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[Demonkonga]

i like the way the author draws it make everything look so nice

[Passerby]

Yes, the art is simply superb - one of the best I've seen.

[VanderDeckenIX]

Yes, they're so big.


Wait ... we're talking about boobs aren't we?

[Secros Matias Supreme]

No, the art.

Suffice to say, there are many other works of this genre, the except all the other authors draw their girls as sluts.
This one remembers to add class. The drawings are also crystal clear and as other mangaka make their books dirty, this one feels, well ... clean.
Reading this is actually a unique experience thanks to the artwork.

[svines85]

You're right, the artwork is very good in this manga. All the characters are well drawn, and of course the leading female characters are all beautiful.

[Tio Alexander]

But the chapters is so short!

[Beelz]

Yeah the artwork is really well done, it leaves me wishing the chapters where longer.

Edited by Beelz, 18 July 2012 - 03:03 AM.

[Coma Culture]

It kind of makes me wish that the artist found a better story to tell. This has the foundations of a good story, but short, short chapters and a premise hardwired for fanservice makes it, at best, a slightly-creepy but no-punches-pulled Echhi Harem manga. This is the kind of manga that makes the lines between Manga and Ero-manga kind of blurred. One big thing i think the author is at one point, and can do to turn this back around, is to know your fanservice. The story-line is a mix between 2 parts shounen and 20 parts Shoujou. The plot sets up for a lot of romances, the thrill of new loves, and discovering the opposite sex. It just so happens that the opposite sex is extremely buxom ladies, with some partial nudity and heavy focus on the female body. Its so girly in the story but obviously meant for men that most of the guys here are just waiting for the art of when he finally does get laid, and reading into the 'Story' just as much as to tell how possible it is Terumi will have sex next chapter. Meanwhile, Shoujou fans could be very interested in this story of psychological complexes, first loves, the exploration of sex with a little dab of history in the middle. Now, if the author were to give them at least SOME eye candy then we could all say fuck it- For the Sex or for the Excerpts - this manga would have something for anyone. Girls like eye candy just as much as guys, sometimes even more. Im not saying throw in a couple of Yaoi scenes - that would chase off the male portion of the market, the lion's share. But just to give the girls a sexy protagonist, or have his friend get somehow more handsome. Even just a recurring role. They couldn't have given the Shoujo fans a bigger shaft - giving them a protagonist that is supposedly prettier than they are and scores with women way hotter than he should or they are (Possibly)

Basically, instead of making this a guilty pleasure that has an amazing, gorgeous art of plenty and plenty and plenty of boob, we could just have this be everyone's 'out there' ecchi manga that both sexes enjoy if they just threw in a set of abs or a fit guy every now and then. then the protagonists can continue to be small-eyed sex-crazed japanese dorks that like to keep it in the family. Why not make it fun for everyone, when right now its just, well...now its just like a pregame show for hentai or that bookmark deliberately named something like 'Awesome Recipes.'

[cantstopcrazy]

@ Coma Culture

You make an excellent point, about making it mixed fan service. That would add a whole new dynamic to the series if there was another male to enter, maybe as an antagonist character. Since the story is suppose to follow the an old tale, I'm sure that he had a rival who will appear at some point who could be introduced as eye candy for us gals.

[elektron00]

@Coma Culture: To sum it up, it's just another stereotypical mediocre ecchi manga with good art and shitty plot.

[Coma Culture]

@Coma Culture: To sum it up, it's just another stereotypical mediocre ecchi manga with good art and shitty plot.

Yup, exactly. Its the most popular manga on Batoto though.
im just saying, if this is supposed to be a guilty secret, let it be everyone's guilty secret. Both sexes.
Ahh, maybe the artist will find a good author, or come up with a bettter premise in a different series, because the art sure is cool.

[svines85]

Yup, exactly. Its the most popular manga on Batoto though.
im just saying, if this is supposed to be a guilty secret, let it be everyone's guilty secret. Both sexes.
Ahh, maybe the artist will find a good author, or come up with a bettter premise in a different series, because the art sure is cool.

I'm surprised you think so poorly of the story. Of course everybody has a right to their opinion, but the fact of this manga being so much more popular (follows) than even the closest comparable title I would think speaks to that difference in numbers being the story. I mean there are plenty of extremely well drawn ecchi titles here, and most of them with a lot more skin than this one. The last I looked Minamoto had like 2,000 more people following it than Love-ru darkness (and it's got around 4,000 following it).........the difference I'd think is a real story with an engaging plot and characters. The story creates real interest in seeing what will happen next.

Edited by svines85, 20 December 2012 - 08:41 PM.

[elektron00]

the fact of this manga being so much more popular (follows) than even the closest comparable title I would think speaks to that difference in numbers being the story

Just because a lot of people follow it doesn't mean it's a good manga.

I mean there are plenty of extremely well drawn ecchi titles here, and most of them with a lot more skin than this one. The last I looked Minamoto had like 2,000 more people following it than Love-ru darkness (and it's got over 4,000 following it)

Again, me and Coma Culture was bashing about how shitty the plot is the and how bad the character's developments are.

the difference I'd think is a real story with an engaging plot and characters. The story creates real interest in seeing what will happen next.

Sorry but "real story with an engaging plot and characters" just doesn't apply to this manga series. The plot is shitty, devoid of any sort of development for the characters. What this manga does is using cock-tease situations to draw in the readers. That's all it is.

Edited by elektron00, 20 December 2012 - 12:44 PM.

[SidL]

the eyes are too friggen big on some of the girls, and some of the characters head are too round even for college students. No sense of maturity is what i get from them.

[FakeHero]

I'm surprised you think so poorly of the story. Of course everybody has a right to their opinion, but the fact of this manga being so much more popular (follows) than even the closest comparable title I would think speaks to that difference in numbers being the story. I mean there are plenty of extremely well drawn ecchi titles here, and most of them with a lot more skin than this one. The last I looked Minamoto had like 2,000 more people following it than Love-ru darkness (and it's got over 4,000 following it).........the difference I'd think is a real story with an engaging plot and characters. The story creates real interest in seeing what will happen next.

You´re making my stomach hurt, but I´m all in for things being subjective. Unless when it comes to objective things. Sex sells, the story here (IMO) suck, is just there to show more sex, the girl´s are sex objects, the end goal is for the weak ass rapist to have sex with them all, with all the sex objects. Did I mention sex?

Don´t mind me, I just use real porn/hentai/adult comic to take care of my buisness, so no I´m not here for the ecchi, just here to share my thought and see what everybody is thinking, what´s hot and what´s not. Enough rambling from me.

[svines85]

Just because a lot of people follow it doesn't mean it's a good manga.

Again, me and Coma Culture was bashing about how shitty the plot is the and how bad the character's developments are.

Sorry but "real story with an engaging plot and characters" just doesn't apply to this manga series. The plot is shitty, devoid of any sort of development for the characters. What this manga does is using cock-tease situations to draw in the readers. That's all it is.

And you don't like the manga or at least don't agree with my opinion. That's fine, not a problem. However, I think you're being very short-sighted due to your personal feelings. "Good".........as in "just because a bunch of people follow it doesn't mean it's a "good" manga" is a very subjective term. I personally haven't ever read a page of One Piece........but I know because of its popularity that in SOME way it is indeed "good"......I don't have to personally like it to at least concede that point.

You´re making my stomach hurt, but I´m all in for things being subjective. Unless when it comes to objective things. Sex sells, the story here (IMO) suck, is just there to show more sex, the girl´s are sex objects, the end goal is for the weak ass rapist to have sex with them all, with all the sex objects. Did I mention sex?

Don´t mind me, I just use real porn/hentai/adult comic to take care of my buisness, so no I´m not here for the ecchi, just here to share my thought and see what everybody is thinking, what´s hot and what´s not. Enough rambling from me.

Haha!! Well I'm glad you found it amusing, there's nothing wrong with bringing a little more humor into the world. But I do stand by my opinion of the strength of the story, this is easily the strongest story of any ecchi / harem / comedy I've personally ever read (or at least tried to read)............and it's not by a small margin either. My opinion.

And of course sex sells, that's human nature the world around. I make no pretense that this isn't a racy title, because it is, obviously.

And what exactly are you trying to imply with this "take care of your business" thing? Spell it out for me, I really want to hear something specific other than this vague, condescending sounding allusion you're making.

[Loki]

I'm surprised you think so poorly of the story. Of course everybody has a right to their opinion, but the fact of this manga being so much more popular (follows) than even the closest comparable title I would think speaks to that difference in numbers being the story. I mean there are plenty of extremely well drawn ecchi titles here, and most of them with a lot more skin than this one. The last I looked Minamoto had like 2,000 more people following it than Love-ru darkness (and it's got around 4,000 following it).........the difference I'd think is a real story with an engaging plot and characters. The story creates real interest in seeing what will happen next.

I fail to see how the plot does all the things you are talking about. Rather than the story i think the severe lack of a full-fledged chapters is what makes ppl wanna read more. Though that also disrupts what little is there left to the story , but its quality isnt that high to begin with. All i see from the series as far as story goes is "The guide to making a harem , but done in so many parts , so that you can just fap at the girls and not make an actual harem"

Edited by Loki, 20 December 2012 - 10:31 PM.

[svines85]

I fail to see how the plot does all the things you are talking about. Rather than the story i think the severe lack of a full-fledged chapters is what makes ppl wanna read more. Though that also disrupts what little is there left to the story , but its quality isnt that high to begin with. All i see from the series as far as story goes is "The guide to making a harem , but done in so many parts , so that you can just fap at the girls and not make an actual harem"

Well, the world would be a pretty boring place if everyone thought the same way. To each his or her own I always say.

[Vortex Magus]

I actually consider the story to be higher quality than most. The characters are well-developed and engaging, and the plot isn't the raunchy, pathetic adolescent flights of fantasy that you find in a lot of h-manga (and in a lot of shounen manga, come to think of it), but a more sophisticated kind of thing.

I especially liked how the characters deviated from established genre cliches. The male occasionally pushes out to take the lead, but in an understandable way, not a pathetic one. The girls aren't brainless, ditzy trophies of warm motherly affection or cold mysterious blizzards of classic tsundere mental disorder, but deviate between a lot of complex things.

I read through other popular ecchi offerings, like to-love ru or Sekirei, thinking to myself the entire time "could have been interesting if the author knew how to write girls with two brain cells to rub together." Lost interest quite rapidly. Minamoto kept my interest quite well, though.

[Lustful]

Who cares if it's all about sex? I read mangas because I like them, not because they have a great storyline. Of course, the storyline helps me enjoy the manga, but in the end all I care about is my enjoyment and nothing more because even if a manga doesn't have a storyline it doesn't mean that it is bad.

Edited by Burst, 25 January 2013 - 03:21 PM.