Living Game

[MangaDex]

 

[Darcow]

One of the first slice-of-life manga that I have ever read. Very original and highly recommended.

 

[dazzr]

I really enjoyed this one, especially the short architect/client-conflicts

 

[goronyanpai]

Classic stereotypes that I can't enjoy anymore like they used to.
I should still be able to enjoy some kind of Kobo-chan, Chibi Maruko. But this manga too makes me feel on and off many times, and that feeling is right.

There are times when I laugh with its pace of humor but only a small part. Another unexpected transition came from a fairly thick drama, something that you can relate to the real world --even yourself, but that doesn't make me feel good either.
I personally don't find them ... funny. This is not about realistic or not, but the storyline developed as a world of irresponsible, uncaring, not considering adults. They did as they pleased, especially at the beginning of

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when the male lead was used as a maid to succumb because his company office had no place.

And here the problem comes, there are many conflict triggers that don't make any sense at all.
The only thing I suggest, look at the most "main" conflicts where this will continue to be drawn to the end until how the story's title works. I admit it's interesting, but the final judgment is fine 7.

 

[justforthelulz]

First half > Second half

 

[Dundun123]

My all time favourite series. The cozy 90s setting, charming characters, eye pleasing art etc. This one's a winner for me.
I wish more of this author's work was translated. I just know the rest of his bibliography is just as splendid.

 

[Archit12]

This was conflicting. I could read the first half (1-59) very easily, but as soon as I hit chapter 60, it just got very heavy. But that's the thing, in the end I simply can't deny that I enjoyed the second half more, even though it was extremely difficult to read the next chapter. (I say that, but I actually read the entire thing in 7 hours haha) Maybe it's because I'm young and inexperienced, (I was too young to even remember the Great Recession in 2008, and I'm simply not old enough to understand the consequences of the current one - the only two that have occurred in my lifespan), but this really resonated with me, and I really think that it will help shape me as an adult. So thank you to Hoshisato Mochiru, for creating this amazing piece, and Thark, Gatsu, and Hikaru for scanlating it. It's been nearly 30 years since the manga ended, and 20 since the scanlation was completed and it's most likely completely in their pasts, but to me, so many years later, it is still meaningful, so thank you again for helping this kid, who wasn't even alive when you worked on this truly amazing piece, to become that much more of an adult.

 

[tr25a3]

I wish someone would scanlate some of his other works, like "Kekkon Shiyou yo" or "Omurice".

 

[Yunyo]

This is a manga that I remembered reading ages ago on older scanlation websites and finally rediscovered again. It's still a great manga; I say that with the obvious caveat that all the jokes about going down on a 15-year-old are not going to fly in the modern era, but I really enjoy how it genuinely depicts "living" in the era that experienced the bubble economy, and the totally different culture of early 90s Japan. I think the heavy shift in the second half actually is a great risky choice to keep the character and story arcs going instead of spinning its wheels like so many other popular manga do nowadays.