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intheblackout's review
2.0
Picked this up in a second hand bookstore a while ago, and picked it up as I really enjoyed another manga by this author [b:His Favorite, Vol. 1|13547864|His Favorite, Vol. 1|Suzuki Tanaka|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1345679034l/13547864._SX50_.jpg|14887178].
[b:Menkui!, Volume 01|1608945|Menkui!, Volume 01|Suzuki Tanaka|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348023319l/1608945._SX50_.jpg|1602485] came out a good few years before His Favorite was released, and you can tell. A lot of the aspects, themes and topics, in His Favorite show up here, however they're not as good.
One thing I don't really like about a lot of yaoi, is how there's always one person who denies any feelings to the other outwardly, while in his inner monologue he expresses his true feelings. This trope can be pretty annoying, and thankfully it's not here much. Unfortunatly, on the flipside, here the couple get together super fast and exchange 'I love you's' WAY too fast.
The humour that I loved in His Favorite Vol. 1, isn't as good here.
If I see volume 2 of Menkui! for cheap I might pick it up, but otherwise I'm not in any hurry to continue this series.
[b:Menkui!, Volume 01|1608945|Menkui!, Volume 01|Suzuki Tanaka|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348023319l/1608945._SX50_.jpg|1602485] came out a good few years before His Favorite was released, and you can tell. A lot of the aspects, themes and topics, in His Favorite show up here, however they're not as good.
One thing I don't really like about a lot of yaoi, is how there's always one person who denies any feelings to the other outwardly, while in his inner monologue he expresses his true feelings. This trope can be pretty annoying, and thankfully it's not here much. Unfortunatly, on the flipside, here the couple get together super fast and exchange 'I love you's' WAY too fast.
The humour that I loved in His Favorite Vol. 1, isn't as good here.
If I see volume 2 of Menkui! for cheap I might pick it up, but otherwise I'm not in any hurry to continue this series.
berniemcbear's review
3.0
I enjoyed Menkui. My favourite part is definitely the art, the facial expressions are brilliant and I loved the layout of the panels and everything just flowed so well. The story is incredibly simple but I mostly liked the characters. I would have given it a higher rating but I docked a couple of stars because the incest vibe in the bonus chapter and side stories creeped me out.
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