Mar 7, 2022
Shiori no Nikki, a spicy drama about a typical Japanese housewife, who discovers her husband’s diary, chronicling his many affairs with her over the years. Distraught by the news, Shiori seeks to heal her broken heart by sleeping with an ex-boyfriend from her school days...
Story: 5/10
I'm going to be straight up, this manga was a massive disappointment. With only 3 volumes I expected some possible short sequences and a nice tie to the end - it didn't. After completing the first volume barely anything has happened, we got the introduction of things that are already mentioned in the synopsis and some mindless sex. That said,
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the sex was boring and tasteless, I will warn this is borderline Hentai too. Ironically It took away from the story.
Character: 3/10
As mentioned, there is little to know development for Shiori over the span of 2 volumes!! She discovers she's been cheated on for over 3 years and breaks down from it. Her course of action? To cheat back of course! The way this story presents itself was unsatisfactory for me, we are barely presented any qualities on her husband that would want to make us even root (no pun intended) for Shiori. If cheating is going to be involved/explored within a manga I would love to have an emotional attachment towards the couple/relationship to begin with. I'm aware that its only 3 volumes but the fact this has happened over 2 and 1 remains gives me little hope this will even end well lol. The most development we have seen was from a side character.
Art: 6/10
Honestly the art was fine, above average for me but it wasn't my style to really give it a 7. The characters have a sort of muppet appeal to them if u noticed from the cover. The noses reminded me of Kasane but a bit dumbed down. The panelling was also fine, nothing mind blowing and insane. Pretty conventional format, its used time and time again and doesn't fail. The flow was good there's that.
Enjoyment: 5/10
TL;DR this was an easy yet boring read, mellow drama and relationships along with constant sex addicts that ironically pull away from the story. It was more or less a snooze fest waiting for some advance in development. A girl on the shore and heck, even Metamorphosis, had a more compelling character and plot about sex lmfao. Its a pass for me, I don't suggest reading it unless u are really that horny xD
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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