Ano Ko no Ie is a beautifully told coming of age story. While it may seem directionless at first, understanding the character's motives is the real story and what their choices mean tells the real story.
It's difficult to take the story at face value and a lot goes unsaid, but the MC's introspection provides the reader with the context to understand and empathize with her.
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The story is rather direct, but that suits its narrative style just fine. For a short manga it can be frustrating for stories and characters to seem irrelevant but nothing goes to waste in the manga's narrative. Everything has purpose and
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Sep 30, 2017
Fukushuu Kyoushitsu
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Story: 7/10
Fukushuu Kyoushitsu has an unoriginal premise but with an interesting execution, the methodical way the protagonist initiated her quest for revenge makes for a good story and a few chapters are fun to read because of it. Flashbacks are used to provide emotion or context to scenes that would otherwise feel out of place which is good, but ultimately the series suffers from how convoluted keeping track of the history each of the characters has with each other becomes. Art: 8/10 The tone for the series is set in the art, everywhere seems to be a little morose or disgusting and can make you feel unsettled ... 
Feb 8, 2017
Kanojo wa Rokurokubi
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It's a great series with a unique premise but I feel there's a lot of untapped potential by the end of it.
Asides from being a unique point for drama, the dichotomy between humans and youkai could be explored in a more fulfilling way. Characters are introduced and forgotten quickly in this series and the whole thing comes off as a unique pretense for a typical romance story. The story falls somewhere between modern fantasy and romance, without fully committing to either. I feel like it was made simply because monster girl series have been popular lately and while it tries to add something new to the growing ... |
