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justatreeokay's review
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
ellelainey's review
2.0
** I WAS GIVEN THIS BOOK FOR MY READING PLEASURE **
Copy received through Netgalley
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Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan 1, by Gaku Kuze
★★☆☆☆
278 Pages
Unfortunately, this one just wasn't for me. I was actually tempted to DNF a few times, but persevered to see if the story could improve, or turn the story around. I'm sorry to say, it just never happened.
I think it's supposed to be satire, adult humour and dark comedy, but it just...isn't? It fails to make me so much as smile about 80% of the times, and didn't ever make me laugh. Also, what's with that weird triangle shape imagery? Does it mean something, that I just don't understand?
It felt a bit endless and repetitive, with phrases and scenes repeated almost exactly, just with different words and costumes. Monotonous. It feels like it got lost in translation, somewhere, like an inside joke between friends that, when explained to someone else, just isn't funny. Instead of being funny, it just feels like an insult and making fun of people with depression.
It kept breaking the 4th wall, to refer to “chapter” and “this book” which I always find irritating.
The names and appearances of the two male leads are so similar that it's often hard to tell who is talking, and who is who, until one starts thinking about triangles and one starts acting depressed.
It seems there were Translation Notes at the end, that explained every character's name was a pun of some sort – my absolute worst style of humour is puns, so this irked me – but it bothered me that they waited until the END of the book to tell us. It would have made so much more sense to know this beforehand, the way the original Japanese manga readers would have. It also waits until the end to explain some of the cultural aspects which really didn't help my understanding. In other manga's I've read, there's a line or small print paragraph beside the panel that references it, and that's much better than leaving it until the end of the book when it's out of context.
Overall, I thought the artwork was stunning, and typical of what I expect from manga and the yaoi I read. However, the story was abstract and strange, with an abrupt ending. The plot went nowhere and failed to sum-up or build towards a “reason” for the story. I actually found the kids to be the most mature characters, and funniest people of the story. The rest was just lacklustre satire.
Copy received through Netgalley
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Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan 1, by Gaku Kuze
★★☆☆☆
278 Pages
Unfortunately, this one just wasn't for me. I was actually tempted to DNF a few times, but persevered to see if the story could improve, or turn the story around. I'm sorry to say, it just never happened.
I think it's supposed to be satire, adult humour and dark comedy, but it just...isn't? It fails to make me so much as smile about 80% of the times, and didn't ever make me laugh. Also, what's with that weird triangle shape imagery? Does it mean something, that I just don't understand?
It felt a bit endless and repetitive, with phrases and scenes repeated almost exactly, just with different words and costumes. Monotonous. It feels like it got lost in translation, somewhere, like an inside joke between friends that, when explained to someone else, just isn't funny. Instead of being funny, it just feels like an insult and making fun of people with depression.
It kept breaking the 4th wall, to refer to “chapter” and “this book” which I always find irritating.
The names and appearances of the two male leads are so similar that it's often hard to tell who is talking, and who is who, until one starts thinking about triangles and one starts acting depressed.
It seems there were Translation Notes at the end, that explained every character's name was a pun of some sort – my absolute worst style of humour is puns, so this irked me – but it bothered me that they waited until the END of the book to tell us. It would have made so much more sense to know this beforehand, the way the original Japanese manga readers would have. It also waits until the end to explain some of the cultural aspects which really didn't help my understanding. In other manga's I've read, there's a line or small print paragraph beside the panel that references it, and that's much better than leaving it until the end of the book when it's out of context.
Overall, I thought the artwork was stunning, and typical of what I expect from manga and the yaoi I read. However, the story was abstract and strange, with an abrupt ending. The plot went nowhere and failed to sum-up or build towards a “reason” for the story. I actually found the kids to be the most mature characters, and funniest people of the story. The rest was just lacklustre satire.
moonbites's review against another edition
5.0
4.5 ⭐️
I really loved this manga. This English Kindle version is really a bind up of volume 1 and 2. At first I thought that I would get bored of the concept, because it is fairly repetitive, but I really enjoyed it and loved the characters. I may also be a simp for our MC, Uramichi San. Not going to lie, I loved that nihilistic attitude, and he is a gymnast.
The dark comedy remains fairly consistent. Revolving around the idea of adulthood fucking sucks. But, the character interactions amplified the hilarity of it and the humor was timed perfectly. I laughed so hard at the songs about things like not having an umbrella when it rains and the interactions with the kids on the show. The juxtaposition of hating adulthood while working as actors on a kid's show was gold for me.
Here is an excerpt of the kind of humor in this manga...
I look forward to reading volume three and this is one of those manga I would love to own and have in my collection.
I really loved this manga. This English Kindle version is really a bind up of volume 1 and 2. At first I thought that I would get bored of the concept, because it is fairly repetitive, but I really enjoyed it and loved the characters. I may also be a simp for our MC, Uramichi San. Not going to lie, I loved that nihilistic attitude, and he is a gymnast.
The dark comedy remains fairly consistent. Revolving around the idea of adulthood fucking sucks. But, the character interactions amplified the hilarity of it and the humor was timed perfectly. I laughed so hard at the songs about things like not having an umbrella when it rains and the interactions with the kids on the show. The juxtaposition of hating adulthood while working as actors on a kid's show was gold for me.
Here is an excerpt of the kind of humor in this manga...
I look forward to reading volume three and this is one of those manga I would love to own and have in my collection.
paulken's review
funny
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
sunnydee's review
1.0
Ich weiß, einige werden es unfair finden, dass ich einen Manga mit einem STern bewerte, obwohl ich ihn nur bis zur Hälfte gelesen habe, aber ich beschreibe hier nunmal mein ganz persönliches Empfinden. Wenn ich nach der Hälfte eines Mangas, den Manga in einfach jeder Art schrecklich finde, so schrecklich, dass ich ihn nicht beenden möchte, dann weiß ich, dass sich an dieser Bewertung nicht ändern wird, auch wenn ich ihn beende.
Ich fand den Protagonisten von der ersten Seite an so unfassbar unsympathisch, dass jede Seite ein Grauß war. Der Typ hat keinen Bock, macht sehr merkwürdige und grenzwürdige Bemerkungen zu Kindern, die er eigentlich unterhalten sollte und ist auch zu Erwachsenen nicht besser. Es war einfach nur unangenehm diesem Typen, der bei einer Kindersendung als Hauptperson ein Vorbild sein soll, dabei zuzusehen, wie unglaublich schlecht er innerlich ist. Mir ist schon klar, dass das der Comedy-Anteil des Mangas sein soll, aber es gibt eben Humor, den man null nachvollziehen kann und ihn sogar abstoßend findet. Das ist für mich hier der Fall.
Die 1,4 Sterne bekommt der Manga nur wegen des Zeichenstils, der eigentlich ganz nett war.
Story 1,0/5 (am liebsten würde ich in fast allen Kategorien null Sterne geben)
Emotionen 1,0/5
Charaktere 1,0/5
Humor 1,0/5
Zeichenstil 3,0/5
Gesamt 1,4/5
Ich fand den Protagonisten von der ersten Seite an so unfassbar unsympathisch, dass jede Seite ein Grauß war. Der Typ hat keinen Bock, macht sehr merkwürdige und grenzwürdige Bemerkungen zu Kindern, die er eigentlich unterhalten sollte und ist auch zu Erwachsenen nicht besser. Es war einfach nur unangenehm diesem Typen, der bei einer Kindersendung als Hauptperson ein Vorbild sein soll, dabei zuzusehen, wie unglaublich schlecht er innerlich ist. Mir ist schon klar, dass das der Comedy-Anteil des Mangas sein soll, aber es gibt eben Humor, den man null nachvollziehen kann und ihn sogar abstoßend findet. Das ist für mich hier der Fall.
Die 1,4 Sterne bekommt der Manga nur wegen des Zeichenstils, der eigentlich ganz nett war.
Story 1,0/5 (am liebsten würde ich in fast allen Kategorien null Sterne geben)
Emotionen 1,0/5
Charaktere 1,0/5
Humor 1,0/5
Zeichenstil 3,0/5
Gesamt 1,4/5
banana83854's review
3.0
***ARC provided by Netgalley for honest review***
Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan, volume 1 is a manga about the depressing cast of an educational children's television show. They all hate their jobs, but do their best to push through the adulty tears and teach some kids! :-P It was a bit more cringy than I thought it would be, however, its sort of sarcastic and dark humour did come off pretty funny at times. Neither excellent or awful, I'd say pick up this unique story about the tragedy of career choices if it sounds interesting to you.
Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan, volume 1 is a manga about the depressing cast of an educational children's television show. They all hate their jobs, but do their best to push through the adulty tears and teach some kids! :-P It was a bit more cringy than I thought it would be, however, its sort of sarcastic and dark humour did come off pretty funny at times. Neither excellent or awful, I'd say pick up this unique story about the tragedy of career choices if it sounds interesting to you.
serenedancer's review
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I picked it up cause I saw the funny clips from the anime on YouTube. So maybe I didn't find it so funny cause it was jokes I'd already seen. Some of the jokes are also Japanese puns, so that might explain why they don't translate well.
But it was still interesting and I'm planning on picking up the next one.
But it was still interesting and I'm planning on picking up the next one.