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** I'm not native english speaker, sorry for any mistakes.

I started reading this work without any expectations. I already kind of gave up on Isekai due to having some boring elements such as extremely strong or extremely cowardly protagonists, completely passive heroes or Tsundere hysterics. But Risou no Himo Seikatsu seems to be one more at first glance, but it is not.

Story 8
Art: 10
Character: 9
Enjoyment: 10

Risou no Himo Seikatsu tells the story of Zenjirou, a simple Japanese worker who ends up being summoned to a fantasy world to marry Aura, a queen from a less developed kingdom than the land. The reason is his lineage ... of 150 years ago that has magical connections with that of the queen.


It looks pretty generic and rom-com, but it isn't. Expect a lot of intrigue and politics, a protagonist who is not a badass but also is not a dense coward, would be something much closer to reality. Expect a protagonist who has more knowledge than the inhabitants of his new kingdom, but that does not mean that he knows all the processes of making anything on earth, after all, he was just an office worker. Fantasy elements such as magic and other races exist but despite being the focus of much of the plot, the development of the novel is not hindered. Expect a strong and determined heroine, more skilled than the protagonist in several things, but who won't make your partner an idiot. In other words, expect a work that gives you everything you want, everything you curse at the authors of Japanese romantic comedies for not having the balls to show.

First, I'm not native english speaker, sorry about any mistake.

It tells the story of a 26-year-old adult who, after being rejected by those who chased him for 5 years, drank too much, and upon returning home, he finds a high school girl lost at night on the street. The girl says that she ran away from home and he decides to give her a place for the night.

Story 6/10:
Looking only at the plot we can see some potential, but the way the characters are does not help. I talk more about this in another session. We can say that there is progression in the story ... but the characters advance and regress on things that already know the author's will. That is, a character who is already aware that girl A likes him, simply forgets at some point in the plot because it is convenient at that time for the author that the character who was once perceptive, now is dense. This happens with bad writers, who are unable to trace the direction of their work and write on the wayof what they are feeling momentarily.

Art 7/10:
Good. Not special, but enjoyable.

Character 3/10:
This is where this work sins immensely. We all know that the romance is between Sayu and Yoshida, but the lack of development of the other female characters that appear and have an impact on the work is too painful. They all exist only to give context to how much the protagonist is a white knight. This is a very old recipe that is, in my opinion, boring. In addition, the protagonist is 26 years old (but at times he looks like a child), initially during the first chapters he seems to be very perceptive, realizing practically everything about the situation of the woman character Sayu, reading the climate to get into complicated matters or not, among other things. But to the author's taste, at times he looks just like a generic harem idiot or a protagonist in action shounens like Goku. Sayu is well built (her past), but it seems a little forced some events that she tells about herself, but it is acceptable. Unfortunately, this work has moments that look more like a shoujo than exactly a shounen (although it was written to please the male audience).

Enjoyable 3/10
In my opinion, if a job does not give you satisfaction in its first volume, it is not enjoyable. It doesn't matter if it is drama, comedy, romance, action, adventure, or any other genre, at some point you need to feel that you are enjoying the work. Works that make you go through 300 chapters of anguish and frustration to deliver something to you in the end, in my opinion it is a failure. There must be peaks of climax in each volume that makes the audience feel like reading the next volume, in this work I didn't feel that. Without spoilers, now the work is moving more and more towards a shoujo drama (what was initially a romance with shounen drama), I don't like this type of drama, so I don't prioritize reading this work.

I can guarantee that everyone who gave a low review to this work did not bother to finish a volume. This work has its entire first volume setting things up, so at the end (of the first volume) it finally enchants you.


As the name says, it is the day by day of Yuiko, a high school student who has only one friend named Tomoya. The story does not start at the beginning, they already know each other and have a certain relationship of proximity and this already escapes the mainstreams which is fantastic. Furthermore, the protagonists' development is absurdly detailed and leaves you with a ... smile at each end of the chapter.

Story 10/10
It is a story about everyday life, but very well told. Many say that Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san is innovative, this is a joke. Compared to the way this work tells things, I have never seen any other manga of romance deliver so much satisfaction. Characters are not stereotyped, the male protagonist is not dense but neither is he a badass. He is simply an ordinary student, and how it is lacking in today's works. The female protagonist initially seems very stereotyped, but at the end of the first volume it falls apart and she starts to become quite unique, the development of the story is beyond reproach. Even in the parts you don't like, you understand the reasons behind it.

Art 10/10

All designs are beautiful. The background is not fantastic because it comes down to a lot in closed environments, but it shouldn't be too. The artist draws women's bodies very well, which is great.

Character: 10/10

Simply the best male protagonist in Slice of Life works I've ever seen. It is not stereotyped or a super student or anything exaggerated. He's a guy who knows what he wants, but doesn't always know how to do it and learns during his development. Female heroin is unique. At first it causes a certain irritation to the way it acts and it seems to be just another tsundere cliché, but at the end of the first volume it becomes one of the best I've seen in works. All the supporting characters are really cool, they don't have much development, but they also have their good moments.

Enjoyment: 10/10
I ran 48 chapters in 24 hours, does that answer your question?
With each chapter you end up with a smile on your face. each conquest and step taken by both protagonists you hope that everything goes well and when you don't feel sad for them. This was one of the few works that I never supported a rival for the female or male protagonist, I just wanted to see how far they would go.


If you haven't read it yet, read it. Then please do as I try to correct this injustice that is the current ranking of this work in MAL. Do your review, raise the grade brutally, this needs to become an anime!

Thanks ^^

Fuuka tells the story of 5 students (initially) who decide to start a band after some events. It is a very common plot in this type of work, but the way it is counted makes all the difference.

Things you need to know:
Seo-sensei(author) has a unique universe in which some of his works take place in parallel, they are:
- Suzuka; prequel to Fuuka (tells the story of his parents); You don't need to read to understand Fuuka..
- Kimi no Iru Machi; Which has no connection with the previous two, but takes place in the same world and sometimes the characters interact in their works.


Strong points:
- ... All the characters are extremely pleasant (of course, they have their difficult moments, but none hateful).

- The protagonist and most of the supporting characters have real development and growth, you really feel that each situation happened to make you someone better. And yes, understand that he was a NEET and so it starts out super dense, but there is a lot of evolution in that part.

- There is real romance and not those meaningless flirtations of some works that do not advance or take a lifetime to show affection (kiss)


Story 7/10
As I said, it is a very common story and has nothing very original, what makes it good is the way it is told and the development of each situation (yes, it deserves recognition). I will talk about my considerations at the end with spoilers, because I could not give a higher score in this regard.

Art: 9/10
The character designs are fantastic, especially the female ones. I have never seen in any work the care for body curves that this author has. Beautiful faces, fantastic scenery (especially in the presentation) and best of all, the pictures convey a lot of feelings!

Character: 8/10
This should be 10/10, but some of the author's decision making during the work made me step back. Make no mistake, all the main characters are very well developed and some of the support characters to, but in my final remarks I explain why I couldn't give a higher grade.

Enjoyment: 8/10
I read Fuuka twice and once more starting from chapter 130, so you can imagine if it's enjoyable or not. The reason for not being a score of 10 is more a matter of opinion about some events in the work.

Final Conclusion
**There's a lot of SPOILERS, so just read if you're like me. When I get spoiler I feel even more eager to see this happening on paper**

Yuu Haruna is a NEET who meets Fuuka in a funny situation. They become friends, Haruna ends up meeting his bandmates through Fuuka. Then we met Koyuki Hinashi, a childhood friend of Haruna with whom he was always in love and both share the same dream. So far cliché.

* Reasons why I consider the general story (not the character development) to be the weak point of this work

- 2 point:
The author has a courageous decision to kill the female protagonist at the beginning of the work, I thought it was fantastic (although sad) the development of the other characters was fabulous, but then he cowered and created a second Fuuka female main character. In my opinion the outcome of this work should be Fuuka as a kind of motivator for Haruna's songs while he continues his life with his bandmates without ever losing his affection for her (Fuuka) but overcoming his feelings to open up to something new . At this point he would have 2 female characters as possible for his sequel in the novel, Koyuki or Sara. Why don't I consider Shelley? Because she has a solid career that she would have to give up to be part of these possibilities. This question of Haruna overcoming some things due to having met another Fuuka has weakened in my opinion the real value of the character's development.

- 1 point:
Hinashi, Koyuki. As I said, almost all the characters are well developed, but Koyuki is forgotten during a good part of the work after his "main arc". As I said above, for me, she should have been Haruna's romantic couple due to the influence that Fuuka had on both of them. She confessed her feelings to Haruna because she was afraid that Fuuka would steal him, she became stronger after the way she saw Haruna after Fuuka's death, she always supported him. I believe that the feeling of "we are grateful that you existed Fuuka" in a relationship between Koyuki and Haruna would be fantastic and in the end make them lovers, but rivals (with Koyuki on the hedgehog vocals) would give a great outcome to the work. But I believe it was strategic for the author to forget about Koyuki to focus on the development of Fuuka Aoi.


Excuse me because I am not a native English speaker, I hope you enjoy this fantastic work.

Anyone who says that this work is generic does not understand anything about Japanese animations or sleeves ...
This work is the exact opposite of the generic, without super powers, miracles or anything else. It is a drama with some fan service and a lot of courage to do something natural and yet so interesting.

Without excessive and unreal dramas like a cheap shoujo where the girl spends almost her entire day thinking about her lover. No cheap Slice of Life where the only thing they do is physical education and showering in changing rooms. Here Yuuta Segawa (19 years old) decides after the tragic death of ... his sister to take care of her daughters. That's because normally in Japanese families they share the burden (separating the brothers) and he didn't want that to happen. It sounds normal, but the way the story is told is fantastic.

Story: 9/10:
Clichê in real life, but extremelly rare in anime/manga.

Art: 8/10:
Good static art, but is not fluid. But it's a slice of life, dont need that.

Sound: 6/10:
Not fantastic, but good most of the time.

Character: 9/10:
Stereotyped characters, but alot of enjoyable. You just can't get the feeling you don't like one (except for Sako, Shuntarou) lol

Enjoyment: 8/10:

If you are after a drama without excesses, without so many unrealities and mainly with some good fan services, this is your show. Do not expect anything fantastic, but the simple is exceptionally presented to you in this work.


As a conclusion, I can say that it is one of the best slice of life I've ever seen, I always liked things closer to reality but with a positive touch. This show is like this. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.



ALERT IT'S IS NOT A SPOILER!!!!
Dont watch OVA 3 and don't look for information from the light novel if you want to keep all the good feeling I described above. The author died, but before, he decided the heroine based on a popularity survey in Japan, so you must already imagine what I mean, right?

I not a native english speaker, sry :D
I really wanted to give 10/10 to this manga, I came from the anime with the expectation that it would deliver something MUCH superior to what the shoujos of the last decade can deliver, a less fanciful and equally beautiful story. Mostly it was delivered, but in MY OPINION (and I make that clear) I believe it has lost focus.
*** SPOILER ALERT ***

Story 9:
At the time it was written it was an unexplored theme, I was hooked by the anime and plunged headlong into the manga. Otakus dealing with his comical situations, Hirotaka being the exception the rule ... ignoring all criticism from society and showing that he can have a good time even if he lives in that honest way. Beautiful, if it weren't all that happened after chapter 31, I'll explain later (and that's why I didn't get 10).

Art 7:
It is not beautiful, but it has its moments, when they are key frames, the features receive a special treatment and it becomes something fantastic. But overall it is just good.

Character 8:
Here begins my most severe criticisms. I loved the impression that Hirotaka is in love and Momose falls in love during the plot (in real life it is like that, the 2 are never on the same frequency, it is a maturation), it was great. It was fantastic to see how in the climax Hirotaka managed to take the lead in the situation (as in the kissing situation during the night of their turn), but that was lost. The story is about otakus and mainly, about Hirotaka being an otaku who is not ashamed of what he is and can handle situations in his own way, but that was lost after chapter 31. He who seemed to be a well resolved adult and who thought he was childish only in the sentimental issue, started to act totally childish. It wasn't a progression or character development for me, it was a regression. Momose and the other characters are doing very well, their developments look OK, but there is something that makes me upset, THIS is looking like an elementary school shoujo. They are 26 years old, Momose isn’t even a virgin anymore, but they can’t overcome the hand-holding part after 45 chapters with a single kiss across the sleeve. Honestly, this is a joke. And there could be no kissing, but seeing the relationship mature, as with Kabakura and Koyanagi. For Hirotaka and Momose it still looks like the same relationship of a covered child and a zealous mother and Nao arrived to make this situation even worse (and it is not Nao's fault). So these two points that are taken away from me are the sole responsibility of the regression of the character Hirotaka (IN MY OPINION).

Enjoyment 8:
If you can take a shoujo that was supposed to be more mature (with respect to the age of the characters that all exceed 25 years old), but it seems like a first high school romance, it's really a fantastic work (and yes, I don't regret ).

What a fantastic surprise. I left this anime on hold for over two years, only to find out how fantastic it is. During the COVID-19 pandemic I was looking for something joyful and I only found those tedious harems where the hero is extremely kind and full of virtues while the heroines are weak and always in need of help, in Baka to Test, forget all that!

Story: 8
The story is completely unreal, which already makes the purpose of the work clear, making you laugh with the most stereotyped events possible while playing with jargon from other works like Saint Seiya, Yu-gi-oh, among others. The school's ... students are divided into hierarchical grades based on grades that fight each other for privileges. It looks horrible, but it's fantastic (and it's not because of the synopsis, it's how it was done). Yes it is! It has romantic comedy because after all it is a harem. And no, it is not a harem where the protagonist will look like an idiot alienated from the heroines' feelings until the end of the work, so indulge yourself in this work!

Art: 9
Watch in HD please. The effects, the details, the filters, are all exaggerated and perfectly complete the work. The way in which the art director expresses battles is simply fantastic, whether showing it as a board game or as a turn-based RPG. It's hilarious.

Sound: 8
I really liked the sound of the second season, it increased slightly in the first.

Character: 9
Thats a point!With a generic synopsis story with a niche (harem) so full of not so good works, why would this be any different? The answer is this question, characters. Each is extremely stereotyped, but escapes in a comical way by showing that he is lampooning stereotypes of the harem genre. A strong heroine (Minami), a princess (Himeji) and other very strong stereotypes are presented, but perfectly presented, making the work satisfactory.

Enjoyment: 9
2 seasons in 3 days, that answers this question.

I usually write review only when the work is bad, to warn people and not to make them waste the time I wasted. Yes, taste is individual, but I think it's fair to say what not to expect from a work that sometimes deceives us. But this is the first anime that obligatorily made me come here and write that although everything seems absurdly obvious, a generic synopsis and very stereotyped characters, this work is fantastic.

Forgive my flawed English, it is not my mother lang. Hug o7

What a fantastic surprise. I left this anime on hold for over two years, only to find out how fantastic it is. During the COVID-19 pandemic I was looking for something joyful and I only found those tedious harems where the hero is extremely kind and full of virtues while the heroines are weak and always in need of help, in Baka to Test, forget all that!

Story: 8
The story is completely unreal, which already makes the purpose of the work clear, making you laugh with the most stereotyped events possible while playing with jargon from other works like Saint Seiya, Yu-gi-oh, among others. The school's ... students are divided into hierarchical grades based on grades that fight each other for privileges. It looks horrible, but it's fantastic (and it's not because of the synopsis, it's how it was done). Yes it is! It has romantic comedy because after all it is a harem. And no, it is not a harem where the protagonist will look like an idiot alienated from the heroines' feelings until the end of the work, so indulge yourself in this work!

Art: 9
Watch in HD please. The effects, the details, the filters, are all exaggerated and perfectly complete the work. The way in which the art director expresses battles is simply fantastic, whether showing it as a board game or as a turn-based RPG. It's hilarious.

Sound: 7
Good! Nothing fantastic here, it flows very well with the work but does not stand out

Character: 9
Thats a point!With a generic synopsis story with a niche (harem) so full of not so good works, why would this be any different? The answer is this question, characters. Each is extremely stereotyped, but escapes in a comical way by showing that he is lampooning stereotypes of the harem genre. A strong heroine (Minami), a princess (Himeji) and other very strong stereotypes are presented, but perfectly presented, making the work satisfactory.

Enjoyment: 9
2 seasons in 3 days, that answers this question.

I usually write review only when the work is bad, to warn people and not to make them waste the time I wasted. Yes, taste is individual, but I think it's fair to say what not to expect from a work that sometimes deceives us. But this is the first anime that obligatorily made me come here and write that although everything seems absurdly obvious, a generic synopsis and very stereotyped characters, this work is fantastic.

Forgive my flawed English, it is not my mother lang. Hug o7

I came from the anime. And reading the manga until the thirtieth chapter I understand perfectly why this work did not have a second season. I don't like shoujos, but this one sold very well in the first arc as something unconventional, more positive, with comedy and a good developement of the characters. However, from the arch of the sand, it became just another generic shoujo and in this theme it is simply not good.

How is a strategist king able to unify the "world" easily manipulated by a woman who can't even tell right from wrong? Yes, this is a cliché recipe for shoujos, so ... there was no anime adaptation of the second season, because it would just be bad. As of the thirtieth chapter, I read only the concluding chapters of each arc, I no longer attached myself.

A pity, it could have been a lot bigger and maybe stood out, but he opted for "safe". The way they turned Livius into a complete idiot and the repetition of Nike's stupidity spoiled absolutely everything.

Because of that, I can only apologize to those who disagree, but it is my opinion. I hope you will also apologize for my English, it is not my native language.

Dragon Ball Supers.
The last act could be something grandiose, but it seems to have been adapted to hastily which resulted in not taking advantage of great characters.

They created a charismatic adversary (Jiren) to the point of competing with freeza in this question. but they gave strength to goku of the power of friendship (referring to One Piece and that is one of the reasons why I never enjoyed One Piece). This put an end to all my expectations. Dragon Ball never took things to that side, the character trained and became stronger and defeated his opponent, this thing of receiving infinite power from everywhere ... is simply shit.

Story (1): Pathetic. Good synopsis ... but bad adaptation.

Art (3): Much improved in the final chapters. But who does not remember the memes created with the deformed art of all series Supers.

Sound (7): Good. With nothing to add.

Characters (7): They are the same of the whole series, can not be bad. But many were not well taken advantage of.

Sorry for my English, it's not my native language. This is my opinion on the worst Dragon Ball since the GT.