Dex-chan lover
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- Jan 9, 2023
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Thank you for your TL work!
I agree, though my take is that I think it should’ve been pointed out by an editor early on that the directionlessness didn’t play to the authors strengths. To a degree I think that does indicate the lack of resources being invested by the industry in new manga.I'm going to start off with that the art was amazing and was the main reason I even checked this series out in the first place
From a writing perspective, it played all it's cards too early and didn't really have anywhere to go, so I'm not surprised that it got axed. It was pretty clear that the biting was a fetish thing (Not that I mind), but to set it up, they had to force a problem that became very repetitive after a while, combined with the forced antagonism from the elder sister, I stopped caring about the drama a while ago.
The story also desperately wanted to be a battle manga, but nothing was done with this. As mentioned, the mangaka's art is amazing and they couple have made some sick ass fights if they had gone down that route
For people blaming Japanese audiences or the industry as a whole for this series getting axed. Don't. It was okay at best with really good art. I think part of the problem was that the manga was confused as to what it actually wanted to be. The wholesomeness, melodrama, and horny seemed to be clashing with each other and the potential for intense action being restrained by the desire to keep it "slice of life"
Some recommended reading:
My Monster Secret (or Actually, I am...) Is the same premise of "Girl that needs to hide the fact that someone learned of her monster bits". Main girl is a vampire and main boy has no poker face at all. It's a harem manga where the main theme being "secrets". Has a big focus on comedy and builds on old jokes as the series goes. Had almost 200 chapters at time of completion
Tsukiki Ogami's Not-So-Ordinary Life is about a boy that meets a fluffy wolf girl in a world where people with monster bits are rare, but known about, so no secrets. Very little drama and is more focused on an introvert being caught up in an extrovert's pace. Has over 50 chapters and is still running
For people blaming Japanese audiences or the industry as a whole for this series getting axed. Don't. It was okay at best with really good art. I think part of the problem was that the manga was confused as to what it actually wanted to be. The wholesomeness, melodrama, and horny seemed to be clashing with each other and the potential for intense action being restrained by the desire to keep it "slice of life"