Jul 8, 2025
Wangan Jungle is a short one-volume collection of three individual stories, following characters who accidentally end up in rather unsettling scenarios. Chapters are similar enough for me to review them collectively as one manga, rather than three separate one-shots. Shoujo titles are usually tied with romance, drama, or high school plots, so I was pleasantly surprised to give a shoujo romance-horror mystery mix a try for the first time.
For starters, it really wasn't that scary at all, the mystery aspect had some unsettling scenes that got me a good few times, but that's about it, between the two mystery is much more expressed in the
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story. Besides the third chapter, which was pretty clear and straightforward, the first two had rather confusing conclusions, which were left for us readers to interpret however we want; unfortunately, for that to be done well, we would need more information through the story, which was lacking here. The romance was satisfying enough, although nothing special, your average boy-girl pair you can find in most horror movies.
Like I said, the pair from chapters 1 and 3 is an average horror couple; however, the main three from the second chapter were much better in comparison. They had distinctive personalities with more of goofy traits, like other reviewer said reading their story was like watching Scooby Doo episode and I completely agree. I had a much better time with them than the other two.
Art was alright, same type you see in every shoujo manga, except this one had some questionable panels from time to time (although they just made the read funnier, so I can't complain much).
Although I did criticize it more than praise it, I still found it pretty enjoyable and believe most of you reading this will too, so I recommend. Overall, it's a fun, short 5/10 manga for a quick late-night read.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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