Hot Milk

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Hot Milk, as it's cheeky name, is a work that you can get what you're getting for in the first 2-3 chapters. In a sense I can get why it's Seinen, but in the same way it's not very deserving of it, since it's humor is pretty teen oriented, at best, and while on a conceptual level the setting and character dynamic does sounds fun and interesting, it's execution definitely didn't live up to that.

The story in this manga centers around our main protagonist, who is this laid back, slightly trashy badass of a person, who in a twist of ... fate starts to work for this cute and ditzy girl, who's named bizzarely Milk (that's why the manga is called Hot Milk, get it haha ... ). After that, the manga follows the formula of, Milk, being the Mary Sue of a character, sees person in trouble, which means she'll try to help them in any possible way, be it plausible or not, which would in turn means our main character (who is a Gary Stu in a sense too) devolves into a mix of mascot and unfunny caricature of a person, and tries to keep Milk safe from harm. Rinse and repeat that formula for 10 times, and you got this manga's plot.

The characters of any importance are our main ones, and they feel very dry and simple. In a sense, they act in this very basic and formulaic way, they act reckless and as dumb as straightforward you'd get , and eventually everything turns out perfect for them, which honestly makes it difficult to get interested in them. Also Milk, while not being in action is used for cheap fanservice, while our bodyguard is your friendly neighborhood pervert.

The character art is fine, and fits for a comedy, which is the only thing that's not really problematic for me.

I do believe that this manga is alright if you feel really bored and you wonder what to read - it's comedy is weak at best, as far as narrative goes, it's very uncoherent and annoying read, the characters are more or less annoying. But even so, if you are that bored, there's so much more manga to pick from ...