Koharu no Hibi

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Well figured there should be a second review on the story now that its done. Overall the story(whats there of it) is exactly what it should be and does it's job well considering the 24 chapters that the manga has, and i would easily place it at a 9 for the genre(dont expect a primarily comedy/romance to match up with adventure/dramas).

As for art i'll agree with the previous reviewer that it wasn't really anything special, i still kind of liked it so i'll rate it around a 8(6 for normal and an extra 2 points added to the average due to the 10s on ... yandere moments and the reactions to them), but for normal scenes it's not anything that will wow you. Though koharus image suits her really well.

Will also agree that all the way through the characters are the main selling point of this series. they have about as much depth as you can get in 24 chapters, and koharus interactions with all of them are profoundly interesting... and at some points slightly scary :|... seriously this manga does sweetness like no other... its almost impossible not to swoon over the cute little almost innocent romance they have going most o the time, but lurking behind it at all times is some over the top holy crap wtfbbq moments... most of which are overall a positive, others less so >_>. As for the other chars the childhood friends(both the present 2 and the one that pops in later)are really the only other significant influences on the story... there are other people but even after multiple reads i dont really remember any of them :/, and as mentioned before one even goes so far to provoke a yandere. every galge game player in the world was instinctively hoping they had saved after seeing that crap :|. As for the supporters both are pretty interesting in their own rights but never quite in the spotlight... personally im pretty sure they have their own thing going on but it just never had time to make the manga, hoping on a omake or something to show how they turned out. Anyway long story short, while there isnt quite a large cast, the ones present give off a near perfect feeling forthe main storyline, and definitely make the reading experience much better.

to sum it up, if you want the standard diabetes causing cute romance this is probably not for you... you'll think it is at first, but its not... koharu is just too extreme a character for that. If, however, you want an adorable romance with some major sudden twists thrown in then you found the gold mine. Personally i love yanderes so this review may be a bit biased, but overall i place this at a 9/10... or more precisely probably a 9.5.. ive read the story 3 times so far and will probably do so again. if you think you can handle koharu, then by all means give this a try.

Although not the best, I think it is quite nice for what it is, a romantic manga with a bit of sick love to spice it up!
(And a couple of cute panels!)

It's only sin is having a lack of many tropes that are normally waited in a romance manga, and even a more general idea of manga.
The authour keeps it simple, having a big focus on romance and less on the slice of life side of it.
This simplicity gives a lack of struggle to their love that actually affect the plot greatly.
Even though the lack of struggle, the authour does a good work on ... the love story, being one of the manga's good points, a detailed story of an obssesive wholesomely sick romance.

The mangaka did a good job on the longetivity of the manga, doing it pretty comfortable, and not overstreching it. Not too much, not too little.

4 hours of your life wasted enjoying modern luxuries, being happy and hoping the best for the love couple :).

After reading this manga, I can honestly say I never want to hear the word "senpai" again. In this short 24 chapter manga you probably hear the word senpai a thousand times. It got to the point where I wanted to kill myself every time I saw the word. And trust me, on each page it's there at least 30 times. Despite this, I still continued onto it because of the creepy vibe I got from it.

Koharu no Hibi is a romance school manga with a twist where an obsessed loli,Matsuki, falls in love with a nerdy MC named Akira to the point where ... she is stalking him, gluing her hands to his, taping 1000 pictures of him to her walls, and even going as far as to dig through trash cans for the water bottle he just drink because it still has his saliva on it. Now if you're into this sort of thing, then maybe this is the manga for you.

It has its quirks where you're like "haha Matsuki being a stalking yandere loli is sort of cute" but it wears off quickly because the author has no imagination and therefore every chapter is of the loli grabbing onto the MC's and saying senpai a thousand times. No seriously, she says it every fucking moment no matter what is happening. I'm pretty sure it's the only word she knows. The way I think of it is Matsuki is a nonviolent version of Yuno, but one hundred times more annoying. Seriously, fuck this loli.

To make it worse, the male character is just your typical harem-esque character with no real defining features and is never daring. He kind of just goes along with whatever is happening and so its not even worth talking about him seeing as this whole manga is based around a loli yandere who is only capable of saying senpai.

The enjoyment I had for this was sort of high for the initial 5 chapters with her being a creepy stalker, but its charm wore off fast. What happened in 24 chapters could of been done in 15 or less. The fact that it had 24 chapters just shows that the author was attempting to milk it for all of its worth. Only problem is, it was never worth milking in the first place.

Overall this manga is pretty damn horrible. I only advice reading this if you have some sort of fetish where you want to be called senpai by some loli. But even then you will still have a hard time finishing it with its bland plot. I dare anyone to count how many times senpai is said in this manga. I'm pretty sure its in the thousands.