Gal no Haigo ni Rei ga Iru
The Ghost Is Behind the Gal.

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Small summary: This manga is your typical slice of life humor but with a little twist. A Gyaru is being haunted by a ghost (named Reiko) but instead of being afraid of the ghost she goes and befriends the ghost. The Gyaru classmate also sees the ghost and eventually ends up befriending the ghost as well and thus the three of them goes through life being teenagers being put in different scenarios that they have to play out that Reiko isn't there, so they don't have to explain how in the world they're friends with a ghost. Now some can see Reiko and either acknowledge ... her or try to pretend she's not there and others can't see her and gets freaked out at what Reiko is doing.

Now I have read plenty of comedy, slapstick, slice of life manga's that are just like this. Himoto Umaru-chan, Hitomi is shy with strangers, Nagatoro, Aho-girl and Gabriel Drop-out (just to name a few). You'll find your typical cliche like making chocolate for Valintine's day, going shopping, school festival. So how is this any different than any of the other comedy manga out there? Well, the answer lies with Reiko.

Now Reiko isn't just your typical cute, adorable ghost. No, it's actually because the doesn't talk. Spoiler alert (Not really) You see other ghost's and they speak. Reiko is the only one that's silent and having a silent character is actually a lot harder than it looks. I don't see many silent characters like Reiko and the only other that I know that is just like Reiko is Korisu (NeoAlice) from Gushing over Magical Girls. You have to read Reiko's facial expressions just to see how she's feeling and that is why this is just amazing. The Author has done such a good job that I love Reiko's facial expressions and can't help but laugh at them.

Story: 10/10
Like I said I enjoy comedy slice of life manga's. Each are their own take on life and I enjoy the story.

Characters: 9/10
Nothing can be a 100% with characters, some are more liked and some are not, while some aren't in the story enough (like the Gyaru father). Not everyone will like certain characters and to me that's fine. In this setting, 9 is almost godlike tier for characters personalities.

Art: 10/10
Love the art style, so cute and adorable and Reiko just have some of the most adorable facial expressions. The time and effort put into the style is amazing.

Enjoyment: 10/10
When you read a lot of the same thing, you kind of know how it'll go but it's the look of how certain scenarios will work and what kind of mischief will Reiko get into.

Overall score: 9
I highly recommend this if you guys are into Comedy, Splice of life manga's. I wish there was way more chapters than 80 because you get some that just continues on. But you get what you get and really, I hope the ending is good cause ending a manga sometimes makes or breaks a series. I hope that one day this gets adapted into an Anime but I highly doubt it but one can hope.