Tasogare Otome x Amnesia

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Well after reading this I really had to think about the existence of ghosts. I've never believed in ghosts, and I still don't, but damn, I really want to.

"Tasogare Otome x Amnesia" otherwise known as Dusk Maiden of Amnesia is a school romance of a human male and a female ghost. I think the reason I actually loved this so much was that so many other authors have failed at ghost x human relationships, but not this time. This is a success. A brilliant success. The story is great, an occult research club investigating the seven mysteries of their school, sounds generic but this time ... one of the people investigating is actually the center of all seven mysteries. Not only that but Yuuko, the ghost, does not remember how she died, or how she became a ghost. Now though, someone has come along who can see her, and is not afraid, but rather the opposite. Teichi Niiya is the protagonist in this, and does he have a keen eye for mysteries. Especially with each mystery unravelled they find out more about Yuuko's past.

Anyway, I don't want this to be long so I'll just say this. If you are looking for something different and you are not sure what, read this. For me, this was a 10/10. I don't give many high ratings but this one honestly deserves it.

"This school was built on forbidden grounds. Grounds that were cursed and greatly feared by the people. To appease the curse, a live human sacrifice was made. A young female student was chosen for the ritual. Somewhere in this school lies the girl who acted as a human pillar."

Tasogare Otome x Amnesia, The Dusk Maiden of Amnesia.

What can i say about this series? What kept me reading and wanting more? To start off with, ill say that i personally love stories involving the occult with a hint of mystery and a dab of suspense and romance.

TOA's story involves all the above mentioned aspects the mysterious ... ghost of a girl who was said to of disappeared years ago, the young boy who finds said girl and both attempt to uncover her past. This got me hooked on the this manga, what kept me going was the author's ability to provide me with a mystery that I wanted to seek the answer of.

The art of TasoOtoAm, is superb. The mangaka has done some H works and because of that, he/ she knows how to add an extra dose of sexiness to our female lead, Kanoe Yuuko.

In the world of TasoOtoAm we have Yuuko, and outgoing girl who was met with an unfortunate end and Niiya Teiichi, the only person who can see Yuuko, these two stand out in the series. As you read the series you'll come to love Yuuko, trust me.

Overall, i am enjoying this series and i hope many more chapters will grace us. If you love occult romances, Yuuko the Dusk Maiden of Amnesia shall be waiting.

~~~~~~~*This review contains a FEW spoilers*~~~~~~~~

When I came upon this manga, i saw a romance tag under it. So I gave it a shot. (Im a Typical romance genre reader.)

I would say that in whole , the manga focuses more on the story. And for the romance , comes in second. If is not for the romance , i might.. had lost interest in it. Not saying the story is not good, but im typically not into 'horror' types. Even for a 'horror' stories that i dislike among, this manga becomes one of my favourites.

I will try to keep the review as short and ... as less spoilers as possible.

Story : 8

The storyline had actually made me read on non-stop till the end. It gives me a sense of urge to find out. That the full series of the manga occupied my whole free time. Partly of the reason why i've enjoyed it.

In this manga , we have the Main male protagonist , Teiichi Niiya who is the only guy in the Paranormal Investigation Club. - solves supernatural stuffs such as 'ghosts' etc etc. (in the later chapter, he recruited new members). While the main female protagonist, 'Dusk Maiden' - 'Yuuko' who've died 50 years ago in the school, thus a 'ghost' , which the rumors in the School spread as 'One of the seven ghost mysteries' .

Teiichi, was solving 'One of the seven ghost mysteries' . How they met were in one of the rooms and saw each other after looking though the mirror coincidentally. Only Teiichi, was able to see her. (The story did not explain why Teiichi was the only one that can see her) (In the later part , there would be another girl who can also see her.)
And this is when their story starts.

Art: 10

Wonderful Art. Characters were well drawn . Even the ghosts drawn looked scary enough to freak me out.

Characters: 8

Overall, all of the characters are kinda cute which makes it look like a normal School life ROMCOM . The female protagonist is my most favorite . She still acts so cheerful and lives like a normal high school student. Even feeling jealous at other girls with Teiichi, leading her to seduce him . While the male protagonist is quite shy when it comes to relationships . But super serious when it comes to solving mysteries.

Enjoyment: 9

Really enjoyed it . And the extra chapter was a bonus. Makes me feel like I've really completed it rather than feeling unsatisfied. Satisfied with the romance, equally the mysteries are well-ed entertained. And a the moments where Yuuko is seducing Teiichi . Love it.

Overall: 9

I find it compatible with the horror , mystery and romance. They actually blend in quite well! Although some Manga(s) with mysteries alone are really good. And oh, btw, theres a little ecchi in it. So enjoy the fanservice!

Thus , as a Romance reader myself, this manga wont let you down.


P.S ( 1st Review i ever written. ) EDITED*

Well, while this is my first review here, i cannot say that this will be a great deal of a review!

To be fair and honest, i really enjoyed very much this manga, quite funny, with some good moments to laughs.

The characters blend very well with each others, though it can a appear one or two that has a very low profile and we expect a little bit more further, but that's ok!

The artwork seemed very nice! what can i say? it is what it is, amazing schoolbuilding drawings, with a pinch or two of external references, with great criativity and skill.

With no further delays, i ... will finish this, recommending to anyone who wants to read a very good and supernatural romance, with good mystery in all chapters!

My final opinion in the last page was to turn it over and over again.... thinking.... i want to read more! Very good Manga!

Going to see the anime of course, and then i will review the anime as well, comparing the series.

Stay well and have fun!

This is a good manga, even though the story is a pretty straightforward ghost story, mixing some eastern and western ideas about ghosts with a touch of urban legends and creepypastas. Nothing special about the romance element as well, there are plenty of books about otherworldly romances out there (they're usually called paranormal romance, if you're interested in the genre) and this story does nothing different on that aspect.
No, Tasogare Otome has no groundbreaking story, new ideas or original approaches. What it has is efficient storytelling, good characters and outstanding art. Maybe has a beautiful style, with a good grasp of narrative and a knack ... for keeping the delicate balance of a romcom/horror story, which require completely different art styles and narrative choices. This is one good artist.
So, should you read it? Well, if you enjoy ghost stories, as I do, you'll like it. Same thing if you enjoy romances or school-related stories with a touch of mystery. But, honestly, it's not something you'll regret missing, so, if you're short on time, go for other manga.

This manga is a genuinely heartbreaking read with a really good twist as a premise.

Story: While the story isn't overly complicated, the pacing and refinement is top notch. The climax of the story is also ridiculously staggering, leaving a lot of emotions behind in the aftermath. There's nothing quite like this, being honest.

Art: The art is great for the most part, but there's a few weird anatomy issues in some panels that break the illusion of being immersed.

Characters: The interactions between characters is well done, and enjoyable. The only aspects I didn't quite enjoy was the ecchi, but I'm also glad it didn't ... devolve into a harem.

This manga has a climax that genuinely leaves behind a lot of emotional baggage. It would be a shame to miss out on this series, solely for that reason.

I had this one shelved in my "To Read" list for a long time. It was only when I was running out of titles that piqued my interest that I was able to start this one. At first, I thought that it wasn't interesting, but when I started reading, I was enticed. I wasn't able to stop myself. The characters were all lovable. Although everything was mainly focused on the MCs, Yuuko and Teiichi, the developments for the other characters progressed and were wrapped up swimmingly.

I especially loved the chemistry between the two. Although, towards the end, it felt a bit like Yamada and the ... Seven Witches, I felt satisfied with how everything went. I feel like it was better this way than if it had been dragged on. This is definitely something that I'd recommend to my friends.

tl;dr: A manga with a really good central relationship and mystery told with good tone and atmosphere, that although pretty different from the anime is just as good and very much worth reading as well. 

This is a manga for which I’ve already seen the anime for. Contrary to what I expected, the anime despite only being 13 episodes long and being released before the ending of the manga actually adapts the entirety of the manga more or less. However, it does it in a pretty interesting way that I find it hard not to talk about. Both the anime and manga show the slowly developing ... romance between Yuuko and Teiichi incredibly well with it being really easy to get heavily invested in their relationship. Both also show a solid amount of character development in both of those two and make Yuuko incredibly likable, and also do a decent enough job with side characters. Both are centered around an interesting mystery that’s well told. Both manage their tone and atmosphere with a good blend of horror and comedy incredibly well. And both build up to very satisfying conclusions.

However, how both of them do each of those things is very different.  The anime has far less content than the manga, choosing to only adapt the key portions in quick succession, while the manga has a lot more surrounding those key moments. This leads to the anime having a lot of impactful moments that change things tremendously and lead to a lot of suspense for the viewer, while the manga has a much slower build up that slowly draws the reader in, both with the core relationship and the core mystery.  The pacing is completely different, but each works well for its medium. This also results in the side characters being mostly glossed over in the anime in favor of focusing on the main relationship which definitely worked to the anime’s benefit, while in the manga the side characters get a decent amount of focus which works much better with the manga’s pacing. The tone and atmosphere in the anime rely on both the very fitting art and music, while in the manga it obviously relies on only the art, however the manga does things with the art that the anime wouldn’t be able to do, at least without the crazy stuff Shaft sometimes pulls.

But what most stood out for me was the ending. As the anime ended before the manga, the ending to the anime was essentially original, though as the core of both endings is pretty much the same I suppose the author told them how it would end. Or rather, a better way to put it would be that for the most part the ending is the same, but what led to the ending is completely different. Without going into spoiler territory, the buildup to the ending in the anime relies heavily on a sequence involving an insert song that is tremendously impactful. The manga on the other hand doesn’t have anything like this sequence, instead focusing on something completely different that doesn’t happen in the anime at all. The way it’s done in the manga, while close, isn’t as impactful as how it happened in the manga, but how it was handled in the anime wouldn’t have really worked in the manga at all. However, the manga manages to give a decent length and very satisfying epilogue, while the anime has one that’s like more of a side story focusing solely on being amusing over any substance due to it being a separately sold OVA. Both endings were handled incredibly differently, but I came out of both thinking they were incredibly well done, as I thought regarding the works overall.  

SPOILERS IN MARKED SECTION, using =====
(they aren't really spoilers if you already watched the anime, there are just some extra details from the manga that I don't go too in depth about)
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TL;DR: I thought the show was amazing, having recently begun reading some manga I decided to read this to see the differences between the source and adaptation. I give it a whopping 9.999999/10 because of some very minute issues I have, but if you enjoyed the anime, you will be BLOWN AWAY by this manga. For perspective, I originally scored the show at a 10, after reading the source I might have to bump ... that down to an 8, maybe even a 7, because of how amazing the original story is. It blows the adaptation completely out of the water and into orbit.

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I found the anime adaptation for this story while going through the recommendations page for https://myanimelist.net/anime/37450/Seishun_Buta_Yarou_wa_Bunny_Girl_Senpai_no_Yume_wo_Minai?q=seishun&cat=anime . I could not have picked a better show from that list. I won't go on about the show, but there was something about it that made me just want a deeper look into the story like no other anime had done for me. After finishing the show, I was left happy, but not satisfied. After a few days pass since watching something, I usually forget everything about it and all of the details are lost, but this stuck with me in the back of my head. Since I have recently taken the step into manga with "Gakkougurashi!," it was easier for me to get into this one, so I did.

Wow. That's really all I have to say. As I said previously, upon finishing the show I was happy with it. After reading the manga, the show pales in comparison to the original work. I almost have no words.

For starters, the manga introduces and consistently deals with more characters than the anime does, which makes it feel like Yuuko and all of these ghost stories are more of a school-wide phenomenon rather than it just being within an isolated group, bringing more life to the story. Not all of these characters are really fully fleshed out, but the art alone manages to convey their personalities in a way I've rarely seen in anything else, not to mention almost all of the dialogue is incredibly well written, and in a way that feels like these characters, although we don't see it, are still incredibly complex(except for that one newspaper club guy he kinda makes me zzzzzz).

The arcs in the manga are longer, touch on more points in the story, and explain everything far better than the show did. The whole "Seven School Wonders" thing doesn't even exist in the show, it's just Teiichi trying to figure out Yuuko's past. Basically everything in the manga that requires the introduction of a new character just... doesn't happen in the anime? Ultimately this cuts out some interaction between "Clean Yuuko" and "Shadow Yuuko," on top of there not being an incredibly important scene involving Kirie's grandmother and Yuuko.

If you are coming from the anime, it should be safe to read past this point but I would still recommend just reading the manga, it genuinely is far better than the show in almost every imaginable way

STOP HERE AND READ THE MANGA IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY!!!!! SPOILERS!!!!
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The ending of the manga gave me what I desperately wanted out of the anime, for Yuuko to return and instead of being attached to the school, be attached to Teiichi instead. This is the only way they could have ended the story that would leave me satisfied(especially with that scene in the classroom with the wedding dress that was so cute omg), everything that was different in the manga made the experience so much better that I can't put it into words. I'm so incredibly happy that we got a full explanation of the ritual, and the relationship Yuuko had with her sister, because the anime was really lacking in that department. The development of Yuuko's sister is also done well. Instead of being some random character we're introduced to 3/4's of the way through the story, we can see her interacting with Kirie every once in a while, and her arc as a character is entirely different and more directly involved with the rest of the main cast. "Shadow Yuuko" not being an entirely malevolent being also helps you empathize with her to a greater degree. I do have to say, though, "Clean Yuuko"'s arc is, in my opinion, done much better in the anime. That is the only reason this isn't a 10/10 for me. It might be a little unfair to be comparing the two instead of seeing them as two different entities(especially with how much the anime changes the story), but oh well. In the anime we get to see a lot more raw moments with Yuuko that aren't shown nearly as much in the manga, leading me to believe that most of my attachment to Yuuko as a character comes from the show rather than the source material. Everything except for that one singular gripe is absolutely SPECTACULAR. The dialogue is written well, the art is incredible even when you can obviously tell the artist was rushing because of deadlines. The characters are great, although I wish we got to see Okonogi have an experience with Yuuko instead of forever being unable to interact with her, and the overarching story is well executed until the very end. I REALLY wish I could give it like a 9.9999999/10 because I loved everything the whole way through except for those minor changes to Yuuko.

Sorry this might feel all over the place and whatever, I'm not really that great at expressing how I feel about something that affects me so much, especially when this magnificent piece of PEAK literature is so fresh in my mind. Thanks for reading anyways<3

This one of the few mangas where the journey is actually the best part while the ending(besides the the epilogue) is also alright.

The story is nothing new at all it has been done countless times
the difference is that it is actually enjoyable at all times,
because there is no love triangle/harem story in it which does plague the genre with ghosts in it.

You don't have 5-30 wasted chapters just to indroduce another love interest.
The art does have it's issues too, it's rather obvious that the mangaka wasn't able to get chapters done till the deadline
and because of that there are a lot of chapters ... with just sketches and basic drawn panels and no background at all.

The story itself is enjoyable all the time it just sadly lacks when the endgame starts and is getting serious.

The resolve of the main story just feels a bit lackluster and a certain character never got any punishment or redemption for the horrible things he/she did.

It also had a rather realistic view on a character pattern most ppl absulute hate,
- The "Thot" character which is in this show resembled by Kirie,
she is constantly trying her best to get the ML away from the FL just for her own gain but does it in a way
which is not over the top with schemes or annoying but rather realistic and understandable.

The ending itself also does lose a lot of impact thanks to the following two 0.5 chapters which more or less retcon the original(and way better ending) just for the sake of a completly unbelieveable happy disney ending.

Don't get me wrong it was enjoyable to read and while it never had any real impact I liked it alot.

A different romance that mixes horror elements very well. Let's do it by steps:

The characters are charismatic, not being too developed being functional enough to keep the interest in the plot. That said, the story really doesn't layer its characters very much, but it gets it right by working them thematically around the central theme of the story, which is the weakness of the human heart.

The story is very good and the way it is told is very thought provoking. It is essentially a romance story, but the author uses elements of horror and suspense to create a mystery that really captivates the reader.
In addition, ... the work is made in the form of isolated arches that, at the same time, converge with the main plot in a way that it is noticeable that it is a well-planned and executed plot. That said, its problems are that the story has an ending with a solution that is even easy considering all the problem that had been worked on throughout the story having an ending that is good and at the same time leaves a taste of "I want more".

The protagonists, Yuuno and Niiya, are a good pair that have chemistry to add charm to the story. On the one hand, Niiya has little personality but an attitude that makes the romance and story move forward well while Yuuno carries all the charisma of the series! She undergoes a whole journey of acceptance of human weakness while giving the dynamic that makes the couple fun to follow, much of the story being good is precisely because she is someone charismatic who presents a good layer of fear, uncertainty and courage... In this regard, the only one in history that is like this.

Art is one of the manga's strongest points! Not only is it very beautiful, but it also gives the dramatic force that the story needs, part of the horror's charm is very much due to the visual composition that is done. Apart from the use of a strong black tone in the line that leaves everything with a dark and melancholy tone.

Finally, Tasogare is a romance manga with an engaging story and a certain charm due to the different way it is told. Having very good art, its only problems are having an easy fix being a bit off-putting and characters lacking in depth.

The start of the manga feels great. First year student Teiichi discovers he can see Yukko, a ghost who immediately falls for him. From here he founds a paranormal investigation club to unravel Yukko's past.

The first ten or so chapters work great, but the manga takes a nosedive for the next 20 or so as the characters explore paranormal sightings throughout the school. Each chapter becomes a slog to get through, focusing on fleeting characters that contribute little to the chemistry between Yukko and Teiichi. These stories do ultimately contribute to the climax, but drag on for far longer than needed. The intention appears to ... be suspense around the intrigue of each story, but they are too boring to be of much interest.

More on the romance, there's little in the way of devleopment. Its obvious their love is mutual. Despite that they never move on from the teasing comedy for most of the story. Reading for the romance is, as such, a waste of time.

The story's positives are a strong introduction and ending. After the bland middle chapters, the final arcs bring back the suspense and excitement the first chapters brought, giving a satisfying conclusion. Along with this, the artwork on this is really good. The faces are expressive and pleasant to look at, in particular side shots. Shots of dark areas give off unease and anxiety which contribute to the story. These positives save the manga.

While the story's art, starting and ending chapters are great, the repetitive and dull middle chapters are simply too damning.

6/10.

"Tasogare Otome x Amnesia"
A manga I'd recommend to everyone looking for a rom-com with a dark twist, but this might be a little bit of a spoiler though; but I'd warn everyone that they might get disappointed with the end.

Be warned that there's a little bit of spoilers down below. I won't say anything specific though, and keep in mind that it's all entirely my opinion.

I could've given this one a 10, it could've been perfect; a wonderful unique story with one of the best looking art I've seen and a nice cast of characters that blends with each other so well. But it's like ... the author just suddenly decided to go 180 with the story line and end it so badly. While other people seem to have liked what they got, I didn't. I liked this manga because it was unique, it wasn't like the rest. It had a different feel compared to your generic rom-com manga. So why ruin such a unique story line with a cliche; "everyone's happy" ending? You already had a good thing going on, but you just had to kept going after you supposedly ended it with c45. It was like the last 2 installments of Halo.

But don't get me wrong here. It's still overall; a great, unique manga that I'd recommend everyone to read. It's all my opinion about the being disappointed with the ending thing, while YOU might like what you get.

(Oh hey btw, there's only 47 chapters overall so idk why it says 54 here.)