Saguri-chan Tankentai

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Nothing much is yet to be said as this manga is relatively new. I had a need to write something as there are no reviews yet. This is meant to be appreciated.

There are so many places waiting to be visited, enjoyed and be glorified. One simple person can not see them all. The only reason needed for you to come an look at them, is for their beauty. Saguri-chan Tankentai reminds us about how the world can be magnificent. How a person who was only able to look at pictures their whole life, is set free with motivation to see those places.

Every landscape is incredibly ... drawn you can sense the atmosphere in them, while between those scenes nothing is special.
The leading characters are pleasent to the eye, with no special distinguished feature. You can sense a special feel from Saguri-chan as she is amazed by everything.

Even though this is an early review of the manga, i have high hopes from this.
I highly enjoyed the scenery and wish for it to get better. I just expect from the people who want to read this to have an open-minded approach.

I will get straight to the point,

This is a solid manga, it starts of with former childhood friends reconnecting through exploration during their high school days. I thought this manga was just going to be a repetition of random exploration adventures but I can see I was definitely wrong, currently at the 9th chapter you can see the story unfold and it gets quite interesting (I wont spoil it).

The art is fantastic, there is a colour page in every chapter and from what I assume, every person that reads a chapter anticipates the colour page, cause its so damn beautiful and mystical - I could ... compare the feeling to a child receiving chocolates in Easter.

The characters are good, the MC isn't dense and is definitely like able, but the centre piece to this manga is definitely Saguri-chan, she is naive and knowledgeable at the same time - total wife material - her innocence is exuberant and she is beautiful.

Definitely worth giving this manga a try I highly rate it, it's still early days so I will give it an 8/10 for now, the score may change in the future.

Never judge a book by its cover.
Saguri-chan Tankentai is no exception. You may think that Saguri will go in wild, dangerous, National Geographic level adventures because of her full professional gear with goggles and everything, but it feels more like a stroll on the park (and most of the time it is). What you actually have is a simple story with a "feels good" vibe. There is no conflict or even much action in the series, it's a very light read.

The characters are very basic and there is nothing really unique to make them remembered. The male protagonist is your average shut-in which is very ... common in this media (nothing against that) and the rest is nothing even worth mentioning. The lack of development between the character is another let down of the manga

The art is good, specially the colored double pages with the scenery in each chapter.

Overall it is a fine casual manga and I believe it stands out because of the Tourism theme which I haven't seen before. It actually manages to be very detailed in this aspect, if you are interested about Japan (which you obviously are, otherwise you wouldn't be reading this) you can learn a bit about each of the places explored in the chapters.