Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!

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Japanese: トモちゃんは女の子！

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 8

Chapters: 56

Status: Finished

Published: Apr 7, 2015 to Jul 14, 2019

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Theme: School

Serialization: twi4

Authors: Yanagida, Fumita (Story & Art)

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Ranked: #1012²

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Sep 1, 2019

onetimeweeb

Mixed Feelings

A high school romCOM where the friends outshine the main pair.

Story: Generic school life events that follows and drags out the plot of what you'd come to expect for a high school romance.
Art: Solid and improves throughout the story, especially considering Tomo-chan was a daily release.
Characters: Main cast consists of a generic main couple, Tomo and Jun, overshadowed by their friends Carol and Misuzu. Side characters are mostly forgettable or adult versions of the main cast.
Enjoyment: It's a light read and has its comedic moments, but blue balls the reader when it comes to the romance and compensates by overusing some jokes.

Tomo-chan is all about ... the chase. The quality fluctuates quite a bit from arc to arc, especially as the story progresses. There's nothing really special about the plot at all, as it doesn't try to innovate, but rather focus mostly on the interactions and dialogue between characters in their positions.

The art is solid for a daily 4-koma. It improves throughout the story, although as it's a daily release, the limitations the mangaka faces are obvious. The panels leading up to the jokes flow nicely and although each "chapter" is split into a page, that doesn't really affect the continuity of the manga.

The main couple are simple people, which makes chapters that revolve solely around the two feel rather repetitive. Both are naive, strong, clueless, and good people at heart. However, Misuzu is a welcome change of pace as someone who's a bit edgier, serving as a valuable foil to the flat personalities of the main two. Carol is the wild card of the cast, able to make things happen while maintaining her misleading smile. As for side characters, the most notable one is Misaki, who makes up for what he lacks in strength compared to the main couple with his common sense. The parents of the main characters are just older versions of the main ones, aside from Gorou, who is just the typical jealous doting dad. The rest of the characters are entirely forgettable and may as well not have a name.

Strangely enough, the best character and romantic developments are reserved not for the main couple. Not only do they act as wingwomen for Tomo and Jun, but they also legitimately learn from their mistakes and try to improve as people. When it eventually does come time for Tomo and Jun to make some progress, they fall flat in comparison. Their static characters can make the manga feel stale for a while, especially considering how plain their initial character design is in the first place. For a titular character, Tomo is surprisingly underdeveloped (outside of her physical growth).

Tomo-chan is first and foremost a comedy, with the vast majority of its chapters setting up for punchlines at the end of them. Although I don't think it's as funny as others do, it certainly does have some good jokes. At points, it relies on a bunch of running jokes, but they generally manage to continue being funny throughout. There are certainly some parts, however, that feel like filler and are a slog to get through. It's really only until the last couple dozen or chapters that this feels overly obvious. Despite my criticisms, it still has some fun arcs, but just like a hospice patient, the enjoyment flatlined at the end.

Overall, it's a mediocre/decent comedy series with a unsatisfying climax. It feels like Tomo being a girl is often only relevant to the comedic bits rather than to the romance; if only the mangaka had remembered Tomo-chan is a girl earlier.

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Feb 19, 2023

bakugouist

Mixed Feelings

if u want a review that can decide if u should read this manga or not, then keep reading. being totally honest, if u like those schoolar anime with great comedy then you TOTALLY should read this. i had a great time because not only every character that appears is unique but they make you laugh so hard, specially the main trio of tomo, misuzu & carol. i can give a 9 if we talked about comedy.
if i have to talk about the terms about being a "romance" anime, well theres a lot of cute scenes even if they happen to be in a little ...

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