Parallel Paradise

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So, this manga was enjoyable for a short while, I thought it had potential and might be good for some laughs, but nope. I first read 15 chapters because at the time that was all that was out, the story seemed interesting at first: Dude finds himself in a new world, finds out a god cursed everyone and his only options of saving them is to either plow them all or kill that god.

Story: What I said just about sums it up thus far, the sex scenes were if i remember correctly far less forced in during the first 15 chapters, but after ... putting the series on hold for a good while and reading up to chapter 23 everything the story had going for it that I found interesting has been tossed out just about because the past several chapters focused *heavily* on sex scenes that didn't really further the plot in any way and only occasionally did stuff that furthered the plot. I feel this should be the other way around, this is essentially hentai currently because there is pretty much no plot to be had and constant sex scenes for the sake of having them.

Art: The art is the best part of this, it isn't awful. It is in my opinion slightly above average, so I gave it a 7. It's not particularly beautiful or anything, but it is high enough quality that I don't have to worry about eye injuries.

Characters: I gave the characters a 5 to be nice, if I were a professional critic they would probably be rated much lower closer to a 3 or a 2 to be honest. There is hardly any personality to the characters, the character with the most personality is the main character Youta and his can be summed up with "Shounen protag".

Enjoyment: It was enjoyable for a while, but now not so much. I am going to continue to read it for now in the hopes that it begins to focus on the plot more, but chapter 23 ends in a way that makes me think ch 24 is gonna be another sex filled chapter and maybe at the end some plot development. So, I gave this a 6 because while I am disappointed with it at the moment I did have some fun before and I am hoping it will focus on the story more once the mangaka (to put it politely) cools his jets.

Overall: I gave this series a 6 because as I said I did get some enjoyment out of it and the premise seems like it could've been better if he took another route with it, perhaps rather than specify they need to be plowed to be saved from the curse, it just skips to him trying to help them kill that god. But, the mangaka clearly wanted to make something with a lot of sex in it, so naturally he went the route that he did. I have hopes that the mangaka of Elfen Lied can redeem this series to some degree, but I'm not going to hold my breath for it at this point.

This is Hentai with an actual plot.

That's it, that's all you need to know.

The story is quite predictable, though it has its twist and emotionnal moments. Not everything is made for the sake of convenience, as there are things at stakes. What might turn you off are the reasoning behind the MC's actions sometimes. One moment he might be concerned and sympathic, the next... Welp... breeding time.

The art isn't groundbreaking. Satisfying you coud say, but not much else.

The characters... Cliches will be cliches. Every single character has the same reaction to the MC's "magic touch", which make their traits seem superflous (save the more exotic ... ones). The MC is the main focus most of the time, but he doesn't seem to evolve a lot. He grows determined sure, but it's not like he learns lessons or anything.

Enjoyement. Depends on the type of person you are.

Alright... How do I start this?
I mean, the manga started minimally interesting, but it evolved enough to make itself cool, and then it dropped. A lot.

First of all, I must call attention to the oversaturation of the sex scenes. Yeah, I know, "it's an ecchi manga" and etc, but... there are limits. If I was looking for that amount of sex, I'd just look for hentai.

With that out of the way, I can say that it starts fairly good, but just caught my attention from chapter 22 forward - I saw potential.
And then the beach arc kicked in, which made me really like ... the development of the story. The math girl was really charming and the new characters were interesting! I even liked the plot twist at the end of it. I expected they developed it.
So I waited that they built upon the plot twist, but another arc, with a brand new villain, started, and, as it went on, it just became... boring. But my limit was chapters 74-79 that made itself clear: everything would be solved through "mating". At this moment I knew, the plot just wasn't interesting as it was before, and then I dropped.

If you liked it, nice, but this just made me come out with a bad taste in my mouth. Would I recommend it? Well, not if you want a thoroughly well-developed story, but if you want a manga that's mostly sex scenes and a fairly good plot, go for it.

TL;DR - Erotica + plot
Up to vol19 ch190 at the time of writing.

Title: Parallel Paradise

Plot: MC [Tada, Youta] is isekaied into a world with 10 million women and he seems to the only male in it. This is the surface plot, but in reality it goes so much deeper. This is not 19 volumes of just sex. There's a lot of twist, turns and surprises that come and thicken the plot. Problem is, I can't go into detail 'cause it'll spoil. What I will say is that MC will go through a number of changes: from being a normal horny lad, to falling into depravity, ... to being saved, and then to possibly facing his past (not too sure since this is what I've read up to atm).

Scenery: Fantasy and adventure-like scenery. In this isekai world you'll see the usual things such a people living like the medieval ages and fantasy monsters (elves, dragons, golems, etc). There's a guy-girl ratio of 1:1M so you'll see girls every where and reoccurring sex. They all seem to wear clothes that have their groans covered, but exposed (like the groan hole in chaps for example, but wearing panties or a leotard beneath).

Genre:
Erotica - First and foremost, there is a lot of sex in here. There's millions women and a single healthy young male. There will be many explicit sex scenes and occasional orgies. To add, since there's been no male for 3,000 years the girls have "evolved" to going into estrus just at the touch of a male, among a few other special traits. Due to many of them have a strong, independent personalities, and the effects of sudden intense estrus, there are common "domination loss" moments. On top of the frequent vaginal sex, there is regular amounts of oral sex, and just about no anal. Here and there things get perverse when some of the girls have certain fetishes (such as humiliation, exhibitionism, and sadism for example). Occasionally girls will do stuff with each other. All the girls are essentially 18+ (if that matters to you) though you'll find a petite here and there. There is a large variety of girls and outfits and the author/artist has been great, in my opinion, at keeping them feeling unique. As for the MC, he's a fit and healthy male. He does judo and kendo. He is absolutely not a "beta-kun" and will have unrestrained sex with girls if he feels justified in doing so. He's a fairly normal person, though he can be crass and teases the girls. Sometimes playfully, but meanly, and sometimes he goes overboard to where even he feels bad.

Drama/Thriller/Mystery - It starts as an erotica, but as it goes on, the plot gets more serious, mysterious, and even personal. After reaching volume 18, I think I finally got a view of the overarching plot, but even then, I can't be 100% sure. I can't go into detail 'cause it will massively spoil, but there were moments when I was shocked, or even needed time to compose myself.

Fantasy/Adventure - MC and co will travel around their country throughout the series. You'll get to see a sea side town in the south, a desert town in the west, and other places. There's mythical creatures as well and apparently magic.

Action - There will be numerous fights. Sometimes it'll be small fights against "weak" monsters or other humans. Sometimes it will be fights against boss level antagonists. Each girl seems to have their own type of weapon they favor, and you will see people die in fights.


Thoughts: This has been such a ride for me. I binged 19 volumes over the span of three days since I couldn't stop reading. The girls and sex has been fun and the mysterious plot keeps me on my toes. This uncommon combo of mass sex and dramatic plot makes it special to me, but even then, I can't say it's perfect at what it did, though it might be in part because of some of the poor translations I saw. Started as a 6/10 for me, but it's a 7/10 as the plot progressed.


Recommend: This read is very niche. It's a (now-a-days) rare combo of erotica + plot. If you like plot, but are repelled by sex, or you want a fun light-hearted sexy read by living vicariously through the eyes of an MC surrounded by women, than I can't recommend this. There will be a lot of sex, and the plot is not light-hearted as it progresses. It's been over a day and I'm still crying on and off about what happened in the recent volumes. Sometimes the switch between plot to sex is even a bit jarring for me. I recommend this to you if you can enjoy both wild sex and dramatic plot as one.

I'm gonna be honest. I think I hated this.

Not because it was bad. If it was all bad, it wouldn't have even a 5. But I hated it because it was so close to my strike zone while being the complete opposite of my strike zone.

I enjoy ecchi rom-com harems with strong and motivated protagonists. So you'd think I'd like this. But on every one of those checkboxes it misses the mark entirely.

When it comes to ecchi, the whole "girls are instantly 100% horny" removes any foreplay and honestly made it a bit unattractive to me. If there is no effort to get the girls, ... the whole ecchi just feels flat and bland.

Then, it's not a rom-com. It is lacking in both romance and humor. The girls "fall" for him, but in a sense of lust, not love, and they do so not because he did anything, but because they're automatically made horny when they touch him. As for comedy, don't make me laugh. Actually, please do; it would be a nice change of pace from this dreary story filled with rape and death.

Then, it's technically a harem, but none of the girls really have any time to develop. Due to the auto-horny, there isn't really any actual intimacy. They don't grow to know the main character, and he doesn't really grow to know them. Many of the girls are basically tropes with a half-paragraph backstory.

Honestly, it feels weird saying this when my list of top mangas include super ecchi titles like To Love Ru and Minamoto Kun Monogatari, but... I think this would be way more interesting to me if they removed the whole "auto-horniness" and "mate to save lives" bits. A world where he is the only guy and girls die at the age of 20 could be interesting without that, and it would make the relationships more meaningful.

Parallel Paradise is what Okamoto Lynn is truly looking to pursue. Compared to her previous pretentious works Parallel Paradise is the best he has, if this were adapted
definitely would be the best Hentai in the industry.
Following the current tendency this is an Isekai so you can insert yourself and fulfill the adolescent sexual fantasy and be able to desecrate your waifus who also want to be desecrated. Read my comments below in more detail.

Plot: 3 = The first 60 chapters is decent but then it becomes mediocre due to the story jumps abrupt to fast forward destroying almost all the little logic it ... had.

Art: 6 = The backgrounds are copied from photos and the character design is quite generic

Characters: 3 = They are all stereotypes and if you have seen anime before you can already know what they are going to say.

Enjoy: 6 = I Enjoy the first half very much with how erotic and perverted this manga can be and also certain scenes that are ridiculously funny. But as I said earlier in the middle of the Manga much of the logic is destroyed and the plot falls a lot also affecting the erotic.