Mai-chan no Nichijou

Edit

What would you like to edit?

SynopsisBackgroundAlternative TitlesPictureChapters/VolumesPublishing DatesRelationsTypeExternal Links  

This manga is amazing. It's a very strong and well-done commentary on human society. Lust is all-powerful. That's the message that I got out of this. Anyways, on to the review.
Story: The story is very good, especially for a hentai. Mai is a maid that's immortal. Customers come and do obscenely immoral (to most people) acts to her. From abuse, rape, torture, or most of the time all three, Mai has been through it all.
Art: The art is the selling point of this manga, in my opinion. The art conveys what;s happening on panel perfectly: it's very beautifully drawn.
Characters: There aren't many characters, but the ... one's that the manga does have are all mediocre-good, they're nothing crazy. Mai has a lot of development, but that's about it.
Enjoyment: I loved every second of this manga. From the h-scenes to everything in-between I enjoyed all of it.
Overall: I would give this series a solid 7/10

The plot definitely left room for emotional development in Mai, but that development was limited due to the pacing and length of the manga. In fact, there's not much meat on the plot's bones, so by the (notably shock-reliant, please beware) ending, there were multiple questions left unanswered about the eternal slave phenomenon and the characters, like Sayurin, Kaede, even Mai herself.

That being said, the biggest spotlight of the manga, was on the art and the levels of guro Mai had to take on. Not a good time if you're expecting deep, resonating themes somewhere in the blood stains. Maybe a good time if you're ... just here to see how the blood leaked out.

When you read manga, or consume any piece of media, there’s usually a take away from it all. There is no take away from Mai-Chan’s Daily Life. There probably wasn’t meant to be one, as much as the positive reviews try to shoehorn one in there. If you go into Mai-Chan’s Daily Life and expect some sort of meaning, you will be very disappointed.

I can’t think of a single quality this manga has that makes it worth reading. The art? It’s not bad, but it’s not great either. You can certainly find better art elsewhere. The characters? Flat, static, and boring. I don’t ... remember a single character’s name, with the exception of Mai. Pacing? All over the place, subpar at best, and atrocious at worst. The manga jumps from scene to scene, with no flow or cohesiveness whatsoever.

And finally, the plot. The story is about Mai, a teenage girl who has been sex-trafficked by some unnamed organization, into a mansion where she is tortured and brutalized by clients. Throughout the story, Mai is amputated, beat to death, disemboweled, burned to death, stabbed and sliced to death, decapitated, raped, and abused in every possible way you could think of. That’s it, that’s the entire plot. Oh, she’s also killed by a tiger, somehow.

Overall, the only way you could possibly enjoy this manga is if you were into blood, gore, snuff, rape, shota, loli, torture, cannibalism, amputation… and more! Fortunately, I am not into any of that, so you could say that Mai-Chan’s Daily Life is not for me. Contrary to what edgelords say, there is no deeper meaning to this story, there’s no character development, and there is absolutely nothing valuable about Mai-Chan’s Daily Life.

Garbage fire of a manga,
1/10