Tensei Pandemic is an ecchi. And this manga tries its damndest to make sure you don't forget. The thing that separates it from the rest is the fact that the way this piece tries to prove itself to the reader time and time again is so ridiculous that it actually becomes hilarious.
Story - 7/10
The plot of Tensei Pandemic is essentially a more lewd rendition of Boku Girl, as it has just about the same general outline: A boy who wants to be manlier but is only seen as a woman has a crush, but she only sees him as a female friend. Then, through supernatural means, 'he' becomes a 'she' and tries to hide it from as many people as humanly possible, ultimately failing at even that. The story then tells the tale of the protagonist's reluctant journey to womanhood. There are only a couple of real differences between Tensei Pandemic and Boku Girl, the first being, as I said, that Pandemic is much, much more ecchi compared to Boku Girl's occasional suggestive scene. As for the second reason, Tensei Pandemic is, of course, about a pandemic, and thus there become more and more genderbent characters appearing as the series goes on. More about that when we get to 'Character'
Art - 7/10
Fuyuno Nabe's artwork is somewhat solid, with its only weakness being its frequent inconsistency. Fuyuno frequently forgets the breast sizes of his more *ahem* developed characters, though, with many varying anywhere from a C-cup to an F-cup. I have to admit, though, that the mangaka gets better at this as the series goes on; at the writing of this review the series is on chapter 58, and I noticed a good amount of consistency during the 'running around naked with the primary male love interest' chapter.
Character - 9/10
The thing that makes Tensei Pandemic's character-base great is the variety and sheer ridiculousness of its members. While the protagonist is essentially just Mizuki from Boku Girl with bigger breasts, the rest of the cast is incredibly diverse. Just to mention a few, a shy girl who grew a giant penis and constantly gets boners, an incesty guy who works at a maid cafe after turning into a girl and tries to look like his older sister (somehow becoming a tsundere in the process), the incredibly lewd class president, a french guy who made an incredibly realistic virtual-reality game just because he wanted to become a woman, and a closeted fashion designer who looks like a hentai protagonist. Through the interactions between these hilariously bizarre characters, anything goes, and often does.
Enjoyment - 9/10
Probably the strongest point of Tensei Pandemic, the series is incredibly enjoyable due to the fact that although it does not even begin to attempt to deny the fact that it's an ecchi (as its predecessor Boku Girl did) and instead embraces this notion wholeheartedly, the series does not hesitate to make countless stupid jokes, many that aren't even sex-related. Additionally, although Tensei Pandemic does have some (or many) dumb plots and weak points, it somehow manages to make those dumb points even funnier than the points that would likely be considered 'strong' in any other manga through the ingenuity of its characters. This is a manga that will make you laugh both out of genuine comedy as well as out of sheer stupidity, and sometimes you might even temporarily forget that this even is an ecchi, and then get instantly reminded two or three panels later when Hinata's clothes fly off.
Overall - 8/10
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