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Finished a couple manga recently.

The Emperor and I was a fun series about a girl who magically gets an emperor penguin as a pet. It's solid SoL all the way through, with fun penguin antics and good laughs. The cast is small, but they're all good. Had more of a Yotsuba or Flying Witch type feel than a cute girl SoL series. It was all color, which is fairly unique. Probably helps penguins stand out as black and white. Only four volumes, which it was planned to be from the start. Cool when an author manages to execute exactly what they want like this. Easily the best manga recommendation I've ever gotten from the icon ownz all.

Also finished My Monster Secret/Actually I Am.../Jitsu Wa Watashi Wa. This was pretty unique. On the one hand, it's kind of a typical harem romcom, but on the other hand, it's actually pretty heavy and the harem elements aren't that bad. It's more of a romance with a specific heroine from the start, and the harem elements generally aren't that intrusive. Unfortunately, they are annoying when they pop up, and the other haremettes mostly feel like assholes rather than sympathetic characters (no, it is not acceptable to tell your best friend's boyfriend that you love him). The cast varied a fair amount in quality too, though most of them were pretty good. Asahi was mainly solid as a protagonist, though the chapters where he wasn't the focus were often better than average. Youko was a real fun heroine. Akane was the highlight of the series, as basically the character who exists to fuck with the main cast. She definitely got the most laughs. Mikan was the worst of the cast as basically the character who exists to fuck with the main cast but in an annoying and non-humorous way. Nagisa was super awesome early on, but she got boring later in the manga when the author seemed not to have the capability to let her leave for a few chapters. And Shiho... well, she was kinda lame too. The nosebleeds and sexiness stuff were generally not funny (or sexy).

Anyway, it was cool to have a series like this that actually focused on the comedy most of the time, and it was good at it, too. The serious parts didn't work as well, though they were occasionally good. The time travel stuff was almost all bad, alas. The mystery of what happened in the future was stupid and shouldn't have existed. Good ending though. Nice emotion there.

Now to find another series to read...
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