Yoningurashi

Just personal scratch. Advised, possible spoilers. Opinion & Informal Art: 5/10 Looked fine. Proportions and anatomy looked alright. I noticed feet were always drawn sideways, never really showcasing different angles such as diagonal or straight on. I felt that there wasn't that much physical dimensionality to the characters: 3D-ness or roundness; shading and perspective. Basically, pretty simple art and character designs. Not too much in the way of nature or panoramic shots. No impact shots at all. Characters tended to usually face in the same direction which was straight on, usually. Detail was sort of lacking and a lot of closeups were pretty basic. Supporting backgrounds andextras looked alright. Panel Progression: 6/10 There were times that I felt a few more panels could have been helpful in making the flow of the chapter clearer. There were some cases where things just "happened" or glossed over quickly. Some events happened just because they were explained in words by the characters; it would have been nice to actually see those events since this is a family-oriented manga. The pacing was usually a bit too fast to appreciate certain events or develop the characters. For example, when the MC mother got a fever and the MC husband made her breakfast in bed, that bit was finished in 2 or 3 pages: She gets a fever, he notices, he makes her breakfast, next event. It would have been nice to develop that atmosphere more and I found that there were a lot of cases like this. There was a good amount of supporting tones and the panel layout was decently thoughtful. No flair in the form of dialogue or panel cutting. Characters: 5/10 I found it hard to connect to any of the characters or any of their emotions or problems. The MC son quickly began to become annoying as he had the same "gag" or formula for 95% of the manga. The MC daughter honestly showed the largest character development in the story because she actually learned things and expressed her feelings or ideas. The MC dad was either shown raising his voice at his kids, trying to stop their antics, escalating the antics, or yelling at the supporting family's wife; this same formula was constant until the very end of the manga albeit one or two exceptions that weren't pulled off too well in my opinion (what I explained with the breakfast in bed bit). The MC mother's role in the manga was mostly just to express how hard being a parent and having wild kids are. Much of her bits were just personal asides on her commenting how hard it is for her to manage her family. The character dynamics between the members of the main family as well as between the main family and supporting family left much to be desired. The interactions within the main family felt like they were just following a formula and whenever the supporting family became involved, it just devolved into the same gag where the MC husband gets into a yelling fight with the supporting wife: the kids were shafted in almost all these chapters for that boring trope. Plot & Development: 6/10 Nothing wrong with the plot or its setup. The introductory chapter was abrupt and just went right into the story, but it would have been nice if there was some lead-up at least. I thought the development of the story was okay. It didn't feel too interesting to me because I mentioned earlier that it began to feel like a formula or that many of the same scenarios or gags were recycled. For example, the many of the main son's bits were either going pee/poop or involving the idol-girl, followed by the parents fixing it. There was a variety to the daughter to keep page turning. How can I put this? I picked this manga up because I ended up reading a few other family-oriented things such as Yotsuba&! and For My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat The Demon King. Compared to those, I feel that this manga didn't do a great job in getting me to like or at least sympathize with any of the characters. The character's personalities in this manga felt a bit flat and static. I definitely appreciate the simplicity of their lives and the down-to-earth vibe that this manga was going for, but I just personally feel that the execution wasn't for my tastes. Conclusion: 5/10 Appropriate as it set things up for the off-page future. Not much else to say other than that it felt like a very average open-ended towards-the-future ending. I didn't feel motivated or interested to continue on with their journey because I could probably guess it would be the same-old same-old. Overall: 5/10 This wasn't a bad read, it just wasn't as interesting or "different" like some of the other family-life focused titles I've been reading. The manga didn't try too hard to give the characters any deep personalities or relationships. Once the initial dynamics was introduced, the narrative didn't stray from it at all which ended up making most of the later interactions feel boring or uninspired. Worth reading if you have time to kill as the chapters are pretty short and the overall manga is only about 2 or 3 volumes.