Kuragehime
Princess Jellyfish

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At the start Kuragehime set a lot of things I would call red flags, per see. Normally, when a manga includes a character that is a crossdresser, and women characters that are considered ugly I've come to expect the maturity of fourth grader and the finesse of a rhino in a glass shop. However, despite some harsh words against our dear protagonist and the amar girls here and there, the manga works along pretty well amongst those characteristics, using that to create characters that are both funny and endearing.
The characters in this manga were the backbone that kept my interest throught the story(looking ... at you Hanamori), together with the dialogue, since the central theme(which could be summarized in fashion and transformation), despite being well worked, didn't ressonate with me.
Now, in the beggining, those were more than enough for me to consider this manga a great one. However, as time passed, it became clear to me that with the exception of the two main characters and Jiji, the development of everyone else was almost a flat-line. Most of them end the manga as they had begun, with the exception of having more experience in working with clothes. Along with that, a lot of time the relationship between characters feel superficial, it as if the author planned some events ahead of time and those just didn't happen.
In technical terms the art and panneling are really good. Specially after the girls transform, the author can really pass the vibe that they should be unrecognizable without changing the entire design of the amars. I feel that special attention could have been given to the drawing of the dresses though. It is not uncommon for the culmination of the central manga theme to receive double pages here and there(goals in Blue Lock, attacks in One Piece, shows in Shiori Experience), but here, double pages feel pretty rare, and when they do happen the focus are almost always the model. But, that is jus a little nitpick of mine, the art is great.
A final point is that the manga feels a bit rushed at the end, like an entire arc was squeezed in two chapters, it didn't affect my personal enjoyement, but I can see it don't sitting well with other people.
Overall, a good manga, that could have been very good if the author had treated some topics and events with greater care. Recommend to anyone wanting to have a nice, peaceful time and read some nice quips here and there.

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This manga right here is really good until finish, the mangaka really put her creativity and bombs you with a japan that is not what every fan of manga or anime thinks it is, there is fatphobic situations, economic crisis, exploitaition scenarios and all this on a "SHOUJO" manga, idk if this is shoujo fr this should be some josei but anyways the identity of the manga is well wrapped for you to think this is just a tipycal story of love, so intellectuals like us can find out that is not like that, it treats serious issues for girls mind, how ... society expects you to be as a woman and makes you think what you really want in life and what you don't need to be for the outside world.
The story is well written but the final is so rushed that s the sad thing, the mangaka could explote their characters more and the story but maybe she wasn't feeling good with this, the art is so cute the desings are so pretty i wished this had better animated series, 'cause this is beautiful. This have my approval for a SAFE MANGA for girls! <3 reach me out and lets be friends!

I really loved tha anime and I've been meaning to pick up the manga for years now but the sad truth is I can see why the anime stopped where it did. It was fun at first but slowly it just started to feel like the author was tired of the stories and the characters. So many plot points are left in the air, and for a manga that somehow becomes about fashinon? All the dresses designed are lacking in any taste. It was hard to force myself to watch, especially when we are intorduced to so many new, meaningless characters just before the ending ... for a conveneint save. Stick with the anime.