Yugami-kun ni wa Tomodachi ga Inai
He does not have any friends.

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There is a lot of mediocre slice of life manga out there, but when you find something good, let me tell you all, it's something special.

I've just finished reading the last chapter. What a journey. Too many great slice of life gets repetitive, because they are generally stuck in some gimmick. The characters never evolve and even in comedies this can get really frustrating.

"Yugami-kun Doesn't Need Any Friends" is not one of those. It's actually probably my favorite slice of life of all time.

Yugami and Chihiro development throughout the series is amazing. Both themselves as characters and especially their relationship. I really care for them ... as characters. There is a moment down the line that Yugami heard about some bad news from a blog and the moment really made me upset for her. In the next page, I laughed out loud with her reaction. "Yugami-kun [...]" is that type of manga: I get worried because I care about the characters, I laugh because I understand their situation.

Of course, the main duo is the best thing about the manga, but they also had an amazing cast of lovable, quirky characters that left a strong impression on me. They are among the most endearing casts I've ever seen in a long, long time. The kind that makes you wish you could read more and more about their lives. They are also incredibly funny.

Talking about the humor, this manga is really funny. Yugami's straightforwardness and Chihiro's kindness are used in a way that never gets old. I loved two scenes that explore those character traits: one, which involves Yugami as a baby; other, which involves Yugami and Kadota imagining the interaction between Chihiro and another character.

The baseball scenes are also great. This is coming from a Brazilian guy that barely understands how you even score on baseball. And the baseball is the means to get one great scene between the two main characters that I think about all the time.

The strengths of the manga are the characters, the plot and the humor. The art is not out of this world, but it does have a certain charm. The designs are simple yet remarkable, with Chihiro's derp-y faces taking the cake. The art evolves a lot during the run, something that I always find fascinating to see.

Jun Sakura's manga was supposed to run for just one volume at first. It ended up with 16 volumes. I will be looking forward to whatever they write next, if it has half the charm of "Yugami-kun [...]", it will be already worth the time.

Now, this is what we call a slice of life manga. There is absolutely no plot other than that revolving around Yugami Yuuji. Now hear me out, it's not like everyone will like this, even I expected Watanuki and Yugami would start dating at the end of the story or something, but it was a pleasant surprise. Just to be clear, this manga is people who are absolutely fed up with repeating action sequence of the majority of mangas available in the market.

Plot
Now I am warning y'all, if you want a concrete story or something, just stop right there, if there's one thing this manga ... lacks, that's a concrete plot. This manga is just for people looking for some light humour and feel good vibes. This plot can never work out for an anime 'cause it's too simple to gain any audience.

Characters
Just like any typical shounen, there's this almighty generic cast of people listening to shitty protagonist just for the sake of gaining his favour or the time where the female protagonist being the only one understanding the true intent behind all the actions and stuff. So I would say that it is pretty generic and nothing to pay attention over.

Art
Art in Shounen is pretty mediocre and when it comes to Slice of Life, there's nothing to make us fret over. I honestly didn't find anything noteworthy or unique in this work of Sakura Jun. So again art is also mediocre

When i read all the previous review i was hyped to see this manga. its a good slice of life, school story. but i droped it around 15 chapters. the first thing i want to say is the story. its kinda genric and bland, and doesnt offer something new. the art also doesnt compliment the story. its just bad and sometimes you dont get to see the environment. the next thing is the character. yugami is such a d*ck and i understand that he is supposed to be that way in the story. but even after 15 chapters he doesnt get any character development or ... just a little bit change in his character. i cant stand yugami for 6 chapters, but i keep reading it because the score is good. and as i reach chapter 15 he is the same guy still. if i were one of the character in the story i would beat the f out of hiim. and the mc is just an ordinary girl who i cant remember her name. she just happened to sit beside him.
So thats conclude my point. in summary, i hate yugami and cant stand reading him annoy others.