Torikagosou no Kyou mo Nemutai Juunin-tachi

Okay this is my first review so please don't be hard with me. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The protagonist of this story is Kizuna a teenager who lives by her own in a set of apartaments called "Birdcage Manor". Kizuna is involved in a hard situation where she gets money flirting with middle-aged salary men. After, because of some reasons she mets with Inoue Yuki who ask her to model nude for one of the residents of birdcage manor: Yusei Asai. This is where Kizuna's adventure and story begins. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First of all, if you're looking for a different manga without those boring shoujo clichés this is the manga for you. Story:The story is pretty unique and interesting. It's narrated by Kizuna and at some points by other characteres's view. I personally loved how the mangaka managed the story, its really well written and you don't get bored of it. -9- ------------------------------------------------------ Art: its very unique and beautiful and it adds a lot of points to the enjoyment of this manga. -10- ------------------------------------- Characteres: The characteres are defenitely the best of this manga they aren't exagerated like most of the shoujo mangas and you get to understend and feel empaty for all the characteres. My favorite character was Kizuna, the protagonist, she's one of the best shoujo heroines I've found in Shoujo/romance manga. Kizuna's a strong character not like those heroines who cry for everything and can't do anything by themselves but she isn't either the stronger person in the entire planet. So, yeah basically I'd say Kizuna's just a normal girl not like the typical shoujos where the protagonist is or a tsundere who kicks everyone's ass or a crybaby where the male main character bully her or something and she just feels guilty and goes to follow him like a dog. Kizuna is not like that at all. She's intelligent, independient and strong but also has feelings and feels sad somethimes as every human being. So, yeah Kizuna is just a normal girl. About the other characteres I'd say the same, they are really realistic when we talk about personalities and feelings and you get to appreciate them all. I loved all the characteres, they were all nice and funny and I laughed a lot with them in this manga. -10- -------------------------------------- Ejoyment: This manga was pretty amusing and I had a lot of fun with it. I cried with this manga, I laughed, I blushed. I had a lot of feelings reading this manga. In some parts it was hard to keep reading because of the long arguments but it isn't something you should really worry about. -10- ------------------------------------- Overall: In resumen, this manga isn't the typical shoujo manga where you get bored or angry because you know what is going to happen or how anoying the characteres are. This manga is pretty unique and i'd recommend it to every shoujo lover. tbh i was sad because of how short it is but i wouldn't add more characteres to it, its just perfect how it is. -10- ----------------------------------------------------------------------

This is a slower-paced manga which slowly absorbs you through excellent character development. The reader is brought into a tightly-woven narrative where everything proceeds at a deliberate pace, slow, thoughtful, and absorbing. It’s definitely one to read in a single sitting, especially when it’s only twenty-one chapters. The story revolves around Etoh Kizuna, a teenage girl living alone at an apartment building called Birdcage Manor. It’s filled with strange eccentrics, many of whom are nursing emotional and psychological wounds. Kizuna passes her time engaged in a “game” where she pretends to offer compensated dating, then flees with her target’s money. Then she meets Asai Yusei, abrooding artist who needs a model, and things proceed from there as all good shoujo does. This is an adaptation of a light novel that focused more around “the everyday lives of the eccentrics living in this building” that was narrowed down to the story between Kizuna and the Asai cousins. Each of them is eccentric in their own ways, with Kizuna being the closest to “normal.” That makes it easier for the reader to relate to her and to understand her frustrations and insecurities, especially since she has some deep-seated issues. A lot of the story is helping these characters slowly work on their issues and become better people, along with the inevitable love plot because this is shoujo we’re talking about. Still, it’s all believable, and it’s engrossing. You find yourself rooting for them to do their best. The art is smooth, it flows quite nicely, and has surprising amounts of detail in places where you wouldn’t expect. The artwork for Asai is quite well done, and it stands out from the panels in the manga as well. Frankly, this manga made me want to read the novel, but I don’t know where the light novel might be found in English. But I’ll settle for this well-crafted manga, its lovely art, and its excellently executed storytelling.

I can`t say much about this manga because I`m not that familiar with the romance genre, I only read a few others like GE: Good Ending and some others I forgot the name. What I can say is that the characters are interesting because they do have flaws but aren't unlikable, the plot is kind of original, but these days you'll always be able to find something similar, there are a few Deus Ex moment in the end because said character is basically useless for work since she ditched school. Now, comparing this manga with similar ones in the same genre category I would saythat this manga is missing that "the story is so great that it can make you feel butterflies in your bely", like I felt with GE, and similar - but different - with tragedies like Graveyard of the Fireflies or any great drama out there. But I'd say that the reason for not having that is because the mangá is so short, 21 chapter is barely close enough for a good character development, imagine making your plot so deep it makes you really care about them.