Akuyaku Reijou no Mamahaha ni Tensei Shita node Musume o Shiawase ni Shimasu, Chikarazuku de.

[MangaDex]

 

[scrangos]

This is peak and was expecting a higher % of 10's

 

[eetay]

Don’t come in with crazy depth expectations - so far it seems like they’re taking your typical surface level approach to a childcare trope that never gets full justice in fleshing itself out, instead leaning into quick dopamine inducing wholesome or take that bad guy! moments. It’s an okay read in that cozy escapism sense, but over 8/10 is insane - more a comforting 6/10.

 

[taerkitty]

This is peak and was expecting a higher % of 10's

Don’t come in with crazy depth expectations - so far it seems like they’re taking your typical surface level approach to a childcare trope thats never gets full justice in fleshing itself out, instead leaning into quick dopamine inducing wholesome or take that bad guy! moments. It’s an okay read in that cozy escapism sense, but over 8/10 is insane - more a comforting 6/10.

My expectations for scanlated manga, especially Isekai manga, have hired a backhoe and started started excavating.

A manga with (subjectively) exceptional art, characterization, dialogue, or plotting (any single characteristic) will get an automatic 8 if it has (again subjective) serviceable remainder categories. If it has one or more (subjectively) tolerable categories, then it needs more exceptional categories.

If it is exceptional in all categories, then it gets a 9. This title gets a 9. If you think I rated any of the categories too high, remember both that it's subjective, and we're in a glut of low quality crap titles. Another characteristic of 9-rated titles is readability: each one has enough that is unexpected, enthralling, even amazing, that I can re-re-re-read it time and again, though usually not back-to-back. Call them my "emotional support manga."

However, like the "Hidden Boss" trope, there is also a hidden category that can overturn all of of my rules: feelz. Obviously, this is extremely subjective, shaped by my life experiences, core beliefs, and other ineffable ephemerals. I've given 10s to titles that make me cry, make me absolutely loathe the antagonist, fist-pump in real life, or (most commonly) see it update and drop everything else to read the latest chapter(s).

As someone with a difficult childhood, this has the potential to be a 10, but so far only ticks the boxes for 9. Yes, the feelz are there, but, as @eetay says, they're by-the-numbers. They are ones I've seen in other titles, or ones I can see from around the corner. If there's anything worth noting about this one, it's just that they're the primary focus. For a 10, I need to see some really original ones, ones that pay off over a long arc, or ones that cut incredibly deep.

Writing this makes me realize I have a severe case of grade inflation with my ratings:

6 and below: Drop
7: Read if I'm bored
8: Queue to read
9: Read after getting caught up on my current title
10: Read right the fuq now