JK Haru wa Isekai de Shoufu ni Natta

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Japanese: JKハルは異世界で娼婦になった

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 7

Chapters: Unknown

Status: Finished

Published: Jun 14, 2019 to Sep 22, 2023

Genres: Fantasy, Erotica

Serialization: None

Authors: Yamada, J-ta (Art), Hiratori, Kou (Story)

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MangaYamada, J-ta (Art), Hiratori, Kou (Story)

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In a parallel world where sexism is king, young girls do not live... They survive.

Haru Koyama, an average high school student, sees her life turn upside down following a violent accident. It's only when she opens her eyes that she realizes that she is no longer at home. She is now thrown into another world governed by a patriarchal system. Having no particular stats, the young girl finds herself having to work at Blue Cat Nocturne, a bar, also known for being a brothel where everyone can fulfill their greatest fantasies...

(Source: Meian, translated)

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JK Haru wa Isekai de Shoufu ni Natta has been published in English as JK Haru Is a Sex Worker in Another World by Seven Seas Entertainment under the Ghost Ship imprint since August 3, 2021. It has also been published in French as JK Haru: Sex Worker in Another World by Meian since November 20, 2020.

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Koyama, Haru

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Chiba, Seiji

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Jun 21, 2021

nadekonadeko

Recommended

Preliminary (10/? eps)

I read this one on a whim without expecting much, but this turned out to be a lot better than the premise would have you believe. This idea of a high school girl becoming a sex worker in an isekai setting seems rife for gratuitous objectification and unhealthy "romance," but the story is way more balanced than I expected. This probably has to do with how the original light novel is geared towards a female audience, so there's no gross glamorizing when it comes to sex work.

Haru, the protagonist, isn't a blushing naive klutz, but she isn't some dominatrix puppetmaster either. The story does a ... good deal to humanize her than most of this genre. It tackles her previous life in an interesting way, and gives believable explanations for why she does the things she does, including the reason she chose sex work. This characterization even results in rather poignant moments where I got a little choked up with emotion at seeing her get to live a bit of the carefree youth she didn't have in her original world.

Indeed, this story isn't all dark despite some sexual content and violence here and there. The author never makes you undeservedly sympathize with Haru's customers either. She never sugarcoats how she's treated or what she thinks of the men she services. Some customers are really shitty to her, others are nicer, but she makes it very clear that she doesn't owe anything even to the nice ones. She's also quick to call misogyny by its name whenever she notices it in the world, something rarely seen in animanga. It's refreshing, honestly.

Speaking of refreshing, let's talk characters. Of course, there are typical isekai archetypes in this story, but even they have their humanizing moments. Haru's coworkers, for instance, are background characters with little contributions to the story thus far, yet their relationships with her are quite wholesome and cute.

Next, there's Chiba, Haru's classmate who got sent to the fantasy world along with her and now makes a living as an adventurer. He at first seems like your standard otaku-turned-Mary-Sue with unfairly strong powers. Even Haru thinks that, but then the longer the story goes on, she learns that he's actually quite cautious and calculating with everything he does, taking his time to learn as much as he can about the world and its dangers and even planning long term about the rest of his life.

Still, he's not perfect, and his biggest flaws are incessant bragging coupled with this potent, nerd-brand misogyny (i.e. feeling entitled to women and treating them as a prize) --- something Haru rightly recognizes and often punishes. She treats him more like a reluctant friend than anything due to their shared origin from another world, while the story treats him mostly as a comic relief and a satire of those nerdy isekai protagonists who suddenly think themselves chads just because they're in a fantasy world.

Of course, it's important to note there have only been 10 chapters (AKA 2 and a half volumes) so far at the time of me writing this review. This story could go to shit, or it could get even better. I haven't read the light novel this is based upon, and I'm not interested in spoilers, so for now I'll just wait as new chapters come out. As it stands, I recommend this manga for anyone who's looking for something a bit different, but has internalized enough anime tropes and isekai logic to appreciate the little acts of subversion this manga does.

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Apr 18, 2023

SmilePLZZ

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Preliminary (21/? eps)

Absolutely do not read this if you are sensitive to dark topics. This is the darkest, most vile, most disgusting thing I think I've ever read, And it amazes me how much it does so. I felt sick to my stomach, and I don't want to ever feel that way again, but I do have to commend the utter dread it makes me feel. I was unsure of what to rate it, and considered rating it a 10/10 due to how disgustingly brutal it was, but decided against it because this is by no means a masterpiece. I do think I have learned multiple things ...

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Apr 19, 2024

ZalzanKavol

Not Recommended

Funny

It makes no sense at all.

If it's trying to criticize isekai settings, then why does its setting barely resemble any isekai out there? I can't name a single isekai which actually goes out of its way to glorify what you're talking about. "pinpoint-accurate" my ass. So instead it creates a nonsensically dystopic Handmaids Tale-esque shithole and says

"See... This - is what the average isekai setting totally looks like. Look what those losers want to live in! Tee-hee-hee! It would be sooooo awful for women to live there, riiiight????"

Really? Then name me a single isekai setting which actively prohibits women from being adventurers or in positions ...

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