May 2, 2018
3D kanojo was a series that had me excited from seeing the first few episodes of the anime,with an initial impression of a budding romance between two young high schoolers that would develop into something different from many of the other romance manga. Sadly, that was not meant to be.
Between hashed over cliches that only served to introduce mostly useless characters that the story could've have done without, you have a couple that you actually want to root for. Tsutsui and Iroha were people that were interesting to learn about, albeit sometimes frustrating to watch over. However, finding their sections after
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about the first 20 chapters was an absolute chore. Eventually they get over their obstacles in a sudden end that makes you happy but questioning why the author ever decided to even mention this point in the story and personally makes me wonder if the series got the axe.
The most upsetting part however, would be the development of the side characters. In a story where the characters decide the tempo, many of the characters are just hashed over stereotypes that seem rushed, barely planned out and shoved together to make "cute" couples. The only side pairing that i could actually stomach never ended being together for no clear reason despite having entire arcs dedicated to developing the close relationship between each other. Having spent 46 chapters seeing these two, who I won't name for spoiler reasons, but becomes very obvious once you read the manga, the author decides in the last two chapters to take all that progress and burn it down, providing reason at all as to why they separated.
All in all, its a series that lures you in with the first few volumes, and has some decent characters that are held back by petty side characters and overwashed cliches. However, by the seventh volume of the series, you're left questioning why the author made some decisions. By the eigth volume you're skipping sections about characters you don't care about to find the ones you do, and by ninth volume you're wondering if the series is done and what the hell happened to half the cast, questioning why you ever picked it up in the fist place.
Maybe my opinion is biased from the fact that I had such high hopes for it based on what I saw in the anime, but having read the entire series in one night I can say that I haven't been as disappointed in a series as I am in 3D Kanojo.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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