Tsujiura-san to Chupacabra

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I'd like to preface this review by saying this manga is best read by readers who aren't looking for anything serious, who can laugh at silly situations, who enjoy misunderstandings, and anything else familiar a high school "romance" comedy.

Story - 6 - Fair
It's a comedy manga with cliche events as a baseline, so of course it won't be very thrilling. However, very fun anticipating what Tsujiura will do in the situations she's put in. Events unfold in an order you'd expect, and they like to introduce characters every few chapters so it doesn't get stale. The whole reason why this story is happening in the ... first place is quite enjoyable as well (She has to pretend to be a waifu when she's really a super strong fighter/bully? Yes please!)

Art - 8 - Very Good
The art is great, in the way that it conveys the over-exaggerated situations the characters are put in excellently. The facial expressions the characters use are perfect for this type of manga. The illustrations used when characters are explaining something to another character are quite enjoyable as well (especially when a sister joins the crew).

Character - 6 - Fine
Characters are fine for a manga like this. They each have their specialties and weaknesses and they interact with each other in a very fun way. Even the un-detailed student body that usually watches on from the sidelines are fun to have around.

Enjoyment - 10 - Outstanding
I LOVE silly, over-the-top comedy manga. Even if I have a general idea of what will happen next, it doesn't beat the artist's visual representation and dialogue of each and every situation. Can't wait for the rest to be translated!

Talk about a manga, that started low and never moved. Tsujiura-san to Chupacabra was a romance manga, that really just wanted to have the word romance in it and nothing else.

My first reaction:NISEKOI RIP-Off ( and I dont even like Nisekoi to begin with and I could see this a mile away)

So the story of Tsujiura-San being a beautiful ass-kicking beast of a girl who makes a random nobody into her boyfriend to hide her rep is nothing speial.In fact its quite stale and even her love for finding wierd unexplained mysteries seems cliche and overdone.

On top of that, there are barely ... anything else to gravitate to .The rivals are all one dimensional and overused,there are no family members (apart from the overused snob little sister) and it doesnt do anything special that any other manga hasnt done before.

The only time it had any semblence of likability was when the two main boys started a rock band, which was a bit funny.Too bad the next chapter was the final one.

And Im glad it did, this felt like a manga that overstayed its welcome, by 30 chapters.And trust me ,If you're looking for a new take on Romance in this day and age, you wont find it here

First, this is a love triangle, almost close as harem, but not as it is. There's a Short review below if you don't want to read the long review.

Story:3
It started as a cliched romantic comedy with cliched setting, even though it's cliched, it has a decent comedy with almost "breaking the 4th wall" trope.

But the potential of this manga was a cut off after its ending, literally it was axed. There couple of chapter in which it was getting interesting, it was "Deconstruction of Harem(though it was love triangle) and that potential would have made this manga better than any cliched manga. But it's a ... shame that it ended abruptly while having the same ending without any resolve relationship.

Art: 3
The are is quite below average, the characters are distinguishable, yet in the closer look, they almost look the same. The expression is just average, the same the background, at least this manga will make you laugh when it comes to its humor. The general art is not really bad, nor decent, it's not even mediocre, it's just OK, well as long as it is readable, I don't have any problem on it.

Characters: 4(states that it is decent)
The characters are the highlight of the show, and they were able to make some characters who are better than any average characters in many series. For it was able to develop its characters, while maintaining its humor, especially their personality, which is quite cliched, but at the same time, funny. Before it ends Saotome Ryou or the rich boy has questioned the Idea of having stagnant, which makes him the Best character in this manga, and he was better than any mcs out there, that's why the score for the character is 4, since there's a decent guy in the series, but at the same time, it ended without a clear relationship, which really sucks.

Enjoyment: 5(not a mediocre in my scoring)
So far, it didn't rely on fanservice, but rather on comedy(one of the best genre every) every characters makes a joke about cliched setting especially when they mention their own part on the scene, which makes me laugh, but at the same time, I wasn't able to enjoy it that much, since this manga was axed, and its potential was killed, not that I can blame the production, since it's trying to deconstruct its Harem, or should I say, it's against the Editors(especially Nisekoi) Well as long that it was able to show its potential, then it's ok for me, and at least ir did try to deconstruct its harem and Saotome Ryou developed as a supporting character, which is missing in many mangas(many supporting characters are just a display for a harem show) so if you think its worth it or not, I would say it's worth it for its Comedy and their MVP Saotome, while not worth for its cliched setting.



Story: 3 - Cliched setting but was able to show its potential on deconstructing its love triangle
Art: 3 - not bad, nor good, almost has the same character design and everything is below average, but was able to express its theme.
Character: 4 - Only Saotome Ryou lifted this the cliched characters
Enjoyment 5 - Enjoyable for its comedy.
Overall: 3 - Wasted Potential and poor production(axed), I don't wanna score it 2 since it's the for cliched setting or just average or 4 since it's for Decent series.