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What is it people truly fight for? World peace? Love? Fame? To prove their strength? No, people fight for the sake of fucking anything that moves, they fight trying to get hurt because they are massive masochists, they fight because their boss made them form a trap idol group and they want to get their manliness back, they fight because they've been possessed by a ghost that gives them a huge dick and insatiable lust despite being a woman. Sounds fun right?

TLDR: Rosen Garten Saga is a battle royale between fetishists where the more you're into some kinky shit the stronger you become, and trust ... me, it gets REALLY kinky. The art is absolutely gorgeous, it has extremely fluid motion and panels akin to Murata's art for OnePunchMan, and the characters' faces and bodies are very expressive, in multiple ways ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). There's always some batshit insane stuff going on but it just works both as action and as comedy sprinkled with more than just a little horniness.

Coming from a pair of artist and writer making their debut, Rosen Garten Saga is a masterpiece in the making despite not being a genre defining work, compensating in the degenerate side of things. It definitely doesn't shy away from using disturbing topics such as rape, murder, brutality, tons of nudity and so on. So why exactly would you read this despite it being so morbid? It is definitely not for everyone but if you're a degenerate just like me it's a great read.

The main characters start with a goal in mind but it feels more like it is a series of subplots that just happen to be on the way to said goal. It isn't exactly episodic though.

While it uses taboo as a comedic device, it also manages to encapsulate the gruesome nature of it. Despite one of the main characters being a rape crazy maniac which is usually played as a joke, we see the other side of it even in the first chapter in a brutal manner. While the people of this world are used to these gruesome situations to some extent, when things are taken too far even the warriors are disgusted by such happenings. Pretty much every character with more than one panel has been shown to have some fetish, and their horny levels seem to dictate their in-universe strength(this is an action-comedy manga). As such, the characters' fights turn to battles between ideals. What would people truly fight for if not for their fetishes? I shit you not, a character has slain a beast with their own dick and people were like "Man he's so cool I wanna be like him".

Being able to use art for the sake of comedy is something that proves to be tricky for most manga, but not for this one. Be it the expressive faces of the characters or the body language of the characters, Rosen Garten Saga doesn't fail to impress. The character designs are very diverse even if they're just sitting in the background or what are esentially NPCs feel like they have a purpose, making the world feel alive. The action is also very solid when it comes to the art. Panels are used to convey motion better than even plenty of anime while not skimping on small details and quality. Even a single panel can show plenty of movement and impact. The bodies have nice proportions but aren't overly realistic. The shading is very well done and it is very easy to follow everything. While not very different the manga can easily shift between art styles to better differentiate between the moods. When a character gets a very creepy expression you can mark me down as both scared and horny.

Regarding the characters, they're not exactly super fleshed out yet(15 chapters at the time of writing this review) but they're not one-dimensional either. The cast(and fetishes they represent lol) is very diverse so you're bound to find a character you like eventually, although they're all likeable in my opinion despite the lack proper character development, whether you agree with their moral compass or not.

Overall, Rosen Garten Saga is a very enjoyable read which blends incredibly batshit insane action with comedy and all kinds of kinks and it's shaping up to become a certain kind of cult classic. Here's hoping to more works from this duo.

So come forth my friend with your dick in tow and let's go on a ride(puns very much intended)