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Giving my thoughts as of the most recent chapter (19). This is definitely one of the mangas I look forward to reading the most every week.

The story takes a fairly generic protagonist in Haku Yaesaki, someone who has no aims or ambitions, who has always been one to imitate others and not be his own person. He doesn't really care where life takes him. Over time, his character completely changes once he gets exposed to golf. He becomes passionate, driven, and ambitious. He has a desire to improve his skills and use himself as a role model to follow. This change works very well ... with a sport like golf. You see him practice at the range for hours and hours honing his shots. It brings out the kind of animalistic nature that you'd expect from someone aiming to be the very best in a given sport. The story makes you interested in seeing Yaesaki's journey to become better and better at golf through his hard effort. Although he does have some genetic qualities, such as long arms and being ambidextrous, that boosts his golf skills; his success is still largely determined by the constant practice he puts into golf. It hammers home the idea that strong consistency is one of the best ways to improve in anything.

Golf itself is explored a lot after a few chapters and you get to see the thought processes behind different shots, holes, use of golf clubs etc once Yaesaki is decent enough to play on an actual golf course. It is great how it highlights the difference in skill between amateurs and those who have been practicing for years, showing that golf is truly something you need to dedicate a lot of time to be good at. In this regard, the story has a lot of promise; there are many aspects of golf that will likely be shown in future chapters.

The art is amazing. You can see the emotion, strength, and speed behind all the golf shots. Even for facial expressions, the artist nails showing what the characters are feeling. The golf courses look fantastic too and are very immersive.

The main downside would be that most of the side characters haven't been fleshed out too much (which is understandable given only 19 chapters have been released so far). Only Oga and Oliver have been given the most attention. I personally quite like Oga's character. She is cool/distant and takes a while to open up to others. Her whole life has revolved around golf since she was young, which creates a nice contrast between her and Yaesaki; both are passionate about golf but for different reasons. Similar to Yaesaki, you can see her truly strive to improve and be the best. This makes the dynamic between them quite competitive, which is good to read. They are like rivals who are on good terms with each other, which may open up to future romantic developments in the future if the story continues for a long time.

Overall, I highly recommend this as something to read. I barely had any interest in golf prior but reading this has made me a lot more interested. It is therefore good for anyone even if you're not that interested in sports. Anyone that likes something competitive, with tension, where the mc is constantly improving in skill, and the art is great - you will enjoy.

I've just finished this, it's 4 in the morning and I need to express the immense enjoyment I had whilst reading this. Over the 3 days I've read Bastard, it has literally prevented me from doing revision as the story has just kept me glued to page after page, thinking that I'll finish reading at a certain time but ending up spending hours reading.

The overall story is very simplistic yet very surreal, as the synopsis doesn't give away that much, I don't want to give away spoilers as to who the serial killer is but you find out straight away, so the action happens fast. ... This is why it was so good to read as nothing is meaningless for the progression of the story, everything has an effect on either the actions/development of the main character or the plot itself.

The fact that it mixes in so many different genres that wouldn't normally be together, such as horror and romance makes the story even more interesting, as there are different aspects to the plot which keeps the story from getting tedious or boring. One moment the serial killer is up to no good, while at the same time the MC (Jin Seon) is having fun, which shows very different sides of people who are close to each other.

The best points would be the suspense, the unpredictability of the story and the compelling interactions between the characters. These interactions are made better by the art, as it's all in colour, which helps to show vivid emotions on the characters' faces, whether it's sheer terror, embarrassment or complete sadness.

So yeah I would definitely recommend Bastard to anyone who wants to have an enjoyable read!

So lets begin.

Ore no kanojo to Osananajimi ga Shuraba Sugiru (or Oreshura for short) is an romance/comedy/harem about a boy named Eita, who is against love or anything to do with romance. But is forced against his own will to be the boyfriend of the prettiest girl in school, Masuzu.

First of all, this anime has a really good art quality and one of the best I've seen. Which adds to the affect of the girls' facial expressions when talking to the main character who 3 of the main 3 girls love.

The story involves with the protagonist Eita whose previous life, Burning Fighter Fighter, is ... written in a book which is at first used to blackmail him into a fake relationship. This creates some weird and wacky comedic scenes when the book is read out loud that add to his character as the anime progresses. Eita's fake girlfriend Masuzu also shuns anything to do with love and only gets Eita to be her boyfriend because of the boys in her school asking her out over and over again.

The love rivals Himeka, Ai and Chiwa all compete to win Eita's heart. Trying to do so with their different personalities and ideas. So this creates a tense atmosphere towards Eita's girlfriend Masuzu.

Overall, this anime provides some fun. Although it might not be for everyone you should at least give it a try.