No Longer Heroine

Like any other shoujo manga, the story is about the love story of the heroine, Hatori, and her unrequited love for her childhood friend, Rita. Hatori believes that Rita is the perfect hero.. so she has to be the perfect heroine for him! Hatori is in love with Rita for almost five years. And since Rita treats her special because they are childhood friends, Hatori believes that she is the perfect match for him. But now, for the first time, Rita is having a serious relationship with his girlfriend. Should Hatori be supportive and try her best to move on? Or she would keep on lovingRita and make him fall in love with her instead? "Heroine Shikkaku", by Koda Momoko, reveals a heartbreaking experience of a long term unrequited love. Hatori is a wimpy girl who will cry in the background while watching her prince getting all lovey-dovey with his girlfriend. This girl is bratty, spoiled, self-centered, mean, and just stupidly selfish. Hatori, the main heroine, stands from what she believes in throughout the story. People may find her annoying, rebellious and some kind of a bitch. But who cares? She's in love and she's experiencing the pain of a lifetime! The thing about the manga is that it's not covered with sugar-coating, but shows the bitterness of being left out-- of finding your long term crush happy with someone else. You'll witness the wasted efforts of every characters and feel sad like they were. Also, another thing that you'll love is that the story isn't that deep for it to be hard to picture yourself in the characters' shoes. It gives you the ability to think over the character’s actions and think about it like if you were them. Rita lacks of understanding and communication and that drives our heroine in confusion and circles. It might be annoying that he's not being straightforward, but if you were in his shoes, you may find his actions a little bit reasonable. Isn't it hard to gamble your friendship over romantic love? He has been friends with Hatori for so long and maybe he just can't afford to lose her. The art was neutral. It's not displeasing to the eyes yet not that good either. But I love how the artist tends to make funny facial expressions of the heroine. Hatori's reactions are always the best and I find myself looking for more funny faces of her. Finishing the manga was like breath of fresh air-- it is unlike any other. And after reading this, you may change your perspective about being a "rival". The casts were all charming and you'll hope to read for more of them. The manga might be full of cliches, but Koda Momoko had found a way to make it more exciting and thrilling. "Heroine Shikkaku" by Koda Momoko, a heartwarming, heartbreaking, laugh-triggering story that you'll ever read.

I read this manga hoping to forget about another manga that I also didn't enjoy. Now, I feel like I might return to Gakuen Alice because nothing can be as much as a trainwreck as this manga. I will admit, the premise was intriguing. The idea of a humorous parody of shoujo manga was what drew me in, and then the actual story ruined all hopes of finding a decent manga. The drama was just so dumb, and the conflict was so confusing. I could never get a read on anyone's true emotions; the plot felt so illogical; the characters have little to no substance. Everythingrevolves around the worst romantic leads I have ever had the misfortune of coming across. If you have any sense of self-respect, do yourself a favor and read something else. First off, Hatori. She was insanely obnoxious. It's nice to have a persistent character who does her best, but she never understood the mood. She kept on butting into other people's relationship, getting hurt, and crying about to either Hiromitsu or Nakajima. She never receives any real consequences, instead, she is rewarded at the expense of other people. Her character is always overdramatic and up to ridiculous antics, and I don't find her endearing enough to really enjoy those supposedly 'humorous" moments. She is the most selfish and self-serving character with one exception, Rita. Rita, oh Rita, where do I start with you? For a guy who's so popular with the ladies, you'd figure that he'd have some likable trait, like... his self-absorption? That's right ladies, get yourself a guy who can only focus on his own feelings, hurting the females around him. He's just as reckless and selfish as Hatori, except what distinguishes him is that he's a coward. Honestly, I have no idea why he's the romantic lead when Hiromitsu is way better. Parody is no excuse for lousy writing. And while we're on the topic of Rita, let's take a moment to acknowledge the real victim of the manga, Adachi. She solely existed to create tension between Rita and Hatori, and her character never got the proper arc that she deserved. She could have had a great ending, but no, we have to focus on our two leads. Same thing with Hiromitsu. He created tension between the two leads, and then when he was no longer useful, he got an unfulfilling conclusion. Also, Nakajima was literally the most useless character ever. You could replace her with literally anybody else, and the story would be just the same.

its a good manga, the characters are multilayered, but I think that kinda messes the manga up? maybe that's just me. I lowkey hate the main couple so much, the male lead is the worst one I've ever seen. SPOILERSwhy the fuck did blondie and the mc not get together? they were fucking perfect that bitch ass childhood friend should have died in a ditch, also I so would have rated this a 9 if the blonde and the mc got together, but now its like a 7-6. cause man what the hell. how do you fuck up a love triangle that badly? like you make the mc annoying, which is fine, I love bad main characters, but then you also make the male lead a dumbass insufferable loser that is Hella selfish, and you expect me to root for them????????? Like the blonde guy was the MVP, but holy hell do I hate the male lead, why the hell did they make him such a bad person? he cheats on his girlfriend, an d then leads on the mc, sure the mc keeps falling for it even though she's in a relationship, but I can handle one person in the relationship being a bad person then healing. But they "fix" his flaws by not acknowledging them? like his original girlfriend is a sweetheart Adachi, then when he breaks up with her(this is when i knew he was a POS) she becomes a slut, which hell yeah? If she's into that she is, btu they make her hookup buddy an abusive POS to make the male lead seem like a good guy for doing the BARE MINUMUM??? of course you help the girl that's being abused? AND yes THIS is where you're supposed to root for him and the mc. like NOOOOO???????? this mf antagonized the mc for hitting on him when he was in a relationship, but then DOES THE SAME THING WHEN SHES WITH BLONDIE????????? omg blondie you saint, I knew he was flawed when they had their first fight, because he knew that for some fuck ass reason the mc is into him. whatever he gets a girl that seems kind of like the mc which is fine I guess. also for some reason they had her bff be into the male lead, but then scrapped that for no reason? like why give hints that she likes the male lead, but never follow up with it? also funnily enough the only reason she liked him was because he was pitiful, and yeah that LOSER of a man is pitiful. the mc is cool, she has a lot of flaws at the start of the manga, but they mostly get fixed near the end, and they do it pretty well, they don't rush it like a certain BITCH MADE MALE LEAD. also only reason I like their breakup was because she was always going to be into the loser Male lead, I'm fine with a lot of her shitty behaviors, but that was because I found them endearing/I knew they were going to be fixed. BUT I can't stand her SHITTY FUCKING TASTE. WHY PICK HIM??? HE DIDN'T EVEN LIKE YOU, ONLY TIME HE DID WAS WHEN YOU GOT A BOYFRIEND, AND THEN HE CHEATED ON YOU WITH HER, WHY WOULD'NT HE DO THAT TO YOU???? fuck the male lead, the mc is fine, flawed as hell but she's fine, Adachi you were made dumb for the plot, and the personality change doesn't make sense unless you account that the author wants you to like the male lead, FUCK NO. you could have been a good character Adachi, but the author isn't smart enough to make a good male lead. also side thing, she made like a little thing where she talked to blondie in the manga, and said she wanted them together, so maybe its not her fault and is the FUCKASS MANAGER/EDITORIAL. anyways, 61/100. TLDR :pretty good manga but FUCK THE MALE LEAD, he should have been scrapped. only time I agree with women on the second male lead syndrome. would be an 8/9 out of ten if the male lead died.