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This one is a weird one in that I only just found out that the author wrote and drew “Those Who Hunt Elves” or basically isekai way way way before everyone decided to ruin the “genre”. The art style is so lively it looks totally different than his previous work which was much more standard. This manga has a more noodly and storyboard like approach to it's art that I really enjoy. But as a trade off it is short as heck, only 3 volumes. I feel like it could have been a lot longer by how it was set up but it was ... an oddly cute read all the same.

I find the art and the fact that it ran for a really perfect amount of time to be the stand out qualities of this series. This one was so interesting to me back in the day that I picked up all the volumes as they were coming out.
It's a tight series.
What I mean by tight is that it ran for an amount of time to have a good few arcs that began and ended, had it’s overarching plot that was interesting, had a colorful character cast, and then finished with very little loose ends to tie up. The author has a really ... nice art style for horror work, he knows how to make monsters look good, and his ink work is strong. The art is very non standard for manga bringing to mind a lot of German illustration at times, it’s very detailed inside. It’s just a really solid 8/10 with some problems to be sure but just something that feels kind of comforting to read in a sea of stuff that just goes on too long or stuff that gets axed too early.

Bathing is something both Rome and Japan hold dear as not only an act to get oneself clean but also as an act of socialization. Based on this concept we find our hero Lucius, a down on his luck architect from ancient Rome transported to modern Japan through the baths he comes to love to learn all about the art of the bath and to experience a major case of culture shock every time he shows up. It’s a relatively short and sweet manga, with a heavy base in comedy.

I love this manga because of the incredibly silly premise that is taken ... quite seriously. You come out of the manga learning a lot as well as being entertained. The historical sections are incredibly well researched.

While the production values were very high and the sound, animation and art all looked and played wonderfully I couldn't get past the storyline that was confusing even to itself. There was so much needles drama and the ever present love trapezoid that really didn't need to exist for as long as it did.
It was too steeped in it's own melodrama for it's own good, I feel it could have been greater.