Kabocha to Mayonnaise

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Kiriko Nananan wrote us again another master piece

I read Water. months ago, and I had mixed feeling about it, due to some weird atmosphere and some conclusion-less stories.
But Everyday (or Kabocha to Mayonnaise) erased most of the flaws of Nananan's art and style :

The art here is less muddled, even though Nananan kept her special decoupage, charadesign, setting that offer to us a dark yet calm atmosphere, a mixture of the vanity of the everyday life and the soft aftertaste of a romantic relation. . .
Because Nananan always add a pathetic side in her romances, which is here, infidelity,guilt and the ... progressive downfall of the love in the couple, to escape the usual tropes in conventional romance mangas/josei

I personally used to use the term "Dark romance" to talk about Nananan's works but it rather "realistic love" of which her works (so Everyday) are about
It's still a personal feeling, but Nananan way of writing reminds me a lot Kate Chopin and her feminist tragic romances.

It's a hard story to read if you aren't used to romances and """adult"""" mangas in general, but I hope that the curious will fall for one the best romance writer of the manga-sphere
Solid 9/10

If you like disappointments and pieces of shits in your life, this is the manga for you and also this is very sad if you encourage people like the main male character Sei.

The dramatic synopsis made me really think I would enjoy this manga. So to that idiot who told me "if it has a good plot, then it's gonna be good, anime or manga without a great plot isn't worth the time." Lemme tell you that reading this shit was a waste of time like you literally have the typical weak and dumb female protagonist named Tsuchida who tries so hard to impress ... stupid men who she shouldn't give the time of the day to. Both men in her life don't respect her at all. Her precious ex Hagio is a womanizer and she literally knows "he has other women, is a womanizer, and not a nice person but I like the way he makes me feel. That emotionless look in his face scares me but shortly after lately he smiles, he's always smiling." This doesn't even make any sense whatsoever lol.

Her ex is cold hearted and her man that lives with her mooches off of her and he depends on her like a man child. He has no motivation at all, no plan B, doesn't help support her or offer to do shit for her but has the nerve to complain about Hingis as if he pays the bills. He's literally a loser and the type of guy a parent doesn't want their daughter to be put with at all, he's just extremely annoying and fucking pathetic. When they get back together, he goes back to ordering her around as if nothing happened. She always have to do things for the guy sooo... her broke ass ex couldn't pay for the hotel, so she..tight on money paid to buy him beer and that hotel just to fuck him, cheat on her loser current bf until the same loser breaks up with him because he "wants her to have a happier life and a man who'll treat her right."

When she breaks up...ofc the dumb broad goes back to her womanizer ex who finally says "I only liked you when you had a boyfriend, maybe we should split up." Now her friend warned her so many times but being the pathetic shell of a woman she is, out of money, she made sacrifices for men...finally invites her last bf that just left Sei to "come back home so she can cook him something good," in what's looks like they're going back to the same routine of him be a controlling loser and failed musician. Saying things like "how long do I have to wait to eat" I'm sorry but maybe your punk ass should idk help out, get a stable job, learn how to cook instead of being a whiny adult child and crying all the time, you're a grown man. She's just stupid honestly lol.

This manga is a 3 out of 10. It didn't do much wrong and it barely demonstrated it's value.

The aspect I find most disappointing is the lack of reasoning behind Miho's emotions. The inner monologue she has only proposes doubt by questioning her intentions and the author purposely avoids providing any specific reasoning behind her actions. There were some panels demonstrating Sei's messiness and lack of motivation to 'live' and how that bothers Miho. Along with the fact he is relying on her heavily regarding finances. Effective to an extent to demonstrate the motivation for her actions, rather than an explanation for her emotions.

Additionally, the ... inclusion of Miho's ex fails to provide any meaningful context as to why she might prefer him to Sei. A passing comment was made in a conversation that she is only with him because of how she used to feel with him. This could indicate, simply, that Miho's ex is a fancy and Sei is truly a romance. But it is disappointing how unconfident I am making that statement. However, examples like these are too subtle to make each chapter valuable and like I said before, only in the last chapter; the very last pages, does technique like this effectively pay off.

"When Sei smiles, I smile".

So in the final pages, it is slightly satisfying. She found what matters and who matters. That's all. She had to do what she had to do throughout the manga so if you are still willing to invest 20-30 minutes into her journey then do it.

To sum it up, the manga has little value until the very last pages with few exceptions in between. The conclusion is fulfilling to the extent that it does a barely acceptable job of applying resolution to an established relationship despite the lack of reasoning we are almost never exposed to which is the deciding factor in my rating of a 3 out of 10.