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Koimoku #1
こいもく
Kouta Inamine is a young man with dreams of becoming a professional manga artist, but his constant mistakes has caused him to be fired from almost every manga magazine in Tokyo. After being fired from yet another manga magazine, he believes his life to be over. However, his life takes a drastic turn when he finds out that his next door neighbor, Hinata Sawanoguchi, is revealed to be a famous editor for a B-rated manga magazine, and Hinata recruits him for her manga magazine. The story mainly focuses on the process of making and serializing manga, from concept to completion and the real-life stresses that come with it, with a comedic touch.
199 pages, Paperback
First published July 27, 2011
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May 27, 2015
The idea was good but there was too much ecchi and too little interest. The main character was half decent but the rest of the cast were just 'meh'.
Will not be reading the rest of the series.
Will not be reading the rest of the series.
November 19, 2020
First impression was of a normal manga with a very ordinary story but as I turned pages it became more and more interesting. By the end of chapter 2 I knew this is something I can not just stop reading.
May 11, 2013
This review is for the series as a whole. There are some things that both hold this series up as well as hamper it in several ways.
What makes this series stand out is that while the main character does fall into the idea of "guy with a hidden talent that comes out in extreme situations", he doesn't do so effortlessly and he has to work- really work- for what he wants. He also has to compromise to get what he wants in the end, which seems slightly off the norm for this type of series. There's also the HEA for our hero, which also seemed a little out of the ordinary. It wasn't who I expected him to be with, in any case. This worked in the manga's favor, as it brought some actual surprises to what's pretty much a tale that's been told often before.
This isn't perfect and at times there are some parts that sag under the weight of multiple volumes. I think it sums it up best when I say that this would have been better served being a volume or two shorter.
What makes this series stand out is that while the main character does fall into the idea of "guy with a hidden talent that comes out in extreme situations", he doesn't do so effortlessly and he has to work- really work- for what he wants. He also has to compromise to get what he wants in the end, which seems slightly off the norm for this type of series. There's also the HEA for our hero, which also seemed a little out of the ordinary. It wasn't who I expected him to be with, in any case. This worked in the manga's favor, as it brought some actual surprises to what's pretty much a tale that's been told often before.
This isn't perfect and at times there are some parts that sag under the weight of multiple volumes. I think it sums it up best when I say that this would have been better served being a volume or two shorter.
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