Oretachi no Party wa Machigatteiru
Our Party Is Wrong

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Our Party Is Wrong, or Oretachi no Party wa Machigatteiru, is the title of this ostensibly fantasy and comedy manga, but should really be called in my opinion as, Our Party Is Messed Up.

The story has a party of four adventurers, a quartet of tabletop fantasy role playing game analogues with job titles for names, were about to subjugate the demon lord of their world. In an act of spite and survival, casting the spells sealed the demon lord for a year as a tactical retreat, the four adventurers got a different curse each. That’s where the fun begins.

This was a short series, ... 30 chapters collected in 3 volumes. No obvious indication it had an abbreviated run, given an ending that was satisfying, of sorts, and true to the irreverent spirit of the story. This story was built to run for a long time, given that the characters had job titles for names, and characterization based on cliches, and tropes found in other fantasy stories.

As I said, the fun begins when the curses kicked in disrupted the relationship dynamics between the party members for comedy as only gender bending, and de-aging can do. Imagine an ardent womanizer knight whose preference turned opposite and chasing men as he did skirts. A tsundere mage prince turned female and still a tsundere. A warrior at his prime physical peak turned into an early pubescent version of himself without the muscles sounds to be the only “normal” curse, but he must deal with the unwanted sexual advances of the pervert knight and his growing attraction to female version of the tsundere prince. They all need to deal with these changes while looking for the final missing member of their party.

In the second volume, the main cast deal with another party of ninjas, led by the man named Ninja, keeping to the theme of having job titles for names. They have a vendetta against the pervert knight that was seeded in one of the early chapters, and their encounters with the cursed crew proved to be interesting and entertaining.

In the third volume, the author wraps it all, introducing one new key supporting character, while keeping the rest to be background characters, and culminating in one final fateful encounter with the missing cursed party member.

The plotting is tight, with all important story threads converging and resolving in the third volume. Hence, my impression that this is as intended all along.

I recommend this to anyone looking for a fantasy or comedy manga series with low commitment to read while waiting for the next chapter for their main favorite series. It is entertaining, and I’m surprised there is no official English version of it yet.

I honestly don't understand why this has a 6/10. It might not be the best fantasy that includes a party of four defeating the demon lord, but it is good.

Story: 8/10
Art: 6/10
Character: 6/10
Enjoyment: 9/10
Overall:8/10

The story starts off like any cliche demon lord killing fantasy manga, but when the main party gets cursed, it just becomes the stupidest thing ever (in a good way of course). The womanizer Knight becomes a homo, the oldest Monk (he's only originally 25 tho) becomes a child again and is sometimes haunted by being pegged, the Mage(?) genderbends into a girl, and the Princess becomes the Demon Lord. Just ... that alone sounds amazing in my opinion.

You shouldn't expect the best story from this manga, just some laughs or maybe you'll feel weird reading about occasional gay stuff.. I don't know nor do I care.. Thanks for reading..