Akanabe-sensei wa Tereshirazu

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6.2/10


Don’t know where to start off with this review since I’m just not a huge fan of the concept. Yes, I love wholesome, fluff romance mangas like the next person, but this is just… boring? Or uninspired? I don’t get the appeal of this besides for some “cute” moments that comes from the mc’s embarrassed expressions after every single one of the fmc’s actions.

I’ll give a brief rundown of the storyline/plot since this is basically the only thing I saw: A story about a dead-panned, expressionless, somewhat oblivious, and serious fmc who “falls in love” with about your everyday self-insert mc who has less ... pine than last time.

It’s a somewhat promising concept solely due to them being mangakas since there’s always some neat storylines that can be introduced, but the massive flaw is from the lack of or the characters acting .. out of setting?

For an adult romance story, no less a slice of life, the characters don’t feel natural or human, especially the fmc. She just doesn’t make a lot of expressions, and it’s honestly not that fun to read because of it.

There’s some, very few, wholesome moments, and the writing isn’t too bad, but the characters are just a massive turn-off if you stop and think about it for a split second.

This review is probably going to get “confused bombed” since it’s a critique on a wholesome manga, which I have quite a lot of experience with, but I don’t see much promise in this manga, and I genuinely don’t understand all the love. Maybe I just hate happiness, but this manga doesn’t do much that separates itself from the rest of the “feel-good” stories.

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?!”