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The mom is very cute and chubby and bubbly. Also the daughter mc is cute too I guess.
As of me writing this (4 chapters in) the story has not advanced much, but they are clearly building up to the mc picking up the sport of pole-dancing, contrasting her tomboyish tendencies and desire not to srtand out and instead be "normal", instilled by a turbulent life with her mom.

The series starts off endearing and well-drawn, why not give it a shot?

(lol, MAL is not letting me publish this until I write a longer review for this 4 chapter series, so I guess this paragraph works ... as padding, what a crap system! The score included is also just because you are forced to include a nummerical score with your review, super reductive and out-dated, MAL sucks hard on god frfrfr)

More than I expected, would be how I would summarize this series in brief.

I came to Species Domain looking for cute fantasy girls doing cute things and I was not disappointed, since there are a lot of really cute expressions and some genuinely funny moments. However I was surprised that this manga did seem to go the extra mile whenever the chance, be that through plot twists, attention to detail to secondary characters or just a heartfelt, honest examination of it's characters.

For a non-spoiler example elve/dwarf/other fantasy people are not just born in the world of Species Domain, but swapped with other human babies. This ... is a nod to the changeling stories and fairy tales in our world, but aside from that I felt it was somewhat needlessly complicated, since the premise of fantasy people born into a otherwise realistic world did not require it.
However the manga uses that premise to actually explore the feelings of both the main cast and their families, acknowledging the complicated feelings that come with the main characters all being basically adopted.

At the end of the day, it's a fun read and not a heavy drama, but it's not shallow by any means and also manages to be entertaining on a baseline level throughout.

COWARDS! DAMN, DIRTY COWARDS!
This manga has been listed by 2,000+ users, but nobody ever wrote a review until now. Coincidence? Nope, I think a lot y'all are too embarassed and immature to discuss this series like proper adults. Pathetic!

Premise: There is a condition that makes men cum diamonds at the cost of their lifespan, while also secreting attracting pheromones. Our MC has this condition.

Positives: This series combines the over the top scenario's and pretend-seriousness of something like "World's End Harem" with the light-hearted silliness of a sex comedy, think American Pie. There are a lot of funny lines and absurd scenes depicted skillfully by ... a experienced mangaka.

Negatives: Can get repetitive sometimes, characters are not anything special.

Meme Potential: Tons of it, if this had an anime you would be seeing screencaps and memes of it everywhere.

tl;dr It's pretty good.

Glaucos is one of those titles that made me lament the fact that only a handful of seinen titles without an anime adaptation are recognised and discussed by the general weeb community. One of these series is undoubtedly Morning Magazine's flagship title Vagabond, but I actually think Glaucos would be very appreciated by the same kind of audience that story enjoys. Fans of series like Mushishi or the Climber will probably also get something out of it.

It's a beautifully detailed manga with loads of nuanced facial expressions that takes a meditative look at nature and the sea through the lense of a prodigious free diver, ... drawing on buddhist and classical mythology to illustrate it's points. While in my opinion the gross negligience of some characters is not appropriately called out to the extent it should be and the pacing gets abrupt at parts, there still is basically nobody I would not recommend Glaucos too. A very engaging, expertly crafted, short series.

A over the top silly harem concept executed quickly, with great art and cheeky humor.
The monster girls are fairly humanoid, but the author (who I was surprised to learn also did the more popular Killing Bites) clearly put some thought behind what each sort of insect would have as their charm points in a human context, giving you a few enotomology facts along the way.
It's worth the read if you are not opposed to nudity/ecchi, you won't miss a masterpiece, but it's a fun thing you can waste half an hour on. If series like Rent A Girlfriend get loads of volumes and anime, Konchuki ... also deserves some love.

Unfortunately this show looks really bad, like have you ever noticed how weird the producers eyebrows are. Aside from that everything tends to look very flat and the patterns of the outfits are pretty bad.

There were some decent jokes, but way too much straigth man pointing out the joke-ism, especially unnecessary since all the characters are roughly equally depraved, which too could have been used for humor but was rarely.

This is primarily a fetish show with a slight idol aesthetic, which is fine, but most of the fetishes did not appeal to me like smell fetishism, light yandere or the main girl constantly pissing herself. ... I kinda like the contrast between broccoli girl and cow tits girls though. As far as the idol part goes it's kinda lame that the group can always lean on successful fans/family members for everything.

You should read it, it's worth the short while you will spent on it.

I've checked out this short horror manga, because of the Ryukishi07 name and was pleasently surprised by how much I ended up enjoying it.
The length obviously does not allow for a similar level of complexity and depth as the likes of Higurashi or Umineko and many of the topics, such a superstition, bullying and a critique of the japanese education system are pretty familiar, but the story as a whole still feels pretty fresh and has a fairly unique protagonist. The art is also great at conveying atmosphere and is not ... afraid to get both more ugly and realistic at times than common to many manga.

While the story touches on some relatively dark subject matter it does not go into gratuitous territoy and does not come off as too preachy either. It's a quick read that won't waste your time and deserves a bit more love from horror and When They Cry fans, even if it's not exceptional.

Disclaimer: This review is not coming from a huge KnK fan. I do not dislike the series and thus far every movie had at least one unique and interesting thing to offer. This one however is easily the worst and I am honestly baffled that it has such a high score.

Characters: Well the usual suspects, Shiki, Mikiya and Touko are their usual selfes and do not get significantly challenged or developed, as to be expected of a side-story that is not needed to understand the main plot. The movie introduces quite a few new characters with two female ones feeling painfully bland and tropey, with ... one loli in particular just coming off as a ripoff of loli Rin Tohsaka (from the Fate franchise), which is especially disappointing, because of the position she has in the story. (to say more would be spoilery) The loli zettai ryoiki also clashes hard with the overall tone of KnK. Besides that the characters are basically entirely governed by the themes of this movie so talking about them as characters is barely necessary.

Themes: The themes center around future and past, about precognition, the despair it can bring and the determination that is needed to forge ones own path.
They are very TIRED and BASIC.
Of course somebody who foresaw a terrible event would essentially have to suffer twice.
Of course precognition could lead to a destructive dterministic mindset.
Of course precognition that obviously allows you to alter the future in directions you desire is actually a neat ability to have and so forth.

Honestly I can not imagine that any intelligent person who thought about the subject would be confronted with anything that is new or not obvious here. Prophecy is an element in so many fantasy stories that it would be hard not to gain an understanding of it that far exceeds this movie.

Presentation: In one word: lackluster. Both the direction and animation feel more basic than in other KnK movies, not helped by the fact that the movie is set mostly in normal anime daylight. There is still the occassional cool-looking shot, but thats about it. It is also the first KnK movie in which I did not take note and appreciate the soundtrack. These flaws make other elements common in the series stand out even more as negatives, like the exposition. A fair chunk of the movie is just Mikiya having a exposition scene in a bar, with some girl. It honestly strongly reminded me of Sword Art Online in that regard. The movie is also among the longer ones in the series, which lead to me getting more and more annoyed as it went on.

In comparison say Garan no Dou (the fourth movie) had at the very least as much to say about interesting themes of psychology, while progressing the overall story and with a better presentation, in half the running time, yet it somehow has a worse score.