never reread it and ... Mar 19, 2018
My first review of a manga, my thoughts
Story: As far as the story goes it is nothing special. A generic pure minded looking guy. The story won't be so important but it's nice. Anyway few plotholes some events here and there and so on. Art: The art is okay, characters look fine, there is a little attention to details, some enjoyable ecchi. And that's pretty much it. Characters: Tachibana Satsuki and maybe even Watari Naoto are the only ones that stand out. The rest are okay, already seen. Now the reason i enjoyed Watari-kun no xx ga Houkai Sunzen is because of Tachibana Satsuki she is the main ... Apr 7, 2019
With the conclusion of chapter 39, and the wait til November for Monthly Young Magazine Issue 12. I believe now's the right time to write a review for Watari Kun is on the brink of Collapse.
On the outside, Watari kun seems to fall on the genre of a harem, romance, comedy whatever. After thorough reading however, it doesn't have any elements of that. Watari kun can be extremely unlikable at first. Especially with the way it's synopsis was ditched after the first few chapters, making it look extremely disorganized, or the way the manga introduces its characters. However, it's definitely worth the read compared to ... Feb 15, 2025
Oh Japan, why do you do this? We have a cookie-cutter, off the shelf MC, who is rather basic and mid, and then we have two separate arcs that would have each made good stories. A. a run of the mill high school romance, which could have fluffed out 60 chapters by either keeping it sweet, or by cycling through all the old classics of yore that we have seen in countless high school romances. Fireworks News year's temple, valentines... etc... Or B. the far more interesting childhood friend arc, with her stalker-esque pursuit of the boy she lost. Which would have been far
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Dec 5, 2023
After reading this from start to finish I finally complete my first ever manga. I've never finished a manga from reading from the start of the first page to the last and with this first hand experience I can say that it was not a waste of my time.
In all honesty you might not like all the charcters in the manga but honestly i don't care because I'm focusing on the 2 main characters. With this mindeset i can say this manga is one of the best romance out there. If you don't like this manga then I suggest you to give it sometime ... Jun 25, 2021
Just as an FYI this review is made as I finished reading chapter 60 so anything further will not be included.
Honestly it's not a bad manga, I enjoy it enough to give it an 8 and at the time of making this the overall score is a 7 which I cannot disagree with either. But I will say that some of the things in this manga keep it from being amazing, some things hold it back enough to warrant an 8 or 7 instead of a 9 or 10 and that's what I want to mostly focus on. Story - 7 It's pretty good, it has a ... Dec 29, 2020
Honestly this manga is kind of frustrating to read at points; A lot of the characters lack any form of empathy or sympathy and at times it just doesn't make a lot of sense due to the nature of how the story is drawn out.
I'd rather not go all in depth into the characters but in the main sense there's a lot of times where the characters aren't being developed through interactions but some external force and that acts as both a crux and a value to the story. There's times where I'd wish that they'd talk it out or commit to something purely ... Mar 14, 2019
(So, coincidentially enough, chapter 39 came out as i was planning to write this, so there's gonna be spoilers; a bit. Another thing, this is completely opinionated and you shouldn't take me seriously, though that should go without saying.)
''Watari- kun no xx ga houkai sunzen'' was one of the manga series that tipped that really thin scale between ''Do i like anime or manga more,'' making me a complete manga lover. I strong a segnificantly strong biased for this one, but i'll try not to let it blind my critique. To be fair, i can easily understand why people don't like Houkai Sunzen, it can give ... Sep 14, 2022
I'll straight say this is a 7-7.5 manga before getting into it. This isn't for everyone and honestly the pacing could be a bit better but I feel as of ch 69 all the pieces are starting to fall into place.
Characters: This will be the biggest issue as others have mentioned. Some view them as shallow one notes or them as very complex characters. They're just people with emotional baggage from the past if not played up. Even Tokui the more leveled headed has his own baggage he carries if you read into it as the series goes on. Most ... Aug 27, 2023
So before I start the review, i'll just say that this review is just my opinion.
The TLDR is that this manga start great and goes downhill. Art: Not bad and not good. In other word "serviceable". - 7/10. The plot: The story start good and engaging and like i said before goes downhill with the bad pacing and sometimes it star to gets really boring until i was thinking of dropping it. - 5/10. ... |