Kubo-san wa Mob wo Yurusanai (Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible)

High school student Junta Shiraishi has a simple goal—to live a fulfilling youth. However, achieving this goal appears to be harder than expected, as everyone in his surroundings often fails to notice him due to his lack of presence. In fact, Shiraishi's lack of presence is so severe that people think his seat in class is always empty, and mistakenly assume that he often skips school. There is even a weird rumor spreading around in class, claiming that those who successfully spot Shiraishi will be blessed with good fortune for the day.

So far, the only person who notices his existence is Nagisa Kubo, the girl seated next to him. Unfortunately for him though, Kubo likes to tease him on a daily basis and often puts him into unprecedented and nerve-wracking situations. However, as Kubo's playful antics continue to involve the reluctant Shiraishi, he may soon discover that his youth might not be as boring as he initially thought.

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Volume 6: Kubo-san wa Mob wo Yurusanai (pilot)

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Kubo-san wa Mob wo Yurusanai has been published digitally as an English simulpub as Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible through MANGA Plus service. The volumes have been published by VIZ Media under the Shonen Jump imprint since May 3, 2022.

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Kubo, Nagisa

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Shiraishi, Seita

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Kubo, Akina

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Unzen-sensei

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Sudou, Yuuma

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Kubo, Saki

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Kudou, Hazuki

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Taira, Tamao

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Shiraishi, Yoshie

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Mar 5, 2023

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Kubo-san wa Mob wo Yurusanai is a romantic comedy about Shiraishi Junta, who is invisible to his classmates, has very low self-esteem, suffers from social anxiety and doesn't have any friends. One day, one of his female classmates, Kubo Nagisa who is the only person who is able to see him tries to help Junta getting friends until everyone recognizes him for 144 chapters and the reader can follow their relationship from their first interaction to confession of love. Kubo-san already has an adaptation which is unfortunately on hiatus at the time writing of this review.

In my Kubo-san anime review I had already mentioned that ... this work feels like Takagi-san Young Jump Edtition but if we compare it with Komi-san, it's much more similar to that Shounen Sunday manga's early days but its execution is much more generic. Junta looks like Tadano and has social anxiety, like Komi-san and there is a person who will help the protagonist at socializing and they are Tadano and Nagisa in their respective stories but Kubo-san takes place at an average highschool with average characters.

The biggest problem with Kubo-san is the manga doesn't have any storylines but it isn't funny at all either. It's always controversial, when a highschool story gets more serious, people consider these stories as forced drama and many school life dramas have tons of retcons. If Kubo-san doesn't have serious arcs, what do we get instead? The manga just like the anime adaptation, has a pleasant atmosphere, the characters are likeable and the facial expressions are great. On the other hand, the interractions are unfunny, repetitive and the main couple's romantic progression is really slow. Many chapter felt plastic due to its concept, where the generic romcom MC didn't even try to make friends in the first few volumes but there is no information about why Junta is invisible to others either. Nagisa will realize later on that Shiraishi is a great person but that's all you can say about him. Kubo-san is your typical female romcom protagonist, who is almost perfect but she's still more interesting due to her dissatisfaction with her own body, it's such a shame she only gets teased for it. Yeah, she has small breasts but the mangaka could have tried better.

The art is nothing special, the frontpages of the chapters are nice, except for those monologues, which were unnecessarily melodramatic at times, the mangaka stopped writing those at some point, it was a good decision. The characters look generic, Nagisa's female family members looked like almost the same, they literrally had the same faces and the haircuts were just a little bit different. The panels often don't have background at all for pages and switching to dark background didn't work very well, because the manga is still unfunny. The art quality however improved a lot when the reader finally reaches the last couple of chapters, that's definitely a plus.

Kubo-san Won't Let Me Be Invisible is a boring romcom, which doesn't really have much to offer, it has its moments but it gets uninteresting very soon. If you are exhausted and don't know what to do, Kubo-san could be a good choice for some wholesome school life romcom, otherwise it's not worth your time and there are stories which use this formula much better.

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Mar 1, 2023

AlexDA678

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So the drip finally stops...

Chapter 144 is the final one for the manga, of which I just got done reading. Overall I thought the series was very charming. Basically, the whole story is a bit like Teasing Master Takagi-san, but more light hearted and the dude isn't actually dense...in fact he's thinner than air. But it's a nice story about how one person can open up your eyes to see a whole new side of the world you've never experienced before. The art has an interesting style from jumping back and forth between chibi and regular art, which heightens the more comedic moments well. And ...

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Mar 1, 2023

bam541

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Kubo-san is probably one of the best mangas of its ilk. It is certainly one of the most wholesome and comforting romcom mangas I have read, which is absolutely the biggest strength of this manga. Even if the high school romance format has been overdone, it never took away from the manga's best qualities. The writing also rarely felt too cheesy, which is a very common problem in this subgenre.

Seeing Kubo appreciate Shiraishi for who he truly is, playfully teasing him without going too far, and naturally encouraging him to come out of his shell; it's all very cute and heartwarming. It's also great to ...

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