Mar 5, 2013
Yanagida-kun to Mizuno-san is an H-Manga that tells quite a story. Way above the average that you will see in most H-Manga. The art at times leaves a bit to be desired in the earlier chapters, but improves over time. While the Main Cast of characters stay very 1-dimensional them selves. There are a few things mangaka, Sora Torikawa could have done to improve it. This is still a great read.
Story - At first the story is a very typical and repetitive and predictable tail that you would expect from a H-manga. Staying committed to finishing this read though you will find a story that
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analyzing it deeper may only be 2-dimensional at best. The focus that Sora had on this main cast of characters really pulls through in the end. Weaving a tail that I think we can all relate to on multiple perspectives, about insecurities, sacrifices and prioritizing the well-being of somebody close to you above even your self. Not forgetting the true meanings of trust or friendship. I think that any H-manga reader will find this story to hit somewhere close to home, whether you like want to admit it or not. - 10
Art - I almost turned away from this manga because i thought the art was so mediocre early on. Manga are all over the place though some are ugly by choice others are just old. Sora turned it around, and in the end the art was a complete 360 from where the series started. This was a good growing experience, and i hope that this will carry on to future works that I intend on giving a look at. The score I'm giving for art is quite high, but let me explain one thing better, many manga now look amazing at the high quality that many expect, many look terrible, many have their animation fit the kind of series they are trying to make. You don't see improvement like this though some of the 1st chapter was included into the last as part of a flash back and it gave a much more clear and clean feel. - 9
Character - So here is where the series suffered, if you connected well with the main characters good. You are going to love the series. The problem is outside of the 2 of them you don't see much else you see only a few other characters that are introduced in the branching story lines. With only 2 volumes there is not a lot of freedom to introduce a ton of characters, but the entire cast was..... to perfectly related. Each character had a perfect place where they were meant to show up and end up. This helped the storyline and made it easy to understand since the story was always running in the same vein. But introducing a greater variety of characters could have given the story a bit more depth. At the end if they had fleshed that out a bit more there was a bit more material there to go off of, but the ending would've lost quite a bit of impact. So what i'm trying to say is, the characters were a good fit for this series and used well, but this is where Sora could have improved the manga the most. - 7
Enjoyment - Yes, I liked this. A lot. I would read it again, I would recommend it. That's all i can say read the above 3 sections to make your own decision if this sounds like a series you would like or not. - 9
Overall - I hope you found this review helpful. I just finished reading the entire thing in one go. It moved me enough to put up this review. I some people were helped by this. Thanks for Reading. Feel free to ask me any questions on my profile or PM. - 9
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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