Jun 3, 2020
Spoilers for pretty much the entire manga.
Domestic Girlfriend. AKA how to develop two characters relationship for 120+ chapters, to then have all of that development be thrown out the window.
Legit...what the hell happened to this manga? What in the world did we do to deserve all of this?
Domestic Girlfriend was something that was very special to me, I genuinely really loved this manga and the story and the characters within. It had an interesting although taboo premise, but that is what made it intriguing. The feelings that I got from this manga is something I've never experienced in any other
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fiction I've read and I know that sounds weird.
For me to rate Domestic Girlfriend I feel like I have to give it 3 different scores:
Chapters 1-225:
These chapters are some of the best you're gonna get, I agree that the first couple of arcs maybe aren't the best but once it gets past where the anime left off it really starts to get good imo. The time when Rui and Natsou are together before they break up is the highlight of this manga, they have the cutest moments together and they are the true couple of this manga
9/10.
225-265
These chapters aren't necessarily bad, but I would be lying if I said that the quality didn't go a bit downhill. A lot of the arcs after 225 feel really pointless and just seems like the author was making things up as she went along. There are some great moments in these chapters I won't deny that but a lot of things just seems so unnecessary and pointless
7/10
265-276
This final arc here is where my big problems start to arise, and why I personally believe that this is the most disappointing ending to a series I've ever seen.
At this point I kinda wanted the manga to just be done and over. Just give me Natsuo and Rui's wedding and then in the final chapter, you can show them together with their newborn child, THE END. Now wouldn't that be a pretty decent ending to the story? No, I guess the author thought that putting Hina in a coma and having Rui and Natsou cancel their wedding for Natsou to repay Hina for "living her life for him" and giving up on them being together was the best possible outcome... After this we skip a couple of years and now have a daughter, the daughter really loves Hina for some reason... After that Rui comes to give Natsuo a marriage registration. I actually had some hoped that it was for them and they just now wanted to do it, but no, of course, it is for him and Hina and they are both completely fine with it...
3/10
None of this makes any sense. None of it does. All of this only happened because the author had apparently planned it all along but decided to do it in the last 6 chapters of her series...
Doing so she has singlehandedly ruined both Natsuos and Ruis character development as well as making their relationship totally pointless now because apparently Natsou has always loved Hina... Are you actually serious? So all the time they were together wasn't genuine? wow...
Story: 6/10
I would have given it a 8,5 but that last arc really took it down. The story is really captivating up to 225 and then it kinda goes downhill and then later becomes a train wreck.
Art 8/10
I don't really have any complaints with the art, I always thought it looked great and it only got better as time went on.
Characters: 6,5/10
Characters only really start to go downhill after chapter 270 and I probably would have given it an 8,5 or a 9, but again these final chapters have done so much damage that it would be impossible for me to give it a higher score.
Overall: 6
My main score will remain a 6 which is probably extremely generous considering everything I've said so far. Reason for this is because despite everything I've said I still have some love for this manga, even though none of it matters anymore.
I can't recommend this at all unless you want to be disappointed and feel like you've wasted your time. Just don't do it. What the author did was disrespectful to her fans and I certainly won't read any of her future works.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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