Story:
This is one of THE gag manga out there. A one-trick pony, a repetitive, slightly fetishistic, and wholesome joke that's repeated around one hundred times. After a long pause from the manga, I thought I could go back, finish it, and find the gags fresh again. I miscalculated. It's a story that uses the same “abs are sexy” joke that I ended up hating by the end. It's a tale that tries to develop the characters a lot, adding motives, stakes, and a small “bomb under the table” plot point. However, it ruins its own plot by… well… not caring. It reversed everything for a happy ending that shouldn't be bad in itself, but since it comes from a well established road to a bad end, I hated it. A literal Deus Ex Machina, creating a stupid ending.
Characters:
It's interesting how there's such a big cast of characters. Loads of people are introduced into the story to serve for more gags about the same thing, while making small cameos later in the story. I guess I can give it some props since it doesn't really waste them, it's just an excess of characters used for the same thing or to give more of a motive for the main couple to experience drama. You're gonna like the main couple, but every conflict they go through is just fake. We know they're gonna go back in the stupidest ways, or how the plot is all about trying to pull them apart and just doing the reverse for the fun of it. Nice characters, and well-used for the end, but the middle of that is just dead time. At least the art is fine.
Art:
The pouts, the love expressions, the uh… anatomy of the characters. It's probably what attracts the audience in general. If you're gonna enjoy something, it's how visually cute it tries to be. Sure, it works, and the art in other elements isn't actually that bad. The fight scenes are strangely easy to follow, even if it isn't that dynamic. The author doesn't cut corners to show impact on some hits. Zooms out, shows damage on areas, it's easy to get a scale of power just from the visuals, so, hey, that's pretty nice.
I couldn't say that all the parts made a good whole. It's a story I really don't like. Gag manga can be good. Some of them create a story around that gag, and evolve the characters around that gag to make a fun world. This manga couldn't do it for me, and even if you love those panels that show bodies, it isn't enough to keep you going. If there isn't a drive to finish the story, why should you?
4.5/10, at least every chapter is just 6 pages or something around it. If you're still interested, don't binge it, just read a small amount until you get slightly tired, then you can give it time to get fun again.
