Imamade Ichido mo Onnaatsukai sareta Koto ga Nai Onna Kishi wo Onnaatsukai suru Manga
How to Treat a Lady Knight Right

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For those that are looking for a lighthearted romcom—provide good laughs, and avoid overcomplicated plots that demand full attention—if those are things that you are looking for, then this story is for you. Follow this journey through small chapters that showcase the personal growth of the Lady Knight and the leisurely and endearing development of the relationship between Fooley Dent (the ultimate romantic, monogamy addict, and abs fiend) and Leo Cornelia (BEST ABS).

While the primary focus is unquestionably the growth of our main couple’s relationship. We experience their love unfolding through Leo’s perspective because on Fooley’s side of things his feelings are conveyed and remain ... unchanged and steadfast from the outset. Thus reframing the story to focus on the ‘Strongest Female Knight’ overcoming her traumas and mental scars.

Gradually introduced, the supporting cast as a whole receive relatively little attention throughout the plot. Generally likable, these characters usually orbit around Fooley, who’s acting as a liaison to Leo, given that she struggles with social interactions. These minor characters go through changes and are somewhat developed as well, but these events that do happen are too few and far between, and are not the central focus of the story.

Unfortunately, it’s not all sunshine and rainbows, the entire story takes place in a single city that's never fully-fledged. The world suffers from the same issue. In the end it’s the same western fantastical medieval city interpreted through a Japanese lens, akin to the thousands of generic isekai worlds in fantasy lands. Towards the end, the lack of an overall plot arc comes to bite this story in its rear end, the narrative seems adrift, poorly explained situations arise, with loosely connected arcs insufficient to maintain a cohesive story.

In the end, I came away with a more positive than negative experience. Considering that we are discussing a small manga—only seven volumes—the negative aspects of the plot boil down to just a handful of chapters. Strangely enough, the ending felt abrupt and clichéd, leaving me with the sense that we deserved a couple more chapters. These additional chapters would have allowed us to delve deeper into the lives of our main characters. It was a brief and pleasant journey, allowing me to get to know these characters better. I grew fond of them, and ultimately, it’s a heartwarming and silly story—with some funny moments and others not so much. But what truly matters is that it’s a fun story.

Gag romance manga has many ways to go. Focus on comedy, weekly, a fun fair, or a simple snack to enjoy throughout the day. Focus on story, a changing narrative that develops a romance gradually, it isn't just about the ending explosion, but about building something special; as well as other good ways. This was just excessive.

Story:
This is one of THE gag manga out there. A one-trick pony, a repetitive, slightly fetishistic, and wholesome joke that's repeated around one hundred times. After a long pause from the manga, I thought I could go back, finish it, and find the gags fresh again. I miscalculated. ... It's a story that uses the same “abs are sexy” joke that I ended up hating by the end. It's a tale that tries to develop the characters a lot, adding motives, stakes, and a small “bomb under the table” plot point. However, it ruins its own plot by… well… not caring. It reversed everything for a happy ending that shouldn't be bad in itself, but since it comes from a well established road to a bad end, I hated it. A literal Deus Ex Machina, creating a stupid ending.

Characters:
It's interesting how there's such a big cast of characters. Loads of people are introduced into the story to serve for more gags about the same thing, while making small cameos later in the story. I guess I can give it some props since it doesn't really waste them, it's just an excess of characters used for the same thing or to give more of a motive for the main couple to experience drama. You're gonna like the main couple, but every conflict they go through is just fake. We know they're gonna go back in the stupidest ways, or how the plot is all about trying to pull them apart and just doing the reverse for the fun of it. Nice characters, and well-used for the end, but the middle of that is just dead time. At least the art is fine.

Art:
The pouts, the love expressions, the uh… anatomy of the characters. It's probably what attracts the audience in general. If you're gonna enjoy something, it's how visually cute it tries to be. Sure, it works, and the art in other elements isn't actually that bad. The fight scenes are strangely easy to follow, even if it isn't that dynamic. The author doesn't cut corners to show impact on some hits. Zooms out, shows damage on areas, it's easy to get a scale of power just from the visuals, so, hey, that's pretty nice.

I couldn't say that all the parts made a good whole. It's a story I really don't like. Gag manga can be good. Some of them create a story around that gag, and evolve the characters around that gag to make a fun world. This manga couldn't do it for me, and even if you love those panels that show bodies, it isn't enough to keep you going. If there isn't a drive to finish the story, why should you?

4.5/10, at least every chapter is just 6 pages or something around it. If you're still interested, don't binge it, just read a small amount until you get slightly tired, then you can give it time to get fun again.

While my stupid Sky Internet is down at the moment, I came across this manga as I have seen it at some points so I gave it a shot. First of all, it was good at first because we get to see a muscular heroine for once. However I can't tell you how many times she blushes everytime ML admits his love for her. I just find it rather distracting on what the goal actually was here and I felt ML was rather too young for her. I get they are teens but I just find they aren't personally a good match. Even the fan ... service was a literal overkill.

The art was fine like the girls are cute don't get me wrong, it's just again, the ML just looked too young and would've worked as a side character.