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Jan 14, 2025
This stuff was like crack cocaine, or maybe it was worse than that because at least the drug gives you a moment of unfiltered pleasure, even if it leaves you in a more miserable state afterwards, but that's besides the point. This doesn't even give you that pleasure; it's just addicting and miserable reading this with no sense of gratification at all. I actually remember a much more similar K-drama I watched a long time ago. A series of episodes so shitty, it had me thinking about it for 3 days straight, about how absolutely bad it was. The female protagonist in this manhwa even
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somewhat resembles the lead in that drama.
The story starts that our female lead is your usual paparazzi who gets entangled with a certain actor more than normal. Turns out that this actor has a keen resemblance to one of the female lead's childhood crush. As the story moves forward, more and more things point towards the actor being that childhood crush. And then there's the start of the journey of their romance and a whole lot of drama.
Now that you saw me previously being so intent on badmouthing this manhwa, you would assume that the story has serious problems, which it does; I mean, only the beginning part and the last chapter were somewhat decent. The majority of it was terribly dull since everything in between was so needlessly drawn out. But the major part of my rantings concerns our female protagonist herself. Downright pathetic. Fucking manchild, who remembers some memories from more than two decades ago, and all in her mind from that point onwards is the male lead. She thinks about the main lead while working, eating, and sleeping, at any given moment. It's like how much more fixated an author can make a character. Paired with emotional instability and poor decision-making, it was so terrible to watch, as if the fucking melodrama switch had been turned all the way. I found the side plots to be more engaging than the main character's love tale. Here the author did a good job tying various plot threads up. About the other characters, some of them have a bland personality, even the male lead. He had the characteristics of a literal robot until the last minute, where he at least grew a pair of balls. Most of the secondary characters have a pretty significant role and are not just there to cheer on for the romantic pair. The characters that I liked the most were the male lead's brother and the secondary lead. The brother had way more personality, the reason I was interested in his part of the story. The secondary lead, my boy Taein, was actually much better than all the remaining cast; the fact that I remember only his name should be a testament to that. Although he isn't particularly the perfect character, but the fact that the female lead exists instantly puts him on a pedestal. He freaking got done dirty by the author. The reason I even liked the ending for the first part is because the female lead did not end up with Taein.
Speaking of other topics, the pacing was extremely slow from the middle to the end, as I have already mentioned. Art was decent, very bright and minimalistic in terms of detailing and use of shadows.
Now that all this is out of the way, final thoughts about this are that it is bad, but it is addicting. Hence a 2 instead of a 1.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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Dec 31, 2024
It is not that much of a hyperbole when I say I could have almost mistaken it for another manga featuring a yellow alien teacher. But despite the parallels in various elements and character designs, the premise is wholly different. An alien who arrived on Earth almost 8 years ago is now almost forgotten, as he presumably continues to take advantage of the hospitality of humans. "Presumably," as hidden from the public view, he has been hired as the new assassin for the government. Being an alien to whom the human laws don't apply, he is tasked with eliminating criminals too dangerous even for the
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law.
Now the idea itself is a decent one. Even if the premise wasn't good, seeing that comically large-headed alien would have made me read this anyway. Sadly, that curiosity doesn't put a curtain to all the mediocrity this story has to offer. Talking about volume 1, it was the best part of the manga. Not that it was good or anything, but it wasn't underwhelming like the other two volumes, partly due to the fact that it was supposed to be the introductory phase. We are shown our balloon-faced assassin cleaning the trash out for good. He shifts from killing normal humans to now artificially experimented humans too strong for normal people, which was kind of a cheap attempt to hastily increase the stakes. The arcs were so unimpressive at best too. Every arc until the last one was "Rocopon gets a mission, Rocopon struggles to kill the target, but well, well, well, he was just not using his utmost potential. And then he kills the target". Insert occasional gags in between, and you got half of the manga. The other half is comprised of a singular arc. You would expect this arc to be grand considering the author is willing to dedicate 14 chapters to this. I expected too. But expectations were not met, as the conclusion to the arc felt so underwhelming I felt insulted for expecting something. All that raised stakes for what? Just to hug it out in the end. And the arguably worse ending really put the cherry on top. Had me thinking about why did I read this.
Other aspects of this manga were fine; at least the art was. It was sharp and crisp, very dynamic too, able to portray motion effectively well in fight scenes. About the characters, they were decent. The most prominent of them is obviously Rocopon, whose personality, when no fights are happening, is good. Lazy, willing to do everything to not work, is very restless. But during fights he just becomes the usual, "Hah, you thought I lost" character. On the other hand is his partner, opposite in personality, who is very uptight, with no tolerance towards any shortcomings, thus completing the buddy cop duo. It's the thing that we have seen this type of pairing countless times, so most of the traits are by the book. Other than the antagonists who play out their roles as villains—bad villains at that—the other characters in the manga don't really matter.
In the end, Rocopon was just a mediocre manga. It may have had a decent premise, but that doesn't matter shit if the execution is not in a way to make it interesting.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Nov 4, 2024
Tarushiba is the closest you will find to a stress-relief ball. In essence, it lacks a storyline, has no plot progression and characters, or anything like that. All it has are chapters with a mentioned theme and following pages where cute doggies do cute things with the said theme in mind.
About the art style, it is very minimalistic. It uses simple lines with rounded character designs, which gives it a very cuddly feel. Its approach is further helped by the gentle color palette and a lack of intricate details.
Now, the thing that I want to especially focus on is the paneling. It has a very
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clean and minimalistic panel layout, just stacking two horizontal panels on top of each other. This simplicity suits the lighthearted tone, as the starightforward paneling kind of makes it easy to follow and enhances the humor.
I don't think there is any more to talk about, rather, I feel like I unnecessarily went into too much detail. Still, a very casual read, don't anticipate a plot, it's just cute things doing cute things.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Oct 30, 2024
This manga is a little strange, but it's also good in certain parts. I personally don't read many queer-themed mangas because they don't really fit with my viewpoint, which makes them kind of challenging to read. I mean, each of the gay-themed mangas on my list is read by me due to some kind of mistake. But despite that, I read this and somehow kind of enjoyed it, which comes as a shock even to myself. Now the enjoyment didn't necessarily come from the gay themes of the story. The thing I enjoyed more was rather the threesome relationship they were in, the main selling
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point of this manga.
As previously mentioned, the story begins by presenting our three main characters as a trio, their daily lives together, and everything they do as a throuple. And as the story continues, they are impacted by numerous outside influences in addition to their own myriad of issues; their once-bonded relationship begins to deteriorate. Let's start by discussing this point, which is handled quite effectively. It demonstrated how other people's perceptions regarding their unique relationship altered their dynamic, sometimes in a positive light and other times in the negative. This was my favorite aspect of the manga and the main reason I enjoyed it in the first place. The cliffhangers or twists would be the second. Even though they aren't very noteworthy or anything, their existence itself—some of which are satisfying—makes up for a good pull for reading.
The art was average, kind of basic, giving an old-school vibe, especially when talking about the character designs for the females in the manga.
Regarding the characters, there are a number of them in addition to our core trio. Regarding the primary trio, they are the girl Lia, Emito, who is the more upbeat of the two partners, and Suisei, who serves as the anchor of the relationship, both literally and metaphorically. The majority of the supporting characters were kind of crucial to the plot since they were able to make our primary characters realize what was correct for them and advance the plot.
Ending, definitely not the best optimized version I had in mind, as the introduction of the homosexual angle in the story kind of diminished the fun for me. Overall, though, still a decent ending, as they found a compromise at the end, continuing their unusual relationship.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Oct 16, 2024
303-goushitsu no Kamisama is what happens when a skilled artist writes a decent story, a story with romance between a human and a god. Additionally, what happens is it gets an official serialization when it was previously just a web comic releasing on Pixiv. Congrats author! I read the webcomic version, so you are getting a review of that.
So the story is very simple. Our MC, being the gloom he is, attracts a lot of attention from ghosts. One day he gets stopped by a goddess on the roadside offering some fortune-telling. Although that is a hoax, as she performs exorcisms, eating the ghosts as
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a meal to fill her belly. After that, it's just one interaction between them to the other, thus their romantic adventures kickstart.
The plot, from a purely writing perspective, is fine. I have seen some similar plot points panning out in other things I have read, although this one has by far the best execution out of them all. Additional supernatural plot device worked wonders for the story. Pace, although a bit fast, is still able to maintain the fluency of the narration.
Characters introduced are very good. Our MC, despite being the stereotypical loner on paper, is still very interesting to see, definitely grateful for the author to not make him another blushing machine. Goddess is also a more compelling character than the typical sweet-natured romantic heroine.
Art is beautiful. The simple linework using thin, almost sketch-like lines which was nice to see. Furthermore, you get blessed by a colored page at the start of every chapter. Every page has a new panel structure due to the dynamic nature of paneling, which makes the content much more engaging to read. Character designs are superb, particularly those of female characters.
Trust me and read it. It is a good romance manga.
Thank you for reading the review.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Oct 14, 2024
Let me begin by saying that this manga is a mixed bag. Either you like it or you don't. Very 50/50 in that scenario. I for once enjoyed it very much. A parody of exorcist mangas at a time when Jump is overflowing with them. Definitely a unique approach from the author.
Now let me lay out the basic structure of the chapters.
--> Wild Yokai appeared
--> MC used Roast
--> It was super effective!
--> Wild Yokai was caught!
That's it! The premise is that simple. The comedy has a somewhat contemporary approach, and you often see lengthy roast battles. And even though I agree that some readers may
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find it rather repetitive later on in the story, or you could argue that the comedy is very dialogue-heavy and entirely relies on roasts as a comedic device, I still find it to be very funny, and that's the only reason I read a gag manga. Also, the plot has been shifting throughout the narrative for the better, so it is a bit of an overstatement if I say that every chapter is them deprecating a helpless Yokai. Another thing I like about the comedy is that it takes a topic and stretches it to create a never-ending conversation full of roasts till the end of the chapter without feeling dull at any given moment
Since this manga has very little slapstick humor, as the comedy relies so primarily on dialogues, therefore the art doesn't really add much to the hilarity. For that reason, I was never really bothered to judge it. However, it's decent if I had to say anything about it.
Characters, and by themselves, they are nothing exceptional. The comedy they bring forth onto the scene determines their value. In a world where yokai exist, Murakami is portrayed as one who views everything logically, whereas Kuin is the sidekick who you frequently find exclaiming at Murakami's absurd statements, although both of these characters are given equal importance. Later on, other characters are introduced, including Mary as the yandere, Tenko as the typical shy girl in love, and numerous others that feature as this manga continues to grace us with its witty humour.
All in all, I definitely liked this manga and would recommend it if you want to read some funny roast battles.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Oct 8, 2024
What an excellent social experiment it is. It involves witnessing the reactions of readers as they read an idiotic and poorly written manga. What? You are implying that this is not a social experiment? Does this mean someone didn't deliberately write a manga this bad? No way, right?
The story begins similarly to any other cheat skill story: our character gets a cheat skill, but because no one can figure out how to utilize it, it is deemed trash. Our protagonist became a target for bullying. Two years later, and still the situation remains unchanged. Until he sees by chance that his SP is abnormally high,
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where comes the first thing that doesn't make sense. How does one go about ignoring a thing so obvious to witness, that too for 2 years? Unbeleivable. After discovering his new found power, he swears revenge on the people who tormented him and then... 5 years later. What the hell? What is the author thinking by introducing two huge time skips in the first chapter? Even after a 5-year time jump, he is not even able to barely use his skill.
And I'd like to know about Japan's fixation with slavery. Because, oh man, he had possibly negligible intelligence for doing what he did, he voluntarily became a slave! All for a lousy skill stone that he could have simply obtained by stealing. How much of a law-follower are you? It looks like Japan's average IQ is artificially inflated, cause how does one write a story this bad?
Art isn't particularly good; average at best. Characters are our protagonist, who has now become a slave to his master, Nina. Both of them are uninteresting. Our MC is simply your average fantasy figure, and Nina is equally average, who I'm sure will be conveniently revealed as some kind of princess from some kingdom.
Just don't read it. There are much better things to read out there.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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Oct 7, 2024
One? two? three? or perhaps even four? How many chapters does it take for you to get bored of seeing the same thing panning out again and again and again? For me, I am pretty lenient with these things usually; the key word is usually. This doesn't come in the usual. This comes in what we refer to as repetitive.
Story, and it takes the use of the most common and easiest route: working with a predetermined formula every chapter. And for this, the formula is the misunderstandings between both of our main characters. The premise has been taken as the sole blueprint of the story
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thus far, and I can nearly assure you that things will continue like this until even the average reader gets bored out of it, and then the author will decide to introduce some hastily made progression. How the chapter will draw out—you already know that before even opening the chapter, so all you are reading it is for a single endearing moment of our female protagonist blushing. That's it. That is the sole merit it provides if read. Any progress achieved is reversed in the next chapter. I seriously doubt you watch the same turn of events every chapter and still say it is comedy. No, its not. A joke is only funny the first time. The second time it becomes unfunny and boring; say it the third time and you are just being annoying. And it's not even like the jokes are certified knee slappers. The only thing I remember that makes me realise it is a comedy is the scene where she looks like she is about to kidnap him; it's somewhere in chapter 2.
Characters and their designs are decent. Our female lead's design is good, at least. Their personality is still too early to judge, but I can visualize that their development isn't happening any time soon. Female lead is the usual "I try to be affectionate but get misunderstood due to my actions." Male lead experiences the brunt of the behaviour of female lead and is often left scared at the end of the chapter.
Art and it is probably the sole reason it even is on the radar for some people and is being so heavily praised. The art typically benefits from the employment of several art styles, as it shifts between them based on the scenarios. Incredibly lovely and detailed to look at.
In the end, the author needs to drop the repetitive premise as soon as possible and establish a good plot if he wants the manga to succeed.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Oct 7, 2024
No, we did not see the same kind of spark in Kim Carnby's storytelling that he has demonstrated in his other works. What we witnessed was a manhwa average at best and painfully boring for the most part.
The boringness is reflected right from the start with its below-mediocre premise choice. A mysterious code hacks devices and turns people into mindless killers. A secret organization is formed to tackle those and prevent the world from getting destroyed. The way I explained the premise sounds more interesting than it actually is. What was hinted to be a horrific thriller with a futuristic setting at the start got
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turned into a manhwa featuring boring fights in a monotonous VR battlefield.
Now, I guess because it was a game adaptation, they had to go for something similar to it. So I give it to them for working with a handicap, but it still doesn't make up for the boring premise. I am even more disappointed cause the beginning was really strong. Whether it was the train sequence in the first chapter or even our protagonist's first fight in the VR world, they were at least somewhat interesting to watch. After that MC's first fight, no subsequent event coming afterward had any suitable weight in it. They just weren't interesting. There was no visible struggle; the cast goes to fight monsters, does little oohs and aahs, racks up their brains, and defeats the monster. Multiply the formula into some more fights, and you get this. Anything outside the VR and fighting the monsters was boring too. The build-up efforts to include politics, suspense, or anything else at all were terribly done. The plot point of sending AI from the future to the past was underwhelming because of all the previous buildup, which was not done properly. All the story does is just brush lightly on topics, never committing enough to it to expand on it more. And the ending is probably the worst of it. Does a cringe sequence of a fight between the protagonist and the antagonist, all for it to just turn into another open ending where the danger wasn't destroyed, just delayed?
Talking about the characters, I am going to talk about some of them. The main focal characters were our protagonist, an average dude taking revenge; our antagonist, the annoying evil guy; and the genius hacker, Hammer, the reason for all that is happening. Nothing interesting about them, to be honest. The only thing even remotely interesting is the Hammer's future self story, which was just brushed upon.
Art was very... what do I say... subpar. With the standard the manhwas have set today for this genre, the art in this seems like the work of an amateur. The art scheme was weirdly bright at times, especially scenes including some kind of holographic screen; I could have swear it would have benefited from a bit less brightness.
I guess I have successfully wrapped up what I felt about this in the review. Came with expectations. Left with conflicted feelings.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Oct 6, 2024
Reading this I can say that this one is a major improvement from the author's previous work as he abandoned his previous approach and went for an active storyline in this one.
This webcomic features three high school friends, each having a love story of their own. And we can witness all three of those love stories progressing. That's the premise that this is going for and I am all in for it.
Now when I read the first chapters and saw that those chapters had the same format as the author's previous work, the "then vs now" format as I like to say, I thought that
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it was gonna be another thing I would be disappointed in, but fortunately that thing was only reserved for the introduction and the story progressed normally after that. Till now the story is looking very good.
About art and I was a fan of it even in the author's earlier work and I still am. The art has very much improved, being more defined. Coloured mangas are always welcome.
Characters and so far all of them are interesting. Every relationship is a bit different, you have characters with different personality dynamics. If I had to pick up a couple for my favourite, it would be the one with the couple having a competition in terms of height.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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