Aug 1, 2023
Ichinose-ke no Taizai's first twelve or so chapters do an outstanding job at tricking you into believing it will be good. The art is fun, the dialogue poignant and the mystery interesting above all else. I won't get into deep spoilers as the point of this review is not to waste the time of those who already know just how magnificently this manga declined, but to instead save the time of those who are lucky enough to have never had any hope in it in the first place. Of course, that means I can't say much past chapter one, but so be it—I would much
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rather it just remain a memory anyway.
At first, the story of Ichinose-ke no Taizai presents itself as an exceedingly simple one. Following an accident, a family of six all wake up in a hospital to find themselves riddled with amnesia. The character we mainly follow is one of these six—Tsubasa Ichinose. And to give the manga some credit, the dynamic between him and his family is one of the few things I did enjoy even in its more recent chapters.
However, that simple plot quickly becomes convoluted. Favouring twists over sensible storytelling, I left every chapter feeling more annoyed than the last; whereas a good mystery will have me asking questions, I can't do that with Ichinose-ke no Taizai as I just know it will give me a migraine. I'm not even sure what the end goal is anymore. And so instead of checking back every week with pain medication in hand—unsure as to how long the author plans on making me suffer—I will be dropping this for now.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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