Peter Grill to Kenja no Jikan
Peter Grill and the Philosopher's Time

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This is the PEAK of erotica harem manga!
Peter is the strongest man on earth and every women of every species and race are after his offspring. He finds himself in some situations getting taken advantage of by these women. The situations are unpredictable (except for the sex part) and it keeps getting better and better with each new women added to the harem.
The Mangaka brings in every trope you can imagine and would like. My favorite will have to be the current chapter with a queen..
The art is fairly good that it shows off the ecchi parts well enough.
The female characters are all mostly ... one dimensional with only wanting sex but some are fleshed out a little like the ogre sisters.
But the characters are all drawn very well and unique even when they are the same species or race.

When thinking about media, sometimes I like to think of things on a scale of enjoyability and meaningfulness/emotional impact. As you probably guessed, this series falls much more on the enjoyability end of things.

Is the premise stupid? Yes. Is it morally objectionable? Probably, if you think about it too much* (or at all, even, the dude is really bad at not cheating on his fiancee). Does the joke get stale? Maybe? Personally I found it always stayed interesting because Peter's chronic lack of restraint always gets him into shit, but mileage may vary.

Like many ecchi-ish manga, the ... cast expands as you go, so as you go on you get more variation in how exactly Peter Grill manages to stay alive and uphold his somehow great public image (seriously, the people kinda love him, except for his fiancees murderous dad/the king who wants to see his name destroyed). There's also the occasional side plot involving other characters, like the actually sorta wholesome one where the buff warrior dude tries to win over the ogre lady, but she's way too strong to consider him at all, so Peter does something decent for once and brings him together with the receptionist lady who's been crushing on him.

This isn't the best manga out there. It's not even the best comedy out there. But sometimes you don't need the best stuff. If you like the idea of a dude getting into a jojo battle with a stand that's trying to get him laid, a "goblin slayer" who just really likes his gobussy, and a main character that suffers from 24/7 post-nut regret, you might wanna try Peter Grill. You probably only need a few chapters to see if it's for you or not.


* Ever heard of a thing called eugenics?

I don’t know what to say. There is not one compelling or remotely rememberable thing in this manga for me. This manga just screams generic fan fiction. It almost seems like the author wanted to put himself in a universe where he gets to bang different women from different races, while also having the power of Saitama.

The plot is thin, and the characters are flat, so the only thing keeping you invested in this series are the encounters, and even those are underwhelming.

The art is standard, and the characters are normal troupes.

Overall, I think this is a pass for anyone who is looking ... for a half decent harem or a half decent echi series. This just feels like a lazy and chaotic bundle of a bunch of ideas and fantasies.