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Lenni Reviews: “I’m in Love with the Villainess” Manga Vol. 1, by Aonoshimo, Inori & Hanagata

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Rei Ohashi is overworked, and gaming is her only escape. One day, she wakes to find herself in one of her favorite games, where she takes the chance to romance the villain in the story, Claire Francios.

While I haven’t read the light novel, this is a silly but a little creepy sort of story. Although Rei is technically in a game, she’s really pushy with Claire, even getting a job as a maid in order to be around Claire at school and at home. Claire is a classic bully girl but anyone would be creeped out if someone wormed their way into their life like this, especially since part of the maid’s duties includes bathing. It is beautiful, I love the art but yeah, the premise gets less and less funny the more I think about it. 3 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Jungle Juice” Vol. 4, by Hyeong Eun & Juder

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The task force is on Black Rock Island and Suchan exhibits abilites that give the big wigs at Nest some huge concerns.

This volume doesn’t have much downtime. It goes right from Black Rock to some precarious midterms, to the attack on Nest. Again, the abilities presented are so creative and amazing to look at. The names of some of the moves are delightfully cheezy and fun and again, this colume moves so damn fast. Even when it does a flashback, it’s action-packed. Once they’re all out, this would be such an easy series to binge. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Megumi & Tsugumi” Vol. 5, by Mitsuru Si

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Megumi’s father’s dislike of omegas still looms over his relationship with Tsugumi and he’s determined to win his father over, only to end up tricked into a blind date with Inami.

I actually like how the sex scenes are almost like an afterthought to the couple’s goal to make Megumi’s father accept their relationship. Tsugumi is so earnest and deadpan, bringing a comedic element into all the drama. He’s not too doofy – which can also be fun – he’s just the type to know what he wants to do and doesn’t have all the hangups of those around him.  It’s refreshing since Megumi frets so much. And Tsugumi has awesome dads. I love when they’re included. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Worst Soulmate Ever: Proposal” by Haruta

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Shishikura went to the matchmaking service to get married and ended up with his rival, Kotani. His relationship is contentious, but on their first trip together, they do their best to get along and get to know each other better. But what Shishikura learns is Kotani has no interest in getting married.

While smutty and sweet, this is a little rushed. Not that I need a ton of angst and drama but this couple went from hate to love so quickly, they still have serious disagreements, then suddenly marriage is on the table; it all felt so fast that one person wanting marriage and one person not seemed like the least of their issues. However, it didn’t kill my enjoyment of the volume. It’s a familiar trope and we only had 2 volumes to get to the happy ending. There’s so much spice and it’s explicit so keep that in mind. It was fun but pretty standard or omegaverse yaoi. 3 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Hirayasumi” Vol. 4, by Keigo Shinzō

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With Christmas on the way, Natsumi wants to throw a party, but drama ensues when Yamada brings others from their art school. Meanwhile, Yomogi has to deal with sexism at work and continues to run into Hiroto.

What I really love about this is how, whenever something comes along to harsh the good vibe, it’s dealt with quickly. A girl in Natsumi’s class starts to give her shit for drawing manga? She gets called out right away. Hiroto needs to knuckle down and work harder to get the funds for a repair? He does so with his usual positive attitude. The light tone is welcome. I’m also curious about Yomogi and her budding relationship. They’re so awkward, it’s adorable. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Like a Butterfly” Vol. 11, by Suu Morishita

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While Suiren is helping Aya with relationship issues, Kawasumi is seriously considering his future, as chasing his dreams means moving away from Suiren.

Ah, another high school romance comes to an end as your characters enter their senior year and graduation, thinking about what their future will hold. This is the last official volume of the story and while Suiren does have dreams of her own, they still feel like an afterthought and loving Kawasumi is still her main trait. Her interest in baking very much feels like it was tacked on and I never really got to know her before it ended. 3 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Komi Can’t Communicate” Vol. 33, by Tomohito Oda

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Tadano is encouraging Komi to try more things, so she tries winning the sports festival and becoming class president. Meanwhile, Manbagi is still grappling with a response for the boy who confessed to her.

The story of Komi befriending the nice older lady, Tazumi Michita, was absolutely adorable. It’s great to include other than teenagers in her possible friendships. It’s also good to see Komi branching out to things that don’t include Tadano. No offense to that precious bean but sometimes when a couple gets together in stories liked this, the individual characters vanish and it’s just all about their relationship. I became invested not just for them, but to see Komi blossom into her own person and reach her goal of making friends. The sports day stuff did feel like it ran a little long, though. 4 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Let’s Do It Already!” Vol. 4, by Aki Kusaka

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Yuri’s plan to become a maid at Keiichiro’s home to be closer to him over the summer doesn’t work out like she thought, resulting in hilarious consequences once summer break is over.

This volume has some great comedy, but it’s starting to feel like Yuri is learning the same lesson over and over again. She does something wacky then realizes that Keiichiro deeply cares for her and she should just chill out about what she expects from their relationship and all these rules. I like them and root for them, but this volume was just okay. I’d like to see a bit more growth from her. 3.5 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Dark Gathering” Vol. 12, by Kenichi Kondō

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Yayoi, Eiko, and Keitaro face the Spirit of F Park and with her defeated, only one more site remains.

It looks like Keitaro is finally having some reservations about Eiko’s reactions to the terrifying things happening to them.

(This is not the face of a normal person)

The backstory of the granny F Park spirit is just so fucking tragic. I mean, most of these spirits do, since they’re even still lingering in the first place, but they really went deep with this one; one tragedy after another. 

As soon as the group decided “Oh, let’s speed run this” I knew it was gonna be a shitshow and I was not disappointed. This last creature is so horrid to look at and is diabolical. The body count in this book is off the charts. This volume is a standout in the horror tension of this series. Very well done. 5 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Fool Night” Vol. 4, by Kasumi Yasuda

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As Hourai is recovering from Ivy’s attack, Toshiro is looking into the murderous plant’s origins; which leads him to Pauper Town. This area is so poverty-stricken, they hold an event called The Parade where someone is sacrificed to get bare minimum resources to the area.

I’d already thought the wealth disparity contributing to “voluntary” transflorations was bad but (spoilers for more exploitation) cultivating transflorated children for furniture is just fucking sick. This volume is mostly tracking down Ivy’s origins so they can show the transfloration company doesn’t make killer plants on purpose. It’s all really sad and empty to think they only want to stop Ivy because the company needs to save face. 4 out of 5.

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