レオとマブ ～ふたりはさらざんまい～

by Ikunirapper

交番勤務の警官・新星玲央と阿久津真武は、ある日、皿の上に載せられた女の子の赤ちゃんを拾う。女の子に「サラ」と名付け、大切に育てることになった玲央と真武。町の平和を守るふたりが遭遇するスイーツな事件は……!? 幾原邦彦監督TVアニメ「さらざんまい」に登場する警官・玲央と真武のゆるふわ日常を描くスピンオフコミカライズ!!

Genres: Manga, LGBT, Humor, M M Romance, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Queer

174 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 20, 2019

About the author

Pen name used by Kunihiko Ikuhara for Sarazanmai works.

Please also see イクニラッパー.

Reviews

[lauwisteria · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story doesn't contradict the main story cause in this volume is canon, and it provides us with some information on life of Reo and Mabu before the events of the animated work. It is undoubtedly a sweet and flowing volume, there is another important character who starts in the title, but I will not reveal the name. Highly recommend!

[shea · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet manga about two cop dads who, while they are not dancing in front of their boss and coworkers during a meeting about crime, raise a cute baby girl. This is a spin-off from the anime Sarazanmai which is about 3 boys (and a prince kappa) who fight off the furries and other fiends of the world by forcibly being turned into kappa by prince kappa and then taking the fiends spirit out of them via the anus. Good manga, good anime.

[Jillian -always aspiring- · Rating 3 out of 5]

2020 Read #468

This was very cute, but I felt a little bit lost since I haven’t watched the Sarazanmai anime yet. As it is, you have two neighborhood watchmen become defacto fathers to a lost baby girl. Again, cute premise, but you feel like you’re missing something as you’re reading since this is a spin-off from the anime.

[Frank Chillura (OhYouRead) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was completely ridiculous, but the artwork is beautiful. I’d love more of a series, so we can find out more about Sara… and maybe they can start an actual relationship together

[Valfe · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read because I'm super into Sarazanmai right now, even though cutesy slice of life romance comedy manga really isn't my genre. It was okay? I was unimpressed by the art and liked the writing about as much as I expected to, that is, not that much. (Look, I've tried reading this kind of manga before back in my middle school days when I was sure I'd like anime and manga if I just tried a bunch of things.)

I'm not sure if it actually fits into Sarazanmai canon, but I feel like it does give you a lot more context for Reo and Mabu's relationship and personalities prior to (Sarazanmai spoilers through episode 7) Mabu getting a mechanical heart and them being forced to work for the otters, especially why Mabu's relationship to food is so important, and that's pretty much what I wanted.

Also, since I know this might disappoint some people, be aware Reo and Mabu's relationship doesn't come close to being explicitly romantic or sexual in the manga; it's less overt even than it is in the anime thus far.

[Consumidor de Historias · Rating 2 out of 5]

En realidad 2´5.

A ver, no me ha desagradado. Es entretenido, me gusta el dibujo y tiene momentos cuquis y graciosos, pero me ha enfadado bastante cómo han escondido la relación homosexual que en el anime SÍ se hace explícita y es importante para la historia. Incluso sabiendo que no se puede considerar canon (no tendría sentido), son los mismo personajes y hay que respetar sus bases. Puedes AGREGAR información (como que Mabu cocina desnudo), pero me parece fatal que una de las poquísimas representaciones LGBT correctas que hay en el mundo del anime-manga (sin estereotipos, bien desarrollados, sin que la historia esté encasillado en esos "géneros" terribles con los que se las suele etiquetar...), al tener un manga centrado en ellos, no se les muestre de forma explícita. Y lo peor es que dejan caer cosas ambiguas como algún sonrojo como lo de la comida, pero que luego lo justifican con mierdas, o al principio de todo, cuando Reo dice que Mabu no es exactamente su compañero. Ambigüedades que son el ejemplo del queerbaiting. Incluso aunque la editorial a la que lo pedí lo catalogue como BL (que, por cierto, vaya también con la editorial al perpetuar esas horribles etiquetas...), en el manga como tal no se ve nada con lo que se pueda entender con claridad que están en una relación romántica.

Y ya no solo eso, porque, aunque no sean una pareja (aunque no lo mencionen), no dejan de ser una familia homoparental al ser dos hombres cuidando a una bebé, pero es que hasta eso lo tratan regular cuando discuten sobre quién es la madre y, después de que la bebé llora, dicen que ambos son el padre y la madre. ¡¿WTF?! ¡No hay madre! ¡Puede haber una puta familia de dos padres perfectamente! Creo que lo máximo que hay en este sentido es cuando la niña les llama "dads" y "fathers" (aunque no sé cómo será en japonés), pero tampoco es que arregle lo anterior.

O sea... sé que es Japón, pero es que estos personajes vienen de una serie fantástica y súper recomendable, y son personajes abiertamente LGBT, y me enfada y decepciona que cojan todo lo bueno que tenían en este sentido, que además era lo que les daba profundidad, y lo echen por la borda.

Por último, mencionar que algunos diálogos están conectados incluso cuando hablan diferentes personas, lo cual puede confundir, y que es innecesario el constante recalco de que la bebé es monísima. Por parte de Reo y Mabu lo entiendo, pero ¿a qué venía ese hombre random al final de cierto capítulo que recalca lo cute que es la niña?

Como he dicho al principio, no lo he odiado, ni mucho menos, pero sí que me ha enojado y decepcionado por una parte, además de no ser tampoco gran cosa. Aun así, si queréis volver a encontraros con los personajes sin esperar que sean del todo parecidos a los del anime y queréis entreteneros, lo recomiendo.

[K · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don’t know if this is exactly a five star book, since it doesn’t have what you'd call a super satisfying arc or even a significant narrative, but I certainly got five stars’ worth of enjoyment out of it.

This is a spin-off from a very weird anime that I have conflicted feelings about. I enjoyed the anime but a lot of it was extremely strange, and huge sections of each episode were taken up by repetitive transformation sequences. The character development didn’t really start kicking in until the last few episodes - at which point we finally got some of Mabu and Reo’s backstory, which was the whole reason I started watching to begin with.

So a manga dedicated entirely to them was basically made for me.

I think this is a human AU? Possibly? There’s no indication that these two are anything other than human, even when they have discussions about whether their child - a baby they found on a dish in the middle of the street - may have supernatural origins. In the show, all three of them do, of course, and Sara doesn’t seem to have any particular connection to them.

With that in mind, I don’t think you need to have watched the anime to read and enjoy this book. It’s a set of eleven stories centered around Reo and Mabu becoming fathers and figuring out what it means to raise a baby in an environment that wasn’t exactly made for that. (Work won’t provide them with an air conditioner? Well, their baby has heat rash, so they’ll just make sure to win one in a raffle!)

The stories are all short and pretty simple, but fun from start to finish. I would definitely read more about them, and would’ve gladly watched a whole show about this little family.

[Artemis · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's cute. It's not much more than that, but it's cute. (And, okay, "oh shit we accidentally found an abandoned child over the course of our adventures, I guess it's ours now" is a trope I'm always fond of).

Honestly I probably wouldn't have cared very much if I read it on its own, but I read it after watching up to episode 10 of the anime, which lends this... a much different context. I'm always a sucker for dramatic irony and tragedy - and a cute manga about Reo and Mabu as a cute normal couple gives a lot more context for what their personalities and relationship were like pre-anime, and what exactly they lost.

I think their twitter feed expressed the same thing a bit more elegantly, though.

(Also having watched the anime, I was a little bit surprised how... non-explicit this manga is about what their relationship actually is. The anime is not secretive or ambiguous about the fact that they're a gay romantic couple and I guess I was surprised at how coy the manga is by comparison. But then, that's part of the slow build of the characterization reveals in the anime, so maybe they didn't want to set up clear expectations with the manga too early? I don't know. So there's also that.)

I'm still not positive how/if this fits into Sarazanmai anime canon, though. The last ep is tomorrow... We Shall See.

[Laura · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's fine I guess. A lot of nothing, probably filler for whoever likes Sarazanmai. Now I don't plan on watching it, and don't know much about it, but this is meant to be a short, standalone prequel. Apart from how they were randomly allowed to keep baby Sara I wasn't confused.

It wasn't really funny or cute. Things just happened, many completely unrelated to Sara or with her just being in the background. The situations weren't interesting and I didn't feel much for the characters, even Sara who this was meant to be about.

[Dylan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Man am I sad to write this review. This story follows Reo and Mabu from the Ikuhara anime. It's a side story featuring them and the little girl from the series. They find her as a baby on a dish, and decide to name her after it.
This was boring. It was random short stories in the Sarazanmai universe. I felt like it promised more magic, and didn't deliver on that front. It also turns two gay cops into two cops that live together but aren't gay. I was very disappointed.

[Bee (BacchusVines) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a funny, light manga follow Police Box employees Reo and Mabu as they solve robberies and cook delicious meals. I love the troupe of finding and raising a baby, and that happens in this manga! I love how hyped Reo is and how Mabu is so hyper-fixated on creating the BEST food. I'll need to watch the anime these two come from, because this is so funny.

[Vera Kabushemeye · Rating 2 out of 5]

Overall, I found the manga boring. For a slice of life that's clearly trying to be funny (which it manages at times), it didn't seem to be trying very hard in the style, the stories told or the cast.

I was slightly disappointed by the structure of this manga but it is otherwise okay. There were some yikes, however.

[Rephaïma · Rating 4 out of 5]

That was a really funny and cute read. Nothing exceptional, but it's a great complement to the anime "Sarazanmai", and gives us some insights about Reo and Mabu's life before the events of the series.

[Dominique · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the relationship that Reo and Mabu have. They are not together officially but, it is heavily hinted at throughout this one shot manga as they both accommodate to taking care of a baby they found on a plate that they named her Sara.

[Jimena]

Es adorablee 😍😍😍

[Dani]

Gay Police Dads accomplished!

[Serena · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute!! But I still have SO MANY QUESTIONS LEFT UNANSWERED

[小さな N (.❛ ᴗ ❛.)⊃ [_|_] ♡ · Rating 2 out of 5]

I guess I have to re-read this after I read the novels. I think to enjoy and be invested in this manga you have to know the characters better first.

[Kacper · Rating 2 out of 5]

At best, only mildly amusing

[Angel]

ODJDIDBDKDBDIDJDKD WOW WOW WOW I LOVE DADS I LOVE HUSBAND I LOVE SOULMATES WHO FIND A BABY AND DECIDE TO RAISE HER TOGETHER WOW I LOVE LOVE I LOVE DADS I LOVE-

[ラリッサ · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was pretty good! I couldn't stop smiling throughout my reading. Such a cute series. I definitely recommend you to read this series if you like short comedies!

[Myffanwy Geronazzo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Acab except reo and mabu

[Amanda Leigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adorably cute and funny! Now I need to read the light novel and watch the anime with the original story!

[Ryofire · Rating 4 out of 5]

The art's a bit so-so and the story is up and down, but overall it's pretty cute and a nice enough extra romp with Reo and Mabu.

[Mosley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the most random, most funny thing ever! Not sure what I expected, but Yes just Yes!

[Autumn · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was weird and not in a good way. The story made know sense and was full of ridiculous scenes. It was really nonsensical.

[Mari · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a standalone idk if this works. I went into this knowing nothing of the original and I still don't know anything lol

[Serena]

just two dads and their absolutely normal please dont look closer daughter <3 love is love <3 :)

[Amy Dear · Rating 5 out of 5]

I randomly found this at the flea market and it's so cute and funny. Definitely just a silly feel good read.

[Aaron · Rating 2 out of 5]

Slightly better than the Sarazanmai anthology manga but neither of them really comes close to the genius of the anime. Not a single dance routine in the whole book hmph