Masamune-kun no Revenge

[Arminthetrap]

Is this the first one I’m supposed to read since 3 come up ?

 

[straightlycurved]

There's 12 other extra chapters, idk how to read em.

(nvm i found it)

 

[Virgin]

I LOVE THIS MANGA SO MUCH🥰😍🥰

 

[dogepog]

oh man i read through the whole series imagining natsuki hanae as the voice of masamune and boy oh boy was i in for a shock when i watched the anime

 

[LegitRikk]

That ending was wild

 

[ARandomStopSign]

Solid

 

[juggermen11]

Guys what’s the artist’s twitter? The art in this manga was so good

 

[parzypeevesy]

Almost shit myself at chapter 48, thank god it didn't actually happen

 

[clannadkanon]

She cut her hair so this instantly becomes 1/10

 

[Merulox]

She cut her hair so this instantly becomes 1/10

cut her hair & lost her personality

 

[MoistBalls]

The art in this series improved so much. The art in the final chapters + sequel don't even look like they are from the same artist as the first couple of chapters

 

[Phuocphuc46]

The beautiful art is wasted on this story.

 

[Lewd_Beast]

Got in shape, still a sad pathetic loser. I can't be doing with this nonsense.

 

[Fabricio_Martins]

Hétero, que nojo

 

[ExarchOfAfrica]

(Full disclosure: I liked Yoshino better)
Thinking about the story as a whole, man this was poorly written and paced. Which also makes no sense since he was only responsible for the writing while Tiv did the art, so he should have had plenty of time for story structure. While I think some of the seeds of Yoshino being a romantic choice were there early on, it was very very minor, which made that eventual build towards Yoshino not mesh well with what came before. Even if I think, in hindsight, they built a really good rapport with each other. Yoshino being assertive with Makabe was an act and with that pretense dropped it would have been a very nice relationship.

The problem with how the Aki ending is wrapped up is he left a lot of loose character development threads dangling. This series could really do for a light novel re-write where he properly structures shit and ties up the development. The real payoff we needed for the Aki ending was to have them move beyond their past. While I would say Yoshino viewed Makabe in the "now"... After having the truth revealed, Aki was still seeing the Makabe of the past. Yes, they mention that as a problem with the whole "this is who I am now" scene, but we never actually see it addressed by her in any concrete way. Then we have the whole mess with the Yoshino-arc muddling the waters with him dreaming about her, pseudo-confessing to her, having the hives reaction to Aki that was never addressed, etc. We really needed a lot more time of Aki learning to be more independent and mending her relationship with Yoshino on a more equal footing. (I was honestly expecting her to fire/release Yoshino. Expecting a young child to serve another girl their entire life in this day and age is cruel imho. It's not a family business like a bakery.)

There are the seeds of a good story in this mess, but it was very poorly executed IMHO.

Good point on the present vs. past difference. Yoshiro fell in love with the present Masamune. He says it best when he tells Aki in chapter 42 "it pains me when you keep saying that you want things to go back to the way they were". That sentence basically describes the difference between Aki and Yoshiro. It's a shame that the author gave multiple reasons why Masamune and Aki just aren't compatible with each other yet forgot about them after a few chapters. It wouldn't even have been bad if the Yoshiro arc never happened. I would have been fine with an Aki Masamune ending despite these issues. The problem is the author wrote the couple as not fit for each other while presenting arguments for why Yoshiro was the better girl, forcing me to accept her, only to backtrack on the literal last chapter. It's bad writing.

3/10.