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Practice Makes Perfect

Although not an athlete, but a musician myself, I got enticed by the title.

The romance was better than average, smut is good where you can jack off and still have a good read.

The character and romance build up was good and it doesn't bore you, it makes you keep reading.

Comedy comes in now and then which makes it refreshing while having a bit of drama.

... And as far as I'm concerned, I didn't get any hate on this series.

Would I recommend you to read this? Ofcourse.

Have a great romance and jack em off!

Manga Dogs

Pretty boys doing pretty stupid things.

Read the sentence above again. Now, do you want to waste your time on pretty boys doing stupid things?

Most of the comedy part only comes after the 1st volume. So you have to endure 1 volume of pretty boys doing pretty stupid things.

I appreciate the depiction of the manga industry, how mangakas suffer each night, struggles of being an author whilst being a student. But please, remove the stupid pretty boys doing pretty stupid things.

Would I recommend you to read this? No, unless you like to see pretty boys doing pretty stupid things.

Nekogahara

Cliches and disappointment.

For me I feel like the author is going with a unique plot, but mediocre world/character building. Yeah Cats as characters? Why not? But there's also humans, hmmm, how to solve this little problem, nahh who cares, is what I think is what in the author's mind.

The cats were introduced as pets, with masters which are humans. And then cats also live in the country as a society. There are cities and villages that are populated with cats.

Now what do you thinks will happen if humans and cats have societies? Yep, totally nonsense.

You would see a big cat holding a club and ... smash cats. How are the humans not involve in this?

Art, contemporary ok, but I feel like the author is going YOLO on the art. Fight scenes were really not clear, character designs are wack, and othet drawings are like calligraphy style which is hard to decode and understand.

Oh what about the cliche part? Hero lost someone precious goes into an adventure to find that person. Villain is much more related to our main protagonist.

(Spoiler for this paragraph)
And on the final chapters, the main characters suddenly have a op power boost. The balance of the 2 parties gone from - 50:50 to 10:80. Yey hero won, laziness.
(End of spoiler)

Do I recommend you reading this? Absolutely no, don't waste your time on this **, even if you are a cat lover.

How To Train Your Devil

Beautiful heroines

When I read the title, I didn't think the devil will be a baby, I thought more of like adolescent to adult devils, so props for the surprise.

Women are beautiful in this series, well what do you expect on ecchi fantasy theme. Ecchi panels are kind of mediocre, like watching an ecchi anime, most of it is like the same.

Comedy comes around sometimes, not really much comedy for me, although they are funny, it's kind of scarce to have bits of comedy per volume.

Flow of the story is a bit different from what you expect on majority of human vs ... demon stories in order to keep the light, fluff(maybe), and comedy intact.

I also think that there's some inspiration in the work. Considering that there's a vampire heroine who is madly in love with the demon lord and wants to have his baby, sounds like Shalltear and Albedo combined to me (Overlord).

Would I recommend you to read this?
Nope, unless you want mid ecchi panels, old classic pervert mc, then go ahead.

Acony

They had us in the 1st half, is what I would describe Acony.

Starting with a mystery feel, the author drawing a lot of colored Acony made me feel this is gonna be a gothic horror. And yeah it is, at least at the first part. The afterwords also said that the author doesn't know the genre for this manga and should the author go for more comedy.

I love comedy. And after hearing many jokes, Acony definitely delivered in the comedy aspect.

I also love how volume 1 started with the art style like 'contemporary' to compliment with the mystery feels. And then gradually headed to a ... more common natural drawing while still retaining the angsty drawing.

Started with a mystery, and then sprinkled with comedy.

(Spoiler for this paragraph)

I love how the author finished the mystery part early on the 3rd volume so it will not end in a "We now have the answer, therefore this manga is over" situation. After the answers for the mystery, we got more happy half of the 3rd volume. More comedy, and then it ended with a farewell.
(Spoiler end)

And of course, nothing beats mystery when it can happen in real life.

Would I recommend you to read Acony?
Definitely, despite some may get meh on the art style, I recommend you to persevere. Enjoy the comedy, and mystery for only 3 volumes.

School of Horns

Seemingly week child but with strange powers, from really wimpy to motivating others, School of Horns everybody, you know many stories just like this, so let's move on now.

Liked the concept of different types of horns, we don't really get those stuffs so this a rather unique one

When a story is a about world-building or character-building, you know that story should have a proper conclusion, right? (SPOILER UNTIL *) No, we have them discover a hidden talent, show some scenes where they get overwhelmed until the MC do his thing time and time again, and end with the phrase 'this is only the ... start of the beginning. THE END' . Build that world and end it abruptly.*

The action panels seem unreadable, you dont know what the panel shows. The transition panels are kind of abrupt.

Art, seems okay, well most of them are bishounen, you can't argue with the designs. The fight scenes are unreadable, fast transitions.

Will I recommend you this? No, unless you like demon stuffs, fast adapting MC, and horns, then go ahead.

Magia the Ninth

Get this, your favorite classical composers in a manga, featuring their famous compositions, fight against demons, and (SPOILER UNTIL *) not even have a proper ending.*

I think the author either likes classical music or just researched them and have them in a manga where classical music enthusiasts will enjoy them.

Well having well know composers like the 3 B, Liszt, Schumann, Schubert, and even a violin maker, Stradivarius, you know the author did some research.

At first, when they chant some words before they execute "Masterpieces", I felt that the author wants classical to not be an obscure taste.

The pieces the author chose are mostly ... the most famous works, with each varying stories, interpretations, and descriptions about the piece.

With that in mind, the pieces were limited. Look at Schubert, he only used Der Erlkonig throughout the entire series. Liszt only have Liebestraum. Brahms's Alto Rhapsody. And of course Beethoven has 4 because he's the . most famous composer, and he's the main protagonist.

Story-wise, young kid wants revenge and find a mentor, yeah.

Art, all of them are bishounen, because the target demographic are women so it's ok, but what is not okay, at least for me, is a WOMAN TCHAIKOVSKY. You could have choose one from the many female composers instead of gender bending.

Would I recommend you reading this? No, unless you just want to marvel at pretty boys, classical composers character, fantasy action, then I won't stop you.

Tonikaku Kawaii

Binging this series, I've realized while I keep watching all 12 episodes, my heart keeps beating, どきどき (doki doki) if I must say.

This kind of feeling can only appear when you really are enjoying what you think is love. And after a decent amount of romance anime shows, this hits the spot.

I don't know the reason why I feel like that when I keep watching, but if I have to give an answer, it's the reality part, the part where you doubt if they would really stay together, the part of believing not seeing the love you most pursue.

And yes, this show can be ... enjoyable if you are single or not.

I'm on the single side so let me tell you why I love this certain anime.

First, we all want our first love to become reality. Some are lucky enough that they already have that first love and some of us who keep on pursuing that first love even if it fails. First love and all, the way the story have the two meet together is what you can call surreal. A boy strucked by a beauty, he might have felt that because he is a total study-all-the-time person. The feeling that you can no longer meet a certain person really does hurt so you got to take the chance (source is me). Grabbing that chance will have you less doubts in the future because you tried.

I also love that the story gives us real life responsibilities. This let us singles know what we need to do when the time comes for us to marry. It shows us the struggles of living together. It shows us realistic love life.

After finishing this series, I feel empty. Oh how nice to have a partner that you really desire. Living everyday together. Singles always wished that for their first love.

And also, did I mention how terrifying this anime is? That's a lot of real life companies. You rarely see an anime which uses real name of companies. Which also add to the reality part.

Now how do I feel about the show? I. Want. More.

This particular kind of romance need to bloom more. Relatable. Reality. Shows that help us be more happy, with a partner or none.

Drops

A manga with different perspectives on each chapter.
With this kind of story building, we can have more time to look more deeply on the characters.

Since this is a Oneshot, the ending will be fast of course. Time-skips are common on this kind of manga. But here it is used so beautiful and well-timed.

This manga is a romance, comedy, smut type. Published on Manga Erotics F, you expect the lewd panels immediately. In this manga, the lewdness are used for character-building. So you can basically enjoy some romance, while beating that meat.

This is also a Slice of Life manga, the characters are pretty much alike to ... people on the real world. A high school kid falling in love but doesn't have the courage, twins that has a dilemma on the present because of they were raised, a lady overseas experiencing other culture, and a big sister who is now unreliable-like, since her siblings can manage by themselves, and these siblings doesn't have their parents anymore. Real-life don't you think?

The art was not decent, it looks like 80's or 90's manga. I feel old reading this. Because of this, the characters looks are unique.

I enjoyed reading this in one-seating. I thought to myself on the 2nd chapter, oh so this is how the road gonna end. With that in mind, I can basically guess what happens on the next panels. Expected may be, the mangaka makes wonders and make it expected and elaborate at the same time. I was like, I expected this, but not this much.

Would I would recommend you to read this? Yes
Real-life alike, eroi scenes, character building.

Wholesome manga

Golosseum

Ever wonder if there's any JoJo like anime, full of references? Here's Golosseum, where references are full of history and personalities.

From the synopsis itself, yep, you read that right, Russian President Putinov and American President Billary Quintone, wonder who can those people be.

I find this manga entertaining and shit at the same time. On the omake (extra) chapters, I keep on looking forward to it. This is the only non-serious part of the manga where you will have some laughs.

Plotwise, I think it's unique in a way, but also shit.

I also like how the mangaka didn't make any serious catalogues of the huge personalities ... that could bring any controversies. You might say that the author tried to be as neutral as possible.

All of the actions of the characters all have meanings unlike others. They are on a certain goal.

But I'm making this review because of the ending. After I read all 6 volumes, I was satisfied.
1. Because I finally finished this shitty manga
2. The ending is so wholesome
I don't know what level of wholesome it is, but for me, I'm so satisfied that I hold on to that ending.

Would I recommend you to read it? No, but if you life references, and you want to see some famous personalities in a manga, and you like a reasonable ending, go ahead.