Back to honilock's Profile honilock's Profile

Woah, haven't had a straight 10/10 in a while..

I loved this onec. The humor is great, the characters are entertaining and grow to insane lengths and I want to pinch Koma-chan's cheeks so baad, she's ADORABLE!

Let's go in order:
1. Story is amazing. Behind all the comedy is an actual survival situation and I learned a lot from Yatsumi-san's explanations (automatically a bonus point in my book if I learn something new). The fake office-style organisation that took place was pretty creepy from a dystopian POV; no matter the situation, behave like in the office, be a drone and all that; but it worked out for ... them with a few adjustments so towards the end they worked like a unit and survived healthier than the whole world expected. Great ending, I really have no complaints. Every plot point was explored and everyone's happy.

Oh wait, the one little thing I loved is that Yatsum-sensei made Komatsu a newbie without much previous experience with Kouto. This way the manga didn't need to include past gripes and problems that just wouldn't fit in the story (excluding Someya, he's just an incel). Everything revolved around the current situation and what followed? Next to no flashbacks. I know it's basically rocket science to mangaka but we don't like 4 chapters of flashbacks, we will like it better without that.

10/10 for the story


2. Characters are all awesome, even if not as deep as some other manga. I always appreciate when a mangaka knows their characters perfectly and doesn't compkicate them too much. Seiko is a 29yo on the hunt for a man, that's her character that she has to grow out of and that's what she does. No ex stories and no past encounters with Koutou. Current situation. Someya has some history with the buchou but it isn't personal, he's just jealous of Koutou taking away all the attention so he projects it on the situation. The current situation.

This isn't a deep manga, and the characters are, from an outsider's POV, pretty shallow (except for the leads). The thing is, they're fine like that. They have a role to play in the story and they do it perfectly.

10/10 for the characters


3. The art is amazing. I like the personalised style and like usual with these manga, I came out with around 100 screenshots for my reaction folder XD. Also, sleeping Komatsu is the most adorable thing in the world..

This one is biased but 10/10 for the art.



Please, please read this manga! Not only is it cute asf, funny, doki doki as all hell, informational etc., it's only 30 chapters. Yeah, some insane arcs happen in just 30 chapters. Just this is proof that those 500-1000 chapters mangas are insane. Yeah, I'm dunking on One Piece fans, y'all aren't normal...
Anyways, I recommend this so much!

I love this. A scientific look at love, I've been looking for this for a VERY long time.

I don't really understand love so tis was an interesting look into a rational perspecitve on the case.

In my research I've come to a similar resolution. Romance is calculable to a certain point where after that it's completely random. You can't determine who a certain person will fall for. No matter how much you calculate, currently there's no concrete theory on who a certain person will like.
This anime pushed me forward in my exploration of love/attraction.

Sure it's easy to see what attracts a certain person to another physically, ... but after that it's open to the individual. Maybe there's a correlation between attraction and love though I don't see it yet byt I'll look into it more.

Currently this is a 9/10 for me, check out my review for season 2. That one's a 10/10 imo so it's gonna be way more positive

This manga is so weird... On one point there's so much great about it, with the art at the forefront, but the story is horribly paced. Events that aren't connected are spliced together without any transitions and I had to go back a few times to understand what was happening. It feels rushed through and through and I don't know if it was axed but somehow kept going for more chapters than the mangaka thought?

The story is a disaster. There's a general outline but it's all so barebones and shallow that it feels like a series of "happenings" more than a coherent story. I get ... that it's a slice-of-life but it's a bit too carefree. You have a dialogue progressing the plot and then it randomly switches to people doing random things that are completely unrelated and it sometimes even ends the chapter like that. I can't imagine following this manga while it was coming out, I'd probably have dropped it.
5/10 at most.

The characters are pretty boring and mostly get nowhere despite them talking about changing. Because of the lackluster nature of the story arcs or progression in any way isn't possible and doesn't happen, or it happens out of nowhere. The romance between Aoi and Masashi is hinted at the start, then she's a complete asshole to him for 90% of the story but he still pursues her and she gets jealous of him interacting with girls as well. It's all so random and goes nowhere until it does and I was left just confused at what I'd just read.
6/10

The art is the one thing that is amazing. The normal artstyle is pretty unique, albeit a bit odd at times. It mostly has a serious seinen feel but then there are some really comical and cartoony facial expressions that come out of nowhere. It doesn't hurt it though.
Then there are the colored in panels. There are LITERAL PAINTINGS in here as panels! The first painting is so beautiful I want it in real life..
9/10 I really liked the art.


It's so confusing, having such a gap between the criteria.. On one hand you have a terrible story, which is completely overshadowed by the insane art. The whole thing doesn't have any rereadability but I'll save all the paintings because they're breathtaking.
If I had to recommend something, scroll through the manga to the colored pages and just enjoy the art. The story isn't worth reading, really.

Once again Eda-sensei blows me away. First it was with Bonnouji, I'd never read such a realistic love story before and it's been in my top favourite manga since I finished it.
I found this one through recommendations and only then realised it was hers. Suffice to say she did a splendid job here as well.

I started reading romcoms and romances for exactly the same reason as this manga's main theme. I'm still trying to work out what love is though I'm more satisfied with just being an observer. I don't have the mental capacity to start a relationship so I rather watch and mull it ... over by myself. Koi wa Hikari definitely gave me a big bite to chew XD and also taught me a lot, especially the afterword. I found myself straying off the main theme and just wanting the Kitashira route to be the ending when the manga isn't about that at all. I definitely have a different outlook on love now and will try to think about it in more unique ways like this.

The story is a straight 10/10, I'd give it an 11 if I could. It's not a romance, it's more like a philosophical paper trying to explain love. And I loved it. Every relationship is deep and nuanced and the characters slowly realise a somewhat concrete theory by the end. Just like Bonnouji it doesn't have any explosive emotions or doki doki inducing scenes but explores its themes seriously and maturely.
Again, 10/10

The characters are a 10 as well. Everyone goes through a major arc but doesn't completely change, more like they improve who they are. I percieved their growth similarly to what I went through in the last year going to therapy. You don't completely change character, you just realise some big things and get a new outlook on the problem that's been bugging you. And it doesn't have to be solved by the end, it's already good if you're placed on a more defined path, just like Saijou and Shinonome.

The art is one of my personal favourites. It compliments the story by not being flashy and makes at least myself relate much more because the characters don't come out cartoony. I also like the smug faces, did in Bonnouji as well.
I usually have a hard time ranking art as I'm not an artist but from an immersion POV I have to give it at least a 9/10 (10/10 is reserved only for Kotoyama-sensei)


So, I guess this one's a straight shot for me. It's masterfully written, very complex and explores themes I've never thought about before. I recommend it very much if you're up for some deep philosophy and keep away if you want romance (at least save it under 'plan to read' for when you want to think a bit).

I found this manga a few levels of recommendeds deep and had the "huh, cute" thought a couple chapters in. Then the weeb made a very distinct face and I had a sudden deja vu. No way. And it actually was Morishita Suu!!
Looks like I can't get away from them, huh?
Anyways, a super cute little manga that really brightened my morning today. As always Morishita is a master of doki dokis (Kagen literally caught one XD).

The story is quick and to the point. Kagen comes from the Moon to make Taiyou fall in love with her so she can eat him. Then she learns more ... about Earth's culture and doesn't want to eat him anymore and they live happily ever after.
It set out to be cute, overachieved the effect and left me clutching my chest, giggling to myself for 20mins after. Lovely.
9/10

The characters are basic, I didn't really care about anyone but Kagen. Even Taiyou is pretty bland and has no growth so I only paid attention to the princess going through culture shock and changing herself and probably her whole society by falling for an earthling AND not eating him.
6/10 maybe more chapters would flesh some of them out a bit.

The art of course cranks the adorable to eleven. If you're familiar with the author you probably don't expect anything less.
If you don't, go read Hibi Chouchou and A Sign of Affection right now. That's an order.
10/10

Of course this manga didn't rub off on me as much as Morishita's other works so I'm just going to shout out the other works again. If you want shoujo that isn't just female thirst fantasies and actually humanises its characters, Morishita is the author for you. Can't remember how many times I've reread Hibi Chouchou XD

I love this manga. If you see a negative review, check out how many chapters in they are. I guarantee 90% of the time it will be under 20.
Yes, Hayase teases Hachiouji and that's most of their primary interactions but he quickly starts firing back and suddenly she finds herself blushing and getting jealous over any other girl laying a finger on him.

This latest (and probably last, though I hope not) arc is just pure wholesomeness with Nagatoro spice added so it still distinguishes itself from backwater romcoms after 125 chapters.

It's been close to six years since the series started and it feels so weird ... for it to go into its final run. I felt the same shock when Kaguya-sama was finishing and I personally didn't like it one bit. Give me more! I hope we get a beautiful ending from Nanashi and remember Nagatoro for a long time.


Well, I probably have to review it too, huh..

The story is fun and simple. A schoolgirl discovers a senpai with no self confidence and starts teasing him but quickly starts fancying him. Add to the mix all of the insane side characters and their hijinks and you get a great comedy with a so far pretty satisfying romance.
8/10

The characters are great. Every one has personality and a well written role in the story. Nanashi often stays true to his roots and creates scenes you'd rarely see in this genre anymore (man I miss the golden era of ecchi, 1998-2009...) so you never know how far they will go. I've long since given up on expecting less from the art club president, she's off her rocks XD.
A nice 9/10, I adore everyone.

The art is unique and the prime reason why the manga is so famous. Nanashi is an illustrator first after all, eh? The character models range from cute to outright scary and the animal forms of Nagatoro and the Sunomiya sisters are prime anime material. I hope so bad the whole thing is animated because you have to experience it all to really appreciate it.
10/10 I love everything about the art (plus I'm a sucker for the not so crisp but with moments of "clarity" in important scenes approach)


This is one of the manga that introduced me to the romcom genre and I've been following it since almost the beginning. I highly recommend it to everyone and will not take negative criticism unless one has read it whole.
Nanashi has outdone themself and I can't wait for the next chapter.

I'm going straight to the point. I'm always having a hard time accepting such great boyfriends in shoujo manga even though I'm wayy more pissed at the shounen ones who aren't completely devoted (love triangles are aa disease on the medium). I guess they always surprise me and make me a bit concerned about myself. Like damn, this man saw the girl once and gets her immediately, flows through the relationship like a butterfly and stings with doki dokis like a bee.

All personal qualms aside I loved this manga. It's miles better than the usual steamy trash that many shoujo are. I know it's fun ... reading something so explosively romantic your heart almost gives but in the end you're just burnt out. Ichinohe-san probably agrees with me because she created a healthy couple who overcame their problems and grew together. I've only really seen this done by Suu Morishita before. At least in shoujo. So congrats to her. :)


The story is cute and very mature for a highschool manga. All twists and problems are valid and realistic for people of their ages and are resolved in a shockingly normal way (I was waiting for a fierce battle for Masamune between Koeda and Hagiwara but then he got together with Koeda in like five chapters and left me completely dumbfounded; Hagiwara's confession also went by so quickly I didn't even really take it in until way later when she scolded Koeda for not being a good enough girlfriend that she gave him up for).
Yes, the sets are nothing special, all the usual festivals and school trips happen (although I have to mention, seeing Kiyomizu-dera being renovated (it really was being renovated at that time) was a breath of fresh air, otherwise I don't ever wanna see that building again unless irl..) but the story isn't about that, it explores the characters and the sets are just tools to help that. And it succeeds at that with a 10/10

The characters themselves are great although the MCs mainly hog the story to themselves and we don't get much out of the side characters (I'm still waiting for the En-chan side story.......) only when they interact with the two. But these two are executed masterfully. Remember when a hairpin meant so much one fell in love just because someone found it for them? Yeah, me neither and I WANT TO GO BACK! Such innocent times.. Seems Ichinohe-san managed to nurture her inner child long enough to create some great and realistic highschooler to warm everyone's hearts.
10/10

The art is really hard for me to rate in shoujo because I simply hate the usual artstyle. The botoxed lips and huge hands and feet almost disgust me every time I stumble upon one. So it was really refreshing seeing Ichinohe-san mix her style with shounen tropes and not going extreme (I've seen some truly horrifying stuff so I loudly sighed with relief here XD). I loved the goofy reactions and toned down romantic scenes. It doesn't need to be surrounded by giant roses and threads of fate to send the message.
9/10


I recommend this manga if you're looking for a good, realistic highschool flick that might even help you if you have problems with your body. Might as well be called Acceptance XD. But yeah, this is definitely not a basic shoujo. Imagine a good shounen slice-of-life but topped off with a mature, beautiful and healthy relationship. What more could you want?

This was so interesting! Funny enough I found this manga while searching for a short romcom.
"Oh, another middle school romcom with a bit of fantasy, something like Sore wa Rei no Shiwaza desu". Boy was I surprised...

The story never backed down, it was a wild ride from the first panel to the last. It even explored the effects of living through multiple lifetimes! It's one of the rarest instances of time travel related themes and it's done well which makes me so happy. It's basically seven isekai joined by an overarching story which makes it insane that Satoshi managed to cram it all into 45 ... chapters.
Coming back to the way Fuuta was affected, I've maybe seen one or two similar concepts explore this while normal isekai (I see the genre as closest) just ignore that when someone is reborn they still have a lifetime behind them. A normal human couldn't just restart and act normally as a baby (I can only remember Mushoku Tensei commenting on this a bit but not much more). I applaud Satoshi for this specifically.


I give the story a pure 10/10. It's stories like this that keep the manga space new and fresh. If you're like me you quickly became bored of all the One Piece, Bleach, and SAO clones (as shit as it is, SAO did push isekai into the limelight). I don't care about Demon Slayer or Black Clover, I've read about 30 of each already under different names. Even if the story is great it's nothing new and ultimately fails imo. It's the same as the countless Twilight clones or Tolkien copiers.
Spirit Circle came in with a fresh take on time travel and soul connections. It also didn't bother with unnecessary developments and world building. I usually love these two parts in a story but this wasn't one that needed them.
Just like we don't need to know where exactly Aragorn was 30 years before meeting Frodo we don't need to know everything about each of the reincarnations of Fortuna. Satoshi knew that too and he didn't bother with it. And so, a masterpiece waa made.
Again, 10/10 I'd give an 11 if I could.

The characters are all great apart from Fuuko, her story was so short and insignificant it felt a little forced (that whole section was a bit of a low imo with much unexplained that needed a bit more, like the aliens or the soul catcher net, it felt a little gimmicky, like Satoshi needed a tool to catch Fortuna and came up with it in 5 minutes). But other than that the characters are well defined and all come to a satisfying conclusion.
9/10

The art has its own style and is really beautiful in some panels. It's interesting seeing the more childish way the characters are drawn being conflicted by the background and setpieces that look straight out of a high sci-fi manga (the reanimated corpses looked pretty goofy while the Sleeping Tower and its insides looked like something from Gate).
I never disliked any panel or had difficulty realising what was on the page so it did its job very well.
9/10


This manga is a gem. Short and straight to the point, no unnecessary filler and the story is amazing.
I recommend it to everyone. It's unique enough to not be held back by any genre related tropes and delivers on so many fronts you'd ask yourself why it's only 126th when a slice-of-life like SpyxFamily is 50 places higher (I absolutely love SpyxFamily but in terms of storytelling and tropes it comes nowhere near the originality of this). On the other hand though I appreciate that it hasn't exploded into the mainstream and has stayedin its own niche.

I loved it, 10/10, please read it.

This is great. Ticks off all the boxes for a wholesome highschool couple manga.

Hasn't done anything else so far though... I love pure slice-of-life but even then this doesn't have anything special going for it (well there is Hachimatsu, I give them that; she's the best). At least they've dropped the "my girlfriend is such a cutie"-"my girlfriend is so cool" thing, it got pretty boring after 30 chapters of it.

The story so far is good. Nothing stellar even for its genre but it's aight. Gotta check off the whole trope list right?
I don't know why I'm being so harsh but it just feels so ... aggressively artificial. None of the characters go out of their box in any way and while they're fine as they are they could do a bit more imo.
So far there's only been one situation that peaked my interest a bit more but it got resolved in two chapters (I hope Kamiya doesn't just forget everything after this).
A pure 7/10 for the story. It does it job. 👍

The characters are (with ine exception) the weakest part of this manga. They literally have nothing going for them except their predestined roles. Shikimori's cute but also cool, Izumi's clumsy and cute, Inuzuka is the extroverted best friend for Izumi and Nekozaki is the extroverted best friend for Shikimori.
The only character I really like is Hachimatsu. She's the best, literally melting of laziness and being just a vibe. She's cool with just lying around and will disagree with anything that requires any physical labour. I love her.
The characters also get a 7/10 but only because of Hachimatsu. Might be my bias for loving these kinds of characters but she's the only one who's really interesting so far. Without he I don't think I'd giv e the characters anything higher than a 6.

The art is cute and cool. I'm referencing the premise because it perfectly captures it. The cute scenes are indeed cute and the cool scenes are very cool.
I also like the rougher look, manga doesn't need to be perfectly crisp on all edges to be great. Makes the important scenes way more impactful too because it only kicks into 6th gear there (another example would be Kubo-san).
9/10


I recommend this manga. It's very good for its genre. I just constantly have an odd feeling about it. I could talk about it a lot but there just isn't anything super noteworthy about it.
Even Marin has a personality despite being known as THE conveyor belt waifu. Shikimori's personality is literally described in the MAL description and so far she hasn't dared to go anywhere else. She's cute, she's cool and she loves Izumi. That's it. I'm a third of the way through and not even her family have appeared yet. I feel like I'm still on the first chapter with her.
I guess if you want to switch your brain off and enjoy some doki dokis this manga is great. If you want to get attached to the characters all I can say is good luck because I feel like I'll forget them pretty soon (not Hachimatsu though, she stays right beside Chika, Najimi, Carol and Misuzu and many others).

Definitely one of the best 4-koma I've ever read. I can definitely see Takami-sensei's preferences XD and I pretty much agree.
I have to admit, a manly girlfriend sounds VERY enticing and clearly they had a ton of fun the whole 8 years we've followed them. A breath of fresh air in the slew of basic couple manga. Amazing.

The story is great slice-of-life. I love the childish games they both play on each other, you have to maintain your inner child. You never get bored of their hijinks and I found myself constantly dreading the end. I want more!
10/10

The characters are great. Both are funny ... and dumb enough to never have a true quarrel withkout turning it into a weird and hilarious situation. I'd also like to mention the girlfriend's mother. She's the third character that had me rolling every time she appeared. The others aren't that impactful but are all endearing.
A solid 9/10

The art is cute and has its own style so I accepted it much more. I love finding a manga that isn't just a copy of the same 2010 shounen romcom artstyle.
8-9/10 I liked it very much.


I can't recommend this manga enough. That is unless you're a very jealous oerson XD. I know I got a bit cranky at times seeing how much fun they were having and how they were best friends first and lovers later. Couples like them are truly one in a million.
If you want 5 hours of nonstop hilarity while also being insanely wholesome I'd advise binging this. Even if you do get the jealous thoughts it has to leave you feeling warm and cozy in the end.