Hen

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The strong point of Hen is the surprise that the main character has when she falls in love with another girl. You get a sense for how her mind works and the stops and starts it goes through as her instincts act on their own, which is something that not every mangaka can capture successfully. It tells you that the mangaka knows a thing or two about the human brain and it makes you wonder how much personal exposure he might have to gay culture.

I like that many of the panels are dedicated to simple changes in facial expression, or reactions to a strange comment ... from someone else. It's a nice touch and it makes this series feel more like an anime than a manga.

There are some low points: there's a lot of sex in this manga, too much for a 16 year old character like the protagonist, and the ending is rushed. Eventually, the side story between two males kind of takes over the romance between the two lead female characters.

As much as I like the artwork, the story and characters are nothing special. At the beginning, it all makes sense but progressively,the situation with Chizuru becomes more unrealistic. There is suspense, but only a very small amount. So personally, reading this was only enjoyable because of the artwork. It is more of a shoujo-ai than a yuri, but there are some sex scenes, both heterosexual and lesbian.

Hen Is what I would call an utter disaster that goes on way too long, overstaying its overstretched plot welcome. It's so bad; maybe you should stick to relevant popular media instead of this ecchi, cheesy mess.

A story of lesbian twisted fowl nature which never passes as being homophobic nevertheless becomes the main center point of the plot element. Amongst Yoshida, Chizuru nudity sexy busty mind games that go on way too long. Between several characters, one who she’ll prioritize beyond comfortableness. Yet she’s sixteen and has countless sex day-to-day shenanigans?

It begins off well, sort of, with the main focus on a perverted soon-to-be pedo ... teacher, and right away, stakes are high in the story. I forgot when he left. But after twenty chapters, it gets many spikes down among repetitiveness throughout, until the earthquake part. Where the manga switches it up a notch yet still seems far too repetitive, a terrible slice-of-life story for real. A 16-year-old has sex with a 6th grader what a grand view of a story.

Nothin' frankly happens until the last few chapters amongst its cringe-gender plot twist. A terrible ending: lets us go and marry elsewhere, basically in the USA, where they somehow legalized gay marriage in the 90s, or who cares, it’s THE END.