I Fell in Love So I'm Streaming It

---------THIS REVIEW IS SPOILER FREE--------- Koishita node Cast shitemita, five years of publication in Ganma! and 96 chapters. Written by female mangaka Tama Azuma, Koishita is her second published manga to my knowledge. She also wrote Yumekui from 2014 to 2018. From 2021 to 2024 she also did VTuber wa Mana Naranai! For the Ultra Jump. The manga only lasted 4 volumes and 27 chapters; I’m wondering if two mangas at the same time was a bit too much for her. So, what is Koishita about? Yuu Inuzuka face inspires terror to the others, he can’t smile normally (never done before you might think). As hetries to restart his social life in high school, he shares a dorm with 5 people: Hakua Arisuwaga, Yuzuko Jimi, Sora Takane, Saotome Souta and Aruvina Satou. They all have a secret: they are live streamers. Inuzuka was a streamer but something happened and he stopped, hence why the whole « fresh start ». I’m cool with suspending my disbelief. All 5 streamers aren’t aware that they all break the dorm rules by doing so and they don’t know each one of them is a streamer. Obviously, you could argue that they make so much noise, they have to know (which will be a huge running gag). Especially Hakua since she’s literally screaming all the time. But like I said, I don’t mind, it’s fiction. This is where the manga lost itself: the theme isn’t part of the story; it’s just a pretext so start a story. In the end, Koishita just uses every single common trope you can find in any romance manga and the livestreaming part doesn’t add anything to enhance the story. It’s absolutely just a pretext so deliver the same storyline you can find in any generic romance manga. And it’s really fast. I feel like everything about livestreaming goes out the window really fast, I never felt I was reading something unique. Just generic. It goes the same way for the characters. There’s nothing much to say, they all play a type of personage with little to no real psychology behind their own problems. I’m especially astonished on how the reason behind Inuzuka quitting livestreaming is not even a really big thing. It’s the freaking synopsis and I legit cannot remember precisely why he stopped. Incredible, quickly swept under the carpet. As the story goes on, the manga is just a poor-made harem. I feel bad for Vina and Souta, the two boys besides Yuu. They’re bland man. Even with the gimmick Vina brings to the table, it’s just bland, you don’t care about whatever happens to them. Sure, they both got some little story arcs but there’s not enough to empathize with either one. Jimi and Takane are fine (even tough Takane absolutely disappears towards the end) but it’s not a revolution nor well-written characters. About the art… whatever, I guess? The artstyle of Tama Azuma does suits characters like Jimi and Takane but I don’t really feel like it was a good match for everybody else. I don’t know, the backgrounds weren’t existent most of the time, the decoupage was alright at best. Average overall. Bear in mind, I’m a sucker for romances. It’s by far my favorite theme, hence why I found myself reading things like Koishita node Cast shitemita. I don’t think it’s a good manga, it’s quickly boring, you don’t sympathize with the personages, blandness all over the place. I don’t get it. I’m cool with people liking the manga, everybody has their own taste after all but I’m not going to recommend you to read this. Look elsewhere.