Jan 1, 2024
I've been going through the World's End Harem series in the most ass-backwards way. It's like if I had found Tenchi Muyo through Tenchi in Tokyo. I found this randomly recommended to me by Apple Books so I figured I'd check it out. It wasn't until after I started that I realized that it was a spinoff of World's End Harem: Fantasia (and not until starting Fantasia later on did I realize that it was in and of itself a spinoff as well). I debated stopping there and checking out the source manga. However, seeing as how this is only 3 volumes long and I
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had already started this one, I figured I'd just keep going.
Overall I enjoyed this quite a bit. It's very funny with very likable characters and situations. Not knowing anything about what this comes from doesn't really affect your enjoyment. There are obviously some visual jokes and situations that are funnier if you know Fantasia, but most of what's in Fantasia Academy stands on its own.
Arc is a great harem protagonist. As in most of these kinds of stories, he can't just wantonly pursue these women falling all over him, but at least in this he has a pretty strict and well defined reason: if he wants to go to the same school with the love of his life, he has to abstain from all sexual release, either with a partner or not, for a whole year. And in contrast with protags from recent harem-alikes I've read recently, it's a breath of fresh air to have a harem protag who's actually horny and to see him flee from temptation, rather than just be not tempted at all.
Still, I will say that this isn't the best of use of your time. There are a lot of compelling stories out there that do more-or-less the same things but are grounded in a stronger narrative. This is mostly just three graphic novels full of shenanigans with very little overarching storyline. If you want to kill some time, these work just fine. If you want to engage with something with more substance, probably keep looking. But if you want something that's light and fun, you can't go too wrong with this.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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