Hinamatsuri

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Synonyms: Hina Festival

Japanese: ヒナまつり

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 19

Chapters: 117

Status: Finished

Published: Jun 15, 2010 to Jul 15, 2020

Genres: Comedy, Supernatural

Themes: Childcare, Organized Crime

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Harta

Authors: Ohtake, Masao (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.47¹ (scored by 17,557 users)

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Ranked: #173²

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Popularity: #299

Members: 53,999

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Ranked #173Popularity #299Members 53,999

MangaHartaOhtake, Masao (Story & Art)

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Volumes: /19

Chapters: /117

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Yoshifumi Nitta, a mid-level yakuza, finds his life forever changed when a strange capsule appears and rams into his head. Though he believes the curious event to be a dream, he finds the capsule still there the next morning; from within it emerges a young girl. She remembers nothing but her name, Hina, and uses psychokinesis to coerce Yoshifumi into buying her clothes and toys. Unable to get rid of Hina, Yoshifumi reluctantly becomes her guardian.

The pair's peculiar life is just beginning. As Hina lazes around the house, Yoshifumi quickly rises through the ranks of the yakuza with the help of her supernatural abilities. Hinamatsuri follows the comedic duo as Hina drags both new friends and old acquaintances into her antics, while Yoshifumi juggles between taking care of Hina, hiding her powers, and managing the yakuza business.

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Hinamatsuri was published in English by One Peace Books from September 18, 2018 to January 2, 2024.

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Hina

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Nitta, Yoshifumi

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Mishima, Hitomi

Supporting

Anzu

Supporting

Mao

Supporting

Yassan

Supporting

Sakura, Utako

Supporting

Sab

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Baba, Kiyoshi

Supporting

Ikaruga, Kei

Supporting

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Aug 3, 2020

Haru_Kobuchizawa

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Hinamatsuri 10/10

So that's it my friends ... Hinamatsuri came to an end ... I am very happy to have accompanied this wonder ... Thank you Ohtake for the wonderful story and for the wonderful and captivating characters ... Anzu, my favorite character from Hinamatsuri, melted my heart since she appeared ... Her growth as a person was sensational ... she was the main reason why I read the manga ... she is so captivating and leaves us so moved that we think she carries Hinamatsuri on her back, even that the other characters are also captivating. There's not much to talk about, it's just pure ...

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May 16, 2018

Bordey

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (10/117 eps)

The premise seems very interesting, but the pacing of the story feels extremely "off" to me. I had trouble understanding what was happening in the first chapter, until I watched the Anime version which made the scenes make sense. Things in the manga seem to happen in a very rushed fashion, which also leads to confusion about things. Also, Nitta's reluctance to find out more about Hina seems very strange to me; When a girl in a weird space capsule suddenly appears in your apartment one night, most people wouldn't just accept it blindly, but somehow Nitta seems to.

The characters aren't terribly likeable other ...

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Jul 11, 2022

darkpixelftw

Not Recommended

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Despite the inclusion of yakuza, this is pure comedy without drama or anything

Story: 6/10
The side stories redeemed this manga, the growth of Anzu was great and Hitomi's gradual build up was bloody hilarious. The final arc was stupid in the best of ways and I loved it.

Those are the manga's only redeeming factors to be honest. There is no growth for anyone else (except Mao becoming not insane). Hina has her moments but is essentially the same, even in the 2-part final. This is a death knell for a comedy series, it gets repetitive and hearing the same joke twice is never funny. Nitta never ... grows either but he really a vehicle for jokes or the foil to Hina so it's not a problem

Art: 5/10
Not bad but not good. All characters have those weird doughy faces that you see in mediocre manga. The backgrounds are pretty good but many panels have plain grey or white background.

Characters: 3/10
I hate pretty much all the characters here.

The real problem is that Hina never grows as a person. She is constantly the unlikable, spoiled brat who gets everything done for her. Even in the final, she puts no effort in, even with the random motivation the author pulls out of a hat for her from one random panel in a previous chapter.

Anzu is a lovable cinnamon roll who actually grows as a person and is likable. Hitomi is… normal, which is exactly what makes the story around her hilarious. Mao is kind of just there, we don't get much out of her beside the jokes about the dolls (it makes sense in context), she feels very shoehorned in because the author felt he needed another character.

I actually like Nitta, his vase obsession is a good gag and he's relatively normal despite his gang affiliation. His normalcy combined with his job is what drives the comedy in many cases, relying on Hina to do gangster-like things

A lot of the side characters are very bland and get some chapters together, nothing interesting and they take away from the few good characters.

Overall: 4/10
I wasn't sure if I was actually going to finish this or drop it but I stuck it out in the end. I'm surprised to be giving this manga such a bad score when there's so much hype for it but it just doesn't click with me to be honest. Maybe I just don’t like the comedy but it felt like a drag at times, even near the end I was skimming chapters. I dislike most characters, I just can’t stand the main character most of the time. This would be a 3 or a 2 if not for the few redeeming factors it has: the loony ending, Anzu (in general) and Hitomi's story arc. I mention them a lot throughout this review and that's because they're the only bits I liked. Some other parts were funny sure, but I've seen much better.

Of course this is all subjective, there seems to be raving reviews otherwise, so maybe this manga just isn’t a fit for me. Read the other reviews and come to your own conclusion, comedy in any media is even more subjective than any other genre and you may love this.

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