Comic Girls

Kaoruko "Chaos" Moeta is a young manga artist who is down on her luck. She wants to draw manga about high school girls, but her storyboards are bland, her art uninspired, and her premises weak. Her concerned, exasperated editor comes up with an idea: push Chaos to be more social. So, by her recommendation, Chaos moves into a dormitory for female manga artists. She soon meets the other residents: Tsubasa Katsuki, a shounen manga artist; Ruki Irokawa, who draws erotic manga popular with women; and Koyume Koizuka, a shoujo artist who, like Chaos, has yet to be serialized. Quickly striking up a friendship with these girls, Chaos finds new inspiration for her manga and continues to grow her creativity.

Comic Girls is a showcase of the daily lives of these manga artists. Will Chaos finally be able to make her debut and become serialized? None of the girls know, but they will all do their best to help each other become the best artists they can be.

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Moeta, Kaoruko

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Akao, Hikaru
Japanese

Katsuki, Tsubasa

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Takahashi, Rie
Japanese

Irokawa, Ruki

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Oonishi, Saori
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Koizuka, Koyume

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Hondo, Kaede
Japanese

Fuura, Suzu

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Ueda, Reina
Japanese

Moeta, Haruko

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Noto, Mamiko
Japanese

Nijino, Miharu

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Nanase, Ayaka
Japanese

Hanazono, Ririka

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Endou, Aya
Japanese

Amisawa, Mayu

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Tsuda, Minami
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Ogura, Mitsutoshi

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Kobayashi, Hiroyuki

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Kikuchi, Youhei

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Maesaka, Eiji

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"Memories" by Comic Girls (Hikaru Akao, Rie Takahashi, Saori Oonishi, Kaede Hondo) (eps 2-12)

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"Namida wa Misenai (涙はみせない)" by Comic Girls (Hikaru Akao, Rie Takahashi, Saori Oonishi, Kaede Hondo) (eps 2-12)

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Oct 24, 2023

AylaLovesBlahaj

Recommended

If you enjoy the genre of 'Cute girls doing cute things', This is for you.

Characters: 8.5/10
The protagonist, (nicknamed Kaos), Is the immature, small crybaby, and though some people exaggerate her moments to seem like she is screaming from start to finish. She actually has lots of character development and has her shining moments. The 3 other supporting characters each fill some sort of character troupe, and even though there is many contrasting character traits, they all feel like a very well written friend group. There is the classic Tomboy, Tubsasa, who writes shonen manga. Koyume, a bubbly girl who loves sweets and writes ... shojo manga. And Ruki, A self-conscious girl who is very loveable and writes... adult... manga. The girls all mesh together well and create a positive enviroment that is fun to watch. I would also like to mention that there was almost no male characters whatsoever, so use that information as you wish.

Sound: 9/10
The voice acting is very well done, You can tell that the voice actors fit their characters very well and put lots of passion into their roles. especially the voice actor of Kaos, Hikaru Akao, the voice actor for Tsubasa, Rie Takahashi, and the voice actor for Fuura (a supporting character with a ghostly personality) Reina Ueda. The music is also very high quality and the intro mv very accurately describes the vibe of the show

Art: 7/10
The art is very good, nothing special, but it is a very classic moe style, with cute anime girls in every scene. The show has no significant, recognizable art style like how similar shows sometimes have. but it is still very nice to look at and the animation is very smooth.

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By accessibility I mean how viewer who struggle with watching anime due to sound, flashing screens, and reading subtitles.
This anime includes lots of loud noises, Mainly pertaining to crying and screaming sounds (Almost always caused by Kaos), So I would give a headphone warning. There is also a few "flashy screens" but no significant moments that I can remember. And there is not really any jumpscares. This anime is not dubbed in english. So you will have to read subtitles to understand without speaking japanese. There is also a fair amount of fan-service, but what did you expect, This is yuri.

Overall: 9/10
This anime isnt anything special, but it dose nail what it was intended for. To be a happy, moe anime with a light hearted story with unique characters and moments that catch you off guard with how funny they are. If you enjoy other moe anime such as Yuru Yuri, and Do It Yourself. So if you find yourself with some extra time. I would reccomend starting up this loveable series. I hope you wont regret it.

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Jul 24, 2022

Natsuaki

Mixed Feelings

Cute Girls 4-Panel shows are a dime a dozen, and while each has their own flavor, they are somewhat derivative of each other, usually featuring the same couple scenarios like going to the beach, fighting over a misunderstanding, summer festival and fireworks, one of them secretly being the rich heir to a big corporation or royal family - give or take a few. And at first, Comic Girls seems to follow in the same vein.

The four main girls are moved into a dormitory together with the expressed goal of it being helping them develop their skills as Mangaka. Two of them - Ruki and ... Tsubasa - are already very much busy with the industry, keeping up with weekly chapters or developing new ideas, whereas the other two - Kaos and Koyume - may have debuted, but still have to get their work off the ground. And while I was watching, I kept wanting to see more of the manga-making process in the way a Bakuman for example did it. Instead we get the usual jokes of characters being worked to the bone with deadlines, the characters who volunteer to assist accidentally ruining the artists work... and most episodes honestly aren't about Manga at all. Instead they more heavily focus the girls going through small SoL-adventures together, going clothes shopping, hanging at the beach, crushing on each other... the usual. And I want to take the opportunity to praise the show on this front in particular - while the girls are high schoolers, maybe two or three of the episodes feature them in their school uniforms. More often than not, they are dressed in normal outfits - and damn, what a wealth of cute, fun and character-revealing outfits these girls sport! It was an honest-to-god joy to see, and really added to every moment feeling filled with life and color. Even on the basis of just looking at it, this show managed to be very entertaining and eye-pleasing - all without leery fanservice.

Granted, the main character, Kaos, stand out right away by being a screaming, crying, weeb elementary-school-sized mess who loves watching girls being close with each other and whose storyboards are often rejected for being too unrealistic, not capturing the essence of what teenage girls are and do. Comic Girls is an ensemble show, yet Kaos is undeniably the focus and, for the most part, the POV character. She may have a lot of expressions edging close to cutesy, and the jokes about her putting herself and her art down start getting run into the ground almost immediately, but even so... she is the heart of the show and ends up what makes the whole experience very much worthwhile and unique to other 4-Girls-gag shows like this.

However... as fun as life with her new friends is, Kaos is being told time and time again how bad her storyboards are, and it starts to get to her. She is really happy for her friends, but still wrestles with the feeling of being the one left behing, who is slower and not as good as everyone else. She beats herself up in a way that while usually portrayed as comedic, really shows her frustration in a relatable and endearing fashion. She just fails and fails again, and instead of getting annoyed, her editor takes pity on her to some degree, and advises her the following: "Don't try too hard and instead make sure to enjoy life as a high school girl with your friends". And I actually don't want to give this one away since it was such a wonderful moment - all of this actually contributes to the story and one hell of a conclusion.

Comic Girls may not do a whole lot of things too terribly unique, but the things that stand out with this one REALLY stand out. From character development to the care put into small details to an ultimately satisfying character are, and all pleasing on the eyes and ears - Comic Girls is a wonderful show for everyone who likes cute girls, yonkoma and stories about art creation. I was positively surprised at what this show could do even for a more jaded viewer like me, and would love for it to do the same thing for other people!

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May 25, 2023

whatsosticky

Not Recommended

The show is cute and the art is nice. However, the rest of it is very dull. If you'd like to know anything further, let me break down the protagonist, one of the worst I've ever seen, and we will see if she's for you...

If you like undersized, childlike 15-year-old girls that are immature in every possible way, she's your girl. (The three supporting characters make up for this, thank God.)

If you like the kind of girl that cries, whines, screams, self-deprecates, passes out and takes away valuable screen time from the characters could be using to enhance the show, she's your girl.

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