Marugoto☆Ore no Mono

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THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS

tw: rape, sexual assault

I've never written a review on MAL before but this manga annoyed me so much that I felt it was a public service for me to warn others before they unwittingly went through what I did.

Marugoto☆Ore no Mono is an innocent-looking 1 volume shoujo manga. 3 chapters are dedicated to the 'story', or lack thereof, and 1 chapter is a side-story unrelated to the main plot.

-Art-
The art was a little scary if I'm being honest. The male characters all looked like Eldritch abomination fish people and the FL's (female lead's) mouth was set into a permanent O, ... driving the whole fish thing home even more. Backgrounds (buildings, rooms) are nice and actually well drawn but the characters are so lanky and long-limbed and disturbing-looking that it basically doesn't matter.

The hand art is especially awful. Hands are drawn with all the fervour of someone learning to draw but their only reference material is the most lanky disjointed yaoi hands art they could find and literally nothing else. This is only the mangaka's third book so the art can be excused but it's just hilarious to see every character fawn over the ML (male lead) when he looks like a large insect.

-Character-
Every character is the most annoying, inane ninny that could ever exist in a manga. The FL lacks any personality and it's never explained why she falls so hard in insta-love with the ML. She has no hobbies or interests or reason to exist except to fawn over the ML.

The ML himself deserves some type of cake or award for being as awful as he is. 90% of the plot is him forcing the FL into sexual situations she's uncomfortable with and then throwing a toddler temper tantrum when she pushes him away and says she isn't ready or, you know, doesn't want to do intimate things in a classroom where just about anybody could walk in. He has some emo angsty moments where he says he uses force on her because he's afraid she'll leave him and he's no good for her which is why he's aggressive and sexually assaults her blah blah blah. Every other character is about as charming as wet cheese and completely unmemorable.

-Story-
Kind of insane and a fever dream tbh. Everything goes from 0 to 100 in a second with no buildup, like an F1 racing car on a crack cocaine race-course. Some shoujo scenarios that could have been cute and interesting (like a school play with subverted gender roles, or a hot springs hotel) ended up being executed so sadly and poorly that I felt like I was being slapped around with wet cardboard.

The one-shot is a little better character and plot-wise but not by much.

*heavy spoilers for Chapter 1*

As an example of how screwed up this manga is and what an affront it is to the senses, allow me to provide an example. In Ch. 1 a group of girls get revenge on the FL because she's too close to the ML. They trap her and get their buddies to try and gang-rape her while they film it. The ML CRASHES through a window to save her like some kinda f**ked up amphibian Jason Bourne, licks his openly bleeding wounds, and says 'don't you think that's going a little too far?' all whilst grinning. The love confession happens right after, while the girl is still in her underwear post-assault. She shows no signs of trauma and the attempted rape is never mentioned again except when the ML lifts her skirt (against her will of course) in front of the whole school and writes on her leg 'mine' whilst declaring that no one is allowed to touch his property. What a prince! No one is allowed to sexually assault her except him! I swooned so hard I almost cracked my head open on my phone screen. The one-shot also contains a similar scenario of 'attempted-rape-don't-touch-what's-mine' utter foolishness.

*end spoilers*

-Enjoyment-
Absolutely none. I actually derived negative enjoyment from this and felt all the happiness sucking more and more out of my soul with each further page that I read. I wanted to fight someone or a group of people for the crime that was this manga.

-Overall-
Reading this manga is like watching your rooster lose in an underground bird fight where you've bet your entire life savings. I rated it a 2- 1 point for background art and some rare cute momets and another 1 because I know the mangaka put SOME effort into this even if it doesn't seem that way.

-Triggers-
This manga contains heavy and very uncomfortable themes of rape and glorified sexual assault so if that triggers you I recommend staying away.

-Recommended for-
People who hate themselves, girls who love toxic men, people who want a quick bewildered laugh (if any laughs can be squeezed out of this manga instead of just pure misery).