Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman.

[Idiotmanissad]

japanese schools are something huh... plus why is this NTRish? god i feel sad for him

 

[stillherehoe]

YET ? ANOTHER ? ONE

Man... this is probably still better than most of the other Young Ace manga... A few plot holes here and there, but should be okay nonetheless.

I'm overstretched between all the manga I'm doing, so let me know (by ratings, comments, Discord whatever) if you really like it, otherwise I'll just drop it by next month. But I like the art style, so it might keep me coming.

THOUGH... though, I'm not reading this for the story (and most certainly not the ending!), but for Akari. Because this is Nisekoi to me, and I never had anything good to say about Nisekoi. At least MC went for the lips.

You doing great job, I really wanna find out if he will be with Akari so please don't drop it

 

[Merulox]

was really enjoying this, until I looked the manga up outside of my e-reader and found out all the characters have crazy-colored hair... damn. I think I understand why some people get fed up with 'anime hairstyles'

anyways, I'm loving this, 7-8/10

 

[walkinman718]

Everyone I need help I cannot figure out what happened in the last Chapter did she turn him down? Please help me.

 

[nightshadow23]

PRE: I'm all in on this. Everyone's right about the "couple practical". It's a logic-defying plot contrivance of the sort that works only in broad comedy or lewd ero. And okay, the central romance is arguably a bit generic. Nevertheless, I was hooked in one chapter. So much so that I read 30 in a single sitting. That alone earns the gold seal of beep approval.

PRO I: The male and female leads are interesting in low-key, recognizably human ways, and the comfortable pacing gives us plenty of time to settle in with them. Events never feel too rushed or draggy, characters and relationships actually develop over time, and the writing doesn't use contrived obstacles to juice the drama.

PRO II: Though the mechanics of the couple practical are absurd, once they've been explained, it functions much like the "forced cohabitation" trope. As such, it serves the story well, compelling the oil & water protagonists to spend time together at least trying to get along. This allows their feelings to acquire complexity in a fairly natural fashion*.

CON: Jirou hedges & dithers like the male lead of every other romantic shounen/seinen manga**. And the secondary characters are completely disposable (including the catastrophically boring Shiori, who I hope will soon marry Minami, Mei, or her own damn hand). If you tossed out everything but the scenes of Akari and Jirou alone together, nothing important would be lost.

SUM: While it may not rise to the very top of its genre, Fuufu Ijou, Koibito Miman delivers exactly what I want from a low-stakes high school romcom: it's cute, engaging, reassuringly familiar, and only a bit more convoluted than necessary. Enthusiastically recommended to all habitual enjoyers of such things.

* Romance manga aimed at male readers too often ditch the "falling in love" part. They instead start with a flawless dream-girl's inexplicable devotion the male lead, then add 50-100 chapters big, watery, goop eyes. There's nothing necessarily wrong with that approach (Dosanko gyaru is, after all, mega cute). But it's a lazy formula that tends to inspire dull stories.

** If contemporary writers can't move past the "socially awkward, hypercautious, and emotionally dishonest male MC", then please let them figure out a few new ways to portray him. I doubt there's a single regular manga reader in the world who isn't sick to death of this uptight-yet-spineless oatmeal person and his endless flood of fake misunderstandings.

Well said, I can’t agree more.

 

[PrinceMao]

Everyone I need help I cannot figure out what happened in the last Chapter did she turn him down? Please help me.

All she wants is for MC to directly admit that he loves her, she doesn't want him to use the pretend couple program to stay together because that's just convenient. She wants them to be a legit couple, At least that's how I think it went down.


Tbh MC should just say it already but knowing how these types of manga are this is probably going to drag on for awhile.

 

[Sogopogo]

someone need to lobby a bill to legalize polygamy to Japanese National Diet. so Jirou can legally take both Akari and Shiori as a wives. It's the only way to save Japan Population crisis. Late Abe Shinzo would approve. This would help all the Harem MCs. I can't bear to see Akari-chan's face whenever she's about to cry. such heartbreaking.

 

[Siquall]

This thing is still not finished ?
They gonna milk it until it's axed ?

 

[fentanyladdict22]

This thing is still not finished ?
They gonna milk it until it's axed ?

its only been 65 chapters, dk what ur on abt

 

[browndeluxe]

I think it's funny how many people were screaming NTR when the series got started but

Spoiler

the only one who ended up getting NTR'd was poor Shiori.

Spoiler

Although the people complaining about the fact that Jiro and Shiori didn't get together are completely missing the point. They were caught up on each other, holding each other back. They both had such a bad case of oneitis that they were stuck in middle school over it and it was keeping them from emotionally developing. It seems like now Shiori's starting to understand that if she wants to actually be happy with Jiro (or anyone) she needs to learn how to be her own person- not just "someone who should be with Jiro."

At least, I think that's what that one chapter was going on about- that was the one that was double translated.

 

[NightmareOkami]

This thing is still not finished ?
They gonna milk it until it's axed ?

oi stop complaining i doubt its gonna go the rent a girlfriend route rent a girlfriend is 6 while this is 5

 

[coyote_vdb]

Yet another romcom full of useless drama that tries to sell that great girl can fall in love with an absolute moron. As always, the manga holds somewhat because the main girl is actually likable but fails to deliver a proper male character: this one is looking at his beelybutton all the time, never actually listening to what the girl says about their relationship, only paying attention to her feelings when she looks sad. He's obviously the usual-awkward trope but to the point that he actually says horrible things to her. He's rude and selfish to the point of constantly apologizing without even knowing what he did wrong, showing that he does not even care about that or improving, he just want to be excused. That she falls for such an insensitive and unpleasant person is totally unbelievable.
As for the rest, we have the usual moronic love triangle, the usual stupidest friend you can imagine, the vast amount of usual clichés, and pages after pages of the main moron self pitying without ever coming to a proper conclusion, everybody else does the thinking for him. Besides Akira, the only properly written character is to me Akira's friend, Takamiya.
There are few proper romcoms but if we need to spend 60+ chapters on a story, please at least provide a main male character who is good enough.

 

[NightmareOkami]

Yet another romcom full of useless drama that tries to sell that great girl can fall in love with an absolute moron. As always, the manga holds somewhat because the main girl is actually likable but fails to deliver a proper male character: this one is looking at his beelybutton all the time, never actually listening to what the girl says about their relationship, only paying attention to her feelings when she looks sad. He's obviously the usual-awkward trope but to the point that he actually says horrible things to her. He's rude and selfish to the point of constantly apologizing without even knowing what he did wrong, showing that he does not even care about that or improving, he just want to be excused. That she falls for such an insensitive and unpleasant person is totally unbelievable.
As for the rest, we have the usual moronic love triangle, the usual stupidest friend you can imagine, the vast amount of usual clichés, and pages after pages of the main moron self pitying without ever coming to a proper conclusion, everybody else does the thinking for him. Besides Akira, the only properly written character is to me Akira's friend, Takamiya.
There are few proper romcoms but if we need to spend 60+ chapters on a story, please at least provide a main male character who is good enough.

Have you you forgotten about renta girlfriend they don't compare

 

[kappamikeyfan69]

This is a really uneven series that spends way too much time on its somewhat cardboard-feeling male and female leads at the expense of the setting and pacing. I found myself wanting more chapters about the side characters and how their practicals were going but it really does feel like the entire world of this series revolves around a guy referred to quite correctly as an eroge protagonist type. Jirou isn't a bad guy but he really doesn't exist outside of his interactions with the female leads, just like how the other people in his class don't exist unless it's to provide side characters for his life. This normally wouldn't matter for most romcoms, but the starting setup made me think that this would be more than just the Jirou show.

The truly unfortunate thing is that occasionally (especially later on) you do get to see the side characters interact more and potentially even setup for relationships between them but there's an entire swamp full of cheap fanservice and an even cheaper love triangle to get through, with only a few intermittent bright points where you might get a page about a side character's motivations or struggles.

Shouts to Kamo btw. Absolute ledge that guy. I'll probably keep reading this in the hopes he gets something tbh

 

[XtremeJ]

Sadly, this went from a 8/10 to about a 4. I was one of those people who watched the anime and continued from there. From what I saw, I liked what I thought was a love triangle with both girls having as much time with Jirou as possible. But most the most important thing is that it felt even. The exclusive final scene of the anime with Akari and Shiori racing up to the shrine was a good way to end it. Had they had kept this momentum going, this would have stayed good. But, in my opinion, it didn't.

At the time I'm writing this, chapter 68 is the newest chapter.

Spoiler: Post anime spoilers

Everything seemed okay. But eventually, the manga kept pushing more and more Akari into the mix while pushing Shiori away. The love triangle became way too "isosceles" and it seemed too obvious to me. I actually expected the partner swap to happen because it would have at least been fair and would have made up for all of the Akari pushing. But it didn't happen!? At this point, the manga just gave up on the triangle and I didn't find the reasoning behind not swapping particularly plausible. It just stopped being fair.

I know this is an unpopular opinion but I'll say it now: Shiori was an overhated character and always had a raw deal. Of course she had way less time with Jirou but also way less support. Yes, Shiori had Mei but she was no way near as actively supportive as Sachi and Natsumi and Mei barely likes Jirou because of his indecisiveness. Not only that, Tenjin (Shiori's husband) was also rooting for Akari; which was the biggest insult. I'm well aware he doesn't know the full truth, but he knew Shiori liked someone but never questioned who. When he asked Kamo to talk to Jiro on the swap day, I doubt he questioned his own wife's feelings on the matter. Tenjin deserves to know the truth about Shiori's feelings because his actions indirectly stopped the swap. He needs to know that he was acting against his own wife. If he doesn't by the end, I'll be annoyed. As we know now, Shiori overheard Kamo's conversation. which lead to no swapping. Again, I didn't find the reasoning behind not swapping plausible. Shiori comes out of no where and says "Hey Jirou, I'm a selfish person" It just feels random. After, getting ready for her time to shine, the story just adds a negative character trait out of thin air and stops her progress. It feels more of an excuse to make her rejection justified. It just didn't feel believable. I was against this decision. It makes her seem too dense to the impact married life with Akari is having on Jirou. She eventually undenses herself when she realises Akari likes him too, but at that point, she lost.

I honestly thought the swap should have happened because let's be real here: the marriage practical is what brought people together; the plot device that isn't particularly acknowledged enough and something Akari had the entirety of. In the end, Jirou spending more time with Akari lead to Shiori's downfall. If the partner swap did happen and Shiori got to live with Jirou but still lose, I would have been fine with that because it would have felt fair. We never got to see how Shiori is like as a wife and I guess we never will. As a result, she never felt like a real rival.
Shiori deserved way better treatment in the story!
I like both girls, but I just felt like Akari had it way too easy. Like Shiori, where was her negative traits on display? Nobody is perfect. Unless Akari and Jirou have a massive argument in the future where Akari is totally in the wrong, she seems too perfect of a main.
Also, this has been said by others already: the rest of the supporting cast was slept on. For example, Shu (Tenjin's friend who likes Akari) "Declared war" and was gonna fight for Akari. But, the manga didn't show him doing anything. It's like his love is just a small gag and not taken seriously. Another potential love rival wasted. If the supporting cast + Shiori get their own arcs now, it'll probably result in uneven pacing. Their stories/growth should have happened alongside Akari and Jirou instead of later.

I remember seeing the poster for the anime and it had Akari, Shiori, Jirou and Tenjin like they were all main characters. But, then recently, I looked at the manga volume covers and it's all Akari, not even Jirou. At that point, I realised, this was never meant to be a love triangle at all. There's no point in making a triangle if it just ends up as an isosceles. Never liked the one sidedness. It was all Akari/Jirou with Akari being worshipped. I felt duped. I still think the stuff they covered in the anime is best stuff. I've decided to drop this and then maybe pick it up again some time in the future towards the end just to see what happens to everyone.

 

[NightmareOkami]

Chapter 69 raw just dropped

 

[NightmareOkami]

Chapter 70 raw dropped

 

[NightmareOkami]

Sadly, this went from a 8/10 to about a 4. I was one of those people who watched the anime and continued from there. From what I saw, I liked what I thought was a love triangle with both girls having as much time with Jirou as possible. But most the most important thing is that it felt even. The exclusive final scene of the anime with Akari and Shiori racing up to the shrine was a good way to end it. Had they had kept this momentum going, this would have stayed good. But, in my opinion, it didn't.

At the time I'm writing this, chapter 68 is the newest chapter.

Spoiler: Post anime spoilers

Everything seemed okay. But eventually, the manga kept pushing more and more Akari into the mix while pushing Shiori away. The love triangle became way too "isosceles" and it seemed too obvious to me. I actually expected the partner swap to happen because it would have at least been fair and would have made up for all of the Akari pushing. But it didn't happen!? At this point, the manga just gave up on the triangle and I didn't find the reasoning behind not swapping particularly plausible. It just stopped being fair.

I know this is an unpopular opinion but I'll say it now: Shiori was an overhated character and always had a raw deal. Of course she had way less time with Jirou but also way less support. Yes, Shiori had Mei but she was no way near as actively supportive as Sachi and Natsumi and Mei barely likes Jirou because of his indecisiveness. Not only that, Tenjin (Shiori's husband) was also rooting for Akari; which was the biggest insult. I'm well aware he doesn't know the full truth, but he knew Shiori liked someone but never questioned who. When he asked Kamo to talk to Jiro on the swap day, I doubt he questioned his own wife's feelings on the matter. Tenjin deserves to know the truth about Shiori's feelings because his actions indirectly stopped the swap. He needs to know that he was acting against his own wife. If he doesn't by the end, I'll be annoyed. As we know now, Shiori overheard Kamo's conversation. which lead to no swapping. Again, I didn't find the reasoning behind not swapping plausible. Shiori comes out of no where and says "Hey Jirou, I'm a selfish person" It just feels random. After, getting ready for her time to shine, the story just adds a negative character trait out of thin air and stops her progress. It feels more of an excuse to make her rejection justified. It just didn't feel believable. I was against this decision. It makes her seem too dense to the impact married life with Akari is having on Jirou. She eventually undenses herself when she realises Akari likes him too, but at that point, she lost.

I honestly thought the swap should have happened because let's be real here: the marriage practical is what brought people together; the plot device that isn't particularly acknowledged enough and something Akari had the entirety of. In the end, Jirou spending more time with Akari lead to Shiori's downfall. If the partner swap did happen and Shiori got to live with Jirou but still lose, I would have been fine with that because it would have felt fair. We never got to see how Shiori is like as a wife and I guess we never will. As a result, she never felt like a real rival.
Shiori deserved way better treatment in the story!
I like both girls, but I just felt like Akari had it way too easy. Like Shiori, where was her negative traits on display? Nobody is perfect. Unless Akari and Jirou have a massive argument in the future where Akari is totally in the wrong, she seems too perfect of a main.
Also, this has been said by others already: the rest of the supporting cast was slept on. For example, Shu (Tenjin's friend who likes Akari) "Declared war" and was gonna fight for Akari. But, the manga didn't show him doing anything. It's like his love is just a small gag and not taken seriously. Another potential love rival wasted. If the supporting cast + Shiori get their own arcs now, it'll probably result in uneven pacing. Their stories/growth should have happened alongside Akari and Jirou instead of later.

I remember seeing the poster for the anime and it had Akari, Shiori, Jirou and Tenjin like they were all main characters. But, then recently, I looked at the manga volume covers and it's all Akari, not even Jirou. At that point, I realised, this was never meant to be a love triangle at all. There's no point in making a triangle if it just ends up as an isosceles. Never liked the one sidedness. It was all Akari/Jirou with Akari being worshipped. I felt duped. I still think the stuff they covered in the anime is best stuff. I've decided to drop this and then maybe pick it up again some time in the future towards the end just to see what happens to everyone.

Akari, Shiori, Jirou are the only main characters everyone else is supporting

 

[raywcksn]

Sadly, this went from a 8/10 to about a 4. I was one of those people who watched the anime and continued from there. From what I saw, I liked what I thought was a love triangle with both girls having as much time with Jirou as possible. But most the most important thing is that it felt even. The exclusive final scene of the anime with Akari and Shiori racing up to the shrine was a good way to end it. Had they had kept this momentum going, this would have stayed good. But, in my opinion, it didn't.

At the time I'm writing this, chapter 68 is the newest chapter.

Spoiler: Post anime spoilers

Everything seemed okay. But eventually, the manga kept pushing more and more Akari into the mix while pushing Shiori away. The love triangle became way too "isosceles" and it seemed too obvious to me. I actually expected the partner swap to happen because it would have at least been fair and would have made up for all of the Akari pushing. But it didn't happen!? At this point, the manga just gave up on the triangle and I didn't find the reasoning behind not swapping particularly plausible. It just stopped being fair.

I know this is an unpopular opinion but I'll say it now: Shiori was an overhated character and always had a raw deal. Of course she had way less time with Jirou but also way less support. Yes, Shiori had Mei but she was no way near as actively supportive as Sachi and Natsumi and Mei barely likes Jirou because of his indecisiveness. Not only that, Tenjin (Shiori's husband) was also rooting for Akari; which was the biggest insult. I'm well aware he doesn't know the full truth, but he knew Shiori liked someone but never questioned who. When he asked Kamo to talk to Jiro on the swap day, I doubt he questioned his own wife's feelings on the matter. Tenjin deserves to know the truth about Shiori's feelings because his actions indirectly stopped the swap. He needs to know that he was acting against his own wife. If he doesn't by the end, I'll be annoyed. As we know now, Shiori overheard Kamo's conversation. which lead to no swapping. Again, I didn't find the reasoning behind not swapping plausible. Shiori comes out of no where and says "Hey Jirou, I'm a selfish person" It just feels random. After, getting ready for her time to shine, the story just adds a negative character trait out of thin air and stops her progress. It feels more of an excuse to make her rejection justified. It just didn't feel believable. I was against this decision. It makes her seem too dense to the impact married life with Akari is having on Jirou. She eventually undenses herself when she realises Akari likes him too, but at that point, she lost.

I honestly thought the swap should have happened because let's be real here: the marriage practical is what brought people together; the plot device that isn't particularly acknowledged enough and something Akari had the entirety of. In the end, Jirou spending more time with Akari lead to Shiori's downfall. If the partner swap did happen and Shiori got to live with Jirou but still lose, I would have been fine with that because it would have felt fair. We never got to see how Shiori is like as a wife and I guess we never will. As a result, she never felt like a real rival.
Shiori deserved way better treatment in the story!
I like both girls, but I just felt like Akari had it way too easy. Like Shiori, where was her negative traits on display? Nobody is perfect. Unless Akari and Jirou have a massive argument in the future where Akari is totally in the wrong, she seems too perfect of a main.
Also, this has been said by others already: the rest of the supporting cast was slept on. For example, Shu (Tenjin's friend who likes Akari) "Declared war" and was gonna fight for Akari. But, the manga didn't show him doing anything. It's like his love is just a small gag and not taken seriously. Another potential love rival wasted. If the supporting cast + Shiori get their own arcs now, it'll probably result in uneven pacing. Their stories/growth should have happened alongside Akari and Jirou instead of later.

I remember seeing the poster for the anime and it had Akari, Shiori, Jirou and Tenjin like they were all main characters. But, then recently, I looked at the manga volume covers and it's all Akari, not even Jirou. At that point, I realised, this was never meant to be a love triangle at all. There's no point in making a triangle if it just ends up as an isosceles. Never liked the one sidedness. It was all Akari/Jirou with Akari being worshipped. I felt duped. I still think the stuff they covered in the anime is best stuff. I've decided to drop this and then maybe pick it up again some time in the future towards the end just to see what happens to everyone.

If you want a series where each girls have equal moments with the MC you should probably looking at “harem” tag. I mean if you pay attention to bunch of clues in front of you, you should probably know by now that this is not a harem series at all.

I’ve been reading manga since i was in middle school and I’ve never seen someone complaining why “another girl” didn’t get the same chance as the main girl, especially in manga with clear “romance” tag this is hilarious. Go get your harem series elsewhere, you have shitload of them to pick, they will last you a life time.

 

[TestAddress]

Add [Cheating] tag. MC is definitely a cheater.