Aug 30, 2025
Other times when the larger, voluptuous women chase after the wimpy protagonist, there's no explanation, it's just kinda wish fulfillment but hey this manga actually gave us a reason for it, and it's pretty creative.
Sakurai is attracting the attention of several myths, curses, hoaxes, legends, mysteries, yokai, whatever you wanna call it, they all want him and they shift from milf/onee-chan vibes to horrid (but still somewhat sexy) creatures, they all wanna eat protag-kun. The reason is a bit confusing but rather cool and supernatural. However, I think I'm not comprehending everything due to the translation not being the best (or maybe the original material
...
wants to remain aloof and mysterious).
The reason for confusion is that there are several moments of flashbacks and moments where the protagonist is receiving potentially false memories like they're not his own, and he drifts in and out of sleep, and by the time the narrative is progressing, it's hard to tell how much time has passed. (SPOILERS FOR THE PLOT EXPLAINED HALFWAY THROUGH, WHY THE CREATURES ARE AFTER PROTAG) Part of it is on purpose because it seems a great spirit has suspended time (and the cast of characters) in a bubble universe to force the strongest spirits to kill themselves. And the non-human creatures inside the universe have died and killed time and time again and have gone mad, and therefore seek the way to die... what is it? Sakurai, our protagonist, ate it somehow long ago. He holds a poison to kill immortal beings. Now this is the explanation given to us by external sources to the monsters, each spirit might have their own reasons for wanting to be around/hunt/eat/kill the protag, some protect him even though they know his power.
(END SPOILERS FOR NOW)
The art is ridiculously beautiful, there's a balanced blend between glittering beauty and dread-filled creatures, there's several creative takes on urban legend design, and the artists love a double page spread for those creatures. This story has potential but its ever-ballooning cast and explanations become rapid info-dumps with seemingly no end in sight. Though by chapter 35ish, I guess we've seen the main challenge ahead of us, the strongest of the special-grade spirits. There's a power ranking system that reminds me of attack on titan with the mindless minor spirits possessing people and running around getting their asses kicked during the battles by the special grades towering above them. It's fine for an afternoon read and it goes by quickly but there are still enough mysterious to keep us entertained for whenever translators get on that.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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