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This is dumb. This manga is really dumb. It would not be an exaggeration to say this is one of the most childish, inane, rambly messes of a story that has ever graced my eyeballs. Every chapter has a new twist that is absolutely absurd, and not in any thought-provoking way, the plot is a straightforward mess, every character is flat as loli dad's chest and the whole thing reads more like a fever dream after spending all day on message boards.

BUT

It is all incredibly entertaining. This is incredibly dumb, but by god is it dumb fun. Every page is a new "haha, what?" ... moment and I had an absolute blast reading it. The simple art and imbecilic plot combine to make something that's just so incredible out there it's amazing.

You really shouldn't be reading this review. If the concept of a man turning himself into a "loli" hasn't already got you to read this thing then it's not for you. But if you are, and you want to turn off all higher logical functions for an hour and a half, this is the manga for you.

Do you like cute office ladies with big tits? If so, you'll like this little manga. It's four panels of jokes, the same way Playboy magazine is a magazine full of articles. The story is simple, the characters are one-dimensional, and the jokes fall flat.

It is, however, very good at what it does, and what it does is give you a very cute very busty office woman. The art is simple and cute but at the same time sexy. Said office lady is herself charming and sweet.

This is the epitome of a manga that delivers what it promises and really nothing else.

Damn I wish more people talked about this show. Y'know, I remember hearing from a friend that the creator fought to have our main character be a thirtysomething man rather than another goddamn high schooler, and I'm kinda wondering if that would have in fact made a difference. This show doesn't really stick to the anime cliches. Frankly, if you told me this was written and animated in like France or Canada or something I'd probably nod my head and say "yeah, that sounds about right." And that's why I love this show so much. It's not an anime, it's a goddamn story.

Let's talk ... visuals. This is a show that blends CGI with flat animation, and I have not seen it done better than here. It flat out works. Also, the animation uses red lines instead of black so it blends with the 3D better. It's a bit jarring at first, but you get used to it. Now that we've addressed the elephant in the room, this show is gorgeous. I don't throw 10s around willy-nilly, but Tiger and Bunny earned it. It takes place in a city covered in dazzling lights, it simulates news footage expertly, and the characters look anime-esque while being part of the show's own art style. The lighting is good, the angles are good, it's just a good looking show in general.

The characters are all fantastic too. Our two totally hetero leads play off each other well. Sure, their relationship is a bit cliche, one's a strict by the books cop who uses new tech, one's a free spirit who does what he thinks is right, but it goes deeper than that. I won't spoil much, but both their personalities were influenced by... important people, in one way or another. The side characters are all great too, you get a feeling they're real people and not just cardboard cutout cliches. I really enjoyed the time spent in the superhero workout room, it felt like I was really chilling out with complex, normal people. Well, sorta normal.

The story is by far the best part. I'm afraid I can't get into much detail, but there's conspiracies, moral ambiguity, and some interesting reveals. The setting is honestly pretty well thought out too- a world where there are superheroes, but they're all sponsored by companies like race car drivers, and the whole heroing is used for reality TV, only it's actually real. (sick burn, bruh). Kinda like Futurama- taking something otherworldy and wish-fufilly and throwing some harsh realities at it. Like Futurama, what you end up with is something smart, interesting, and entertaining.

Monster Girls is a giant cocktease, in almost all senses but literal.

Oh, there's plenty of tits and panty shots. I honestly can't tell if it's supposed to be ecchi or hentai, and frankly I don't really care to figure out. The art definitely compliments this, tits, panties, and asses are all drawn expertly and in glorious detail. You'd expert nothing less from a kinda-pornographic kinda-not manga, and as time goes on they get a cast of monsters so big one of them is sure to fill under one of your sick fetishes. Unless you're into dudes and only dudes. In which case run, run as ... far as you can from this thing.

My biggest problem with Monster Girl is that it could be so much more. It's obvious that the author put a lot of thought into this world, and if you can get past the porn it's actually pretty interesting. There are laws about "extraspecies" that actually make sense, and the monster girls' monster-ness are by no means aesthetic. The harpy doesn't have periods, she lays eggs, the centaur can't eat meat, the lamia sheds her skin, so on and so forth. The author did his or her research, and I'm honestly pretty impressed.

The characters, too, have potential. They're all interesting and pretty fun, and we get hints of their backstories, but we never get much time to really learn about everyone. Rather, We just pile on more and more monster girls. Although to be fair we seem to have slowed down by the Dulahan, and most new monsters come and go, so maybe we'll start to explore more about these characters soon.

The plot is the worst cocktease of them all. So many times we're presented with the possibility of something changing, of someone dying or MC finally deciding on a girl (it's the lamia you idiot, go with the lamia) to marry, but they never go anywhere. The only thing that ever changes is that we get MORE MONSTER GIRLS. And it's not like they never address the issue, no. Not once but twice does Ms. Plot Catalyst tell our MC that HE HAS TO CHOOSE A GIRL TO MARRY NOW. But no, the story must go on, and he has to keep his harem. No one can leave the harem and it never ends. Come to think of it, it sounds like some kind of terrible depressing purgatory. You must pine over this man and get an ever-increasing amount of love rivals for all eternity! NOOOOO!

In conclusion, Monster Girl is a story with quite a lot of potential that will go forever unrealized, and it's a tragedy. Maybe if the great gods of anime past decide to pull a twist and make an interesting and intelligent story rather than sell more half-clothed figurines and dakimakura the anime will split off from the manga and just develop maybe the three first girls, but that's about as likely as Naruto ending.

Wait, what? There's hope!

P.S. Suu4Lyfe

K-on is like Halloween candy. It's really sweet, and at first you just can't get enough. You go and you go, and you make sure no one's watching you as you do it... and then after a while, you get a bit past the mountains of sugar and start getting sick. It has very little substance in the plot and humor department, as in there is no plot and most of the jokes serve more to make the girls more 'moe' than to make you laugh. However, it does 'moe' well. Very, very well.

Also that first ending is fantastic, and Mio makes me feel ... funny in the pit of my stomach. All in all, 7/10

And then you go to the doctor and it turns out you have type 2 diabetes.