Bastards's manga / #slice of life(4)

Shishi ni Hire

Complete | Ikegami shougo | 2000 released

Ojisama to Neko

Ongoing | Sakurai Umi | 2000 released

Houkago Melancholy

Complete | MATSUMOTO Kaori | 2000 released
2024-01-06 13:25 marked

I'm going to go against the majority and admit that I didn't really like this manga. There were multiple things that would've made it better if properly addressed (I note what I personally didn't like however there are some spoilers so read at your own risk). It's such a short read that I wouldn't say it's meaningless to read, and encourage everyone to give it a try if they want to. I'm just going to say that this wasn't my cup of tea and felt more like wasted potential. SPOILERS AHEAD !!!! So the main fl asks her crush out..in front of his girlfriend. This causes her to be bullied among many female classmates. While I definitely don't condone bullying, I hate how the entire time the fl is painted as the victim in the situation while she was indeed wrong. They could've made it a learning moment but it was clear she never really felt too much remorse for it and nobody really attempted to even say "hey, that's kinda fucked up!" so that annoyed me, especially being that it was a major plot point for the story. The ending was also honestly weird. It was so abrupt and with a new development so close to the end, I think one more chapter could've closed the story a bit more gracefully. I also didn't really like any of the characters that much. The fl was okay, the other ml (her first crush) kinda sucked. It was clear he liked the fl, but continued messing with someone else. He also never really defended his gf at all (she deserved better honestly this story did her dirty). Then he had the audacity to try and kiss the fl who was trying to move on from him, you snooze you loose. The only character I could say I liked was the 2nd male lead (whom she ends up with) because he was the only one didn't do something terrible without it going unaddressed.