Happy!

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Happy! is a manga series about never giving up, no matter how unfair things may become or however many ridiculously tough challenges appear before you. It's about continuously trying your hardest in order to force things to go well for you. If you're looking for a series like that or a series with an extremely hate-able female antagonist then you should definitely check this out. A full cast of intricately explored characters and interesting plot developments around every corner really makes this story hard to put down.

Happy! is set in a deranged world where Japanese Idol culture has somehow been mixed in with professional ... women's tennis. Despite how realistic everything else is, this one point manages to drag the whole series down on it's own. The hate from certain crowds and the support behind tennis players worldwide as if they were Japanese idols and terms such as "The World's Idol" that are used to describe certain girls in this series show a severe lack of understanding of the world outside Japan.

I don't want to be too critical of Naoki Urasawa here because this manga is definitely enjoyable for the most part, on top of that it was being serialized weekly at the same time as arguably his most popular series Monster. So how much he really cared for this series overall I'm not sure. This manga actually succeeds magnificently as an eventful drama. However considering how the theme of Tennis was handled in such an amateur fashion I can't give this series more than a 7.

Slight Spoiler warning for the remainder of the review!
The series started so strongly but towards the end things became very repetitive. Not in any kind of small way either. Most of the final matches followed the exact same formula of losing each match massively at first due to some current issue followed by the protagonist turning things around in the next Sets once she overcomes her troubles. Because of this towards the end I became a little bored and I'm certain that sentiment would be shared by most who have read this series. Anyhow I've given you the negatives and positives of this series; if anything in the first paragraph spoke to you then you'll definitely get something out of this series. Furthermore if you're a fan of Naoki Urasawa's style I'm sure you'll get plenty of enjoyment out of Happy!

A wholesome mamga i love monster, 20 century boys and pluto that’s why i read this Urasawa manga its a very good slice of life tenis manga, its not memorable but its ok, the problem for me its the lenght its very long 254 chapters, overall good, i don’t have anything more to say, i almost forgot i hste choko she is annoying, and ghe rest of characters are ok and funny sometimes expecially the debt collector he is my favorite character of this series, and the madam i didn’t like her either, so tes just great and im glad i read this

Absolutely terrible Manga. After 110 chapters of annoyance, sexism and repulsiveness the MC finally gets to have a moment of triumph only for it to be undercut IN THE SAME FKIN CHAPTER by, you guessed it, comically evil villain Choko. The only thing this manga has going for it besides its artwork which is even at best a 7/10 is its underdog storyline but it being undercut EVERY SINGLE FKIN TIME is honestly just mind-numbing. By the end I was so tired that I didn’t even leave satisfied or annoyed. I was just glad it was finally over.

Characters bar the MC are either comically evil, ... sexist beyond reason or capable of either breathing or moving, separately.
Story is as formulaic and barebones as they come in terms of sports underdog stories.
The artwork is nice but nothing too outstanding. Panel flow is mediocre at best and it heavily relies on speed lines of arms or legs to create a feeling of pace and motion, instead of creative layout and composition.

Probably one of the worst manga in terms of enjoyment I have ever had the displeasure of completing. So bad it made me write my first and hopefully last review ever.
This manga is pure frustration, annoyance and repulsiveness.