Aitsu no Kanojo
Someone's Girlfriend

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It's so bad that it's good. The entire plot revolves around a single question, why is the female lead dating MC's best friend, even though she's head over heels for the MC? I want to know so I keep reading this trash. Honestly, this manga is like edging for 10 hours straight without getting release at the end.

Enter your cliché misunderstandings that make you feel anxious and angry, except they get resolved quickly making them just tolerable enough for you not to drop this manga, the mysterious backgrounds and traumas of the group the MC hangs out with, that get endlessly teased and dismissed with ... "lol jk"'s, the weird stares that MC's best friend gives him from time to time that make him look like a serial killer, and you get this abomination that makes you want to press that "next chapter" button.

I honestly hope that Takt, MC's best friend, ends up being the freaking Zodiac Killer or something that will blow my mind, but given how shitty this manga is I wouldn't be surprised if this was actually a parody and for the author to reveal the most underwhelming secret ever at the end, just to piss off his readers. Why a parody? Because if you think of a romance manga cliché, then you 100% have it in this manga. But surprisingly these clichés are strung along nicely and are over quickly, so quickly that you might as well not consciously notice them at all. This makes me suspect that the author is trolling by trying to create an interesting story out of all the clichés of the genre, just to give us the worst ending possible and then tell us "Look back at the previous chapters, how the heck did you expect something good to come out of this, idiots."

Anyways, 7/10 is just a random rating, mostly chosen by me because the art is decent. I don't know how to rate this because objectively speaking it all depends on what the mystery is. And the manga is obviously interesting enough for me to want to find out. If it ends up being something mind-blowing, then this is a 7/10, if it's the most underwhelming thing ever then this is a 10/10 masterpiece since I and everyone else reading this got trolled by the author. But it has to be so underwhelming that it'll make me really mad.

That's about it.

7.9/10


Mangas that are full of misunderstandings. Mangas with stupid characters. Mangas with a plot that can be solved if the characters just have one conversation. What do these all have in common? Well, they are all apart of a fractional plan of a dumpster fire. But what if, a manga decides to incorporate all of said dumpster fire attributes? You get this. This absolute train wreck of plot and characters that somehow becomes so interesting due to the lack of writing ability from the author and his refusal to further elaborate on the mystery.

I guess a title that translates into “His Girlfriend” wouldn’t have ... the best or morally upright characters, but this is just terrible. However, it’s terrible in a good way — the author attempts to make meaningful characters with deep lore and backstory, but it sort of ends up backfiring due to him constantly reimbursing new arcs and drama while trying to complete or forget about his previous plot points. Either way, the characters can be summarized with one word: stupid. Like all cliches, they take the most roundabout way of communication and misunderstanding, yet, it’s also a small blessing due to the manga’s continuous management of engagement from its absurd developments and mystery.

Yes, the plot is sort of sporadic with its events and introductions, but it does not lack one boring moment. Instead of the usual yawn-fest of boring, cliche developments, the manga employs all of the “messed up” cliches that any competent mangaka will avoid due to how low the return is for the risk. Due to this, each chapter is just exciting — sometimes, it is predictable, sometimes it takes a twist, sometimes things don’t make sense, however, that’s just the charm this manga brings.

“I can’t look away now.”
“I’ve already gotten this far.”
“Why do I actually like this?”

A manga that goes against all moral and logical standards of enjoyment; a manga that makes you crave for more because of how bad it is; this is that manga. This is an absolute dumpster fire, yet, I can’t take my eyes off of it. I will be seeing this til the end, whether it ends with a ship that has sailed with a couple or a ship that has a heroine and only part of the main character.


Reading Rankings (Portnoy inspired + A Huang-Teizan Original)
10 - God’s penmanship
9 - Must-read. Drop everything else.
8 - Instant bookmark
7 - Entertaining
6 - Good to pass time
5 - Why are you reading this?
4 - Bad.
3 - Typical garbage.
2 - My head hurts.
1 - Retirement is a thought.
0 - “Did they even give you a story?!”