Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san
Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs

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Yuragisou no Yuuna-san - if you read the description above I'm sure you all know what it's generally about so lets skip that part and get right into the review.

Story - the story of this book tbh it doesn't really have a solid story in the begin they introduce us to the mc and the fact that he's a spirit medium and it also shows where it seems the mc has an unusual amount of it, he also talks about how he wants to send spirits to the afterlife etc. From this you would think the story would focus more on battles with him fighting ... against different demons and so on but then later they introduce the other characters in the story and he develop another goal to allow one of the main heroine Yuna to past on. This to me can be seen as a minor plot line and the mc don't go around every episode looking for ways to let her past on and he also doesn't fight spirits so much (it’s rare to see him actually fight any). So, looking at that I guess you would like to ask "So there isn't any story!?" and I'll tell you yes there is but it's use wrongly. First before I go in depth on why I say that I would like to point out that the author should of place this book into shojou manga instead of Shounen manga, the story main plotline revolves around most of the girls who already figure out that they like the mc and are trying to find ways to get closer to him or make him take note of them more (confess), our mc is use as a source for all of the love and more inline as the girl’s final gold to make him fall in love with one of them. Which means the story focus way more on the girl’s point of view then from the mc point of view seeing them think and talk about the mc all the time and the actually character rarely having any screen time, he's more fit to be call a support character. If I rate the story as a Shounen manga I will give it a - 5/10 but as a story on the hold I would give it a solid - 7.5/10


Art - the art to me is perfect it's almost just like Shokugeki no Souma, I think I read somewhere that says the creator for this book is the teacher for Shokugeki no Souma which explains why the art looks so much alike. Art - 10/10


Character - the characters on this show is really likable and makes it hard to choose a fav and most of the girls get quite a lot of character development and it's well paced the only problem with character development is the fact that the MC is being left out and he doesn't have much of a character improvement due to the fact that he's piratically place in support and he’s one of the only character in the main group to not have scenes by himself, the other characters in the book usually go in a cycle where they each have a chapter dedicated to them and which shows they’re character development sometimes it would only mainly show them and then the mc might pop up like a typical support or it may be 2 of the girls sharing the chapter but we’re usually always seeing the story from the girls view and not the guy. As for the mc he sometimes goes a hold chapter without showing up at all and some chapters he only shows up in thought panels, flash backs or ether the begin are ending of the chapter. Due to the lack of the mc actual presence as a mc a lot of us readers tend to not know much about him except for what he told us about him in the begin of the story and his new skills that would show up every now and then, the author is almost treating the mc like how some fathers would treat their children when they have one boy and lots of girls those dad’s that like girl more tend to ignore the boy and only give attention to the girls, also due to this the mc even on his first popularity poll for the story got 6 he wasn’t even place in the top 5, especially if you look at the vote difference (M.C 543 - 1# 3112) can you see that margin it’s huge. I usually have a rule that I believe that all top Shounen manga that is being successful should ensure that there mc at least get number 1 on their first popularity poll and if not then in the top 3 anything below is no different to me from saying your mc is shit I’ve read many different Shounen manga bleach, one piece, Naruto, hero academy, Food wars and many more but all of them have their mc with the right amount of attention and treatment as a mc and makes him the true face of their manga since that’s what he is they also ensure people remember the fact that he’s the mc of this story so no matter how much you may like so and so character you must never forget who the mc is this is how I feel about those stories. In these type of stories we tend to see it from their perspective so we treat the mc as another self of us and we usually know more about him than any other character in the story since we spend more time with him to this result in many times these mc being voted as number 1 in their first popularity polls(who wouldn’t say they’re the best XD).If you search it up you will notice that all those characters were voted as number 1 in their first polls and even in the second if some drop they usually fluctuate between 3-1 and others like luffy are never remove from the number 1 spot he’s the perfect eg of a well done mc any time someone thinks about one piece the first person that comes to mind is luffy, if you think of this story the first person we will think of is the ghost Yuna, she is better label as the main character she represent the face of the story more than the actual mc and she is more easier to remember in terms of name (I bet half of you who read this book can’t even spell the M.C name, I sure can’t). so other than the fact that the mc is treated as a support character he’s a pretty cool character and is very quick to be like and is practically a perfect mc
he’s strong
his appearance isn’t weak looking
he has good observation skills when the time calls for it
he’s always they’re at the right place at the right time
and has an optimistic personality.
Character rating 7/10

Enjoyment – I really enjoy this book quite a lot it seems that the creator did a lot of research before writing it so that he can fix a lot of the patches that most harem manga’s have, such as the over the cliff every one lets beat up the mc even if we know he isn’t the cause of the incident, or the dense mc that needs someone to always tell him when something is wrong with the people around him and the wimpy and winy mc that always need saving like a princess. There or many more but one of the biggest one is more female character development, if you look back at the many harem manga’s we read you would notice that most creators tend to just make lots of over the top sexy and slutty looking type of girls flashing left and right without much characteristics other than how they were when they were introduce in the story and most of them tend to fall in love with the mc for stupid and un satisfying reason I mean how would you feel when a girl that’s extremely beautiful falls in love with you just cause you say she’s cute or pretty -__- and when a girl falls in love with you just cause you missed and kiss her or hold her in some way she never experience before I’m sure most people or trying to figure out if she’s a slut to fall in love so easily. After such incident, the girl usually falls head over heels for the guy and barrages him with love all day long every day or she pretends like she doesn’t like him but looks forward for his attention. This story removes such a situation and allow us to see the girls slowly falling in love with the mc step by step through the mc actions that hook their hearts we also watch as they come to realize these feelings and confronting others who share the same feelings as them and openly express to each other. When seeing such a scene it feels so refresh and good that I can’t stop enjoying the book, the only thing that throws me off when I’m enjoying it is the lack of the mc other than that I love it
Rating 9/10

Overall – this is a really good read and I recommended it to any one that like’s harem, romance, comedy and ecchi manga it has good character development for the most part good amount of comedy and romance the ecchi happens in all chapters but I don’t hate it :3 the characters are really hard to hate. There or some downsides as I stated before the only big fault is the lack of the mc position be utilize seriously and if you rate this as a Shounen manga it should receive a 6/10 but other than that big pimple I feel it’s a perfect read to me Rating (to me as a manga) 9/10

Pros:
good female character development
nice ecchi scenes
Cool M.C you can really like
A well develop harem
The art is really awesome
No more M.C abuse after they get to understand him (shows the characters development)
good mild comedy
A op M.C

Cons:
Lack of a discreet story
Doesn't feel like a Shounen manga
M.C isn't being treated by the creator as a M.C

Overall rating 8/10

There may be some spoilers here. I wouldn't recommend reading this if you haven't read the whole thing.





I like the manga, I recently finished it. At first I was fine with the ending until I read the Epilogue. The epilogue made me feel sad and depressed. But other than that great story and art is real good. It's a good work of art except for the last chapter and the epilogue. Just wish that it had a better ending. It would've received full marks but the ending just ruined everything. Imagine all of the chapters combined together to make a tower. But then chapter 209 ... and the epilogue is the club that knocked everything down.

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I started to read the manga because the anime was kinda disappointing, although I am an avid consumer of this genre (or precisely because of it) I found very little things of interest in Yuragi, their characters weren’t unique or memorable, at most Yuuna deserve a little of recognition, the art was standard and their stories converge all the cliches of ecchi and romantic comedies of the last decade. I found it some draws of the manga, so I decided give it a try, found it with almost exactly the same.

Miura is an amazing artist, is one of the works best drawn in the Jump, ... his trace has force and energy, if he decides go full shonen, has the scale and level of detail for be one of the best in the magazine. If he chooses Fanservice exhibits all a capacity for draw girls of all proportions, even I wanna a doujinshi of his own. One of the best talents right now in the Jump, I will say that his biggest lack of are the backgrounds, more surely he does not take care of them and doesn’t matter, the models of his characters don’t let time to consider the other elements, seriously, 10/10.

But his ability like a writer it’s all a different matter, and here I don’t have good adjectives to describe it. The characters in the anime just were a superficial representation of usual archetypes, according I was advancing more chicks appear, but none of them win the attention or rivals with Yuuna, the concentration of the interest still remains in 3 attitudes or reactions. Event To Love Ru do a better job with the variety of situations, here are beyond the absurd, his only attractive is the ilustration. A success that quickly burned itself by the quantity of repetition.

Neither Kogarashi is a good MC, too perfect and idealized it for gain the attention. So the big interest remains in the story, apparition of rivals and similar, to the moment of let in in these tones happen a big twist with few important values involved at thematic level, even better, don’t exist, all the developments are predictable character growths, of understand and accept themselves, there isn’t bigger message or thematic than link each element.

None story arc is especially memorable, all their develops are almost the same, with overpower and some big ending movement, the context that encloses such fights, I mean, the mythology for the story, its interesting and dense. So well-constructed that easily can diverge conflicts of the key points of it. I won't be bothered if coming back to this world, has a lot for give.

Despite the big attractive of the universe, doesn’t reflects on the implications of their arcs, are quite standard, just guided to the grown of the characters, and this don’t event reach a full cohesion, again, is to the drift. The best moments are when (and despite certain character) can be totally serious, Miura knows how write a drama, is his next work has a more mature tone, full of hot girls, will be awesome.

¿I had regret it? Neither, has been a entertaining watch because don’t uncomfortable or hate anything, I just missed that could be much more considering the good level of the rest in the work. Its just a work with a high artistic level but mediocre story and content.

I wait his next work, I hope will be a step forward in the right direction.

PDA: Always we remember that awesome cover to the best Yabuki Style.


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Comencé a leer el manga porque el anime me había decepcionado, pese a ser ávido consumir de este género (o precisamente por eso) encontré muy poco de interés en Yuragi, sus personajes no me resultaban único o recordables, a lo mucho sólo Yuuna merece un poco de reconocimiento, el arte era bastante estándar y sus historias reunían todos los clichés de las comedias ecchi de la última década. Me topé con algunas ilustraciones del manga, entonces decidí darle un intento, encontrándome con casi exactamente lo mismo.

Miura es un increíble dibujante, es de las obras con mejor dibujo de la Jump, su trazo tiene fuerza y energía, si decide ir full Shonen, cuenta con escala y detalle para ser de los mejores de la revista. Si opta por Fanservice exhibe toda una capacidad para dibujar chicas de todas las proporciones, hasta quisiera un doujinshi suyo. De los mejores talentos actualmente en la Jump, diría que sus mayores faltas son los fondos, más seguramente ni se encargará de ellos y no importa, los modelados de sus personajes no dejan tiempo a considerar otros elementos, de verdad, 10/10.

Pero su habilidad de escritor es otro asunto, y aquí si no tengo adjetivos positivos que brindar. Los personajes en el anime sólo me parecían caracterizaciones superficiales de arquetipos frecuentes, y conforme fui avanzando más chicas aparecen, pero ninguna capta la atención o rivaliza con Yuuna, la concentración de su interés siguen en 3 actitudes o reacciones. Hasta To Love Ru hacía mejor trabajo con la variedad de sus situaciones, aquí son ridículamente absurdas, su único atractivo es el dibujo. Un acierto que rápidamente se quema por la cantidad de repetición.

Tampoco Kogarashi es un buen protagonista, demasiado perfecto e idealizado para captar la atención del lector. Así que la concentración del interés se centra en los arcos que conforme va construyendo mientras va avanzando la historia, aparición de rivales y similares, al suceder da un radical giro para entrar en tal sintonía, cuando ocurre pocos son los valores involucrados a nivel temático, mejor, no existen, todos son desarrollos de personaje en busca de entenderse a sí mismo y crecer, no hay mayor mensaje o temática que enlace cada elemento.

Ningún arco es particularmente memorable, todos se desarrollan de maneras similares, con ridículas escalas de poder y algún gran golpe final, eso sí, el contexto que encierra tales enfrentamientos, ósea, la mitología de la historia, es densa e interesante. Tan bien construido que fácilmente pueden divergir conflictos a partir de los puntos claves de la misma. En algún momento no me molestaría regresar a este mundo, tiene mucho para dar y brindar.

Pese al atractivo del universo, no se refleja en las implicaciones de sus arcos, son bastante estándar meramente guiados al crecimiento de los personajes, el cuál no termina de encuadrarse, nuevamente, va hacia la deriva. Los mejores momentos es cuando (y a pesar de cierto personaje) puede ponerse completamente serio, Miura sabe hacer drama, si su próxima serie tuviera un tono más serio con mujeres hermosas, lo borda completamente.

¿Lo he lamentado? Tampoco, ha sido una lectura entretenida porque no incomoda ni se odia nada, sólo echo de menos que podría haber dado más considerando lo pulido que son los otros elementos. Sólo es una obra de alto nivel artístico de mediocre historia y contenido.

Espero su próximo trabajo, espero sea un paso adelante hacia la dirección correcta.

PDTA: Siempre recordaremos esa magnifica portada al estilo de Yabuki.