Yandere Kanojo

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Yandere Kanojo is a manga that reminds us of what real life (and love) are about.

It's a funny gag manga with lighthearted, cliche characters. They fall in love in a ridiculous way and have ridiculous interactions and go on ridiculous adventures. The guy with glasses studies hard, the girl with a bat hits people with said bat, and so on.

Then ever so slowly, real obstacles start creeping up, one by one, just like they do in real life. Sometimes they get solved in the same lighthearted, comical way as the rest of the manga, but sometimes they are just hinted at and are put off ... for later. It happens so subtly that you almost forget about it in between the hints and foreshadows...but as you get towards the end, all those unanswered questions start bubbling up to the surface and can't be ignored any longer.

Yandere Kanojo reminds us that life, no matter what, should mostly be fun. It doesn't matter if you're from a loving and functional background or a conflicted and discordant one: what matters is that you find people that you can laugh, love, and belong with. What matters is being able to move while under our individual inhibitions and burdens and find enjoyment and happiness in our day-to-day lives, even if those burdens weighs us down to our very core and threaten to take away everything we have. It shows us what happens to those who embrace that, those who never find it, and those who are caught in the middle. It reminds those of us who are lost that it really doesn't take much to find that happiness again, and it reminds those of us who are happy that even beneath the bubbly surfaces of those around us, everyone is struggling with something.

Yandere Kanojo reminds us that love is more than just a moment of attraction, or a confession, or even a state of being together. Love is about making new memories together; it is a thing that grows with each passing moment (or page). Love makes people do wonderful, heartwarming things, and it makes people do callous, hurtful things, and it makes them do everything in between. Love is far from perfect, and sometimes it is the most enchanting thing and sometimes it is the most upsetting. Sometimes it blooms into a beautiful firework and sometimes it festers into a thorn that bristles out of your heart and hurts those around you. And sometimes...sometimes things just don't work out and there are some things that love can't overcome.

Love isn't perfect, but it's all we have. And if you choose love, the kind of real, tempered, imperfect love that Reina and Manabu have, then no matter what happens, at least you can go through it with a smile and a 4-koma gag.

This is a very underrated manga. Of course it might not have an amazing story or art style but the comedy in this is amazing and you're sucked in by the characters in this story.

It's simple to understand and this is a manga where I turn off my brain and just enjoy because this is a really funny manga regardless. My problem could be that I wish that it was shortened but nonetheless it still maintains a plot through the gags it has and introduces new stuff. So this may not be a new riveting idea of a manga but something to laugh at.
I hope ... you will enjoy this.

although the plot seemed interesting, i was hesitant to read it because it was a 4-koma. Generally speaking, im not a huge fan of story lines that do not have a linear sequence of events, but are instead made up of what will be "fillers" in a standard manga/anime.
However, this manga caught me by surprise by being actually quite enjoyable. If I were to compare it to another work, it would be most similar to the format of Gintama in the way that there is not really much of a linear story but does have important story arcs spread across the span of the story ... and subjects/characters that may seem unimportant at first but grows to be important later.
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One of the things that makes this manga unique other than being a 4-koma is the relationship between the main characters, Takana and Reina. They cut right into the chase being a couple and do not have chapters of stalling or conflicts of "do i like him/her"?
It differs from other shoujo manga by having them star as a perfect couple. They help each other grow, are open with one another, and are supportive and trusting of one another. They do not argue out of jealousy for a love rival, feel the urge to own one another, or make each other feel insecure.
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The typical shoujo gender roles are also somewhat reversed. Reina is a strong, independent, violent lead, contrasting the usual clingy, insecure, crybaby of a female protagonist. If anything she resembles the usual male protagonist being rash, cocky, and arrogant.
On the other hand, Tanaka is passive, kind, and smart. Honestly there's not much to say about him and his strongest quality is his love for Reina and his gramps. He has his fair share of trouble which ends up being a large part of the story towards the end.
The other characters are all fun and and adds a lot to the story's entertainment value.
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The art is simple but it fits the light heartiness of this manga perfectly.
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The manga was a bit hard to read since there are two versions and you have to go back and forth between the two so you dont miss anything. But every chapter is worth it.