Ane Doki

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This is my first manga review and honestly one of my first manga... so apologises if this is structure odd or something.

Story - I won't go into detail here but I loved it.

Art - I don't think I've read enough manga to the point in which the artwork bothers me - but this artwork seemed good here - I am not sure what everyone else may expect, but I thought it was good!

Characters - I loved some characters, some others were perhaps not as engaging or interesting... but Natsuki is by far one of my favourite characters so far! I found Kouta a little unlikable ... at the start but towards the end I started to feel empathy towards him and I suppose that character development is what the series is about. Chiaki was also an interesting character, Kanade... not as much.

Enjoyment - i maybe biased but as I was reading this on the way to and from work and before bed, I somehow enjoyed this a lot lot more than I thought - gave me something to look forward to!

Overall - I loved it, not a lot more i can say

I hope this review wasn't too awful, hope it helps.

Here we have Kouta, a normal male middle schooler, who lives, or would live alone, if it wasn’t for Natsuki, a female high schooler, who now lives with Kouta. Natsuki claims that she is taking care of Kouta in the place of his dad who suddenly got transfered away to Sapporo, yet in reality things are quite different. It seems like Kouta is taking care of Natsuki just as much she takes care of him.

Kouta has a serious personality which always gets caught up with Natsuki’s pace. This is what makes the story charming: The way Kouta always gets toyed with by Natsuki while ... she also teaches him about life like an older sister. She teaches him how to become a man. Mentally, because he is still only in middle school. But his found new manliness attracts the girl whom he had a crush on creating some sort of love triangle.

This manga is ecchi and should be treated as such. Panty shots and the like pop up often. However, this manga is also more than just an ecchi manga. It has deep meaning hidden between the outer show of ecchi. This manga is about growing up, about a love that shouldn’t happen, and the strength of the bonds that hold people together. Perhaps I am reading into things too much, but I honestly feel that this manga is more than just a series of panty shots. This manga has meaning and actually I learned some things from this manga. There is a Chapter 26.5 which demonstrates the real ending. Highly recommended. Besides, this manga is hilarious.

If you want something to read after those awaited manga series to come out with the chapter, or after you ended a favorite manga. This manga might be good.

What have we here? The story of your neighbourhood shota. Kou-chan is the 13 year old schoolboy all the best-looking girls want. But it's Natsuki, the four years older beauty that we care about the most.

Ane Doki! is quite predictable. Most of the cliches of the genre you can think of, are there. Kouta, our protagonist, is a pre-teen who's completely clueless when it comes to his feelings, as well as those of others. Natsuki, our sexy female lead, randomly decides to devote her life to serving this kid. The convenient absence of parents? It's here, times two. The occasional clumsiness that leads to erotic ... sights can't be missing. And since there's a girl moving in to a boy's house, of course another girl will decide to move in, to "keep an eye on them". Check.

The twist here is supposed to be the age gap between the two; a point of interest should be the moment Kouta's cute classmate starts having feelings for him. Thing is, the dilemma "sexy versus cute" is actually non-existent. The role of alternative love interests is demoted to people that exist merely to help Kouta realise he's fallen for the older hottie.

The characters are visually attractive and nicely drawn. We get a whole lot of fanservice like girls in their underwear or accidental groping, but nothing too extreme. In fact, there is but a single kiss throughout this manga. While Kouta's feelings for Natsuki do delevop, and we get some interesting insight on his thoughts and expectations, Natsuki remains the girl who happily helps and praises him the whole time, something rather shallow.

With only 26 chapters, Ane Doki! remains interesting. That is, if you want to live out the honorable fantasy of the boy who aims for the older, ridiculously hot girl.