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As good as it gets? Probably not. A fun heart-warming story none-the-less? Most definitely.

Psuedo Harem or Gigi Harem is a take on the harem genre that sort of gives you everything you want without the pain of having to choose a girl at the end of the series. I say sort of because it never really made me feel like there were multiple people and that the way they used the harem kinda was just for jokes and for the occasional heart-warming / super emotional moment. Which I find to be good.

Compared to other manga like Quintessential Quintuplets, this one lacks the same drama so ... if you were expecting something like that based on the name, I recommend you change your expectations or reconsider reading the manga.

Chapters are short, around 4 pages each, and it's all pretty damn fun. More similar to a 4-koma with plot, you feel me?

all in all it was a fun ride from start to finish even if the wait for chapters seemed long. 8/10

This shit is so awful its insane.

For a story that starts off with a great hook and most importantly a great premise in the form of escaping an island it sounded like a great read for someone who's been reading trash isekai for a while and had a gem every now and then.

However, this was not what I expected, the blatant input of sex scenes for no reason at all, the retconning to fit a new narrative, and above all, terrible terrible world-building and a terrible way of explaining everything in the story.

We're introduced to this world yet we don't learn anything about it. I ... still don't know where half the terms they were talking about actually mean and only realized HEAVILY KEY FACTORS in the story on the LAST COUPLE CHAPTERS. Exposition isn't the best, but not knowing what the fuck is going on for a lackluster resolution that ends on sex scene is ridiculous.

This shit could have been good, I hate the word potential but it had it and completely blew it in favor of a single-minded narrative with no overarching theme and quite literally got rid of any character growth that could have happened in favor for the ending to be happy instead of make sense.

I don't think anyone should read this, genuinely, but if you do let me know what you think.

ok so this girl is beyond cute.

oh and also the rest of the manga is cool I guess. The story is kind of slice-of-life esque so there isn't much going on but it's still fun to read. Characters are cool, especially the girl, i mean she's literally called a saint in the manga and rightfully so.

enjoyment 9/10 but lets be real this type of manga is that feel good shit but doesn't really have a story so it gets a 7 from me. I do think it has some cool backstory stuff, at least the parts that aren't cliched which isn't a lot but beyond ... that its the sort of "you are also an otaku, our main character's an otaku, there's a cute girl, come read." oh and i fell for that trap

all in all? read it.

I'm sort of disappointed.

MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD

In this manga, there seems to be this allure that I was most definitely grabbed by and swung around by a thread. However, said allure does not last as after 56 chapters later (and some reading light novel endings / manga endings from japanese readers as it seems to not be translated anymore) I grew this little sense of disdain that amounted to more as the ending came about.

Such an ending which we probably all have seen is the most disappointing way to end a series as it doesn't end it but leaves an imaginary blank. For those who really ... like this type of ending this manga is a tier, the plot is good, the characters are well developed even though most of them don't even have proper names, and even more so the world is built really well.

However that ending sort of ruins all of that for me as if you're squandering potential. So, that's how it is.

6/10, better ending and its a 9/10.

Let's talk about plunderer shall we?

This series is categorized under a sort of adventure, romance, magic sort of genre even though it's not entirely sticking true to any of the tropes in those. It has some good writing and the long-term plot is built up through each and every encounter very well to the point where you'll see something and realize that everything has purpose. Something that should be normal in storytelling but isn't in manga. (see chekhov's gun if you wanna know more about that)

However, it has it's problems, and mainly with consistency. It feels a lot of the time that I'm questioning what ... the fuck is actually happening or it feels like something else should have happened. Maybe someone should have died here but instead they live by some sort of deus ex machina type shit and so-on-so-forth. Even if it isn't a deus ex machina the explanations aren't there to make it feel like we should be believing in this outcome so it makes everything feel so half-hearted.

Along with that how they treat the female characters is a staple of almost every shonen yet. Feels like if they were better developed it would be much better, but not the biggest problem.

I do want to say that even with these problems it's still pretty decent. There's good characters with actual backstories, the characters feel real, and every action most of them do is within character. There are some characters that are especially showing of this and are probably my favorite part of the manga.

All in all? Read it if you enjoy this type of manga, don't if you're against it. It's not too long so if you're on edge what's there to lose?

What a phenomenal concept.

As a review this is my biggest compliment to this manga, the idea of all of it is amazing and to show off different characters with these unique strengths reminds me of other greats. The shonen-junky in me really enjoys all the fight scenes and all the rapid plot developments, especially towards the final act.

The only problem I had with it is things felt a bit off. I'm not quite sure what I mean but some chapters felt like they should've lasted 3 or 4 and some fights felt like they should've taken even longer. The end fight confuses me the most, ... all of that planning and beefing this guy as the most insane enemy for that? Really sort of a letdown, the same thing goes with the wedding. It makes sense in concept of how it's fully empty and the timeskip all makes sense but it's still a letdown and feels off compared to the rest of the tone of the series.

There were times I really enjoyed it, and times I didn't. I think Jesus is one of the coolest characters with the most interesting dualities but I also think Haruka is as well. Places of ingenious character writing are written everywhere and I think it's really good in that essence but it just always feels off.

I think it's a 6/10. If everything fleshed together it could've easily been a 9/10 but the disconnects between some arcs and the sometimes awkward panel design with equally awkward skips in fights that later retcon them makes the story flow much poorer than expected. I still enjoyed it, but objectively I can't give it anything higher.

Let's talk about Unlimited Fafnir shall we?

This manga is by all accounts a harem, built with some mecha-esque elements and so on so forth it's a battle action that reminds me of Darling in the Franxx yet fails to reach that peak of intrigue that Darling in the FranXX had. At least in the first couple episodes.

I think personally this manga could've prospered if given more chapters, it ends on a note that leaves so many questions unsolved and I don't think it was out of choice.

The 21 chapters that is alloted is all to introduce characters, the dragons, and deepen relationships however those ... relationships don't go anywhere nor does our mc's problem.

Said problem was kind of what was keeping me hooked, I wanted to know how he dealt with it but I was never given the resolved ending I wanted.

All in all I think this manga doesn't deserve the highest praise, it had potential and there were some aspects that were absolutely gripping but not enough chapters and some other problems plague the manga.

TLDR: Mid-tier harem/romance manga that has unanswered questions plague the otherwise interesting manga.

Alright, before we start, don't get me wrong I like to read trashy isekai's to spend my time and honestly I'll read almost anything as long as it can kill time, these trashy isekais included. With that, these isekais have all grown to be the same plot with different characters and even I'm not sure how I can stand to read these over and over again.

With that out of the way let's get started.

This is so mediocre it's crazy, the plot is nothing special, the art is typical for an isekai, characters are shallow except the MC who has to go through this mass exodus ... and beat this other guy because he was given powers by god and such and finally my enjoyment and overall score was so average that I used it to pass the time.

So with that in mind this manga gets a 5, it's average, terribly so, there's nothing special from this isekai to the next. If you're like me however and need some trash isekai to spend your time this is the one.

"War doesn't allow for any emotion"

This is one of those hidden-in-the-rough gemstones you'll find every so often, it changes your perception, messes with your emotions, and leaves you crying with a smile on your face. As emphasis, I'd like to say I'm pretty good at holding in my emotions, especially when it comes to storytelling, but this was clearly just not the same for me.

The setting revolves around post-war japan, more specifically, a collage of both before, after, and during the actual war. We see the characters we're introduced to get ripped from their lives, see characters grow old, and then, unfortunately never see them ... again. There's no real telling who lives or who dies, people you expect to make it through might not, people who seem destined to die survive, it gives you this uneasy feeling that racks your brain the whole time you read it.

This format is not lacking structure though, it does a very good job of bringing flashbacks to the present and putting them together. It shows old and new characters with my only qualm being that sometimes it's hard to differentiate who from who but that becomes less and less of a problem as they flush out almost every single character that they introduce.

If anything, this manga does war really well. I heard some problems with various manga and how they tackle war. Be it glorified or perhaps too outspoken a lot of people seem to have a problem as some stories reach out to make everyone's impact feel real. I don't think I can see that with this story. Civilians are hurt, people have rough childhoods, and they keep going. They are then torn from their life and brought to war and it feels too cruel; everyone in the story knows that too. It's tough to read, and hell, it's even tougher to imagine being in a scenario like that.

TLDR: This manga doesn't ever keep you feeling one sort of emotion, it plays around with you and then delivers decisive blows till you can't stand anymore. There's no certainty, no fairness, and no happy ending in war, it portrays that excellently and is a short-bittersweet must-read. It has it's problems but they are so easy to forget when reading.

Run with the wind? Let's talk, shall we?

Sports anime often get this notion of being rather repetitive, same, and often completely boring if you've seen enough of them. This notion is not one I agree with nor one I particularly like as the focus of many of the better-end sports anime's I've watched are based solely around the characters rather than the actual sport. It's sort of a storytelling medium within a storytelling medium to tell a character's story through a sports anime.

So, who are the characters in run with the wind?

They're everything and more, from a nicotine addicted software engineer to a kid who ... can't help but find himself running there's a wide cast and the one thing I just don't get when reading a lot of reviews are the people saying that all 10 members are the same.

In what world? If you're looking at character design, I can see the argument for two pairs of people being the same, one of them being twins, and the other having clearly separable features each time they're both in frame.

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We talking actual personality? Again, only two pairs I can really see fitting this argument, the twins yet again, and the same pair as before, Haiji and Kakeru. The twins grew up together, did everything together, and a main part of their general story arc is that they WERE the same, they had the same hobbies, and people couldn't distinguish them. I think this is blatantly apparent to anyone who actually watched the last couple episodes. With Kakeru and Haiji, it's meant to be like that, they start with a one-sided sort of hate and in the end scene reconcile to be the same in each other's views, they both see each other as the embodiment of running, also VERY apparent if you watch the last episode.

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Now, let's talk about PLOT, there is something really special with how it presents the first couple episodes. Beyond the normal introducing the cast/hideout/guild they introduce the main character and Haiji in a way that pushes their relationship throughout the rest of the story.

Then, it one by one introduces problems, misgivings, and more that each character may have with either running or themselves. It then does this multiple times for each and every character and may even re-visit characters every now and then. People like the MC are obviously given more and more scenes to show his problems but somehow he's not the one who I care the most about in this show. Sure, I find him to be a great main character but because of the plot I find Shindo's problems and general attitude 110% more entertaining, and that's my personal opinion. The same could go for anyone, they could resonate with the MC, or they could resonate with another character in the cast. This is mainly due to the great characters that are also only complimented by the plot.

(Slight spoilers)

Moving towards the end, there is a point where I feel the plot lacks a little bit. Directly after the qualifier, the twins ask if there is even a point and it's at this point that everyone in the cast seems to lose motivation, excluding few individuals. It makes even the viewer lose motivation and though that may seem to be a pro, it's a con in my eyes. I feel as since we're watching their story from mostly Kakeru's POV, that having lost motivation just makes me feel so damn disconnected and makes me question why is this show still going. It's only for a brief couple episodes as the format comes back and they rev out the final race showing each person's care for running and then showing them still having an end goal besides #1.

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Beyond that, the ending feels nice, they give a short epilogue of sorts and yeah that's the end of the story. If it had 24 episodes to give a better epilogue and flesh out some moments during the final race I would've enjoyed that heavily but beggars can't be choosers.

Run with the wind is great, you should watch it.