Parallel Paradise

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From the author of Elfen Lied and various other manga, Parallel Paradise is a story about the delicate subject of gender differences, sexuality and society as a whole. All of these topics are handled in a delicate yet hard-hitting way that really glorify the best parts of female empowerment and feminism.

The story portrays an utopia run entirely by strong independent young women. They live in a world where there haven't been male humans in over 3000 years until a day when an unlikely male hero is transported there from our world. Now I know what you might be thinking: "This is an Isekai manga? Must be crap then." This is a bias I advise you toss aside for now, since unlike most isekai this isn't a typical story about a character going through an average RPG storyline of gaining some mystical power, acquiring his own harem and going on a quest to defeat some for of evil deity. While this story might feature those elements at some parts, this is a much sophisticated story that really breaks new ground in the possible potentials of isekai manga. The male protagonist in this story is merely a driving force to show you a magnificent land ruled by capable female societies. In no way does this character end up becoming a mary sue who manages all the issues of the world by himself. On his quest the MC bonds with many female warriors with whose help he manages to overcome many hurdles. The gender differences do come into play a bit but in no way does it focus on either male or female superiority in this story. The author is clearly a feminist at heart and has a lot of knowledge on this subject.

There is a lot of great things in this manga which I do not wish to give away with this review. I urge you to read this manga if you are interested in gender equality and female empowerment. An absolute masterpiece.

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Why, Okamoto Lynn? Why? Why are you hurting your fans that much?

Okamoto Lynn is well-known for his most famous manga, Elfen Lied, but I started loving him when I read his true masterpiece, Brynhildr in the darkness. I wasn't hoping a new masterpiece when I started to read this, but I believe he would have done something interesting. Obviously, I was completely wrong.

The begin of the story wasn't bad at all. We've got Youta, an average highschool student who's in love with his beautiful classmate. But one they, we was send to another world (an isekai, you know) by a mysterious creepy girl. A world with only girls, monsters, dragons and Kalls, strange living beings who has some similarities with men. The problem came when our MC-kun discovered he can save girls mating them. Really, Okamoto? Really?

This is an example of "we're going to have some good ideas and make them become into a only-sex manga, chapter by chapter".

Probably we have yet a lot of story to read, but what we have now is... awful.

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Warning. If you hate sex scenes, this is NOT for you. Turn away now.

Story. 7/10. Only 18 chapters are currently available and so there is not much to the story. Youta our MC has been dragged into a world where males do not exist anymore, the last one died over 3000 years ago. All the females have evolved in order to make sex easier. Whenever Youta touches a woman she will get into heat.

Youta hides his identity as a man to avoid the mass orgy that will inevitably follow (but cor blimey. lucky dude), as I mentioned earlier the story is merely starting so this is all I can really say.

Art. 9/10. Whether you like the story or not, the art is impressive.

Character. 4/10. No development thus far, characters are introduced but not much is known about them.

Enjoyment. 8/10. Its a fun manga, there are sex scenes but its hilarious, I find it more of a comedy.

Overall. 7/10. This manga was created by the same person who created Elfin Lied and Gokukoku no Brynhildr, two shows I loved so I was happy when I stumbled upon this, however, it is more of a harem sex manga which drags it down a bit.

Nevertheless, this manga is pretty funny, so far do not expect anything serious from the first 18 chapters.

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If you're a fan of the ecchi isekai harem trope then frankly this is about as good as it gets (if you're not, then you're reading the wrong manga). The balance of themes is tricky in all manga generally but particularly with this genre mix. Often, authors over-focus on ecchi at the cost of plot or water-down the darker aspects in favour of humour.

Not so with Parallel Paradise. The balance of story, humour, world building, serious stuff and sexyness is exceptionally well done. So much so, that even if you overlook the sexual-theme there's a pretty solid experience underpinning this that could compete with much bigger titles.

On top of that the art presentation is clear, continuity satisfying and translation spot on. Okamoto Lynn has done a fine job with this (ongoing) series and fully deserves a 10/10 for delivering a series that hits the high bar in all the tropes it attempts to deliver against. Watch this space for an anime adaptation!

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