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Jun 5, 2025
I want to like this. The artstyle is cool and there have been some great moments so far. Hitsugi and Nehan/Jack Joe have been enjoyable side characters. 46 chapters in, there was already a little bit of filler/gag manga moments, which was a bit offputting. It does some gags well, but it's kinda unforgivable to delay progressing the story this early on.
There was one big emotionally impactful moment throughout the story I can recall before the Black Parade arc that I thought was well done. As for the Black Parade arc itself, it's had some cool/kinda intense battles. They've been pretty close fights with
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some interesting matchups, though one of them felt like it ended a little too conveniently, which has me worried we might be seeing an axe. They had an opportunity to really surprise the readers in that fight, but they played it safe instead.
Anyway, this manga feels like it has decent potential, but the author hasn't quite found it yet. Also, it's a bit dumb how Kiyoshi and other characters are shouting off the names of their moves right from the start of the story. I guess they do that in One Piece, too, but it feels like the characters in One Piece worked up to it and earned the right to name their moves. Kiyoshi seems to have dozens of named moves and he just uses them all right away, almost like he's just trying to squeeze in as many as he can before the fight ends. They don't really have any meaning or impact. We'd get used to it eventually, but it's a bit annoying from chapter 1.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Jun 5, 2025
Badminton and basketball are both pretty fun to play casually. As for this manga, it doesn't really do a great job of showing that! This manga's a bit deceptive in that it seems like it's (kinda) about the sports, but it's actually just a light-hearted romance/slice of life with the sports part just kinda being there in the background. I'm surprised this made it in Shounen Jump, this feels more like a shoujo story.
I don't think anyone on the basketball team has any names or outstanding features - they're basically a bunch of slackers while Chinatsu works her ass off every morning showing up
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early. Meanwhile, on the badminton team, there are a few named characters, but you don't really get a big sports manga vibe from 2v2 matches. They barely even face off against their big rivals with how little attention the sports side gets. The action panels for the sports segments are a bit boring compared to other sports manga. The sports aspect is very underwhelming overall.
So, then how about the romance aspect? Also kinda underwhelming overall. Taiki and Chinatsu are both kinda boring characters. They're both shy, they both work hard, and they both like each other. There isn't much in the way of obstacles for them, so their development is pretty predictable. It's pretty bad when I'm more interested in the background character's romance arc than the main characters.
It's okay overall, but I'm not terribly impressed.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Jun 5, 2025
A pampered figure skater joins a hockey league full of delinquents: hilarity ensues.
As someone who doesn't care about hockey, this manga does a good job of making the training and techniques seem interesting with its amusing cast and how completely out of touch Rou is with the commoners. It's satisfying to watch him suck at hockey and learn how to become a better player. It's also satisfying to watch him skate circles around the others while throwing in some figure skating jumps and spins for no reason other than the fact that he can't help himself.
Some of the jokes are good enough to
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bring out a real laugh. The ugly/distinct facial features of each player is also pretty funny. Anyway, if you're open to some light-hearted sports manga fun, you should stop reading this review and go read Dogsred!
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Jun 5, 2025
It's a classic rom-com to harem bait n' switch. Things start off silly and pointless enough with MC having two possible love interests, then some more get introduced because why not? It's not like he's gonna commit to a relationship with either his childhood friend or the hot new girl on the block, so I guess we might as well drag things out with as many possible love interests as we can jam into one chapter per week. By the way, Tenichi has clearly has his sights set on one girl from the start, but he's completely oblivious to all the girls' constant flirting and
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advances towards him (including the girl he's most focused on).
Also, I'm just gonna come out and say it's really weird that a 15 year old girl in this manga has giant bobberinos and is a pinup model. It's also pretty weird that she finds it appropriate to give her swimsuit pictures to Tenichi. Like, what exactly is he supposed to do with those? How is he so dumb he either a) doesn't realize she's hitting on him or b) doesn't realize he should tell her he's not interested when he's already trying to get with someone else?
This manga's sole purpose is to string you along just enough to think that both main relationships are equally possible so that it can never end! Tenichi will only choose his girlfriend when the editors decide to axe this thing. I'm just gonna go ahead and guess he'll end up with Himari because the manga is called "Himaten".
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Jun 5, 2025
34 chapters in, the story barely feels like it might possibly start to go somewhere? I'm not exactly holding my breath. It doesn't help that the author takes long breaks regularly. I'm curious how they get away with that in such a highly competitive publication.
It's a story about a schoolgirl who is going through dragon puberty. She unexpectedly gains and tames crazy dragon powers, which her classmates are pretty casual about. At times, it feels like maybe she's gaining these powers for... idk, some transition into a battle manga? It's extremely slice of life and I don't think there will ever be a single battle,
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so turn back before you get stuck reading it like I am. Ruri is just an awkward teen coping with changes to her body and trying to fit in - which she does easily because even the "mean girls" are very friendly and welcoming.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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Jul 18, 2021
What can I say without spoiling the whole thing? It's beautiful. Fujimoto's done it again. There are some fun little Chainsaw Man references within the story, too.
Fujimoto, as usual, does a great job with the characters. They're instantly lovable with great chemistry. They grow throughout the story and you can never really predict what they'll do next. They feel alive; they're written as humans, not as archetypes.
Their expressions convey their feelings well and can be kinda funny at times. For example, the teacher's slack-jawed, "another day, another dollar" face on the first page and Fujino's smug expressions in the beginning. Fujino's shocked face on
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page 7 and frustrated face on page 10 are pretty hilarious. I love Fujimoto's art and the way he draws these expressive faces without compromising his style. Other manga will have the characters turn chibi and get giant eyes/mouths, or just have "angry" slanted eyebrows that move as if they're not connected to the character's face, but Fujimoto always stays the course with his realism.
The story is an emotional journey. It kinda leaves you heartbroken and satisfied at the same time, as with Fujimoto's other works.
For some artists, drawing is tedious, boring, and time consuming. A feeling I know well. So why do these artists draw? I suppose this story offers some explanation. I wonder if Fujimoto hates drawing?
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Jul 4, 2021
The story follows some underdogs trying to form a baseball team from scratch. They spend the majority of the story scouting highly skilled players who aren't committed to a team yet (for various reasons). Just as the team is finally assembled, they pretty much get to play one real game before the manga gets axed!
It takes 16 chapters to assemble a full baseball team - that's with rushing at the end and just recruiting a few generics. I can imagine the axe was probably already set in stone by that point. Too bad 'cause things were just starting to get interesting. A specific villain was
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introduced, as well as a team with an interesting (?) gimmick that gives our heroes a challenge.
The story didn't have a bad premise, but I guess the startup is a bit slow - a flaw of the premise itself. How can you assemble a team of unique, quality players from scratch in a short time when baseball requires 9 players on a team? Compared to One Piece, for example, where Luffy's half-assed "pirate crew" can function in some capacity even with just 2 or 3 members. One Piece could take its time assembling the crew and write in new characters when it's interesting; this story, however, did not have that option. It might've been setup to fail from the start!
The final chapter is actually pretty high quality and wraps things up decently. I don't care about baseball and there's a lack of villains for the majority of the story, maybe that's why my score is low. It was an okay manga while it lasted and you probably won't feel too burned if you decide to read it (despite the axe).
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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Jul 1, 2021
- - - SPOILER WARNING - - -
There are some spoilers here. The spoilers basically involve the premise of the story, but not the ending.
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It's your average high school slice of life romance thing... except some of the characters are gay. So, we're basically here to see if a gay romance can be written well or to see what struggles gay people face in a straight society. Sure, I'll bite. What's it like to be a gay teenager trying to find their place in this world?
The story and drama is generally fine and moderately entertaining. The matchmaking stuff
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is a little dumb, especially when we know it's pointless for a straight character to try and win the affection of a gay character of the opposite sex. It adds a little bit of drama fluff for amusing scenarios, I suppose.
I think the writing kinda tanked in the later half of the story. It got really preachy and the debates between the characters didn't really feel like a genuine conversation. Throwing words such as "like" and "totally" into a preachy wall of text just kinda made it hard to read, like it's really hard not to just skim through those parts. I read manga for character driven stories, not for detached essays on tolerance.
The ending is certainly underwhelming. I'm not upset about the ending itself, I just don't think it was delivered well. They didn't lead up to it properly.
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It's fine. Frequent chibi drawings are kinda low grade and cheap. Some characters are occasionally drawn with a lot of detail, but it's not really clear why. Masumi probably had the most detailed drawings, like they're trying to make her look really pretty or something. Is this from the character's perspective - the way they see her? It kinda gives some flirty undertones that are never explored in the story.
Toma's "simpleton" face is fun to look at (basically just a generic smiley face). His hair looks good despite not being a cool haircut.
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One character changes pretty drastically at one point in the story, which I found a bit annoying. They basically go from being a generic annoyance to being a complicated "you don't know me" type with their own unique gender role to explore (complete with their own essay). Really, it just feels like the author is talking to themselves instead of two characters talking to each other. It mainly just seemed dumb for a one note character to suddenly act like they're really complex.
It seems weird that the popular kids are casually talking or hanging out with the shy nerd protagonists at times. I swear they started tossing in some generic new characters at the end of the story just so the heroes could be antagonized by someone. You'd think the popular kids would have more control over the school's general atmosphere.
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It's okay. It's different compared to other high school romance stories, maybe it could give some people at least some small insight as to what homersexuals think about or go through. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't recommend going out of your way to read it.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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Jun 14, 2021
Mod Edit: This review was originally posted for Burn the Witch (One-shot) (114700) and has subsequently been merged into Burn the Witch (Manga) (129370).
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There's a bit too much world building and crap getting explained for a one shot. Nothing very interesting. Some schoolgirls in London go to a secret underground world to grind dragons and escape from incels.
Art:
The old guy they call "director" has a nice design, it's a display of where Kubo's art shines. Everyone else is either plain or trying too hard to be generically unique. The guns look like really crappy toys, it's an embarrassing step down from the unique sword designs
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from Bleach.
Characters:
Characters are cringey and unlikeable. Guy wants to see underwear, girl is bashful about underwear and breaks every bone in the guy's body using her black belt martial arts techniques. Gee, I've never seen that before in an anime/manga.
Overall:
A waste of time. Writing "BLEACH" at the end was laughably dumb. Give it a rest, man! You're living in the past!
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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Jun 14, 2021
It was pretty mediocre as a one-shot, so I was surprised when they introduced it as a new series. The concept of "building peace" by smacking bad guys with a hammer is really stupid. Terribly wasted potential. If they maintained a little more realism with construction, I feel this could've been interesting and somewhat educational. Instead, they opted for being able to do construction work by shooting energy beams. I guess when you get really good, you don't even have to touch tools or materials - or even be anywhere near the building you're working on.
Build King tried to incorporate a dumb rainbow of
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attributes, giving it a Pokemon-style strength/weakness system. This was really half-assed and convoluted, then it was immediately undermined when they introduced additional colours that aren't part of the standard rainbow.
Art is kinda bad. Tonkachi can range anywhere from a RIPPED toddler to a RIPPED teenager. His body size is very inconsistent. If he's gonna be RIPPED like this, he should always at least look like a teenager. At least!
Toriko and Komatsu make cameo appearances in this manga, which is just kinda laughable. You can feel the author desperately trying to grasp his former glory. Build King should've just stayed as a one-shot and nothing more.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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