Shinozaki-san Ki wo Ota Shika ni!

[negagen]

@Me kinda want to read another story with similar theme ?

 

[vexelpops]

I hate misunderstanding based stories and thats what this entire thing was. I also think otaku culture is pathetic which this entire thing is. Really annoying because this was almost enjoyable

 

[PrunJuice]

The Kaeda x Akina relationship is really unsatisfying. even with the ending.

 

[Akabane]

How quickly everything wrapped up end didn't give that completed feeling. It felt like there should of been an epilogue or something.

 

[Phuocphuc46]

Good manga, cute ending, though rushed. Would like a follow up chapter at least.

 

[Niewaznekto]

Unfortunately follows the "99 chapters of building up tension, 1 chapter of resolution" pattern, also slightly too much of "Otaku culture is awesome", but in general good read.

 

[KobeisGOAT]

Glad I dropped this. Ending is stupid.

 

[notyurinotinterested]

Cute and good

 

[LouisTheLuis]

cunny

 

[Glomoro]

also slightly too much of "I-it's not like I like otaku culture or anything, b-baka!" internal monologuing, but in general good read.

Fixed that for you

 

[Ckh]

I kind of hoped that the american girl would reappear later in the story. Ah, well. Slightly unsatisfactory ending, but that yuri kiss was worth it.

 

[NononiNoni]

There was a lot of potential for good yuri but nothing really happened and the ending was completely rushed.

 

[Efinate002]

Well they did end up together but the ending was rushed like really rushed

 

[Taralyth]

Would've been much better with anything remotely resembling romantic development before the final chapter.

 

[jojo05GER]

usually i don't like this kind of manga, but i was actually really enjoying mayslef, there where some dips in quality but overall it stayed good

 

[woofish10]

genuinly wtf is this why is there no suggestive tag

 

[Omega_Keiichi]

If you're here for some romance and GL, this isn't the place for you. This manga is more about learning about otaku culture from cute girls while one of them "hates" it the whole time. I read this for the former, so I was highly disappointed.

There are so many characters that I think even the author forgot who was friends with whom, and they are all shallow and flat. For being told Akina is smart, her denial is incredible, and it goes from kind of cute to frustrating quick. Too bad that and her "hatred" for otaku and their culture is the primary personality trait for her. Each character has a role, ranging from the ditsy determined one to the pervy boob grabber, and none of them grow beyond their trope.

While there is progression in Akina's learning about otaku, there is little progression elsewhere.. In the first place, her plan is to get Kaede to stop being an anime/manga otaku by..... turning her into a fashion otaku? Even that is barely tackled throughout the series. Relationships don't change: they either are or are not a thing. Characters meet, and they have whatever relationship they get in that meeting until the end. The events are pretty standard from other manga and anime about learning about otaku culture, but it isn't special or even logical at times. There is also far more BL than GL in the series, which is crazy considering the premise is about GL... Which Akina denies endlessly.

5/10 I hesitate to recommend this, especially with the premise in mind. If you're here about romance or GL, go find something else. There is almost nothing here for you. If you want to learn more about Japanese otaku culture from cute girls, this manga works fine. The ending is rushed and not great, so there's that too.