Jan 28, 2017
Story:
So we have a main character named Sakiko Kinoshita who's in college and very much in love with her professor Takashou Chifuyu. She shamelessly hits on him and he rejects her advances. No matter, just try even harder to win his love! Personally, I've grown used to this being a source of comedy in romance stories, so it doesn't bother me that much. Anyway, she learns that she will not have enough money to pay for college so she decides to become an escort. This plan falls through within five seconds when she stupidly asks for the whole tuition upfront with a potential customer. Before
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things can get violent with the naturally confused gent, a long blond haired man (A/N: yeeeeesssss) named Natsuo saves her and decides to teach her the ways of seduction. Lo and behold, it's revealed this guy is her professor's younger brother! Not only that, but he's married! Surprisingly! No matter (x2), she'll become his mistress and seduce him to be with him that way! And not only that (x2), but he'll pay for her room and board in the meantime, since he feels like it's his duty as a professor or some shit! And he quickly changes his mind about her being his mistress! So she has a chance!
Thus begins a polyamorous relationship with Sakiko, Takashou, and Natsuo.
I'm all for polyamory being portrayed as vaguely as it is in this story, though this may have not been the intention of the author. Whatever, I take my representation where I can get it.
As for the comedy, it falls flat nearly every time. The sex jokes aren't crude exactly, but because they revolve around Sakiko basically acting like a stupid dog in heat, and with her being quite unlikable in my eyes, they fall flat 99.9% of the time. It's just not a funny story, and what's more is that I've seen much better executions of the whole "humor undercutting potential sexy times between love interests" in other manga. Much, much better.
Art:
The art is very much embodies a late-90s shojo style, which is pretty enough to look at. My one gripe is this woman's ghastly chibis. They're meant to be a source of comedy in how grotesquely ape-like they are used to represent the female lead and how sexually voracious she is, but I find them extremely annoying and off-putting during sensual moments in the story. to break my immersion of the story when I'm settling into what is otherwise beauty and sometimes sensual art. I despise it so much, I wish I had a way to erase them from every panel so I can enjoy the story in peace. Seriously, they're grotesque.
Characters:
I am a sucker for male characters with long blond hair. It's practically a kink at this point. Natsuo and his brother Takashou are very patient and level-headed people compared to ditzy and painfully clueless Sakiko. Sakiko herself is very driven but like I said, naive, and not even in the cute way, but in the annoying way. She's pretty selfish and childish and the dynamic among all three of them is basically that Natsuo and Takashou have to take care of this air-headed princess while she manages to charm them with her stupid antics and failed attempts at wooing Takashou. Volume 2 is barely over and she makes a nuisance of herself by throwing herself at Takashou every chance she gets.
Now I'm not someone who is against women being forward and aggressive in a relationship, but it is very clear from the outset that Takashou was basically badgered into compliance because of Sakiko's stubbornness. Not only that, but for a 20-some year old she's sure dense as all hell when it comes to being a mistress for Takashou. At one point she is confronted with the realization that chasing after him while he's married is technically the MORALLY WRONG thing to do! Has she been living under a rock for two decades? It wasn't natural love that occurred but "Well, I guess there's no harm..." which is what all relationships should be built on, right, reluctance and low-key apathy! She isn't mean-spirited or completely beyond help, but her personality is one that less patient guys would realistically become tired with very quickly.
Overall:
This is an average manga. I'm hovering between 5 and 6. 5 totally due to the ugly monkey-chibis and a 6 because of the otherwise good art. In the end, though, the story isn't completely all there in regards to logic, but it's 20 chapters and it's not extremely horrible, so if you like this mangaka's art style and something silly and polyamorous, I'd give this a look. Not making any promises on quality, though.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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