Mai-chan no Nichijou

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Mai-Chan's Daily Life - one of the most notorious erotic-grotesque (commonly abbreviated 'ero-guro', or simply just 'guro') manga series of all time. I will put this as a fair warning - this manga is not for the faint of heart. Now, onto the review.

Story (9/10)- Well, the story in and of itself isn't that good, but the premise of the main character - Mai, is. She cannot die. She is stuck in a whorehouse for wealthy loons and sexually humiliated and dismembered daily. Sounds run of the mill? Well, I guess maybe it is, but it is executed quite well. The whole 'she-can-never-die' thing really ... was done well in this series, and I have never seen it before. Really the plot/story don't matter because when you read guro you want to see two things; sex and gore. These both are present. Add a well executed 'super power' of sorts for the main character, and bam, you got a 9 out of 10 for the story.

Art (9/10)- Uziga Waita has always been a good artist, but in this manga he really shines. Everything is extremely detailed, but not to the point where you feel that you are being overwhelmed. For such a far-fetched story, the gore and sexual organs of the characters are actually portrayed rather realistically. Really my only complaint is that sometimes he shadded a bit too much and it made it hard to tell what he was drawing, but that only happens once or twice, and doesn't spoil anything.

Character (4/10)- Nothing special. Except for Mai-Chan, every other character is pretty much stock. Of all the girls in the manga, Mai-chan is the only one who actually managed to look hot. Not impressive for a guro manga. I guess it is about average in this field.

Enjoyment (9/10) - What can I say, I enjoy a good shock. This manga delievered some shocks. Oh, and did I mention that the final chapter is actually so shocking/awesome/famous that it has become a internet meme? Oh, well it has.

Overall (9/10) - Read this manga if you want to be shocked. Great guro. Classic. Read it now. Read it now. Stop reading my review and read it now.

The plot definitely left room for emotional development in Mai, but that development was limited due to the pacing and length of the manga. In fact, there's not much meat on the plot's bones, so by the (notably shock-reliant, please beware) ending, there were multiple questions left unanswered about the eternal slave phenomenon and the characters, like Sayurin, Kaede, even Mai herself.

That being said, the biggest spotlight of the manga, was on the art and the levels of guro Mai had to take on. Not a good time if you're expecting deep, resonating themes somewhere in the blood stains. Maybe a good time if you're ... just here to see how the blood leaked out.

I need to clear my browsing history but before I do that, let me review this manga. This contains some spoilers, but why.... would that matter.... you shouldn't be reading this. Please don't read this. Nobody should read this. The images I have seen are permanently stored into my brain and I will never forget them. Remember that anime that has been sitting in your "Plan To Watch" section of your anime list that has been there for 2 months? Go watch that instead of reading this.

Run down: Now here we got Mai Chan, a maid, who is also an immortal slave. People come ... by and do some horrid, and I mean HORRID things to her. She never catches a break because the next pervert with fucked up fantasies always comes through to torture the poor child.

Story: I give this a 2. Why might you ask? Because the story was dreadful. Just think of a 17 year old girl who is immortal and constantly gets raped, stabbed, tortured in every way possible, oh and she was bit by a fucking tiger. In the vagina. So there's that. I have never seen anything as foul as what goes down in this manga..... Just describing it makes me sick. I'm not going to. That poor baby...... I want to crawl into a cave and watch as many anime's with moe characters as possible to forget what I have read in the past 40 minutes.

Art: 6/10. Wasn't bad....... Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, was detailed.

Characters: 4/10. I felt super bad for Mai Chan and I kinda cared about that Sayurin girl because she also suffered like Mai Chan. The other characters were kinda there like the mistress lady, I wanted to kick her ass for real. She is an emotionless witch. The others were kinda backgroundish.

Enjoyment: 1/10: Obviously, this wasn't targeted to me as I'm not really a fan of guro so its no surprise I didn't enjoy reading any of this. Frankly, I'm disturbed. Disgusted. Horrified. Scared that the FBI is going to bust down my door for having this in my search history. Yeah, you probably get it.

Overall: 2/10: