Is this Girl for Real!?

This show is a 9/10 before the final Chapter (c49/48 depending on how you count the half chapter). The characterisation and devlopment of the characters is really good until the final chapter or 2 (these where very well done through the slow paced story and would get a 10/10 without the final chapter) It's a really intresting (if predictable) story that would get a 7/10- the chapters don't always follow on from another and there is sometimes little connecting them- the story is meerly a medium for the 2 MC an the SC development. However, the ending is really bad, the writer clealy hadn't planned on thatbeing the last chapter until the last 2 or 3 chapter previous- Either they had originally planned for the series to have another arc or for some other reason they couldn't write the ending they had planned. The ending literly makes no sence from the way the set up the Characters in the rest of the chapters, there was little set-up for the ending and the last chapter is just trying to tie up all the 'loose ends of the story' but it seems like even if this was the planned end to the story it would need at least another 15-20 chapters to properly haddle the events of the last chapters to do it properly and without editing early chapters to set this up it would still feel like forced BS If you read this and enjoy this please do not read the final chapter (crunchyroll counts it as chapter 48)

If you like a thrilling romance this story is not for you If you like super casual romance where the author seems to be making each chapter have almost nothing to do with the next this is the manga for you i don't know the people here read the manga saw it was getting kinda interested decided on a rating and never came back to change it when they read through the whole thing. When i saw that it was tagged as seinen i was expecting a lot more than what i ended up with it was more like a kiddy story that when youwere thirteen you thought would have been sorta kinky i honestly wasn't expecting much but it seemed the author was making the manga for kids rather than adults no where in the manga did i see something original or anything special about this manga if you're going to read this manga just note that The way i see the story its about a kid almost perfect and seems like the author does a good job at making him seem popular while at the same time making it seem like all the girls that like him just would make him their fall back boy in case their real love doesn't work they would probably pick him up as a close second the ending there is so little conflict that the mc just looks like a kid having a bad day but if you just want to see a very boring romance story with the dumbest problems in the world this manga is a perfect candidate for it

"Is this bait and switch for real?" should be the actual title. Spoilers ahead- I'll not go into much detail about the manga, aside from one very large annoyance: The ending. Imagine reading your typical fantasy story, you got your hero, your princess that he saves from the demon lord, and his funny sidekick thief or whatever.Now imagine him fighting the demon lord, just as he is about to strike the last blow... the sidekick jumps in, critical hits the boss to oblivion, turns on his heel, dashes past the dumbfounded hero and ploughes the princess in front of him. Well, not thaaat extreme, but it's what i felt at the end of this manga. Instead of going with a unorthodox relationship which the entire story built up to, the main dude just chooses a sidegirl that barely came up. Not only was it established multiple times that he has a thing for older ladies, and that he only sees the other girl as a little sister, the story also outright told us that the main characters have feelings for each other. It also doesn't help that for some reason, almost every character that appeared had a relationship at the end, aside from our main heroine. Heck, even the gay dude and that lesbian chick found somebody... even though they suddenly turned straight, which raised my eyebrow. Making a story about a older girl who never dated, and then end it on a "Hah, she still didn't get any, PSYCHE" note.

Kono Oneesan wa Fiction desu... It's a manga with great characters that started out strong, stalled for a bit, then went for a rushed and underdeveloped conclusion. Let's start off with the one I feel most divided on - Story (beginning-middle 9/10, ending 4/10): The story is pretty simple, it is just a slice of life with elements of harem and romance. The main character finds a passed out girl on the side of the road, gets in a ecchi situation, and learns later that she is his mother's (a mangaka) assistant. He teaches her about her job, she gets a crush on him, characters from hisschool are introduced... and that's about it for the story, with the exception of the ending. The ending was a rushed ending, and I personally found it very unsatisfactory. Without spoiling it too much, I will say that relationships remain mostly unsolved, the canon pairing was weird, and it felt like they were trying to tie up loose ends by serving it as a sort of spaghetti. Now for the first of the nice categories - Art (8/10): Art was good, not exemplary, but I never looked at anything as "off", and everything looked like what it was supposed to, though I never had a "wow I love that art" moment either. Character (9/10): The characters were what made the story. The main character is a confident and mature high schooler, contrary to so many other harem leads. He's not boring, nor overly comedic, and he often acts as a straight man, while still maintaining his own personality. Every girl in his class likes him, whether romantically or as a friend, to the point of him getting valentines chocolate from all of them. However, he leans towards the side of being oblivious about anything love related. The attempt of the author to solve this is about 50% of my grudge towards the ending, as it was 2 chapters of character development that came out of the blue and seemed unrealistically forced. The main girl for the majority of the story is his assistant. She is an attractive, dedicated, and intelligent young women, but she has several flaws. First, she is terrible at alcohol, and will use the main character as a pillow to sleep with if she gets drunk, and second, she often leaps to conclusions, despite there being not enough info to fully conclude that. However, she is a loveable and interesting character. She quickly gains a crush on the main character; but alas, the manga never fully goes all the way with this, another of my main faults with the ending. The other major girls are primarily 2 of his classmates. The first is a small shy loli who also jumps to conclusions, and she had a crush on the main character since the first chapter. Unfortunately, he character remains able to be described in a single sentence for the entire manga, and is my candidate for most boring girl. The second girl is a much more interesting character, in my opinion. She loves to tease the other girl and is generally a playful and fun character with a good sense of humor. Early on she seems to develop a crush on the main character; however, the author seems to have forgotten that, as she doesn't show much signs for the rest of the manga. Despite being an interesting and likeable girl (and personally my vote for best girl), she never gets much character development, primarily being a sidekick for the loli, and rarely getting moments for herself. Other characters drop in from time to time, but most of them have their own relationships and are basically side stories, so the harem pretty much remains at 3 relevant characters. However, each and every one of them is an amusing and interesting character. Now, the most important field - Enjoyment (8/10): I would give the beginning 10/10 for good character introduction. I would give the middle 8/10 for keeping my interest. I would give the ending 2/10, for one of my least favorite endings of all time, and would recommend you stop reading as soon as you see definite pairings being established (excluding for minor characters), as it just goes downhill from there. Overall, 7/10, a great manga ruined by a terrible ending.